Marina looks at Francesca.

Marina ”Francesca…looks like I win the bet.”

Francesca laughs.

Kit ”You people are laughin’?”

Marina ”Don’t worry, Kit it’s not at you.  Francesca and I had a bet to see how long Billie would last.  I won the bet, although it would have been nice if he could have proven me wrong.”

Francesca ”How’s Dana?  She feeling better yet?”

Marina ”Francesca and I are wondering how Dana is doing.”

Kit ”…Not good.”

Marina ”…Damn.”

Shane, Carmen, and Mark’s apartment.

Mark is elsewhere this morning, enjoying breakfast alone.  The apartment is all Shane and Carmen’s.  They are in bed together.  They have the matching tattoos.  They are trying their best to put whatever other thoughts they have out of their minds for the sake of intimacy.  Unfortunately, it is not working out.  To make things worse, the awkwardness is interrupted by the ringing of Carmen’s cellphone.  Carmen looks at the phone.

Carmen ”It’s Lara.”

Shane ”…”

Carmen ”I gotta answer it.”

Shane ”…What are you, her knight in shining armor?”

Carmen ”…”

Carmen leaves the bed and walks to the living room, about to answer her phone.  Shane lies down on the bed.  She is lost on how to feel about any of this.

Dana’s apartment.

Dana is trying to rest and Lara is feeling emotionally drained.  Neither slept all that well last night.  Lara has left the bedroom for the moment.  Months ago, she had formed a bond with Carmen while working with her on set.  That bond is now pivotal as Lara sits on the edge of the couch, trying to hold in her own tears, making the call.

Carmen ”Hey.”

Lara ”…Hi.”

Carmen ”How is she?”

Lara sighs.

Lara ”…She’s turning into a monster.”

Carmen ”…How are you?”

Lara ”…Defeated.  I’ve done everything I can…  I brought Alice back to her.  Nothing is helping.  It’s all…going to shit.”

Lara hears the gasp upstairs.

Lara ”I gotta go.”

Carmen ”Hey, I’m on my way over there right now.”

Carmen is uncertain if Lara ever heard those words, but without any further words, she hangs up and exits her apartment.  Shane walks out of the bedroom, feeling like second place.

Dana ”Lara!!!”

Lara has made it back to the bedroom.

Lara ”I’m right here!”