<div class="floatleft">(http://www.youknowyoulovefashion.com/storage/gossipgirl/season4/0404/0404blair2.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Alice Beaumont<br/><strong>Age:</strong>35<br/><strong>Crime:</strong>Stabbing her husband 47 times<br/><strong>Location:</strong>In therapy, attempting to ignore her fellow patients<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Tim (mentioned), Drake (mentioned)<br/><hr/><br/>Keeping her eyes closed, Alice tried her best to ignore the stories of the other people in the circle.  Certain phrases got through, though, and she wondered idly why she'd been put into a group of nutters like these.  They were all obviously off their rockers - killing, maiming and torturing innocent people when all she'd done was dish out some well deserved retribution to a man who had it coming.  And it wasn't like she'd killed him, although she had to admit that she'd been trying to.  But only to protect herself and her son.  Things had been steadily getting worse with Dean, and Alice was sure it wouldn't have been long until his abuse became physical.<br/><br/>The arrival of the big man in the orange jumpsuit roused Alice out of her numbness somewhat, and she shrunk away from him.  He looked like he could rip a person limb from limb, and enjoy every minute of it.  Coupled with the entry of the guy who appeared to be playing at being a private detective, it took all of Alice's will power not to open her handbag and help herself to another mint.  Just to calm her nerves, you understand....<br/><br/><em>Can we just get this over and done with,</em>she wished quietly to herself.  There were plenty of places she'd rather be.  And plenty of people she'd rather be with.  This motley crew made her skin crawl.