“Yes. She said that it was what she needed for her current project. She told me not to break her heart.” Bette pause for a millisecond but fortunately none of her friends noticed it.

“And you know, after that, things weren’t murky any more. It was like… like a Mahjong Titans game. You are trying to find the one pair that will solve the rest of the pairs and when you actually do the rest of the pairs are solved on their own. Do you understand what I’ m saying?” Bette asked looking between the two of them.

   Alice and Shane had no idea about what Bette was talking about and they share a look full of confusion. Alice turned to Bette.

“So, where is Jodi? Why didn’t she come with you?”

“She had work to do. While we were apart she made a deal with a customer for his private collection. It’s at least three months before she can travel anywhere.”

“Oh man, I’ m sorry” Shane said with sympathy.

“Don’t be, I’ m not. Can we go now? I missed my angel and I want to see the rest of my family. Move it ladies” Bette said giving one suitcase to each of them.

   The trip back to Bette’s was filled with stories from WeHo. Alice was an inexhaustible source of gossip and she had a talent in sharing. Bette was relieved that they had stopped asking questions about her trip in New York. She didn’t want them to know that she had break up with Jodi for good. If Alice knew that she would never hear the end of it and then she would try to play matchmaker and the brunette had no stomach for something like this. As she has said to her friends earlier every piece of the puzzle, meaning her life, was in the right direction. She, finally, found the strength to admit to herself, and in a way to Jodi too, that she was in love with someone else. Someone she couldn’t wait to see again. Inwardly, she wished Alice would drive but then she thought that she wanted to arrive home safe and thanked Shane for coming along with the blonde.