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          Alice walked out of the bathroom with her toothbrush in her mouth as Carmen was brushing her hair.

“So what did ya think? Is she a keeper? You think Shane might be a keeper.” She continued to brush her teeth.

“I don’t know Al. I just met her. I have to get to know her first before I think of a relationship with the woman.”

“Oh c’mon, she was flirting with you. She was digging you.” Alice walked back into the bathroom. She came back out and wiped off her mouth. “You two would look cute together.”

“I don’t know Al. There’s something about her.”

“Besides the fact that she’s smokin’ hot, and her sex appeal is out of this world, what else is there?”  There was a knock on the door, and Carmen got up.

“Well I do kind of hope that she does call me.” Carmen smiled as she began to walk towards the door. Alice smiled as she took off her glasses. Carmen went to the door and unlocked it. There was no one at the door, and Carmen sighed. She went to close the door, but someone pushed the door opened. Carmen screamed when she felt someone grab her. The man pushed Carmen back into the house and slammed the door.

“Carmen—what’s wrong?” Alice came running into the living room with a baseball bat. The man pulled out a gun and pointed at Alice.

“Get down on the fuckin’ floor.” He hissed, and Alice dropped to her knees, and Carmen grabbed her hand.

“What do you want?” Carmen sobbed.

“I just want to have a little fun.” He smiled as he looked at Carmen. He walked over to them and grabbed Carmen by her shirt.

“Get off of me!”

“Shhh—,” he pressed the gun to her cheek. “Don’t fight with me or I will kill you.” Before they made a move, there was a sound of glass cracking, and the man’s eyes got wide and sucked in his breath. Carmen looked at him as he tried to breath. He leaned against her, but she pulled away from him as he fell to the ground.

“What the fuck?” Alice looked at the bullet hole in the man’s back as he slowly died on the floor. “What the fuck happened?”