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Walking in after Dana, Shane plonked herself back down beside her girlfriend. Carmen managed to tear her eyes momentarily away from Angie to take the glass of tea from Shane.

Shane settled down comfortably and relaxed, taking in everything happening around her quietly. Bette and Tina were quietly chatting among themselves, the smile on Bette’s face was enough to say how completely in love she was, and the easy laugh that Tina had told her that everything that happened three years ago was well forgotten and forgiven.

Kit and Jenny were taking turns carrying little Angie who was still busy jumping around. Shane rubbed the spot Angie had slapped absentmindedly as she smiled. A toddler who was discovering the use of her limbs was not one to be trifled with.

Her Carmen was laughing at the antics of the kid, and with every hearty laugh, her long beautiful hair tousled around. Bringing her hand up to run her fingers through her girlfriend’s hair, Shane stopped short right before she touched the locks. She didn’t want to cause another major lock of hair to fall out. Instead, she ran her finger sadly along the well-defined jawline.

Carmen turned and favored her with a smile, oblivious to the sad thoughts running thru her girlfriend’s head. And Shane only smiled back, not wanting to dampen the high spirits. Unwilling to meet her girlfriend’s eyes, Shane turned quickly and managed to look towards the direction of Dana and Alice. Dana was quietly sipping her vodka, but her eyes were ever so intently traveling back and forth between Shane and Alice. Alice was just staring at the patterns of the coffee table, immersed in her own world.

Catching the eye of Shane, Dana threw her a poisoned look. And with it, Shane could tell that Dana was already half-drunk. Shane tried to avoid the stare, and she turned back to Bette and Tina.

Bette and Tina had by now realized that Dana was drinking alcohol, the look of dismay on their faces signaled that something unpleasant was going to happen. And Shane had a sinking feeling that it just might involve her.

‘This is not good,’ Shane thought as she sighed. All she wanted to do was mind her own business, it wasn’t like her own life was smooth sailing. Getting involved with Dana and Alice’s business wasn’t in her plans. Shane shrugged inwardly, she was just trying to lend Alice a listening ear, just like Alice did for her. She didn’t know why Dana would react so strongly to it.