Shane was going through hell and just in the end, just in the fucking end, I did something to help her. This time is going to be different. Nothing and nobody will hurt her. I won’t let them hurt her. They should kill me first.

I’m gonna give ‘em hell.

**

WAX is going up in flames and there are several firemen trying to put out the fire.

I stare at the shed where my only love used to work everyday and no words come out from my mouth. I guess I’ve lost them somewhere along the road. Maybe when the thick, dark smoke started to envelope us.

Shane stops the car abruptly and her hands close tightly on the steer wheel. So tightly that her knuckles become white, so tightly that her arms start trembling. She tells me to stay where I am under her breath, and runs out the car, stumbling on the sticky muddy ground washed by the fire hydrants.

As soon as she tries to reach the main entrance, a fireman holds her back. She tries uselessly to wriggle out of his grip, her eyes still fixed on the flames. Chase runs towards her and I can see him speaking rapidly, the palm of his hand pressed against his forehead in shock.

Then Shane turns her head and her attention is captured by something laying on the ground, just a few steps away. I see her kneeling down, I seen her leaning forward, I can almost imagine her narrowing her eyes, trying to focus. Then, as in slow motion, I see her stretching out her arm and grab something.

She stares at it for a long time and then she slowly looks up. Dante is standing right in front of her, a new cigarette dangling from his lips, his hands firmly placed into the pockets of his jeans. He doesn’t move a single muscle. He just nods his head, eyeing the object, and then turning his eyes to the flames with no words.

Shane gets up and runs her head through her hair. Slowly, heaving, she starts walking towards me. I’m clutching to my seat without even noticing and when she gets closer, I open up the passenger door and jumps out the car. She raises her hand, showing my the card she’s holding between her middle and forefinger.