I woke up and did not know what happened. But my head did hurt, that´s what I knew. My brain slowly started to work again, someone hitting me with something and knocking me out. Also I remembered something about Alice, not too sure what it was. Suddenly I saw a woman walking toward me., that was when I realized I was tied up on a bed in a really cheap and dirty hotel.

“Oh sleeping beauty woke up? Now enough with me being nice. How about you tell me why you are here? We make a deal 10 right answers you are free, 10 wrong answers. Well too bad the car did not have brakes and you were suicidal anyway. How about that?”

I remembered her, it was Ruth, Alice´s boss at KCRW. “What you want from me?”

“Isn´t it obvious?” she smirked devilish “Before you came back everything was fine. Alice was on top of her radio personality so to say. But when you arrived everything changed.”

Flashback 4 weeks earlier

Alice ran into the studio of KCRW, she was late, she was never late. She ran into the studio and ran into someone. Ruth, her boss out of all people, was the person she crashed into. “Hi Ruth. Nice meeting you. Sorry I am late I was just over at Lara´s apartment, she needed me there“.

Ruth looked at Alice with disgust. “Lara? Isn´t that your ex´s ex? Nice move Alice. Maybe you should invite her here so you can do it live on your show!”

Alice looked at her confused “What did you just say?”

“Alice, I know everything that is going on in this city. Even in the lesbian community, even though I am straight. They talk about you two all over town.”

She walked away from Ruth ignoring the last part. Alice sat down on her chair in the studio and went through today´s topics and tracklist for the show. THE CHART-sighing she remembered when Dana was a guest on the THE CHART and always babbled when Alice talked. She ended it with covering her mouth in her hand. She would never do that again with Dana, not only did they break up, but Dana died a few weeks back. And then there was Lara. Even though Alice was sad and grieving over Dana, she always had a soft spot for Lara. But it had grown more into….yes into what? She was still not sure what it was, but Lara was already in Alice´s life more than she would have known she possibly could. Not trying to think about it again, Alice started her show.