“Is everything okay between you and Alice?” His question caused a shocked look to appear on her face.

“Ye—yeah of course why wouldn’t it be?”

“I don’t mean to pry I’m just asking as a concern friend that’s all.”

“Everything between us is fine, “she says giving her best effort to sound convincing.

“Well good, “he says standing to his feet, “Then I expect for you to be at the Firebrew Bar and Grill at 7:00 p.m. on the dot don’t be late, “he says before leaving her office. Taking a deep breath tilting her head back in her chair Everything Ron had said was partly true she hadn’t been in the mood to go out not until the insecurity she was feeling subsided. Going on luck she locates Alice number in her phone and calls her. Hoping to leave a voicemail message she was taken completely off guard when she answered.

“Hello?”

“Hey.”

“Hey, yourself uh can you hold on for just a sec, “removing the phone from her ear she covers the receiver with her hand then gets Danas attention, “Hey, I’m going to step out of line for a second I need to take this I’ll be back.”

“Yeah of course.” Finding a path between the line she weaves in and out until she finds the rope leading her out of the line towards a nearby tree to speak privately. Once she was finally alone she removes her hand and speaks into the phone.

“Hey.”

“Did I call you at a bad time?”

“No, uhm how are you?”

“Good now that I’ve heard your voice.”

“How are things in Virginia?”

“Busy all work and no play as usual.”

“Okay, “was the only word she could think to say as her attention had shifted from the phone call to watching Dana. There was a long pause and it left Tasha assuming she was ready to rush off the phone like she had done so many times before. She was hoping to keep the conversation going as long as possible so she focused on the noise she could hear in the background.

“I hear the loud noise in the background are you at work?”

“No, I’m at the fair.”

“That’s right the fair is in town I’m sorry you had to go alone wish I was there with you.”