“You’ve been missing a lot of family nights” Bette told her shaking her head in annoyance.

“I’ll tell you what” Tina knew she had sacrificed enough of her personal time for the sake of this project “this will be the last time I work this late I promise.”

“Can you make that kind of promise?” Bette sounded skeptical.

“Of course I can, and I intend to keep that promise.  I’m the boss, remember?”  Tina chuckled at her own joke “Next to Helena and Peggy that is.”

“Okay, but if you break your promise” Bette sounded a little better.

“If I break my promise then you can ask me to do anything you want” Tina offered.

“Anything I want?”  Bette licked her lips and started thinking of things she would make Tina wear and do.

“Anything you want.” Tina’s seductive southern accent replied over the phone “Either way you win baby.”  Her voice was slowly driving Bette wild with need, but Bette knew better than to let this conversation put her in a compromising way before her meeting.

“I know” Bette took a deep breath to compose herself before she spoke again “okay then, mark this day as the day you promised me to do anything I ask of you.”

“No” Tina corrected “I promise that this is the last day of working late and should I go back on my word then I would do anything your little ole heart desires.”  She said the last part with her almost forgotten accent knowing the affect it had on her partner.

“I only heard and understood the last part” Bette sighed “okay I’m hanging up now.”

“Kay love you baby” Tina laughed at Bette’s discomfort.

“Love you too.”

Jenny sent Nikki away to get ready for the strip scene, because her presence was upsetting her at the moment, especially after Nikki admitted to her one night stand with Greg.  She sent Adele to go fetch her some aspirin and a pint of any Ben and Jerry’s.  The set was empty except for a lone figure that sat at the foot of the fake stage.

“What are you doing here all by yourself?”  Jenny asked while she approached Monique.