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Alice ran to her car and sat there thinking how this could have happened. She thought they were soul mates, meant to be together. To grow old together, be life partners and experience everything life had to throw at them together. She never thought that Dana would let go this easily, sure she’d felt her become more distant but she thought Dana just needed more time and she felt she’d given her time and space. Had she pushed her into this—into Lara?!

Tears streamed down her face and as she started the Mini, it slowly began to rain. Great, she thought, what more could I ask for, what a great way to end this evening. She drove off hurriedly, not quite knowing where she was going, but just needing to go, to get away, before Dana came out and came after her.

She turned the radio on, not really caring what was on, she just needed to hear something. The words on the radio could not be truer:

I thought it was too good to be true
I found somebody who understands me
Someone who would help me to get through
And fill an emptiness I had inside me
But you kept inside and I just denied
Some things that we should have both said
I knew it was too good to be true
Cause I’m the only one who understands me

What happened to us
We used to be so perfect, now we’re lost and lonely
What happened to us
And deep inside I wonder, did I lose my only?

The rain suddenly began to pour down harder and through the tears it made it more difficult for her to see. She drove picking up speed faster and faster as anger and sadness pulsed through her veins. Raindrops batted at the windshield as lightning lit up the sky; the sound of rolling thunder drowning out Alice‘s cries. All she could see was bright headlights as she jerked the wheel to the right, trying to avoid a head on collision. The swift movement of the wheel caused the little car to lose control and spin skidding across the rain spattered street hitting the 18 wheeler’s load head on. As the music on the radio spilled out into the night reiterating everything that they both felt

We could have made it work, we could have found a way,
We should have done our best to see another day
But we kept it all inside until it was too late
And now we’re both alone, the consequence we pay
For throwing it all away, for throwing it all away….