“How dare you talk to me like that. And to talk about your Father like…” Mercedes looked to the side then back to Carmen. “Get out.”

Carmen turned to her.

“That’s not gonna solve anything, M…”

“Get… out.”

“Fine.”

Carmen grabbed her stuff and walked out, not bothering to look back. “Maybe I should, just to see if Mom’s right and I’ll turn into a pillar of salt.” She thought, getting into her jeep and driving off.

Shane stepped into her apartment reluctantly. She didn’t really want to deal with Jenny right now. She wanted to tell her, but wasn’t sure if Carmen would like that. She was gone by the time Shane had woken up and they were a little too tired to talk about it last night… a stupid grin crept onto her face as she thought about the night before. She was startled out of her daydream when the couch spoke to her.

”Where were you last night?” Jenny’s head popped up from behind the sofa. Shane froze for a second, noticing the similarities between today and the day she had come back from Cherie’s. She shook it off and responded to Jenny’s question.

“Out.”

“That’s not gonna cut it, Shane.” Jenny started, getting up off the couch. “I wanna know…” there was a knock at the door. “Hold on.” She jogged over and opened the door. “Hey, Andrea! I forgot all about… Come in.”

“Thanks.” She walked in. “Nice place.”

“Thank you.” Jenny gushed, trying to hide the rosy color that was slowly finding her cheeks.

“Hi… Shane, right?”

“Yeah.” They shook hands. “Nice to see you again.”

“You, too.”

“You’re just in time, too.” Jenny cut in, grinning. “Shane was just about to tell me about her night last night.” She turned her sarcastic smile to Shane, waiting patiently for an answer, challenging her.

“I happened to have met someone last night, Jenny.”

“Did you fuck her?”

The question took both Shane and Andrea by surprise. Shane couldn’t believe Jenny was being this bold in front of someone she liked. Shane looked her silently in the eyes for several moments before answering. She couldn’t lie.

“Yeah.”

“Hmm… What did she look like, Shane?”

She seriously considered just walking off, but was never the type to back down from a challenge, especially one so obviously stated.