"Have you two heard from Greenlee?" Simone Torres asked as her and Carlos Reyes ran frantically into the main office of Fusion Cosmetics. It was enough to cause Liza Chandler and Kendall Hart to look up from their work.

"No." Liza replied, a look of concern fast appearing on her features, "Why? Is something wrong?"

Exchanging guilty looks, Carlos and Simone turned both of their attentions to the floor beneath them. Kendall was quick to pick up on what it was they couldn't bring themselves to say.

"She caught the two of you, didn't she?" Kendall inquired, standing up.

"Yep." Simone admitted sheepishly.

"How bad?" Liza wondered, raising an eyebrow.

"As bad as it can get." Carlos replied to Kendall and Liza's obvious dismay.

It hadn't been an easy year for their friend and co-worker, Greenlee Smythe-du Pres. Her husband, Leo, had presumedly been killed that past October while trying to rescue Greenlee from his psychotic mother, Vanessa Cortlandt. Both Vanessa and Leo had fallen over the edge of a railing at Miller's Falls and into the raging rapids below. Neither one had been seen or heard from since the accident. Greenlee had just been beginning to find love again with Carlos, but he and Simone had probably ruined that.

"I wouldn't worry about it." Kendall commented, "Greenlee's probably somewhere where she can think about things. She'll be just fine with time.

"You think?" Simone asked hopefully.

"I pray." Kendall replied with a sigh.





The old boathouse was silent and still, which was exactly what Greenlee needed at the moment. Upon entering the deserted place, the dark blonde woman shivered as she looked around. This place had been warm and inviting at one time in her life, but now it stood as a cold monument to everything she had lost last October. As the countless memories of Leo flooded through her mind, many of which had happened right there, Greenlee sat down on one of the docks. However, when she looked into the water, all she could see and think about was how she had caught Carlos and Simone together.

Gently, she felt herself reach towards the water to wipe away the image playing in front of her. With a gasp of shock, she instantly stopped herself before she could touch the water. The water came from Miller's Falls! As the image of his body tumbling over the edge entered her mind, Greenlee felt herself become physically ill. Standing, she turned quickly away from the water, and it was then that Greenlee noticed she was no longer alone.