She could still remember their initial meeting. She was thrilled when the most beautiful woman she had ever met and certainly the richest, was interested in completing her documentary. She was mesmerized by Helena’s eyes, eyes that sparkled in the dimmed lights of the theatre. She remembered how her heart picked up several beats and pounded as she shook Helena’s hand. She barely remembered that Tina was there at the initial meeting. All she saw was Helena. When she finally blinked, she realized she was still holding Helena’s hand.  She recalled blushing when she let Helena’s hand go. She felt warm all over when she saw that Helena was blushing too. When Helena offered to bankroll the entire project she thought she was sent from heaven. And sent from heaven she was. Danny was thrilled to hear they had an offer to fund the project. Unbeknownst to Dylan, he immediately knew who their funding angel was. He felt their luck had finally changed after failure after failure.

After some initial reservation about this meeting with Alice, she realized this might be her best way to reach Helena. Since Helena shot down her attempt to reach out, perhaps working through one of her closest friend might be the way to go to get the door to open.

Alice was looking forward to this meeting. Helena spoke very little about Dylan after Dylan ran from town. Helena seemed to have finally bounced back to her former smoothness, only to be shaken since Dylan returned. Although their relationship was short, it clearly was very painful for Helena. She could understand that it was culture shock for Helena to be penniless and living on her sofa. But Helena didn’t seem to recover quickly. After the loss of the vast Peabody money, she watched as her friend make mistake after mistake as she tried to regain her footing. Helena’s identity and power was strongly associated with her money. Over time she watched as Helena come to the realization that she needed to recreate who she was and how she identified herself. Despite an otherwise major comeback, she knew that Helena remained emotionally aloof and was unwilling to think about a romantic commitment to anyone. Alice believed Dylan was the source of this reluctance. Since Helena would not speak of it, perhaps Dylan would give her a clue.