The next day, Candis is inside her apartment on the telephone as she shouts, “You can’t lie to me Jonathan! Yesterday I saw your text message you left on your cousin Benny’s phone for Diane D to come meet up with you at Newark Airport! So I called Diane D’s family’s organization to complain about her! Diane D came right on the phone and we had an argument right over the telephone! She told me she was gonna beat my ass for constantly calling her family’s organization complaining about her! I told her to bring it! Then she threatened to come right to the parking lot right behind this apartment building to meet me there and beat my ass!”
“What!” Jonathan says from the other end of the phone. “Diane D threatened to come right to the parking lot behind your apartment building?!”
“Yes Jonathan, she threatened to meet me and beat me up right there! I heard she actually sped all the way from her family’s organization all the way over here to the parking lot!”
“Wow.”
“The police even found a baseball bat in the back seat of her car!”
“What! The police found a baseball bat in the back seat of Diane D’s car?! What was a baseball bat doing in the back seat of her car?!”
“Her whole intention was to assault me and attack me with it right there in the parking lot where she think nobody would see!”
“My God Candis! I’m sorry this all happened to you! Are you okay?!”
“I‘m okay for now Jonathan! Jonathan, how does Diane D even know where I live?! How does she know I live in an apartment building?! She has never seen or met me before! How does she know my apartment building has a parking lot right behind it?! How does she know how I would look like and how did she know I was at home?! Jonathan, does Diane D know of me?! Does she?! Does she know of me Jonathan?!”
“Yes Candis, Diane D knows of you.”
“She does?”
“Yeah.”
“How does she know of me?”
“She knows I have a girlfriend.”
“She knows you have a girlfriend?”
“Yeah. She knows I have a girlfriend name Candis.”
“She do?”
“Yeah. I told Diane D about you before Candis. I told her about you when I first met her. She knows all about you.”
“She does?”
“Yeah.”
“Has Diane D ever been to this area before Jonathan?”
“I can’t say.”
“You can’t say? Why not? Tell me Jonathan! Has Diane D ever been to this area before.”
“She came there a few times before.”
“Oh so she has been to this area before.”
“Yes she has.”
“Who did Diane D come to this area with Jonathan? Did she come to this area with you?”
“Yes she came there with me. But she only came there with me a few times when I had to get something from your apartment.”
“When you had to get something from my apartment?”
“Yeah.”
“Did Diane D come up to this apartment with you when you came up here to get something? Did she come inside this apartment?”
“No Candis Diane D never came inside your apartment. She waited for me outside.”
“She waited for you outside?”
“Yeah.”
“I see. Where was I while Diane D was outside waiting for you Jonathan? Where was I?”
“One time you were inside the apartment, the other times you were at work.”
“So she has never been inside my apartment?”
“No Candis, Diane D has never even been inside your building.”
“She hasn’t?”
“No, she was outside.”
“I see. Jonathan how would Diane D know which person in the area would be me anyway when she sped all the way from her family’s organization to meet me in the parking lot, she didn’t know how I looked like then, or did she? Jonathan has Diane D seen me before? Did she already know how I would look like?”
“Yes Candis Diane D has seen you before.”
“She has?”
“Yes she has.”
“How?”
“She saw you with me in the audience at a few of her family’s concerts when we were sitting in the front row or standing at the very front, and she saw pictures of me and you together on my web page.”
“She saw me with you in the audience at her family’s concerts, and she saw pictures of you and me together on your web page?”
“Yes she did.”
“How did she know you have a web page?”
“I told her about it.”
“So in other words, Diane D has already seen me way before this incident had happened and already knew how I looked like, didn‘t she?”
“Yes she did.”
“Yet when we were both at the police station, she told the police that she’s never seen me before in her life! So that time at Diane D’s family’s Michael Jackson concert when she was on the stage, then came right down to the audience members dancing and twirling with the men in the audience then came right up to you, grabbed you from the audience, dancing and twirling with you then bent you backwards and smooched all over your face in front of the entire crowd, she saw me and knew I was there, didn‘t she?”
“I don’t know if Diane D was able to notice you in the audience at that time Candis. The lights that were shining in the audience were kind of dim.”
“She must have still seen me Jonathan! When Diane D finished smooching all over you, she threw you right back towards the audience very rough and had you bumped right into me, causing me to almost fall! If the other audience members hadn’t caught me, I would have fell flat on my face! At first I thought it was an accident! Now that I know that Diane D has seen me before and already knew who I was at that time, I think she bumped you right into me on purpose! I think she might have saw me holding and kissing on to you and got jealous and deliberately wanted to hurt me, just like she wanted to hurt me yesterday when she sped her car all the way from her family’s organization to where I live! Jonathan I have to ask you this very important question.”
“A very important question? What important question Candis?”
“Have you ever slept with Diane D?”
“Have I ever slept with Diane D? Don’t ask me that Candis! Please don’t ask me that!”
“Why not ask you that Jonathan?! You have something to hide? I need to know! I need you to answer me and I need you to answer me right now! Have you ever slept with Diane D?”
“Don’t make me answer that question Candis! It’s not worth trying to find out!”
“It is too worth trying to find out! Now answer my question Jonathan! Have you ever slept with Diane D, yes, or no? Have you ever slept with her?”
“Candis please don’t make me answer that!”
“Have you ever slept with Diane D, yes, or no Jonathan?! Have you ever slept with her?!”
“Okay!”
“Okay what Jonathan?!”
“Okay yes!”
“What!”
“Yes, I have slept with Diane D!”
“Oh my God Jonathan! You slept with Diane D?!”
“Yes I did!”
“Oh my God! You cheated on me Jonathan!”
“I’m sorry Candis!”
“You cheated on me with Diane D, and she cheated on her husband! Oh my God Jonathan, how can you do this to me?! How can you?!”
“I didn’t mean to upset you Candis! That‘s why I didn‘t want to answer that question!”
“That doesn’t change the fact that you slept with her! Oh my God! How many times was it Jonathan?! How many times have you slept with Diane D?!”
“Please don’t make me answer that either!”
“Oh my God, how many times was it Jonathan?!”
“It wasn’t that many times Candis!”
“How many times have you slept with Diane D?!”
“I refuse to answer that!”
“How many times have you slept with Diane D?!”
“I only slept with her four times!”
“Four times?! You slept with Diane D four times Jonathan?! Four times?! Four times is a lot Jonathan! How can you do this to me, we’re suppose to be getting married! How can you do this to me?! How can you break my heart?!”
“That’s why I didn’t want to answer the question Candis, I knew your heart would get broken, but you dragged the answer right out of me! You made me answer the question when I didn’t want to!”
“Oh my God, you slept with Diane D four times! Where did you sleep with Diane D at Jonathan, huh?! Where did you sleep with her at?! Did you sleep with her in my apartment while I wasn’t here?!”
“No I never brought Diane D inside your place!”
“Where did you sleep with her at then Jonathan?! Where did you sleep with Diane D at?!”
“We rented some hotel and motel rooms!”
“Y’all rented hotel and motel rooms?!”
“Yeah!”
“Does her husband know about this?!”
“I don’t think so!”
“Well maybe I should send him a letter! Maybe I should send an anonymous letter to Diane D’s husband to let him know about you and Diane D’s affair!”
“No Candis, don’t do that!”
“Maybe I should send an anonymous letter to him to let him know, that his wife slept with my fiance and broke up mine and his engagement!” Candis cries. “Boy Diane D got a lot of nerve to get angry at me and wants to beat me up just because I called her family’s organization to complain about her trying to meet up with you at Newark Airport! She said that I caused her entire family to be upset with her and said that I caused her mom to hit her and she practically wanted to kill me for it! She’s gonna really want to kill me if I let her entire family know that she cheated on her husband and slept with my fiance!”
“No Candis don’t let her family know!”
“Why not?! Diane D is so doggone worried about what her family thinks of her! How would she feel if her family finds out the truth about this?! Then her mom is gonna really whack her some more!”
“Then Diane D will even be more upset with you Candis and try to come after you again! Don’t let Diane D’s family find out about this! You can’t do that to her or her family!”
“Then how can you and Diane D do this to me Jonathan?! How can you cheat on me?! Why did you cheat on me Jonathan? Why did you cheat on me with Diane D? What is it about Diane D that makes you want to sleep with her, huh? What is it about her? Is she prettier than I am Jonathan?”
“It has nothing to do with that!”
“Is she more attractive than I am Jonathan?”
“It’s not that Candis!”
“Why not? Everyone else seems to find her attractive! Do you find Diane D to be more attractive than I am Jonathan?”
“It’s not that!”
“Then what is it Jonathan? Do you find Diane D to be more gorgeous than I am?”
“It’s not that either!”
“Then what is it? Is she sexier than I am Jonathan? Do you find Diane D to be more sexy than me?”
“It’s not that either!”
“Then what is it Jonathan? Is it her tight buns that you are attracted to, huh? Is it her tight buns Jonathan?”
“Well sort of, but it’s not only that!”
“Oh it’s not only her tight buns?! Then what else is it Jonathan, huh?! What else is it besides Diane D’s tight buns that you are attracted to?! I see the way you be looking at her whenever she performs on stage! I see the way you be looking at Diane D and all the Dianettes whenever they perform on stage! I bet you want to sleep with all the Dianettes as well, don’t you Jonathan?”
“No it’s not like that Candis!”
“Then why did you sleep with Diane D? Is she better in bed than me Jonathan? Is she better in bed than I am?”
“I can’t answer that Candis!”
“Why not Jonathan?! Because you do think she’s better in bed than I am, don‘t you Jonathan?”
“I’m not thinking that Candis!”
“You must be thinking that Jonathan! After all, you slept with her four times! For you to sleep with Diane D four times, obviously you enjoy sleeping with her! So since you enjoy sleeping with Diane D, who’s better in bed Jonathan, Diane D or me?”
“It’s not like that Candis!”
“Just tell me Jonathan! Who’s better in bed, Diane D, or me?!”
“Nobody is better than the other Candis!”
“Then what is it Jonathan?!”
“Y’all just different that’s all!”
“Different?! We’re just different?! That’s what it is Jonathan, Diane D is different in bed than I am?! How is Diane D different in bed from me Jonathan? How is she different?! What way is Diane D different in bed than me Jonathan?!”
“She likes it rough.”
“She likes it rough? That’s what it is Jonathan, that Diane D likes it rough in bed and I don‘t?! So I see now Jonathan, you and Diane D both like rough sex! No wonder why you wanted her to meet up with you at Newark Airport, so that you and she can go off somewhere and get a rough sex quickie before your flight left for Jamaica!”
“No that’s not true Candis! Diane D wasn‘t able to meet up with me at Newark Airport anyway! She said she had Mike and Mitch with her!”
“Mike and Mitch? You mean those two twin boys from her family’s organization?!”
“Yes them! Diane D told me she couldn‘t leave Mike and Mitch because her family hadn‘t arrive at the park yet and there was no one else in her family to watch them and she couldn’t bring them all the way to Newark Airport just to meet up with me, that’s why she wasn’t able to meet up with me!”
“So you’re admitting, that if Diane D didn’t have those two twin boys from her family’s organization with her and there was someone else in her family to watch them, she would have made the effort to go off to Newark Airport to actually meet up with you?!”
“I think so.”
“What if she would have gotten pregnant by you Jonathan? Have you ever thought of what if Diane D were to get pregnant by you?!”
“Diane D is not going to get pregnant Candis! She’s on the pill!”
“She’s on the pill?! Diane D takes birth control pills?!”
“Yeah.”
“How do you know that?”
“She told me she takes birth control pills and she showed me the birth control pills she takes! She even took the pills right out of the package and swallowed those pills right in front of me!”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah! Diane D told me she has been on birth control pills for years!”
“She has? Why? She doesn’t want any children?!”
“No she doesn’t want any children right now Candis!”
“So therefore, you took the chance of sleeping with her four times because she had proved to you right in your face that she’s on birth control pills?!”
“No that’s not true Candis! Diane D didn‘t have to prove to me that she takes birth control pills, she wanted to do that, it was her idea!”
“Yeah and she probably wanted to do that so she can put your mind at ease and not have you worry about getting her pregnant right?!”
“I guess so.”
“I see. You know what Jonathan? You and Diane D were made for each other because you two are both sluts!”
“What! Sluts?! How dare you call us that Candis!”
“How dare you cheat on me Jonathan?!”
“Whether I cheat on you or not, that is still not a nice word to call anybody! It’s bad enough that you call me that Candis, but you shouldn’t be calling Diane D that!”
“Why not call Diane D that Jonathan?! That’s what she is! It’s all over town that she slept with her own cousin’s boyfriend!”
“You mean her cousin Dana?!”
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“Yes, her! Diane D likes to sleep with other women‘s men, including her own cousin‘s man! How can she sleep with her own cousin‘s man?!”
“Well Dana is no angel in this either Candis! Because how can she sleep with Diane D’s husband!”
“Easy! Dana’s a slut too as well as Diane D! They’re both whores! And so are you Jonathan! All three of you are whores!”
“Candis how dare you call me a whore?! Especially how dare you call Diane D and her cousin Dana whores!”
“Because that’s what they are Jonathan! How can two cousins share each other’s man?! I just don’t get it! Now Diane D might be on birth control pills to keep herself from getting pregnant, but what about her cousin Dana?! What if Dana would have gotten pregnant by Diane D’s husband?!”
“Dana is on the pill too Candis!”
“What! Dana takes birth control pills too?!”
“Yes!”
“How do you know that?!”
“How do you think I know that Candis, Diane D told me!”
“She did?!”
“Of course she did, you think Dana told me?! Dana sure didn‘t tell me! I don‘t talk to her! I don‘t know her personally and she doesn’t know me! It was Diane D who told me! She’s the one who told me that her cousin Dana takes birth control pills too!”
“Why does Dana take birth control pills anyway?! She doesn’t want any children either?!”
“I guess not!”
“Even though she takes birth control pills, what if those birth control pills didn’t work and Dana would have gotten pregnant by Diane D’s husband?!”
“Dana would have most likely got rid of the baby!”
“What! Got rid of the baby?! What do you mean she would have most likely got rid of the baby?!”
“She would have gotten an abortion!”
“An abortion?! Dana would have gotten an abortion?! What makes you think that she would do that Jonathan?!”
“Because she had an abortion before Candis!”
“What! Diane D’s cousin Dana had an abortion before?!”
“Yeah, more than once!”
“More than once?!”
“Yeah!”
“How do you know that?!”
“Diane D told me! She told me that her cousin Dana had abortions in the past!”
“Oh my God!”
“She told me her cousin Dana had around two or three abortions in her life!”
“Two or three abortions in her life?!”
“Yeah!”
“My goodness! How can her cousin Dana do something like that, get abortions?!”
“Because Dana doesn’t want any children Candis!”
“So she becomes a baby killer instead?! That‘s terrible!”
“No it isn’t terrible Candis! Dana has the right not to have any children if she doesn’t want to! It’s her body, it’s her choice to get an abortion! Why should unwanted children come into the world and then wind up being neglected?!”
“Well maybe if Dana would stop sleeping around, she wouldn’t have gotten pregnant in the first place then wind up having to get herself any abortions at all! Has Diane D ever had any abortions?!”
“Not that I know of Candis, just Dana.”
“Just Dana?”
“Yeah.”
“Doesn’t Diane D tell her cousin Dana, that taking the life of an unborn child and slaughtering an unborn child is wrong?!”
“How can Diane D tell her cousin Dana that Candis?! Diane D was right there in the room with Dana while Dana was getting an abortion!”
“What! Diane D was in the room with her cousin Dana while her cousin Dana was getting an abortion?!”
“Yeah! She was right there hugging and holding on to Dana the whole time while Dana was getting an abortion!”
“Are you serious?!”
“Yes I’m serious! Diane D said she was there with Dana so she can give Dana some moral support!”
“Give Dana some moral support?! So instead of Diane D trying to talk her cousin Dana out of getting an abortion and telling her cousin Dana that abortions are wrong, she becomes an accessory to her cousin Dana having her unborn babies be killed! Was anybody else in the room while Dana was having an abortion?!”
“No, just Diane D and the doctor were in there, that’s all.”
“Did Diane D ever try to stop her cousin Dana from getting abortions?!”
“Not that I know of.”
“Wow. All I have to say is, that since you and Diane D slept together and she wants you that bad Jonathan, she can have you! The engagement is off!”
“What! The engagement is off?!”
“That’s right! Off!”
“No Candis please don’t do that!”
“We’re through Jonathan! Don’t worry about the engagement ring you got for me because I’m going to sell it!”
“Sell it?! No Candis don’t do that!”
“Good bye Jonathan!” Candis slams the phone down. She tearfully looks around her apartment. She buries her face in her hands and starts to cry her eyes out.
It is now evening. Candis is inside her mother Clarissa’s apartment crying her eyes out on Clarissa’s shoulders as she says, “It’s over between me and Jonathan Mom! It’s over!”
“I’m so sorry Candis,” Clarissa says. “I’m so sorry that you and Jonathan broke up.”
Candis suddenly moves her head from off her mother’s shoulders and says, “I have to go lie down and get some rest.”
“Okay Candis, go ahead.”
Candis gets up and sadly walks away. She goes into the hallway then turns into one of the rooms. She goes into the room and closes the door behind herself as Clarissa worriedly looks towards the door. Clarissa turns around and looks at the telephone. She picks up a business card that’s lying on the desk and looks at it. The business card reads ‘DIAZ-DAVIDSON ORGANIZATION’. Clarissa picks up the telephone receiver and dials the number on the business card.
Margarita is sitting on a large office chair behind a large desk in the organization office fixing and stacking some papers. There’s a knock at the door. Margarita looks at the door and says, “Come in!” The door opens.
Evette steps into the doorway and says, “Margarita you have a phone call on line two.”
“Okay thanks Evette,” Margarita says. Evette steps back out the room and closes the door behind herself as Margarita picks up the telephone receiver. Margarita speaks into the receiver and says, “Hello Diaz-Davidson Organization.”
“Hello is this Margarita?” Clarissa says from the other end of the phone.
“Yes it is. I’m Margarita Diaz-Davidson.”
“Oh I’m glad I caught you. Since it’s the evening time, I wasn’t sure whether or not anybody will be at the Diaz-Davidson Organization to pick up the phone.”
“Well I’m still here. What can I do for you?”
“Well, I just want to say, congratulations.”
“Congratulations? Congratulations on what? Who is this?”
“I’m Clarissa, Candis’ mother.”
“Candis? Oh you mean Candis’ Jonathan’s girlfriend, the young lady who was at the police station?”
“No I mean Candis, Jonathan’s ex fiancee.”
“Candis, Jonathan’s ex fiancee?”
“Yes. Jonathan and Candis were engaged.”
“Candis and Jonathan were engaged?”
“Yes. They were suppose to get married.”
“They were? I didn’t know that.”
“Yeah, but Candis broke off her engagement to Jonathan.”
“Candis broke off her engagement to Jonathan? Why?”
“Because of your granddaughter Diane D.”
“What! Because of my granddaughter Diane D? What do you mean ‘because of my granddaughter Diane D, what did Diane do? How did she cause Candis and Jonathan’s engagement to break off?”
“My daughter Ca
ndis came to me crying her eyes out. She told me that she and your granddaughter Diane D had an argument over the telephone when she called your family’s organization yesterday to complain about Diane D again. She said when your granddaughter Diane D picked up the telephone, she told Diane D that Jonathan is her man and that Diane D should stay away from Jonathan, and you know what your granddaughter Diane D told Candis?”
“No, what did she tell her?”
“She told Candis, that Jonathan might be her man, but if she really wants to take Jonathan away from Candis, she can.”
“What! You got to be kidding! Diane told Candis that?”
“Yeah, according to Candis! Candis said she told your granddaughter Diane D that Jonathan is her fiance that they’re getting married and you know what your granddaughter told Candis?”
“No!”
“She told Candis that if Jonathan is going to marry her, she thinks Jonathan is making a big mistake because she thinks she’s the woman Jonathan really needs.”
“What!”
“Yes! That’s when Candis got very upset with your granddaughter Diane D and told Diane D how dare she say that to her! Diane D told Candis how dare she call your family’s organization complaining about her trying to meet up with Jonathan at Newark Airport. When Candis told your granddaughter Diane D that she wants to come meet her face to face to straighten her out, your granddaughter told Candis that she’s going to straighten her out, then threatened to come right over to where Candis live and beat her up in the parking lot right behind her apartment building! Didn‘t any of you at that organization know that Diane D threatened Candis over the telephone?”
“We didn’t know at first! We found out at the police station!”
“At the police station?! Well didn’t any of you hear Diane D say that to Candis over the telephone?!”
“No, none of heard Diane while she was talking to Candis on the telephone.”
“Weren‘t y‘all there at the organization?”
“Yes we were here at the organization, but we weren‘t in the office with Diane while she was talking on the telephone. We were all waiting out in the hallway around the corner while Diane went to the office.”
“Y‘all were out in the hallway around the corner? So y’all didn‘t hear Diane D talking to Candis at all? Y’all didn’t hear anything she was saying to Candis?”
“No. When Diane went to the office to talk with Candis, she went to the office around the corner in the other hallway. None of us went around the corner and came to the door to eavesdrop on her conversation while she was in the office on the telephone. So whatever Diane said to Candis, none of us heard it.”
“Well Candis told me that she asked Jonathan has he ever slept with Diane D. She said Jonathan didn’t want to answer the question at first, but Candis said she dragged it out of him. She said Jonathan finally confessed to her, that he slept with your granddaughter Diane D four times.”
“What! Jonathan told Candis that he slept with Diane four times?!”
“Yes! Candis got so upset that she broke off her engagement to Jonathan! Now thanks to your granddaughter Diane D, there will be no marriage between Candis and Jonathan.”
“Oh I am so sorry to hear about this! I am so sorry for what happened!”
“So am I. Candis also told me that she realizes now that Diane D had shoved, pushed and knocked Jonathan into her on purpose the night Diane D smooched all over Jonathan in front of an entire crowd during your family’s Michael Jackson Tribute concert.”
“Yeah my family and I realize that now too. After we left the police station yesterday, we later learned and realized that Candis is the same girl in the audience that Diane pushed and knocked Jonathan into. Believe me, I am so sorry for what happened between Jonathan, Candis and Diane!”
“I figure I should let you know about it.”
“Thanks for letting me know! Believe me, I am going to have a talk with Diane about this!”
“Why? So she can find out I told you about this then come after me and try to beat me up too?! It’s really nothing you can say to her! Can’t change what happened.”
“But can I at least offer to get Candis some counseling?! I’ll pay for it! I will help get counseling for both Candis and Jonathan! I’m gonna plan to get some counseling for Diane as well!”
“It’s nothing you can do for Diane D or any of them Miss Margarita! The damage has already been done.” Clarissa sadly hangs up the telephone receiver.
Margarita looks at the telephone receiver stunned. She then hangs up the receiver. She puzzled looks into space, then looks at the door.
The following day, Mary, Margarita and Barry are sitting on chairs in the doctor’s office. The doctor, a middle aged white male walks into the room. He turns to Mary, Margarita and Barry and says, “Hello Diaz-Davidson family, how are you all doing?”
“Hello Doctor Steward,” Mary, Margarita and Barry say.
The doctor sits down on a chair behind a desk and says, “How is everything?”
“Everything is not great Doctor,” Margarita says.
“No? Well what’s the problem?”
“We’re here because we would like for you to set up an appointment for my granddaughter Diane to get some counseling.”
“Who Diane D? She needs counseling?”
“Yes. We would like for you to set up an appointment for her.”
“Okay, but why do you think she needs counseling?”
“Because we want her to get over this obsession she has over this guy name Jonathan.”
“What? Diane D has an obsession over a guy name Jonathan? Isn’t she married?”
“Yes that’s the problem doctor,” Mary says. “First of all, we heard she was about to drag two thirteen year old kids that are in our custody way out to Newark Airport just to meet up with this guy Jonathan, then she threatened Jonathan’s girlfriend Candis over the telephone, drove and sped all the way to the woman’s place of residence and was about to fight the woman in the parking lot if she would have saw her there.”
“Really?” Dr. Steward says.
“Yeah,” Barry says. “We heard Candis’s neighbors got scared for her safety that they had to wind up calling the police on Diane and Diane winds up getting arrested when she showed up there.”
“Yeah I heard something about Diane D getting arrested, but I didn’t know what for. So this is the incident she got arrested for huh?”
“Yep this is the incident. After Diane got arrested and everything, she got released into our custody temporarily, so she‘s living back at home with us right now.”
“I heard something like that too. Where is her husband staying at?”
“He’s still staying at their apartment.”
“He is? So in other words, he and Diane D are sort of separated right now?”
“Yeah,” Mary says. “Diane is so obsessed with this guy Jonathan that she is willing to risk her own marriage over him.”
“Wow.”
“Jonathan admitted to Candis that he slept with Diane four times,” Margarita says.
“What? This guy Jonathan slept with your granddaughter Diane D? Diane D had an extra-marital affair?”
“I’m afraid she did doctor. So of course Candis broke off her engagement to Jonathan because of this affair.”
“She broke off her engagement? My goodness. Does Diane D‘s husband know about this affair between her and this guy Jonathan?”
“Yes he knows now. We had to tell him what we learned.”
“You told him?”
“Yeah we didn’t want to keep it from him. We thought that it was only right and fair that he knows about it.”
“Well how is he taking this whole thing, how is he handling it?”
“He‘s very depressed and embarrassed by this whole thing,” Barry says. “He‘s so depressed that he‘s been keeping a low profile lately.”
“He has?”
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?Yes. He hasn‘t been coming to the organization lately.”
“He hasn’t?”
“No.”
“I don’t blame him.”
“So in other words, he and Diane D are sort of on a trial separation because she’s released into our custody and because of the affair. We think he needs some counseling too.”
“Yeah we think he, Diane, Candis and Jonathan all need counseling,” Margarita says. “When I spoke to Candis’ mother on the telephone and told her I was willing to pay for Candis’ and Jonathan’s counseling, she was too upset to accept any help with counseling.”
“She was?” Dr. Steward says. “Well hopefully she and her daughter will come around and accept the offer.”
“We hope so too.”
“Well I have an opening this coming Thursday morning, but I will have to counsel one of them at a time at first. Maybe I can counsel Diane D alone the first two times and after that, I can counsel her husband alone, then afterwards, I will counsel both of them together.”
“Okay.” Margarita turns to Mary and Barry and says, “Well what do y’all say? Should we bring Diane in first? Should we bring her in this Thursday morning?”
“Yes,” Barry says. “Of course. Let’s bring her in.”
“Okay.” Margarita turns back to Dr. Steward and says, “Okay doctor, we can bring Diane in this coming Thursday morning.”
“Okay good,” Dr. Steward says. “How about eight o’clock in the morning?”
“Eight o’clock is perfect.”
“Okay. I’ll see Diane D then.”
“Okay thank you doctor.”
“No problem. Take care.”
“You too.” Margarita, Mary and Barry get up from the chairs and get ready to leave the office.
It is Thursday 7 o‘clock in the morning. Inside Margarita and Tomas' mini-mansion, Margarita is waiting at the bottom of the stairwell looking up at Mary as Mary comes down the staircase. “Es Diane listo?” she asks Mary.
“Ella deberia estar listo,” Mary says. Mary reaches the bottom of the steps. She turns around as she and Margarita look up the staircase and shouts, “Vamos Diane! El doctor esta esperando!” Mary and Margarita stare up at the stairwell.
A sleepy dreary looking Diane D suddenly appears at the top of the stairs wearing light gray dungarees, a light gray dungaree jacket and a light gray shirt. She slowly comes down the stairs with her eyes half-closed as she looks at Mary and Margarita.
Diane D reaches the bottom of the steps and sort of stops as she looks at Mary and Margarita, then she rudely goes right past them and goes to the front door. Mary and Margarita turn around and look at Diane D. Diane D opens the front door and bangs it wide open with an attitude, then walks right out the doorway as the door slams behind her. Margarita then shouts, “No slam mis puertas young lady!” Margarita becomes frustrated as she and Mary go to the front door. Margarita opens the door, then she and Mary go through the doorway.
As Margarita and Mary come out of the doorway, Michael sadly appears to them from inside the house. Mary and Margarita turn around to Michael. “Hey Michael,” Mary says.
“Listen Michael,” Margarita says. “We’re so sorry for everything that happened between Diane and Jonathan.” Michael sadly and tearfully looks at Margarita. Margarita then says, “We will try our best to fix everything for you guys, okay?” Michael continues to sadly look at Margarita. He then looks towards the street at the car Diane D is waiting in. Michael puzzled looks at Diane D. Margarita and Mary puzzled look at Michael. They turn their heads around and look at Diane D. They turn their heads back to Michael.
“Michael is something wrong?” Mary asks.
“No, nothing’s wrong,” Michael says. “I was just wondering, is Diane asleep or awake. I can’t tell from here.” Michael continues to puzzled stare at Diane D.
Margarita and Mary turn their heads back around to look at Diane D. Margarita and Mary turn their heads back to Michael as Mary says, “Michael Diane is most likely asleep. Mom and I did wake her right out of the bed very early this morning. Of course she’s still going to be sleepy.”
“I see.” Michael puzzled stares at Diane D again.
Diane D sits quietly in the front passenger seat with her head leaned back and her body completely still with her eyes are half-closed and her eyeballs sort of fixed towards Michael.
Michael continues to stare at Diane D. Margarita and Mary puzzled look at Michael. They turn their heads back around and look at Diane D. They turn back to Michael. Margarita then asks, “Michael what‘s the matter?”
“Are y’all sure Diane is awake or asleep?” Michael says.
“She‘s asleep Michael,” Mary says. “Does it really matter?”
“No. Not really.” Michael continues to puzzled stare at Diane D. Margarita and Mary turn their heads and look back at Diane D.
Diane D quietly remains still in the front passenger seat with her head leaned back, eyes half-closed and her eye balls still fixed on Michael.
Margarita and Mary turn their heads back to Michael. Margarita then asks, “Michael are you going to be okay?”
“I’ll try to be okay,” Michael says. “I’ll try very hard.”
“Hang in there Michael. Your turn to go to counseling will be later. Right now Diane is going to go.”
“We’ll be back,” Mary says.
“Okay,” Michael says.
“Make sure you and the rest of the guys in here don’t let Mike and Mitch go outside,” Margarita says. “They’re still on a punishment.”
“Okay Grandma,” Michael says.
“See you later.” Margarita and Mary turn and walk away from the doorway as Michael looks on.
Diane D continues to sit in the front passenger seat then rolls her eyes and turns her head away. She secretly has a small photo of Jonathan in her hand and looks at it. She then hides and tucks the photo in her pocket.
The next day, Margarita is sitting behind the desk at the organization office. She looks at a number on a card. She picks up the telephone receiver and dials the number. Margarita waits as she hears the ring on the other end of the phone. She hears someone pick up the receiver from the other end.
Brenda on the other end of the phone and says, “Hello?”
“Hello Brenda?” Margarita says.
“Yes speaking.”
“Hi Brenda, this is Margarita from the Diaz-Davidson Organization.”
“Margarita from the Diaz-Davidson Organization? You mean Diane D’s grandmother?”
“Yes, how are you doing?”
“I’m okay. I didn’t expect to hear from you.”
“Well the staff members left me your number and all the other women’s numbers who called to complain about Diane.”
“They did?”
“Yes. Brenda, I just called to tell you and all the other women who called to complain about Diane, that I’m very sorry for any misunderstanding that happened between you all, your husbands or boyfriends and Diane. I just want to let you all know that if any damage happened in any of your relationships because of Diane, I’m willing to pay for counseling for all of you.”
“You are?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you so much Miss Margarita, but I’m gonna drop the complaint I have against Diane D.”
“You’re gonna drop the complaint you have against Diane? Why?”
“Miss Margarita, a lot of people are talking about what happened between Diane D and one of the other women who called your organization to complain about her.”
“What? What are you talking about? What do you mean a lot of people are talking about what happened between Diane and one of the other women who called this organization?”
“Miss Margarita, word spread around in all the neighborhoods and the communities, that Diane D tried to go after a women name Candis who called your organization to complain about her the same time I was there.”
“Word spread around all the neighborhoods and the communities?”
“Yes. I heard people talking about it on the bus and train today.”
“You did?”
“Yes. Miss Margarita, everybody in the neighborhoods and the communities heard about this woman Candis who called your organization to complain about Diane D trying to meet up with her boyfriend Jonathan at Newark Airport. Everybody heard that Diane D got so angry at that woman Candis and threatened Candis right over the telephone telling Candis she was gonna come after her and beat her up in the parking lot behind her apartment building then got off the phone with Candis and actually drove and sped all the way from your organization all the way to where Candis live to meet Candis in the parking lot and beat her up right there!”
“How did everybody hear about it?”
“People read it in the paper.”
“They did?”
“Yeah.”
“But Diane never beat up Candis, Brenda. Didn‘t the people read about that part in the paper too?”
“Yeah. They said the only reason why Diane D never succeeded in beating up Candis is because the police was right there waiting for her and blocked her car when she showed up! People read that the police took Diane D out of the car and arrested her right there on the spot for attempted assault and battery charge! People also read that the police found a baseball bat in the back seat of Diane D’s car! Now the rest of us women have to worry about Diane D getting into a rage then getting out of control and coming after us too if any of us call your organization to complain about her again! We got to watch our backs for her now! We don’t need this problem on our heads!”
“But at least Diane didn’t succeed in assaulting Candis Brenda.”
“Yeah because she opened her mouth and threatened Candis right over the telephone telling Candis exactly what she’s gonna do, then wind up having the police right there waiting for her, but what about the next time Miss Margarita? The next time Diane D gets into a rage and decides to come after any of us women again, she’s not gonna open her mouth and threaten anybody! She’s gonna keep it strictly to herself so no cops will be around waiting for her! Miss Margarita, I don’t want Diane D accusing me of calling your organization complaining about her, then she gets into another rage and wind up coming after me too! I don’t want her driving and speeding all the way to where I live coming after me like she did to that woman Candis.”
“But Brenda, we‘ve sent Diane for some counseling. Hopefully she will never do anything like that again.”
“Miss Margarita, Diane D has a reputation for getting out of control whenever she gets angry. She is known for having a vicious temper. She is known for having a Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. A lot of people saw and remember her rage the day she attacked and beat up those security guards and those police officers and they had to be hospitalized for it! I don’t want the same thing happening to me. I don’t want to take any chances Miss Margarita, it‘s not worth it, so I’m ready drop my complaint I have against Diane D.”
“I’m sorry you feel this way Brenda. I really am. I’m sorry for any trouble that Diane might have caused in your relationship with your husband. I just want to let you know if you need anything from me in the future, you can call me, I’m right here, okay?”
“Thanks Miss Margarita. I’ll consider that.”
“Good. You take care of yourself.”
“You too. Bye.”
“Bye.” Margarita sadly hangs up the telephone. She sadly looks around the room. Tomas walks into the office. He puzzled looks at Margarita. He then says, “Lo que esta mal Margarita?”
Margarita looks at Tomas and says, “Voy a decirles lo que esta mal Tomas. Esa mujer Brenda que vinieron aqui la semana pasada para quejarse de Diane dice que ella va a caer su queja contra Diane.”
“Ella tambien?”
“Que quiere decir ‘ella tambien‘?”
“Eso es lo que yo habia venido a decirles Margarita. Tres de las otras mujeres que querian hacer las denuncias contra Diane antes estan disminuyendo sus quejas?”
“De verdad?”
“Si, llamaron la otra oficina.”
“Dijeron por que quieren dejar caer sus quejas contra Diane?”
“Dijeron que oyo hablar de Diane ir tras aquella mujer Candis y temen Diane puede venga despues ellas tambien.”
“Que es exactamente la misma razon por la cual Brenda quiere dejar caer su queja contra Diane. Yo no se Tomas, palabra que corrio como la polvora por lo que ocurrio entre Diane y Candis. Me alegra que las mujeres que quieren abandonar la quejas en nuestro favor, pero estabamos dispuestos a ayudarlos con sus relaciones.”
“Lo se, pero que mas podemos hacer?” Tomas and Margarita sadly look at each other.
That same evening, Michael and the band members are at a recording studio playing the instruments to a song. Michael then sings into the microphone saying, “She’s with that Jonathan guy! Oooh that Jonathan guy! Hey Mister Jonathan guy! Whyyy’d you sleep with my wife? Don’t trust that Jonathan guy! Daamn that Jonathan guy! She’s with that Jonathan guy! Oooh he took my wife! Don’t let that Jonathan guy! Get near your wife! Please Mister Jonathan Guy.” Michael and the band continue to play the instruments then close the song, Michael turns to the band members and shouts, “Okay fellows that’s a wrap!”
“Hey Michael,” Billy says. “We’re not gonna really put this song out there are we? I don’t think Diane’s family is gonna like that.”
“Of course I’m not going to put this song out there Billy. Why would I want to put this song out there anyway? Diane has already embarrassed me enough, I’m not going to add to it by embarrassing myself. After we finish making the CD to the song, I’m going to give the CD to Diane and let hear the song personally! This song is going to be for her own personal use not for the world‘s use! I want Diane to know how she broke my heart by having her listening to this song. That’ll teach her. Let’s put the blank CD in now.” Michael takes a blank CD out of a package and loads it into the studio CD burner.
The following week, a car pulls up to the curb outside Margarita and Tomas' mini-mansion. Mickey comes out of the mini-mansion and heads to the gate. He opens the gate then closes it and heads to the car. He goes to the front passenger door, opens the door and gets inside the car.
Mickey sits in the passenger seat as Keyara sits in the driver‘s seat. Keyara turns to Mickey and says, “Hi Mickey.”
“Hey Keyara,” Mickey says. “What’s going on?”
“That’s what I’m trying to find out about you. I kept trying to call you last night. Is everything okay with you and your family? I heard your sister Diane had gotten into trouble for threatening some woman named Candis. I heard she had to move back home with your family for a while.”
“Yeah she did.”
“Wow Mickey. Your family seems to have their hands full. First Mike and Mitch get into trouble at the Basketball Tournament while still in your family’s custody and living with your family, then your sister Diane gets into trouble for threatening this woman Candis then driving and speeding all the way to where Candis live to assault her in the parking lot, then she gets arrested and put into your family’s custody herself then has to move back home with your family for a while too.”
“Wow you heard about everything didn’t you Keyara?”
“Mickey everybody is talking about it all over town. Your family’s organization is very well known you know, you’re in the public eye. Everybody knows your sister Diane known as Diane D. If you’re in the public eye, certain things you just can’t keep secret, especially having run ins with the law and the police. For an organization, y’all seem to have a lot of run-ins with the law and the police.”
“No Keyara, the run-ins with the law and the police has nothing to do with my family’s organization, so let’s not even go there, okay? It’s the few individuals in the organization that has the run ins with
the law and the police and it’s usually the same three individuals who seem to usually have run-ins with the law and the police.”
“The same three individuals? Who?”
“You know who, Diane, Mike and Mitch. Those three are usually the ones who have the run-ins with the law and the police not the organization itself.”
“I see. I’m sorry Mickey, I didn‘t mean to put it that way.”
“It’s okay.” Mickey turns and looks out the windshield as Keyara nervously looks at him.
Keyara turns and looks out the windshield then back at Mickey and asks, “So where’s Diane at anyway? Is she home?”
“Yeah she’s in the house right now. She‘s upstairs laying on the bed resting.”
“She is?”
“Yeah. She and Michael had marriage counseling early this morning.”
“They did?”
“Yeah. They had marriage counseling all week. I think Diane is kind of tired from going to counseling this morning it gave her a slight headache.”
“She has a headache?”
“A headache and a slight fever.”
“She has a slight fever too?”
“Yeah. My mom and grandma said Diane felt warm. When Diane came home from counseling, she just went straight upstairs and laid right on the bed. She didn’t even take time to undress. I felt her forehead myself. It did feel warm. Later mom and grandma opened Diane’s shirt and put cold cloths on her forehead, neck, chest area and stomach area.”
“They did?”
“Yeah. My mom and grandma started giving her some aspirin, iced water and medicine.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. I hope she feels better soon. How is her and Michael’s marriage counseling coming along?”
“So far they’re still separated for now, but even though they’re separated, he still comes by a lot to visit her and my family.”
“He does?”
“Yeah. He gave her a CD with a song he’s personally written for her.”
“He wrote a song for Diane?”
“Yeah.”
“What song? What type of song is it? What’s it about?”
“It’s about her cheating on him with Jonathan.”
“What? The song is about her cheating on him with Jonathan? Did she hear the song?”
“Yeah she heard the song.”
“Oh yeah? How did she feel about it? What did she think about it?”
“She got upset about it. She took the CD out of the player and threw it right at Michael, telling him to shove it!”
“She did?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh I feel bad for Michael because he really seemed down in the dumps with this whole Diane and Jonathan thing.”
“Well Diane yelled at Michael and told him he’s no angel himself!”
“He’s no angel himself? What does she mean by that? Did he ever cheat on Diane?”
“I don’t know, I have no idea.”
“So what happened with all those women who called your family’s organization to make complaints against Diane? I heard they all dropped their complaints against her?”
“Strangely they all did drop their complaints against Diane. They all heard about Diane’s out of control rage when she drove and sped all the way to where Candis live to go after Candis, after Candis called the organization to complain about her. Word spread around fast among the communities what Diane did. Those women called the organization and claim they don’t want Diane getting into an out of control rage and try to come after them like she did to Candis. They said Candis might have been lucky that the police were there to stop Diane’s rage, but they’re worried about what if the cops aren’t there in time for them.”
“Wow. So they all dropped their complaints against your sister all because of that?”
“All because of that yep, each and every one of them.”
“Wow. How does your family feel about it?”
“Well we’re happy for ourselves that these women drop their complaints against Diane, but we’re still sad for what Diane probably was about to do to that woman Candis and what she probably put those other women and their relationships through.”
“Probably? You’re not sure whether or not she was about to actually do anything to that woman Candis or whether or not she actually put those other women and their relationships through that?”
“Well Diane is denying everything Keyara. She said she was never about to go after that woman Candis and said she was never with any of those other women’s husbands or boyfriends. Candis and those other women are saying one thing and Diane is saying another. Diane told her and Michael’s marriage counselor that if these women keep accusing her of being with their husbands or boyfriends and keep calling the organization complaining about her, she’s going to sue all of them for defamation of her character.”
“Sue them for defamation of her character?”
“Yeah. She’s claiming all these women are giving her character a bad image that she‘s a husband or boyfriend stealer.”
“A husband or boyfriend stealer? Really? She told her marriage counselor that?”
“Yeah.”
“How do you know that?”
“Well because Michael was right there in the office with Diane when she told the marriage counselor that. And when Michael came by, he told my family that.”
“Wow, I see. Are Mike and Mitch inside your family’s house right now?”
“Yeah they’re in there running around the house making noise like they usually do.”
“Making noise? Isn’t Diane sick? How is she able to rest if Mike and Mitch are running around the house making noise?”
“Oh she managed to still rest when Mike and Mitch came right into the room she’s in and turned the television on.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s good she still managed to rest. I hope she feels better soon Mickey. And I hope she manages to keep calm and not let these women’s accusations keep getting her out of control.”
“Yeah we all hope so too Keyara. We hope so too.”
“Well you feeling like coming out later on this evening.”
“Yeah I should be up to it Keyara. As long as my family is okay, I should come out with you later.”
“Okay Mickey. Well I’m gonna get ready to head back home and I should come back around seven o’clock.”
“Seven o’clock sounds perfect.”
“Okay Mickey.”
Mickey opens the car door and steps out of it. He closes the car door then bends to the window and says, “Okay Keyara, see you at seven.”
“Okay Mickey. Tell Diane I said hi.”
“Okay Keyara, I will. See you.” Mickey bends back up, turns around and walks back to the gate.
The following day, Margarita sits behind the desk in the organization office as Tomas stands to the side reading some invoices. The telephone suddenly rings. Margarita turns to Tomas and says, “Es probablemente otra mujer que quiera dejar caer su queja contra Diane.” Margarita turns to the telephone and picks up the receiver. She speaks into the receiver and says, “Hello Diaz-Davidson Organization.”
“Hello Miss Margarita?” Clarissa says from the other end. “This is Clarrissa again, Candis’ mother.”
“Oh Clarissa, hi how are you?”
“I’m okay.”
“You are? That’s good. How’s Candis doing?”
“She’s hanging in there. I just want to let you know that I spoke to Candis about you offering to pay for her and Jonathan’s counseling and she decided to take up your offer.”
“Candis decided to take up my offer?”
“Yes. Her and Jonathan decided to take you up on your offer.”
“Jonathan too? When did you speak to him?”
“I spoke to him yesterday when he came back from Jamaica.”
“Jonathan is back from Ja
maica?”
“Yes. He was worried about Candis and decided to cut his stay in Jamaica short so he can come back to check on her. So when he came back, he and Candis spoke face to face. They want to try to work their relationship out.”
“They do? Oh I am so glad to hear that Clarissa. I’ve sent Diane and her husband Michael to marriage counseling also.”
“You have?”
“Yes. They’ve been going to counseling for the past week.”
“They have?”
“Yes.”
“Well how is their marriage counseling coming along?”
“Well Diane and Michael‘s relationship still hasn‘t improved, but Michael still comes by the house to visit us all.”
“He does? That’s right Diane D‘s staying at your place for now.”
“Yes she is. I can send Candis and Jonathan to another counselor on the side of town close to where Candis live.”
“Close to where Candis live? How do you know where Candis live? Oh that‘s right, you and your family followed your granddaughter Diane D to where Candis live, that‘s how you know.”
“Unfortunately that‘s true. It would be best for Candis and Jonathan to go to counseling on that side of town anyway. This will keep Candis and Jonathan from crossing paths with Diane and Michael.”
Tomas leans off the desk and says, “Estare de regreso Margarita.” Tomas turns and walks away.
Margarita turns to Tomas and says, “Bueno Tomas.” Tomas walks out the doorway as Margarita turns and speaks back into the phone saying, “I’m going to call a counselor on that side of town and get back to you. I have Candis number from the time she left it with the staff members.”
“Oh yeah?” Clarissa says. “Diane D doesn’t have Candis number does she? Your staff members didn’t leave Candis’s number with her did they? I don’t want Diane D getting a hold of Candis number so she can call to threaten Candis again.”
“Miss Clarissa, you have nothing to worry about. I don’t think Diane is gonna threaten Candis again, as long as Candis don’t call here complaining about her.”
“Candis already told me she wasn‘t going to call there to complain about Diane D anymore, even if she do suspect that Diane D and Jonathan is having something going on.”
“She told you that?”
“Yeah. She said she doesn’t want anymore problems from Diane D, especially since Diane D knows where she lives.”
“Well we certainly don’t need anymore problems either. But just in case Candis ever have a problem and suspects anything between Diane and Jonathan in the future, she can still call here and speak to me, but she’s gonna have to speak to me directly and no one else. She can’t complain to any of the staff members about Diane because most likely, it will get back to Diane then Diane’s going to flip again. So if Candis ever needs to speak to me about Diane or anything else, I want her to call here and ask for me and not tell the staff members anything. She needs to just talk to me and I will keep our conversation strictly confidential.”
“You will?”
“Of course I will.”
“Thank you Miss Margarita, but what about your daughter Mary, Diane D‘s mom? If Candis ever calls you complaining about Diane D again, wouldn’t you share that information with your daughter Mary?”
“No I can’t even tell Mary about it, because if Mary finds out about it, she will definitely get angry and flip out on Diane, then Diane will get angry and flip out and try to go after Candis again. It’s just not worth it.”
“No it‘s not.”
“Anyway I’ll call Candis’s number as soon as I find a counselor in her area.”
“Thank you very much Miss Margarita. Talk to you later. Bye.”
“Bye now.” Margarita hangs up the telephone.
It is a week later. Dr. Simmons, a male white doctor around his early 50’s, sits behind a large desk inside his office. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door. Dr. Simmons looks towards the door. “Come on in!” he says. The door opens. Margarita walks in the doctor’s office followed by Mary and Tomas.
“Hi Dr. Simmons,” Margarita says.
“Hi Miss Margarita,” says Dr. Simmons. Clarissa, Candis and Jonathan suddenly step into the office behind Mary and Tomas.
Margarita turns towards Candis and Jonathan and says, “Dr. Simmons, this is the other couple I was talking about.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes and this is Candis’ mother Clarissa.”
“Hi, how are you Clarissa?”
“I’m okay Doctor,” Clarissa says.
“That’s good.” Dr. Simmons turns to Margarita and asks, “How are Diane D and her husband? How’s their counseling coming along?”
“Diane hasn’t been feeling good lately,” Margarita says. “She had a fever for a while so she hasn’t been able to go to counseling.”
“She hasn’t? I’m sorry to hear that she‘s not feeling well.”
“But her husband is still going to counseling so far,” Tomas says.
“He is?”
“Yeah.”
“How is the counseling coming along for him?”
“Nothing‘s really changed for him and Diane much,” Mary says.
“It hasn’t? Sorry to hear about that.”
“Well, my family and I are going to leave now Doctor,” Margarita says. “I’ll leave this couple in your hands.”
“Sure thanks.”
Margarita turns to Candis, Jonathan and Clarissa and tells them, “Okay we’re going to leave you guys now. You’re in good hands with Doctor Simmons.”
“Okay,” Candis and Jonathan say.
“Thank you so much Margarita,” Clarissa says.
“Sure Clarissa anytime,” Margarita says. “By.”
“By,” Clarissa, Candis and Jonathan say. Margarita, Mary and Tomas turn and walk towards the door. They open the door and walk out of the room as Clariss, Candis and Jonathan turn towards Dr. Simmons.
Mickey comes down the staircase inside Margarita and Tomas' mini-mansion. The telephone suddenly rings. Mickey goes to pick up the receiver. He speaks into the receiver and says, “Hello?”
“Oh hi this is Teresa.”
“Hi Teresa, how are you?”
“I‘m okay. Who‘s this Mickey?”
“Yes it‘s me Teresa, what‘s up?”
“Nothing much. How is everything Mickey?”
“Everything is going fine so far.”
“That’s good. How is Diane doing? Is she home?”
“Yeah she’s home right now. She’s in the bed sleeping.”
“Does she still have a fever?”
“No she doesn’t really have much of a fever anymore. She came around.”
“She did? Oh that’s good to hear. I’m glad she came around. Okay Mickey, tell Diane I called.”
“I’ll tell her you called when she wakes up.”
“Thank you Mickey. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Okay, by Teresa.” Mickey hangs up the receiver and walks away.
Chapter 33
Diane D’s Date Hunting Leads To Controversy