Shane lifted her head to say something, but was cut off by a PA on the set.

“Shane! Miss Stiles has arrived in her trailer, and she has to get her hair done before the next scene. In an hour!”

Shane drooped her shoulders, frustrated that she had no time to think through what to do.

“I have to go. Work.”

Alice just nodded her head. After Shane dashed into the makeup trailer, Alice shook her head lightly. Shane had got to stop avoiding the whole situation. She silently prayed that all would be well at the hospital.

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“Boyfriend?” Tina asked in confusion. Bette immediately stepped up to her wife and placed her hand on Tina’s shoulder. The look that Bette gave Tina was enough for her to understand what was going on. She laughed uncomfortably.

Angie chose this right moment to fuss and Tina was glad for the distraction from the uncomfortable silence.

Bette looked sympathetically at Carmen and smiled, but Carmen didn’t notice. She was staring at her mother straight in the eye. Her mother’s expression couldn’t be read, neither was she angry nor was she sad. Carmen wasn’t even sure if her mother picked up on the indirect inference.

Suddenly, Carmen felt a shiver shoot up her spine. It was a shiver of fear. Fear that everything that she had ever known or believed in was going to fall apart. She didn’t know what the future would hold, but at the moment, it seemed like a very scary place to be in.

Carmen turned to look at her sister, but it seems she was safe there, her sister was still cooing at Angie and didn’t seem to notice the tense silence in the room.

“So tell me about this Shane.”

Mercedes was the first to break the silence. Bette exhaled a sigh of relief and commented while intertwining her hand with her wife to reassure her.

“Well. Shane is a hairstylist. Twenty-five six years, very good looking and very sweet to Carmen.”

Carmen smiled gratefully at Bette as Bette continued.

“Don’t worry, Mrs Morales, your Carmen is in very good hands with Shane.”