I looked at my back and saw guess who? That’s right Alice. She sat down next to me and handed me a plate of sandwich. I looked at her like she’s losing her mind. She really must be at this point. I looked back at the house and saw no sight of Carmen. She was still handing me that plate of sandwich. I looked away from her and she just put the plate next to her.

“Where’s Carmen?” I asked.

“In her room… she’s totally traumatized…” She said. I could feel her eyes on me.

“Why are you even sitting next to me?” I said in a harsh tone.

“Because I saved your life….” She said giddily.

“Oh please, you just stitched my finger up okay??” I said to her. “You know you’re life is in danger right??” I was really confused by this chick. She is supposed to be fucking scared of me. “I mean I can kill you right now if I want too… you should be running away…” I said to her.

“Yeah I guess so…” she shrugged. “Hey, if I didn’t give some of my prescription to you… you probably wouldn’t even sit on this back porch right now…” she said in confidence.

            “What did you give me?” I asked.

            “Activated charcoal…” She simply said. I nodded to her someone has been given me that a couple of times in NY when I overdosed.

            “Look…” I started. I didn’t really know what to say to her actually.

            “It’s alright you’re forgiven…” She said confidently.

            “What?! I wasn’t going to apologize…” I looked at her in amazement.

            “Look… I know all about you okay? I know why you’re here…. I know about your little background… see I’m journalist/writer/columnist… you know all of that… and when I do research… I always get what I want… So Shane…. McCutcheon… you’re right, you can kill me… you can do all your scary tricks that you did before to me… OR you can be my friend… hang out… I’ll show stuff around LA because I know you hate this place by the look on your face… you can come hang out with us you know me and Carm… I swear we’re good people… we don’t bite… you can actually enjoy your self… because you yourself don’t even know how long you’re stuck here right?” I looked at her with full suspicion. I should’ve killed her.