“I shouldn’t be longer than a week or so,” Jenny responded picking up a photo and examining it with the tips of her fingers.

“Your mom going to pick you up?” Shane asked. Jenny shook her head no.

“I’m going to take a cab to the station and then a train out,” she explained. “Mom thinks driving is too risky.”

Shane nodded in acknowledgement. “Well, have fun.” She said getting off her bed. She gave Jenny a hug and dissapeared into the hallway.

Jenny whispered thanks as Shane left and placed the photo on top. The little girl in the photo clinging tightly to her mother’s hand as she stared at the person holding the camera. Jenny’s hand grasped the photo again, then, placing her other hand into the suitcase, she messed up all the nicely arranged clothes and shut the lid.

Alice wore red. Alice hated wearing red but she wore it anyway. Helena had insisted on buying her a cocktail dress for the evening and Alice relented to wearing red. She stared at herself in the full length mirror in Helena’s bedroom.

“I look like a radish,” she commented. Her hair sat wildly in design and she had wished she had made an appointment with Shane.

“You don’t look like a radish, you look very nice,” Helena stated placing her shoes over her stocking covered feet. Helena was in a grey suit with a black blouse just underneath, her neck line in a deep plummet to where her cleavage rang out. “I’ll get the car,” Helena said walking out of the room.

“A radish!” Alice called and turned to examine herself from the side. She then noticed that Helena had left her keys on the dressing table and picked them up.

Alice walked down the stairs looking out the window as she went. The view was beautiful with a sky full of stars that lit everything up so brightly. She dashed out the door and found Helena trying to open the town car.

“Usually you need keys for that sort of thing,” Alice smirked jingling the keys in the air in front of her.

“Right, thank you. I’m such a buffoon at times,” Helena said, grave faced and reaching for the keys. She unlocked the door and sat inside not moving. Alice kneeled next to the door.