You Are Not Alone

Cassandra and Jane take Shay to their stylist. She gets a complete makeover and feels amazing. She runs back to her old apartment to get her suit and a few other items of clothing and runs into Sean and Jody. They both comment on how wonderful she looks and Sean suggests they grab a beer the following week.

Shay feels her luck has suddenly changed. She has a new look, a social life, and she’s about to create a dating profile in hopes of finding a new boyfriend. All she needs now is her own apartment.

Cassandra and Jane clear out the last of Amanda’s belongings from her studio and ask Valerie to list the apartment online the next day. They recall their first meeting with Amanda. Valerie had been the first to talk with her: She hurt her ankle and Amanda was her ER nurse. Amanda had told a story about a young man who was kicked out of his parents’ house after coming out as gay. On the street he’d been badly beaten. Amanda was livid and told Valerie that she wished the parents could be punished somehow. Valerie then introduced her to the rest of the group, and after speaking with her, they voted to give her a trial run.