Once again Alice was overwhelmed by the sound of laughter coming out of the living room.

Dinner was quiet Dana and Joey both felt like they were walking on egg shells around Alice. When asked about her day, she didn’t say much about what was going on. Even when Joey talked about what he had done all day Alice sat there in silence not participating at all in the conversation. Joey looked at Dana with a questioning look in his eyes, and all Dana could do was shrug her shoulders not knowing herself what was going on.

That night after saying goodnight to Joey and heading into their own room for some alone time, Dana decided to broach the topic of Alice’s mood the last few weeks. “Al, babe what’s going on. You’ve been different lately quiet and sad acting, is something going on at work. Is your mom OK, I’m really starting to worry about you.”

Alice response was not what Dana expected. Dana was figuring they would talk a little maybe watch some TV she was also hoping for some alone time with Alice, it had been weeks something Dana didn’t understand. Instead what she was getting from Alice was avoidance. “I’m going out, I don’t know why everyone expects me to be up and funny all the time, sometimes I’m just tired.”

Dana was trying to stop Alice from leaving she didn’t get the mood, it wasn’t like Alice to act like this. “Al, if you’re tired don’t go. I’ll go watch TV in the living room if you want some alone time. I don’t understand why you’re getting mad at me? You’re hardly home anymore and when you are you won’t talk to me or Joey. I know something is going on, why won’t you talk to me?”

As Alice finished lacing up her shoes, “Dane I’m going out, I’ll be home in a little while.”

SHANE’S HOME

Shane still lived in the house beside Bette and Tina, after opening her own hair salon and it becoming a success, she was able to purchase the house.

Jenny had moved out years earlier after meeting and falling in love with a man. She now lived on the other side of town with her husband and two kids.