Dana could hear Alice in her condo. First she could hear her in her kitchen, it didn’t take her long to finish whatever task she was doing in there. A few minutes later she could hear her in the guest bathroom, she was knocking around like she was looking for something. Dana turned to Liz who was still helping her with her morning PT. Liz was helping her to bend her knee to prevent stiffness from setting in. Dana finely asked. “What the ***** is she doing?” Liz just laughed at Dana. “I promised I wouldn’t tell you, so you’re just going to have to be patient.”

Dana just laid there impatiently wishing Alice would hurry up so she could find out what she was doing. “Liz, you know with Alice here, and the fact that I’m starting to get around a little on my own, if you want to go do something for a few hours it would be fine with me.” Liz just smiled largely at Dana. “Trying to get some alone time, I understand, plus I think she’s hot.” Dana blushed at the obviousness of what she was doing.

When Alice finely did enter Dana’s room she had a ***** eating grin on her face. Liz turned to Alice as she was walking out. “Well I’ll be back in a few hours; Dana has my cell number if you need me. You two have fun,” As she walked past Alice she gave her a grin and a wink.

Alice looked at Dana with a questioning look. “What was that about?” Dana looked at Alice and acted like she had no idea. “***** if I know. So Miss Alice what have you been up too the last half hour. I hope you haven’t been rearranging my home.” Alice looked at Dana from under her bangs, giving Dana the look that always melted her heart. “No, well yes a little, just wait and you’ll see.” With that Alice left Dana’s room and went down the hall and into the living room.

A few minutes later she entered carrying a cat carrier. “Now Dana I know I didn’t ask, but I just felt you needed another cat. It has been a while since Mr. P died and I thought you could use a new fuzz ball to baby.” As Alice pulled the cat out of the carrier Dana started to laugh and cry and the same time. “Alice that has to be the ugliest cat I have ever seen, but I love it.” The cat Alice had picked out was a female tortoiseshell colored cat. The cat was black, brown and yellow. Its face was mainly black with a scattering of brown and yellow. Saying it was ugly was an understatement. Alice just smiled looking lovingly at the cat. “Don’t you just love her, she as a face only a mom could love. Nobody was paying any attention to her at the shelter, but when I walked by she reached out and tried to get me to pay her attention. I told her she was going to be living with Dana Fairbanks, the hottest tennis player out there, and she couldn’t wait to come see you.” Dana just laughed at Alice because she could actually see Alice having this conversation with this cat. “Is that so?”