Alice could see that Dana was happy about the cat so she went on with what all she had done. “Anyway I put a large dish of food in the kitchen along with one of those self waters, so you don’t have to worry about feeding the cat. Plus I got one of those self cleaning litter boxes so if Venus needs to go.” “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, you named my cat after another tennis player?” Asked Dana. Alice started laughing. “No silly Venus the Roman goddess of beauty, anyway if Venus has to go to the potty you don’t have to worry about cleaning if up. Either Liz or myself can empty the waste container when we get here, until you can get around better.”

Dana was still thinking about the cat’s name. “Venus?” Alice just shook her head. “You can change it, but on the papers I put her name as Venus Star Fairbanks. You know Venus for beauty, Star because she will be a star like you and Fairbanks for the obvious reasons.”

Then Alice pulled out a pink, fake diamond studded cat collar with a heart tag attached. It had the cat’s name, and Dana’s telephone number and Alice’s telephone number also. Alice looked at Dana. “In case she get out there will be two numbers to help us find her. Dana could help but tease Alice. “So Al, does that mean we have joint ownership?” Alice smiled at Dana. “If that’s what you want. I forgot to ask does Kate like cats?” Alice watched as the smile faded from Dana’s face. “She and I broke up last night.” Alice just shrugged. “Sorry about that, I’m sure someone better will come along.” Dana looked straight into Alice’s eyes. “I’m sure you’re right.”

Alice moved the cat to the foot of Dana’s bed and asked. “Come on let’s go into the living room, it can’t be good for you just lying around looking at these four walls. I’ll help you up.” While Alice was helping Dana up, all the time acting like she might break All Dana could think was how in the world did she give this up. Not one of her new friends would even consider being half as helpful or nice as Alice.