She knew if Dana found out it would kill her. Early in their relationship Dana had always worried about Alice going back to men, but Alice always reassured her that she really was looking for the same thing in a man or woman and she had found it in her. Love.

But it wasn’t a man that Alice slept with it was another woman, a friend, someone who Dana would open her door too anytime she came over. Knowing this would hurt Dana even more because not only her partner of seven years had betrayed her, but one of her good friends also.

Alice felt so guilty she hated herself for being in this situation. She knew she needed to either talk to Dana or just live with the guilt, but do something before Dana figured it out and got hurt.

She knew she wasn’t the only one suffering from guilt Shane was also suffering from overwhelming guilt. Shane had herself been in long term relationship. When her partner of five years left her and broke her heart Alice had gone over to comfort Shane through tears and hugs the next thing she knew they were in Shane’s bedroom having sex. Though they both agreed it would never happen again they both were having a hard time being around Dana.

Alice sat in her car wondering why, why did she chance losing everything. She was in so much love with Dana, she loved her son, and she didn’t love Shane in that way, what the fuck was she thinking that night. They weren’t even drunk.

Alice finally got out of her car knowing if she sat there much longer Dana might notice and wonder why she was sitting out there. Alice wanted to get in the house and take a shower before she ran into her family. Though she knew it was all in her head, she just felt like she still had the smell of Shane on her. It had been weeks since the affair but she could still smell Shane in her head.

When she walked in the house the sight that she saw only served to show her how much she had to lose. Dana and Joey were on the floor in front couch playing one of Joey’s videos games. As usual Joey was kicking Dana’s ass, but Dana with her competitive nature was still determined to win. So while they laughed and played Joey kept trying to give his mom hints to help her play so maybe one day she might beat him.