She remembered only feeling scared on two other occasions in her life once when Dana informed her she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and the other discovering she was in a relationship with her best friend. She understood why Dana broke things off with her the first time, although she had good intentions subconsciously she was pushing Dana to come out before her time. Feeling like she was being forced to do something she wasn’t mentally ready to do, Dana made the decision to end things. When they crossed paths later and she agreed to have dinner with her despite being in a relationship with Alice, Dana was different. Gone was the shy woman afraid to approach her, in her place was a woman who knew who she was and comfortable in her own skin. After that night things began to move rapidly resulting in Dana choosing to end her relationship with Alice. Although, she expressed her decision to end things with Alice had nothing to do with her, she strongly believed it contributed somehow to her wanting to give them another try. The decision hurt Alice, and eventually she and Dana moved on living their lives and from the little information gathered from social media Alice had moved on with hers.  Alice. The problems plaguing their relationship could it be karma? Karma, for taking Dana from her? The thought caused her to take in a deep breath and exhale slowly as she hoped karma had not come full circle.  While she sat deep in thought awaiting for Dana to return to Shanes she hoped by seeing her and apologizing it would cause her to rethink her decision and return home. She was so deep in thought she failed to hear the voice calling out to her.

“She’ll come back, “the voice repeats to her this time snapping her out of her thoughts.

“I’m sorry, “she says looking up seeing a homeless man pushing a Target shopping cart filled with glass bottles. He was of medium height, wore a long red peacoat that appeared hadn’t been washed in months, had a full grey beard, wore dark blue jeans, and black boots that had masking tape wrapped around the front of the boot.

“I said she’ll be back.”