The hype of my daughter’s death and Carmen’s coma in the media was only for a few days. I have cancelled all my appointments for the next two months.

I haven’t been to the shop at all. Ed has been calling me and telling me how everything was. He’s my champ, that guy.

I’m staring outside my bedroom window and I could hear Alice in the shower. I heard the water stopped running and after about ten minutes Alice came out of the bathroom. A white towel wrapped around her naked body. I looked at her and she looked at me back. I smiled… for the first time in a while. I smiled. She made me smile. She was a bit taken back by it and after she gave her charming smile back at me. Her hair is still dripping wet. I couldn’t help but notice her sexiness. “Come here…” I said to her tapping the space next to me. She came and sat next to me. I grabbed her hand and kissed it. “You’ve been so good to me Alice…” I said. She kept on her smile and I love seeing her smile.

“I know I’ve been distant with you lately… I’m sorry…” I said.

“You don’t have to be sorry Shane… I understand… but I want you to know I’m here…I’m always gonna be here…” She said sincerely. God, I could marry this woman I thought. “I know…” I said to her and nodded. I moved my body and reached her neck. I was hungry for a kiss and I longed for her lips. I kissed her so softly and gently. I felt the water dribbling on my hand from her hair. We broke our kiss and it made her smile even more. “Listen, I’m gonna go back to my place… wash my clothes… get some new ones…” She said in her old comical way. “Uhm, you want anything?? Yeah… don’t worry I’ll get you something…” She said getting up. I was mesmerized by her kindness. Before she could leave I still held on to her hand. I pulled it back gently and she looked back at me waiting for me to say something.

“I love you…” I said. “I love you too…” She replied back. “Alice… why don’t you move in with me?” I blurted out. It certainly caught her off guard by her face expression. “Move in with you?” She said my question back to me calmly. When she said those words my instinct went with a no. “Yeah… move in with me… the place is big enough for the two of us…” I smiled at her. “What do you think? If you don’t like it… then I guess, you can move back to your place…” God, I was making an ass out of my self, I thought. She still hasn’t given me an answer. “You and me… you can teach me how to cook… I can teach you… how to cut hair, if you like…” I said with a laugh and she laughed as well, but she returns to her thinking face again. I stood up and held her shoulders with my two hands. “Alice, I love you… I promised that I will never hurt you again and I promised that I’ll make you happy…” I continued. “I’ll go on my knees if I have too…” I joked and start bending my knees. She stopped me and held me to stand up. “I’d love too…” She said. It was enough to make my heart explode. I hugged her and part of my hair is getting wet. “It’s good that you have a big closet…” She said and I let out a small laugh.

TBC… whaddaya think???