Carmen kept tossing and turning in the uncomfortable seat. She woke up with a massive headache. She was still in her car and the girl was there snoring quietly.

Carmen: God, what did I do?

Every small sound was magnified a million times. Carmen looked down at her messy clothes, after straightening herself out, she ventured outside and saw the puddles on the floor. She scanned the roof for any signs of Shane. Her heart dropped not seeing her. Carmen wrapped her arms around herself, it was quite cold outside. The red mark on the wall caught her eye. She walked closer to it. A cold hand gripped her heart. Blood. Shane’s blood? Why would Shane’s blood be on the wall? Carmen massaged her temples. It was throbbing. The more she thought about last night, the more it hurt. She went back to the car and as politely as she could, asked the girl to get out, which was more like throwing the girl out.

Carmen’s thought: Shane was outside all that time. It was raining. Where is she? What the hell did I do? What the hell was I thinking?

Carmen felt really bad. She drove around looking for her. Would Shane forgive her for doing that? She seriously didn’t even know what happened. All she got from last night was yelling at Shane. Carmen felt so bad and regretted every minute of it.

Shane woke up in her hotel room, but it was quite dreary outside. She felt her forehead hurting and felt took out the thermometer. 101 F. She was running a temperature. Looking through the first aid kit again, she found some tynonnel and popped it into her mouth, got under the covers again and slept. Whenever she was hungry, she’d get up to eat. Day after day, she slept, ate, and thought about her next move. She could get closer to Cezar if she gained the trust of Carmen, and to do that, she would need to be in a relationship with her, but Shane didn’t know if she could really seperate herself from the case that way. She was playing with Carmen and using her.

Carmen sat on her bed worried sick. She went out every day to look for Shane. Today would be the third day without her. Her everyday sexy wardrobe became oversized t-shirts and shorts. She drove out and stopped at the Planet to get a coffee before looking again. Shane was coming downstairs to grab a coffee too. It was her first time coming outside in the last three days. She walked into the shop and ordered some strong dark coffee. While waiting for her drink she turned around and scanned the room. Her eyes fell on a girl with brown bouncy curls. Her eyes downcast and the aura around her was dark and lonely. Shane recognized who it was and she wasn’t ready to face her.