We had so much fun at that night, have laughed, danced, and talked about this and that. It was a wonderful night, a night like in old-times, a night which I had avoided and at the same time missed so much. I had almost forgotten how witty Al could be, how wryly Dana’s comments are sometimes, who always left the impression to me that I never knew exactly whether she meant it serious or made a joke. I had forgotten the lighthearted easiness from Shane, who had the gift to say everything there is to say in this moment with just one look. She made an incredible happy impression on me. I believe her new girlfriend seems to be nice, very sympathetic at first sight. Well, she must also be if she was able to restrain Shane. Kit had so much work to do, that I could just briefly tell her that I would be glad if we met sometimes, a little talk in complete silence, if she wants to. "I’ll call you, okay? " she had shouted while passing. The later the night got, the more quiet it also got again. More than half of the guests had left and the DJ rang in the compulsory final round for the loving people. Because Carmen wanted to dance with pleasure and Shane had no desire for that, Dana said: "Come on, we leave our women here and we amuse ourselves with each other." "You will see what you’ll have from this." Al shouted after her. Dana turned around, grinned omnisciently and threw an expressive look to Al "I am happy on it." "Women, women." Al murmured to itself.

"You are so quiet and thoughtful Jenny. Are you okay?" "No, not really?" "What is wrong?" asked Shane. "I have got a phone call." "No!?" I threw a warning look at Al. "Sorry." "What phone call?" "It was last night maybe against 10 o’clock. It was Marina." "Marina has called you?" Shane looked with her eyes wide opened at Jenny. "Is it a joke?" "No unfortunately not." Alice was dumbfounded for the first time that evening. She stared as if she wanted to pull Jenny’s words out of her mouth. "She said that she has been ill a long time after the incident at the hotel that she had gone back to Milan. Well, her mother probably wanted this like that. She had been too weak to be able to fight against it. And her husband and her mother worked quite together, it was a dirty trick, but like I said before, she was defenseless." "Why is Marina married and why has she never told us?" I asked Jenny. "Well, Marina comes from an aristocratic family. The marriage was already decided in both families, before Marina was come of age and as soon as she was 18 the marriage was done. At that time Marina had no choice and she is not particularly proud of this. After a very informative conversation with her husband it turned out that he liked men more than women. So she has also admitted her lesbian inclination. The both have met a quiet agreement, so that Marina came to America, here to L.A."