“Yeah, I’ll be there. No, Im not going to leave your ***** there. Well, if I miss you at the airport then I’ll leave you there. Then, you can catch me on the flipside. Hahaha. No, I promise. I’ll be right there at the gate. Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow then. She giggled, I know, huh, I cant wait either. Love you too, *****. Bye Jess.”

Once Carmen finished her phone call, she walked up to Shane’s drivers side window.

“Well, it seems like someone is a little insecure about you picking them up at the airport,” Shane said as her eyes focused on the figure in front of her.

“Yeah, thats Jess. She is always scared someone is going to forget about her. I think its a childhood thing. So where are you headed?” Carmen smiled as she noticed Shane focusing on her exposed cleavage.

“Huh? Oh Im off to get some milk. I cant eat my cereal without it, you know. Plus, I just had to get out the house. Jenny is in her writing Zone, and we all know how weird that can be,” Shane and Carmen both laughed at this.

“Well, I can go with you. You know, to keep you company, and catch up a little bit. I know I havent been around lately,” Carmen said as she leaned herself more into the drivers side window.

“Yeah sure. Hop in,” with that Carmen jumped into Shane’s old Toyota tuck, and they were off. Shane told Carmen about how cute baby Giselle was getting by the day, and about how the famous Angela Fuentes moved in next door to Bette and Tinas. Carmen got so excited about this, and proceeded to tell Shane about how she has had such a major crush on Ms. Fuentes since the tender age of 17. Shane pretended to be jealous when she heard Carmen mention this, but couldn’t help but laugh at how excited Carmen was about the news.

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At Samantha and Angela’s house:

With slightly stooped shoulders, Samantha slowly entered the house after a long, hard day at work. She gently placed her briefcase down on the sofa, and continued further into the house to find Angela and Josephine. Her shoulders perked up immediately as she spied them in the kitchen. She just stood there and stared, thinking how cute they were. A few minutes later, Samantha made her presence known as she slipped into a chair beside Angela to help feed little Josie.