Chapter.1

Angie awoken to the sound of her mothers Bette and Tina who were rushing around the house getting things ready for the cruise the three of them were going on.

It had been Momma T’s idea so they could get back to spending more time together as a family seeing Angie had been away at University… as well as help her get over her recent break up with her girlfriend Trish.

“Angie! Are you up?”

Called out Momma B

“Yes I’m up; I couldn’t help but be up with all that noise out there”

Angie Shouted back.

Angie got out bed and scratch at her left butt cheek as she crossed her room over to her dressing table. She stuck her tongues and looked at her very red eyes.

“Damn I could do with more beauty sleep”

Said Angie

“You’re beautiful already”

Said Momma T who was standing in the door way

Angie turned to Momma T and gave her a weak smile.

“Come on don’t look like that, today is going to be so much fun, it is just what  three of us need. Get away for awhile on a beautiful cruise”

Said Momma T

Angie gave her a stronger smile

“That’s more like it… now have you got everything you need packed?”

“Yeah I packed last night so I wouldn’t have to rush about at the last moment; everything is there except one thing”

“Oh Sweetie I know it is hard but you shouldn’t live in the past”

Tina walked up and put a comforting arm around Angie.

“T! Have you seen my camera?”

Called out Bette

“Did you check your desk?”

Called back Tina

“Yes it wasn’t there”

Called back Bette

“I better go help your mother find her camera”

Tina kissed Angie on the head and walked out to help Bette find her camera.

Angie turned and looked at her dressing table and picked up a heart shaped locket and opened it and looked at the picture of her and Trish and thought back to a happier time… then an image of what Trish had done came back to haunt her she throw the locket down on the dressing table and the tears swelled in her eyes.

Shane woke up startled as her heart was beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst out of her chest. She picked up a bottle of Champagne and put it to her lips and swigged back, but it was empty, Shane chucked the bottle across the room and it smashed up against a wall.

Shane crawled out of bed and made her way to the bathroom and found some coke where she had left it she picked up the rolled up note and did a couple of lines and looked up into the mirror.

“Look at me, no wonder Carmen left me... God I am a fucking mess”

Shane turned the tap on and splashed water in her face.

What was meant to be Shane and Carmen’s second honeymoon had ended when Carmen had walked in and caught Shane fucking the maid not to mention the fact that Shane had gone off the deep end again on a coke bender.

The phone began to ring and Shane staggered out of the bathroom and began to look for the phone before her head exploded, each ring felt like another nail being hammered into her skull. Thankfully it didn’t take her long to find it under a pair of panties.

“Yes?”

“This is the front desk we just wanted to let you know that the taxi is here to take you to the dock.”

“Ok thanks, arrr has there been any messages left by my wife?”

“No, there are no messages for you”

“Ok, send the bellboy up for my things”

Shane put the phone down and went back to the bathroom to clean up.

The doorbell rang and Bette answered the door. Alice stood there with a big smile on her face.

“Hi Al”

Said Bette

“So you gals almost ready to hit the road?”

“Yeah we are… just waiting on Angie”

“How is she doing?”

Asked Alice

“She still isn’t handling her break up with Trish to well; this trip is going to do the three of us a world of good.”

“It sure will, I wish Dana could of got the time off to take a world cruise, if she could we would have been coming with you”

“Hi Al”

Tina who was lugging the last bag into the living room said.

“Hi Tina, let me get that for you”

Said Alice and she walked over and took the bag from her.

“Jesus, how much did you pack? It feels like you have got the kitchen sink in here”

“No that’s in my bag”