Shane: I don’t want to.

Molly: Why not?

Shane: Because I lost her.

Molly: Carmen?

Shane nodded.

Shane: I lost her and I can’t find her.

Molly: You have me. Let’s get you all cleaned up and then shoot more photos together and you can go back to continuing your job at the station. Okay?

Shane: Why would I listen to you?

Molly: Because if you don’t and I yell you’re going to have a massive headache.

Shane gave her a lopsided smile and closed her eyes to sleep again. Molly got on the bed and laid next to her. She wanted to get Shane up and on her feet. She wanted to take more photos with her. She wanted Shane to love her like she loved Carmen.

Three weeks later

Reporter: So Shane, what or who made you come to your senses?

Shane: Well, Molly did. She pulled me out of the bar and said if I wasn’t going to listen to her, she’s yell in my ear.

Molly sat there next to her on the couch and blushed.

Reporter: So are you two dating?

Molly looked at Shane waiting for an answer.

Shane: No comment on that one.

Reporter: Fine, but you have to tell us if it’s true you’re buying a new house.

Shane: Yeah, I am. I’m not buying a house but maybe a floor in some apartment building.

Reporter: Your fiancé, any word from her?

Shane’s attitude changed from happy and cheerful to a frown. Molly immediately intersected the question for her.

Molly: That one is a no comment too.

She said laughing it off. The reporter didn’t know how close he was to feeling Shane’s fist in his face.

Reporter: Well, we’ll have the interview in next week’s issue of our magazine. Thank you for letting me interview you guys.

Molly: Anytime.

Reporter: After your Christmas shoot, I’ll definitely be back to ask more questions about your future plans since it’s going to be New Years and all.

Molly nodded in understanding. Shane had detached herself from the questioning after Carmen had been brought up. She got up and went to the balcony of Molly’s house. She leaned over the railing looking down at the pedestrians below. Molly had cleaned her up well. She made sure Shane didn’t get drunk every minute of the day. And wasn’t high. She was there for Shane when she was in withdrawal. She held Shane in her arms and coaxed her to sleep when she had nightmares. Molly was everything Shane had. Shane knew she should be nicer to her and knew what Molly wanted from her. She wanted to be loved. But Shane couldn’t love and didn’t know how to love any more. She thought she loved Carmen, but her love drove her away. Christmas was coming soon. Maybe she’d leave a present at the mansion. The bodyguards still lived there. The housekeeper did too. Maybe they’d give Carmen her present for Shane. Molly had led the reporter out and she went looking for Shane. She slipped her arms around her skinny waist.