Helena looks at her and saw the honesty in her eyes.  She turns towards her desk and starts writing something on a piece of paper.  “Look, I don’t know exactly where she is, I just know she’s deejaying in this new gay club in New York.”  She hands the paper to Shane “this is the name.”  She pauses for a second, “I’m sorry but this is all I got.”

 “Thank you Helena, thank you.” Shane takes the paper.  “…You don’t know how much this mean to me,” her voice cracks.

“Please …be careful ok?  I really appreciate both of you, and I don’t want to see either of you hurting…just…be careful.”

“I will… Thank you” Shane hugs Helena really tight.  “Thank you very much.”

“Good luck.”

With that, Shane leaves the office and her heart is full of hope …and fear.  She tries to put only positive thoughts in her mind.  The only thing she’s sure of now is that she’s going to find Carmen.  No matter how long it takes she has to see her and explain to her everything.  This time she won’t hide anything.  She knows there’s a huge possibility that Carmen might hate her now but she’s willing to take the risk, to take that pain…for love.

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Finding the club where Carmen was working in New York wasn’t that hard after all.  Apparently it was a new place but with a nice reputation and well known already, not only for the gay community, but also for dance music lovers.  It wasn’t a shock for Shane to realize that many people knew about it because of Carmen.  “The hot, Latin dj chick that spins there?  She rocks!” many said.

Nervously Shane enters the place, and immediately she is enveloped by the thumping music.  She looks around with the hope of spotting Carmen somewhere.  In the meantime, Shane spots the bar and weaves her way across the dance floor.  She’s not aware of the stares she’s getting from half of the people in the place; she’s too busy trying to organize her thoughts.  Once she makes it to the bar, Shane orders a beer and stays put.

Fifteen minutes later, a beautiful, slender and tall brunette takes the stage: