Part 2

“Oh no, come on Jenny that can´t be true. We are all waiting since over six weeks that our casanova comes in again and have a cup of coffee with us in the morning.” This were the words Alice greeted Jenny with almost every day the last weeks.
As Alice heard what happened she just talked to Shane once.

It was four days after Carmen left Shane and she was pretty pissed that she got to know it so late and all that from some strangers. She was already there when Shane came from work. Jenny let her in.
“Do you always work so long?”, Alice asked when Shane entred the house.
Alice rembered that she didn´t looked that good. She had black circles under her eyes and she looked even paler than usual.
“What´s up, Al?”, Shane just grumbled and opened the fridge to get a bottle with vodka out.
“What´s up?? You ask me that? I want to hear that from you”, Alice said upset but she couldn´t hide the concern in her eyes.
Shane walked up to her room and left Alice in the kitchen without any word.
“What the f*ck”, Alice hissed and ran into Shanes bedroom.
“What is going on with you, Shane? Why didn´t you tell me?”, Alice said angrily to Shane who was sitting at her window with the bottle vodka down to her feet.
“Is this the only thing you worrie about?”, Shane asked with a cold voice and took a gulp from the vodka.
“F*ck no”, Alice droped her head defeded.
“I wanna know how you are doing. I wanna be there for you”, Alice said and stood next to Shane.
“Come on. We´ll go out and have a good time”, Alice proposed.
“I can´t”, Shane said.
“Why? You are just sitting here”, Alice replied.
“I´m waiting.”
Alice almost wanted to say something back but she couldn´t.
She was waiting for Carmen to come back.

“Shane. Shane McCoutcheon was waiting for a women.

So much had changed”, Alice thought.
“God Shane…”, Alice just whispered and knew that she couldn´t do anything for her friend right now.
Shane was always so strong but now she just looked broken.
“Okay, please call me if you wanna talk or need anything. And don´t drink the whole bottle, Shane”, Alice said her goodbye and kissed Shane´s head.