“I’m straight.”  Nat told her with a smile, the young woman
maybe four years younger than her, nodded as if knowing something that Nat
didn’t know.  Nat had been in a bad place
in the last year, so Jo had pulled her into the fold giving her something to
focus on. 

            “All girls are straight…” Daisy
began.

            “Until their not.”  Alice put in, tugging Daisy away from Nat and
Nat let out a sigh of relief.  “I used to
say that.”  Alice added and Daisy hugged
her birth mother.

            “No word from the Latin Lover?”  Alice asked and Daisy shook her head.  Two days after breaking up with Rosita, Oscar
had informed them that Rosita wasn’t at her house.  The property had a ‘For Sale’ sign on the lawn and it had been
sold two days before.  A well kept
property with 3 stories of room sold, even in the Barrio.  Her tools were gone, her cars had been sold
and her bank accounts had been cleaned out. 
Rosita was gone.

            “No.”  Daisy said, and Nat cocked her head.  Feeling the sadness drifting off the young
woman, heart break.  Nat knew it well.

            “You looking for someone?”  Nat asked, no believing she was going to get
into this.  Emma was still talking with
Shane and Dana.

            “No. 
She left.”  Daisy swallowed and
Nat fished out a card in her back pocket, their asterisk logo on the
front.  There was a pain in the young
girls eyes, and Natalie softened.

            “If you want her found…”  Natalie started, slipping the card into
Daisy’s pocket, then stepping closer to Daisy, a smile on her face, letting
herself go for just a moment.  “Call
me.” 

            Nat went over to Emma, whispered
something in her ear, and pulled out her cell phone and walked out the door;
Emma shook Dana’s hand, then Shane’s.

            “I’ll be sure to tell Jo you read
the books.”  Emma added and just as Emma
was about to walk out the door, Shane yelled to her.

            “Hey Emma!”  Emma turned, and Dana thought she was really
cute for a moment.

            “Yeah?”  Emma asked,

            “Do they end up together?  You know the second time around?  After the thing and the rewind?  Are they together?  Like right now?  Did you guys all find your soul mates?”  Shane asked, remembering that it was those
books that had propelled her to Australia in the first place to meet Dana, to
tell her how she felt.  Emma looked down
sheepishly, a grin spreading on her face.