"Lils! Guess what?!" yelled Cynthia going into her bookstore. Lily turned to see her friend out of breath.

"Excuse, me for a second, please," she said to her client. "What? I'm busy," she hissed. "Why are you so excited?"

"Sorry, Lils, but I had to tell you. Guess who came to my grand opening?"

"Johnny Depp," she teased.

"No, I wish, but somebody just as good."

"Who then?"

"Alex Richardson! He came to get his hair cut at my boutique. Can you believe one of Gotham's hottest business men in my shop?!" she squealed, making the customer look at her questionably. Cynthia apologized but turned her attention back to Lily.

"No, I can't, but Cynthia please watch yourself. Alex is well known for his night outs and sleeping with different women."

"Oh yeah and does that sound familiar, Lils?"

"That's different though, Bruce and I are just friends," she whispered.

"Well, Lils that's because you never allowed it, anyways I came here to take you out for lunch and guess who invited us," she winked.

"Who?" she asked already knowing it was.

"Alex, he said he's seen me around you and Bruce, so he invited us for lunch with Bruce."

"Cynthia," she moaned.

"Please, for me?" she said giving her the puppy dog look.

"Fine, fine, let me finish with this customer and we'll go out to lunch."

"Good, he'll pick us up here," she said sitting behind the counter and started playing with her hair. Lily shook her head and went back to attend her customer.

"You ladies ready?" asked Alex through the car window. They both nodded and got in the car. When they arrived at the restaurant, they were both glad to be stepping on the ground. Alex was a crazy driver just like Bruce, maybe even worse.

"Why do you girls have wobbly legs?" asked Alex grinning. "Is it because I'm here." Lily glared at him while Cynthia smiled at him dreamily. "Well let's go in, shall we?" he said offering both his arm.

Bruce looked up and saw Alex with Cynthia and Lily walk towards his table. He didn't expect to see them here, but didn't argue it. "Look who I found Bruce," Alex said smirking. Lily let go of his arm and smiled at Bruce. Bruce grabbed her hand and sat her next to him.

"Beautiful, how are you? I didn't expect to see you, not that I don't mind," he said.

"Well, Alex invited Cynthia to lunch and she invited me."

"Well, that's about the best thing Alex has ever done."

"Hey, I heard that," he said, making both of them laughed. Lily saw both Alex and Cynthia flirting with each other. She smiled seeing them together, hopefully Alex won't hurt her. She felt a hand on her cheek. She turned her head and smiled at Bruce as she leaned into his hand. "I called an investigator to look for Dave," he whispered. "He the best I know and he'll call me when he finds something out."

Lily gave him a sweet look that made his heart burst. Right at that time his phone rang. Lily jumped and wondered who was calling him. He looked at her with a smile and answered the call. "Hello?... Yeah... OK... We'll be right there." He hung up and looked at Lily. "They found Dave," he said. Cynthia turned her attention to Bruce. Lily was about to fall off the chair.

"Where is he?" she whispered.

"At the hospital. He was found bruised and beat up," he said. He saw the concern look on her face. She looked to be in shock. "Come on I'll take you."

Lily looked at her friend that was Dave. She remembered the cheerful person that he was and now he looked so helpless laying unconscious to the hospital bed. She felt tears falling down her face. She heard the door open and saw Christina standing there.

She glared at Lily and pulled her away from her son. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to be with Dave, my friend, who I will never abandon him no matter what or who he is," she hissed.

"Do you know what's it's like to have a son like him? Wouldn't you feel embarrassed to have a gay son?"

"No, never, I'll always be there for him to support him in his difficult times. You on the other hand just came because your conscious won't allow it just like in the police station. You only care about yourself."

"Shut up. Clearly you have your mother's fiery attitude. I knew it was wrong when Shawn left me for her. I would have taken care of him and not let him die in that car accident."

"No, ma'am you shut up. You know very well that my father loved my mother and could never love a selfish bitch like you," she snapped back and walked out of the room. She didn't see where she was going and bumped into a hard chest. She looked up and saw that it was Mario.

Lily quickly turned the other way, but he grabbed her by her arm and pulled her to an empty room. "Let me g..."

Mario covered her mouth with his hand. "Nice to see you again my curvy tubby," he smirked. Lily started to struggle against him and tried to scream for help but he kept a forceful grip. "Shh, behave because if you do you'll have lots of fun with me," he said kissing her neck. Lily felt disgusted by him and she tried to kick him. She had a lucky shot and gave him a low blow. Mario released her and grabbed between his legs as he moaned in pain.

Lily took this opportunity to leave the room. "Beautiful," she turned and saw Bruce. She ran to him and hugged him as if her life depended on it. "What's wrong?"

"You little... Oh, Bruce, I didn't know you were here," said Mario. He glared at Lily who was trying to hide in Bruce's arms.

"Yes, I'm here for Lily's sake," he said eying him suspiciously. Could he be the reason why she's so frightened?

"Yeah? Last time I checked she had a boyfriend," he said smirking.

"Yes, and last time I checked so did you, or did you forget about Lorena? Shouldn't you be with her instead of chasing after other women?"

"I'm not chasing other women, I'm just trying to find my girl." Lorena came from down the hall and called Mario. "Ah, there she is. Well, I'll see you two later," he said grinning at Lily and then went off with Lorena.

Bruce looked at Lily, who was looking at the ground. He could tell that she was scared and tiered. She has been at the hospital all day waiting for Dave to wake up, but the doctors said that they don't know when he would wake up and that Dave was in a coma. "Lils," called Cynthia who was coming with Alex. "You ready to go home?" Lily nodded and left with Cynthia saying bye to both Alex and Bruce.

"God damn look at that ass," said Alex, staring at Cynthia backside. "I just want to smack that red," he said grinning at Bruce, but he wasn't listening. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just worried about Lily," he said.

"Why?"

"I have a feeling Lorena's boyfriend was trying to hit on her or maybe something even worse," he clenched his fist.

"What are you going to do about it?" he asked.

"I'm going to watch him closely. You've heard about his father, right?"

"Yeah, used to be in the mob. You think he's in it?" he asked.

"Maybe, like father like son."