The hot water pelted roughly on Shanes back as she scrubbed her face and arms furiously.  The smell of death seemed to linger with her seeping into her nose until it was all that she could remember ever having smelled before; it crawled into her eyes and down her throat.  For hours after she could still taste the decaying smell of the dark room.  She couldnt wait for her job to be finish, but the very idea of what would have to transpire in order to bring her task to a close made her writhe with guilt.  How could she wish someone dead to ease her own discomforts?  Turning the taps to the left she felt the water start to scald her skin, she was evil for the thoughts that she had and she deserved to be punished.  The burning got to be too much and swiftly she shut the water off, her skin wore the deep red marks she had inflicted; they flowed from her face down her small breast over her thin frame to her very feet.  She glared at the marks angrily because they never lingered long, yet the thoughts of her ultimate escape did.  She cursed herself for not being able to properly punish her misdeeds.

Slipping into her Diesel jeans she began the task of fixing herself up for a night out.  If she could not punish herself, than she would find someone or something that could.  She left the moist bathroom and went into Alices bedroom.  It was late and the blonde journalist was sleeping heavily.  Leaning against the doorway, Shane smiled at the sleeping form.  This was what she needed to see to shake the image of the slowly decaying man in his bed.  Shane walked slowly to the bed and looked over Alice, listening to her warm steady breathing.  Without thinking she pushed a strand of hair away from her friends face, wanting nothing more than to gaze into her brown eyes.  Smiling she bent down and gently placed a kiss on the tip of the womans perfect nose.  I could almost say it to you She whispered against the womans cheek.  Resisting the urge to just lie down and hold Alice all night, Shane turned and left the room, determined to reach her destination tonight.