As she looked at that envelope and felt herself getting angry all over again for Dana, that no matter what she tried to do, it was never enough for Sharon, then she started to angry at herself. How, after all that has happened in the last few days, could she possibly still feel anger on Dana’s behalf? Why was she still protective of a woman that would cheat on her after all of these years? As she realized the answer, that no matter what Dana might have done, that took nothing away from the fact that Alice still loved her, she also felt an anger she had never felt before. Somewhere on the ride to the Independence Avenue stop she had a revelation. She was angry, she was hurt, she wasn’t sure if she could ever forgive Dana for what she had done or for the fact that she thought it best to try and hide it, but more than that, she was angry at this woman that put it all to the forefront. This woman had taken it upon herself to intercede in their life. She had taken it upon herself to fuck with their lives and do all she could to ensure it was destroyed. After all she learned in the last day, she was quite confident that she and Dana and could manage to do that all by themselves. They didn’t need help. And they sure as hell, didn’t need some stranger to enjoy watching it happen. Alice took the quick walk from the Independence Avenue stop to the L’Efant Plaza with a renewed energy and a new task. Whoever this woman was that was fucking with her life and fucking with Dana, Alice was going to take her down.

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Shane couldn’t seem to get Dana to talk slow enough for her to understand what she was saying. Dana was on a rant and all Shane seemed to hear were the random curses flowing with uncommon ease from her mouth.

“Dane, please, I need you to chill a second. Please, just take a deep breath. I can’t follow a thing you’ve said. All I got was hello and then it’s all a garbled mess”

“You were right, Shane. I should have told her first. I got here and she already knew. You should have seen her. Shane. It wasn’t a look I’ve ever seen on Alice’s face. She had so much anger and so much hurt all mixed in with this hatred. Shane, I don’t know if I can fix this.”