“mom…”

Alice and Shane immediately took their hands off of each other, taking a step away from each other while Alice looking down on her self fixing her clothes and clearing her throat. Shane was fixing her hair with both of her hands, her eyes on the floor with her brain working away thinking how to explain it to her daughter. They both looked like guilty horny teenagers caught making out.

Shane: hey Lil! Uhm… didn’t see you there… uhh… you know Alice right?

Shane nudged Alice’s arm, motioning to say something.

Alice: HEY!… Lily… How are ya?…

Lily: You guys… I saw what you two did….

Lily turns and starts to walk away out of the unfinished space. Shane turns to Alice who had a ‘shit-I’m-sorry-this-is-all-my-fault’ face.

Shane: …fuck!…  hey stay here…I’ll go and talk to her…

Shane started walking the same direction where her daughter was heading; she passed Ed and the designers who were enjoying the show just then. Shane was worried about her daughter, she was just waiting the right time to tell Lily what she feels about Alice and she would also have to start talking about her and her other mother and their whole situation, and Lily walking in on them while they were kissing was NOT  the right time.

Shane caught up to her daughter who is just walking to an unknown destination.

Shane: Lily! Hey… where you going?

Shane was walking beside Lily, who was ignoring her… obviously upset by her mother’s actions. Shane stepped in front of Lily.

Shane: Hey… talk to me Lil…

Lily looked up to her mother with little tears in her eyes.

Lily: Why did you kiss that lady? Don’t you love mummy anymore?!?

Shane: whoa Lil… slow down… 

Shane took Lily’s hand and brought her to the side of the sidewalk. They sat on the bench that was steps away from them.

Shane: Look lil… me and your mother… we… I want you to know that I will always love your mother, always okay… but we are… Jesus Christ! It’s your daughter for god sake…we, we lost our ways… I guess… we’ve tried to make it work… but uhh…