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Chapter 12

The next day, Carmen met Shane went to lunch. Shane sat waiting for Carmen to arrive.

“Hey you! You been waiting long?”

“Uh.. no… no.. just got here myself.”

“How’s work?”

“It’s good! Really good actually, I’m helping produce some songs for Russell. It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun. How about you?”

“It’s cool. We need to find one more person to complete our staff. We’re going to be looking at applications next week and then calling them in the following week. Other than that, everything is fine.”

The two smile at each other. The waitress comes and they order. The two eat while and make small conversation during their meal not talking about what they both wanted to talk about. They finished their meal and Carmen cleared her throat.

“Ahem. Shane?”

“yeah.”

“About yesterday.”

“Oh.. uhm.. the dinner with your mom?” Shane said trying to buy time.

“No. although she was very happy to see you again.” Carmen said with a big smile as Shane offered one back.

“Yeah. I loved seeing her again too. I thought I was dreaming when I left her house still alive.” Shane said causing Carmen to chuckle.

“She was mad at you, but she never stopped loving you.”
Shane’s face got serious. “What about you?”

Carmen looked to the side. “Shane, I… I .. don’t really think it’s a good idea to jump right back into things. You know. I think we should, I don’t know..”

“Take our time?” Shane’s said finishing Carmen’s line. “Are you in love with her?”

“Who?”

“Gabrina.”

Carmen rolled her eyes and smiled at the obvious jealousy coming from her ex-lover. “Gabrielle.”

“Oh… right!” Shane said sarcastically.

“Well. That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I love her… I do. I mean, she helped me cope with a lot.” Shane’s heart began to break as she looked down to her cup of water. “But, I don’t love her like she loves me.. I’m not in love with her.”

Shane looked up with obvious hope. “So what is it?”

“Well, I told her that I didn’t feel the same way. Of course she didn’t take it well. But I told her that I couldn’t be with anyone who wasn’t sure of themselves. You know.” Shane nodded. “As for us… I’m not going to lie to you Shane.. it still hurts me very much.”