“I don’t know Papi she had a bad night.  Me to for that matter.”  Was all that Rosita offered, taking in a deep breath and bellowing primal into the pillow again.

*****

            “Oscar, can we talk?”  Tina asked as he bustled around the office they were alone in the office it was an off day today.  Tina had finally come to terms with her feelings and she was intent on learning everything there was to know about little Miss Rosita Navarro.

            “As long as you do it while I run around like a chicken with my head cut off.”  Oscar said pulling open a file and starting to photo copy the papers.

            “Who is Max?”  She blurted out and he stopped staring at her hard.  He was stumped and a bit confused by her question.

            “Ro never told you?”  Tina shook her head no and he thought about what to say, he figured the truth was always the best course of action in these matters.

            “Max was my sister.”  Oscar said.

            “Sister?!?!”

*****

            Dana was jogging around the country club when she was hit in the face with an apron and a joyful laugh came rushing to her ears.  Dana pulled the now not so white apron from her face and pretended to be upset for just a moment.

            “LARA!”  Dana yelled and Lara went over to her taking her apron back from Dana as she smiled at the athlete.  Dana met her eyes and the feelings she’d once had for Lara came drifting back to the surface.   Then Alice’s name popped, unwanted and uncalled for, into her head.  She sighed to herself as Lara began to speak.

            “How about some breakfast?  You look like you need a good hot breakfast?”  Lara asked and Dana thought about it, not having slept much, and she was hungry.

            “Sure.  As long as I get to have some sort of dessert too.”  Dana said, and Lara cocked one of her perfect eyebrows. 

            “Depends on what you are in the mood for.”  Dana stunned herself by saying.

            “You.”