Chapter 22

~Alice’s apartment~

Alice stood on the other side of the counter, staring at Shane, who was taking another swig from her beer. Shane couldn’t look at Alice because she could just feel the quiet shock and slight anger pouring from the strawberry blonde.

“Shane” Alice blinked and became silent again.

Dana walked into the kitchen and wrapped an arm around Alice’s waist. She sighed softly and looked at Shane. The tall woman looked up at her two friends.

“I don’t get it, if you thought she was fucking this Aleta bitch. Why did you care if she saw you with Tarin? I mean you wouldn’t have cared a six months ago.” Dana shrugged and looked between Shane and Alice. Alice stared at her with wide eyes and her mouth opened.

“You must really think I’m a cold hearted bitch, Dane.” Shane glanced at Dana and shook her head as she walked into the living room and sat into the chair.

Alice leaned forward and whispered to Dana. “Maybe you should just let me do the talking from here on out.”

Dana crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. “Like you were doing much better?”

“Hey guys like I said, I knew she didn’t know Aleta because when I asked herIt was just the way she looked at me. Her eyes answered my question. I can tell when she’s hiding something.” Shane said from the living room.

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~Shane’s apartment earlier~

Shane remained crouched on the floor. She heard Andie slam the front door and covered her eyes trying to erase everything that had happened that night. Everything that had happened in the past few weeks actually. She uncovered her eyes and saw two chunky combat boots and then the leather clad legs of Tarin. Shane looked up at the redhead, whose pants were still undone and her shirt off. Her long red curls fell over her shoulders. She bent over and offered Shane her hand.

Shane took it and stood up. Tarin stepped back and placed a hand on her hip. Her eyes grazed over Shane up and down, slightly amused at the crumpled up mess of a woman in front of her. She sighed and placed a hand on Shane’s arm.

“Come here.” She pulled Shane to her and hugged her. Tarin rolled her eyes as she patted the back of Shane’s head. “I’m sorry.”

Shane nuzzled Tarin neck and caught her scent. She smelled sweet like coconut, but then she smelled something familiar.

It was the faint scent of.. “Oranges.” Shane said out loud.

“What?” Tarin asked when Shane pushed her away. The redhead gave her a confused look. Then she noticed that Shane was figuring things out in her mind. Tarin crossed her arms over her naked chest and slowly smirked openly. Shane turned around and grabbed a white t-shirt from the floor and put it on quickly.

“Get the fuck out, now.” Shane growled and pushed past Tarin, running out of her apartment.

When she got outside, she was blasted with rain. Soaking her hair and shirt immediately.

“Andie?” She screamed out. Then ran to her truck.

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~Kit’s apartment~

Kit was dancing around her apartment to the sound of the song “1 Thing” by Amerie. She sang along with the music and continued to sing when she heard an urgent knock at her door. She looked at the clock and saw that it was one thirty. She thought it might be Bette and danced her way to the door and opened it. She was shaking her ass and then swirled around to faceAndie. She stopped and looked at the girl in front of her. Andie was soak and wet.

“Andie? Girl, what are you doing here?” She smiled and hugged Andie tightly.

She pulled back and looked over Andie. She realized that Andie looked like she had been crying.

“Ididn’t know wherecan I stay here for a little bit?” Andie asked quietly.

“Of course, come in.” Kit opened the door wider.

Andie stepped into the apartment and looked around. “I went to my place and..I grabbed some clothes to change into. My table was..”

Kit tried to understand Andie’s rambling. “Sit down and relax. I’ll get you some towels.”

She turned to do that, but Andie sat on the floor in front of the door and began to cry. Kit stopped and peered down at Andie, she sat down next to her.

“Andie, what’s going on, baby?” Kit lifted Andie’s face to look at her. She pushed the wet bangs out of Andie’s sad gray eyes and then wrapped her arms around the woman. Andie leaned her head on Kit’s shoulder and continued to sob loudly with Kit petting the back of her head, rocking her back and forth.

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Shane ran through Andie’s apartment looking for her. She noticed a few of Andie’s drawers were pulled out.

“Andie?” Shane called out. She stopped and bent over, holding onto her knees. Then stood up trying to think of where Andie would go. She wouldn’t go to Velvet’s because Velvet was out with Tina. She pulled out her phone and tried to call the new cell phone number of Andie’s. She walked towards the door and clicked the phone off. Suddenly the thought came to herAlice. She walked out the door and began to jog to the elevator.

“Please, god let me find her.” She said quietly to herself.