“She is one smokin’ lady… she hasn’t been in the fashion scene lately, but my busy ears are hearing that she’s making a comeback…” The host looked at the crowd and to Shane.

“… Do you have any Idea Shane??” The host looked at Shane, who just shakes her head no.

“Okay okay… I give you some more hints…. Who remembers that hot Latina model that was majorly big a couple of years ago, she was one of the Victoria Secret Angels…”

“… Oh fuck… fuck me dead… no, no, no…he’s not going to say it…”

“… and right here in my hands right now, I’ve got the newest issue of Vogue magazine… and she’s looking amazing on the cover…”

“no… no… please god! Don’t let him say her name… please!!!”

“… now, she said to me to introduce her as a very close friend of Shane’s… but c’mon… we all know it’s a little bit more than that…. Now without further a do… please give a big welcome to the girl who changed the fashion scene in New York, made the headlines all over in the London tabloids… and making one hell of a comeback into the fashion world… please welcome… Carmen De La Pica Morales…” The host shouted through the microphone.

“…fuck…”

 The crowds went wild with cheers, claps and whistles as Carmen walked out from the room beside the host.

As the host was introducing the mysterious model, Alice face changes by the second and looked at Shane who was mouthing something to her, but couldn’t figure it out. It was almost like she couldn’t hear a single thing around her but when the host said ‘Carmen De La Pica Morales’ she felt the tugged from Lily’s hand and she would never forget how ecstatic Lily sounded when she screamed the word “mum” at the hot model direction. Then it hit her, like a fucking tsunami. Carmen is Lily’s mum and suddenly she feels like the second lady again.

As this happened Shane looked at Alice who had a, I’m-lost-and-confused-just-got-stabbed-in-the-back face. Shane mouthed ‘I’m so sorry’ a couple of times to Alice as they looked at each other, but she knows that Alice didn’t get it. She looked back and the host direction and saw Carmen walking towards her, looking fine as ever, for a moment she remembered why she fell in love with Carmen. Shane could only hear faintly in the background, the host saying “Now we can start the party!!!” and the cheers continue.

Carmen walked towards Shane who was standing there frozen. She got close enough to Shane and gave her a hug, Shane hugged her back uneasily but smelt in Carmen’s hair and all over again she felt like she was happily married. She heard her daughter’s calling out ‘mummy’ as she tries to get through the crowds. Carmen saw Lily for the first time after three full months of absence and went to her daughter, picked her up and gave a tight hug and kisses all over her face. Lily was more than happy to see her mother is here, Shane still had her eyes locked on Carmen; don’t know what the hell to think of it. She saw Carmen turned around to her and smile her perfect smile at her. She faintly smiles back at her wife. Shane quickly looked at Alice’s direction in the crowd but to see that she was replaced by some unknown brunette. She stood on her toes to look up to see the entrance door and saw the blonde walking out of the store with the rest of her friends behind her.

TBC – whaddaya think guys????