“So she just cut you off, what did you do?”

“Alice took me in, she’s a great friend, which is why she may have been a little off with you before.”

“I get it, I could tell how much they all love you.”

“They’re my family.”

“This is what I missed most, you know, just being able to talk to you.  I missed my best friend.”

“Me too, now that you’re here, lets make sure that we don’t lose that again.”

“I am so happy we found each other.”

“Yeah, I am too.” They held each others gaze for longer than two ‘friends’ would “Erm so do you have anyone special in your life?”

“No, it was pretty hard to have a relationship with my job, I was always moving around and living out of suitcases.  The last one took a liking to my money.  So I just haven’t bothered since then.  What about you?”

“No same thing for me, they liked the money but not the girl.  The last one wanted me to fund her independent film and get Tina to produce it.  There was also a lot of trust issues.  She had successfully sued me for sexual harassment with her boyfriend a couple of years ago.  But I was in love and gave her a second chance, only there was no trust.  So it was always going to end badly.”

“I’m surprised you even gave her a chance.  So when did your mom give you back your money?”

“Just before she died.  She said that she had wanted to teach me a lesson.  Wanted me to find out if my friends were friends because of who I am and not what I had.  I was really pissed at her for leaving me in jail though.”

Jo had just taken a drink of her water and upon hearing what Helena had just said, it all ended up in Helena’s face.

“Oh my god, Helena, I am so sorry, but you should learn when to tell people that you were in jail if you wanna stay dry.”  They both burst out laughing.  “How did you end up in jail?”

“God where do I start with this one.”