Danny sighed as he walked around the corner. The generator had gone again and he had just heard the results from Dup's 'preliminary tests'. The so called results had not been what he wanted to hear which only made things more was hard to get a generator in the middle of Glen Afric, but it could be done. You just had to know how to handle things. And Dup had no clue.
But Danny could not immerse himself in finding a generator because he had to talk to Alice about the pressing matter of the wild dog.
She had been moving all of the foods that had gone off out of the fridge, getting ready to take them away. He quickly began to help her and they were both soon carrying crates of rotten food to the Jeep. 'I called the National Wild Dogs Trust; they are keen to help, sending a specialist actually, can't quite remember his name, Terry something or other.'
Alice looked at him and then tripped over her own feet and Danny rushed to her side. 'Are you sure that wild dog didn't get you?'
Alice brushed herself of him and looked at him. 'Well actually I was thinking of going into town today and getting new supplies.' She spoke to the ground, not wanting to make eye contact in case he asked questions.
But not that it mattered anyway because he loved Vanessa not her, so in the end what was the problem? 'I appreciate that Alice, but there is no way I am going to let you miss this kind of opportunity, and that final, Alice.' Danny said before walking off into the distance.
Alice sighed. She really should tell him about Terry, but it was just too hard and her feelings would get in the way. But he loved Vanessa, she was sure of it, he was probably going to tell her all about the Wild Dog right now, rather than sitting around here.
Maybe Terry was the kind of refreshing change that she needed, an old love to get her mind off the new one. It was an idea but Alice knew that it was never going to work. Instead she was just going to have to grin and bear it, smile and pretend she did not care about Terry anymore.
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Alice sat down on the floor of the clinic. It was a place where she was able to think, able to weigh up the options that she had been given. Terry had asked her to come with him and had promised her that this time around would be different. He had said that they could be a family, something that Alice had desperately wanted. They had operated on the Wild Dog, her bag was packed, but still she felt like she needed to think about things. Surely that was some kind of a sign, a sign that she should stay.
But Danny had Rosie and Max back now and there was no need for her to stay, and staying and watching Danny get with Vanessa would break her heart.
It was the last thought that made her truly decide. She would go with Terry and see how things worked out, because surely they would all work out better than if she stayed her and had her heart broken.
So, I have had some trouble articulating this bit properly. This bit and the next chapter have been on the tip of my tongue for a while but now that I have them written and happy enough with them it is all better again. Please review, and thanks to those who have ;)
