When Alice notice the tabloids closer to the register she realized she had come a long way since her first job at a rag like that when she first got out of College. She needed money badly, her college loans were due, and she needed to get on her feet and out of the apartment she shared with two other women. However, no matter how bad it was, Alice only worked there for a little over a month, she just could not write stories that destroyed other people’s lives no matter what the pay was.

As she looked closer at the rag she notice that Dana was on the front cover, it was a bad photo, obviously taken from far away, but it was of Dana kissing someone. Alice could not help it she had to take a closer look figuring it was an old photo, or even one that had been touched up.

Then to her surprise, she realized who the other person was in the photo. “*****.” Was all she could say as she placed the paper in her cart so she could purchase it and read it later.

After putting her groceries in her car, she pulled the tabloid out so she could read the article. The headline read. “Famous ***** tennis player makes public scene with new lover.” At first Alice, wonder if someone had seen them at the jogging trail, but then she realized the photo was from in front of the studio, and other then a chaste kiss the day of Dana’s first show, she and Dana had never made a public scene of their affection.

They both knew Dana was a celebrity and they needed to try if possible it stay away from negative press, and even though Dana was an out *****, they knew if she was portrayed as an in your face *****, it could be the death of her newfound career.

When Alice actually opened the paper to read the article she noticed not only was the story untrue about their inappropriate behavior, but the also gave out Alice’s full name, and the fact that she worked both for the magazine, but also did a short local talk show on Friday nights.