Diane D And Her Family Are Back From The Caribbean
It is a few months later. Margarita, a beautiful youthful Dominican woman with tanned skin who is a former Dominican Beauty Queen dressed in a black pants suit with her long straight black hair hanging around her front, sides and back, and Tomas are angrily walking inside the police station towards one of the back rooms as Diane D, her husband Michael, her mom Mary, her dad Barry and her brother Nicolas walk behind them.
Margarita and Tomas enter the back room of the police station as Diane D, Michael, Mary, Barry and Nicolas enter in behind them. Officer Henley approaches them and says, "Hey Diaz-Davidson family! I'm Officer Henley!" Officer Henley then looks at Diane D and says, "Diane D! How are you?" Officer Henley looks back at the rest of the family and says, "Would you all like to have a seat?"
"No we don't want a seat Officer!" Tomas angrily shouts in a Dominican accent.
"Our employee Alex gave us the message! What's this we hear about that kid Marcus wanting Diane arrested?! He's still going around with this bull crap?!"
"That's right!" Margarita shouts in her Dominican accent. "We just come back into this country after several months of being away and THIS is what we have to hear and put up with?!"
"I can't believe that kid is saying that he wants Diane arrested because of HIS
nightmares?!" Mary shouts.
"I'm sorry Diaz-Davidson family," Officer Henley says. "But that kid Marcus keeps calling the police department telling us that he keeps having nightmares about Diane D
coming after him inside the back stairwell of that school trying to kill him and he wants her arrested! We just want to know, if Diane D can try just one more time to talk to that kid and hope he finally accepts her forgiveness and hopefully, his nightmares of her coming after him trying to kill him will stop once and for all."
"Listen Officer," Diane D says as she slowly approaches Officer Henley. "I've had it 13
up to here with that kid keep calling the police on me, saying that I'm trying to kill him when I'm not even thinking ab0ut him! I can't believe that he's still calling the police on me even while I'm out of the country! You know what I should do? I should file harrassment charges against HIM, that's what I should do! I mean I can't even enjoy being back in my home country in peace with my family with this kid calling the cops on me saying that he wants me arrested and I haven't been anywhere near that kid since I last saw him inside that school hallway three years ago! I do not go around trying to harm children, especially trying to kill them! Of course I was angry at first when I learned that kid and his brother pulled that hoax on me and my family, but I'm not angry at him anymore. I have forgiven him and moved on with my life. But as soon as I come back into this country after staying several months in my home country, I have to hear this bullshit that he wants me arrested because of HIS nightmares about me trying to kill him! I mean he is really making my image look bad!"
"I'm sorry Diane D. I know you're frustrated with this whole situation, so is the police department because we're the ones who have to deal with this kid constantly calling us. I just want to know, if you can please try just one more time to tell that kid Marcus over the phone that you forgive him for the hoax that he and his brother pulled on you and your family? It's for all of our sake and his sake too because he's talking about suicide again!"
"Yeah that's what Alex told us."
"Yes! He's gonna have to be on a suicide watch again! Could you try to talk to that kid Marcus just one more time Diane D and tell him that you forgive him? Please?"
Diane D stares at Officer Henley. She then says, "Okay call him up."
"You'll do that Diane D?!"
"Sure. Just call him up."
"Thanks!"
"But I promise you Officer. This is the last time I'm going to try to talk to that kid on the phone to tell him that I forgive him. If he still refuses to come to the phone and I hear him screaming all over the other end of the phone calling me a monster and everything, I am done with that kid, I am finished!"
"I cosign with you Diane D. If he still refuses to accept your forgiveness, then it is out of all of our hands. There's nothing else any of us can do for him. He will have to be at the mercy of his doctors. I'll call his family up." Officer Henley goes to the side of the room as Diane D and her family quietly turn to each other.
Officer Henley reaches for the phone at the desk. He dials a number. He then puts the phone to his ear and listens. He then whispers, "Hey Mrs. Whitley? This is Officer Henley."
"Oh Officer Henley," Vanessa says from the other end of the phone. "How are you?!"
"I'm okay and yourself?"
"I'm trying to hang in there as much as I can, but I don't know how long I can take this!"
"I know. I just want to tell you, that Diane D is here at the police department."
"What! Diane D is there?! I mean is she there right now?!"
"Yes! She's standing in the room with her family!"
"Her family is there too?!"
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"Oh my God!"
"They came here when they heard about Marcus still wanting to have Diane D
arrested."
"Wow. I bet they're upset about that."
"Of course they are. I told Diane D and her family that if she can just try one more time to tell Marcus that she forgives him for the hoax that he and his brother pulled on her and her family, then maybe his nightmares about her coming after him trying to kill him will hopefully stop. Well she's willing to get on the phone to try one more time to tell Marcus that she forgives him."
"What! She's willing to try one more time?!"
"Yes, because she doesn't like the fact that Marcus keeps having these nightmares about her! Plus she says it's making her image look bad."
"I understand."
"So could you bring Marcus to the phone to tell him someone wants to talk to him?
Just don't tell him that it's Diane D because he will never come to the phone."
"I don't usually tell him it's her, but he still wants to know who it is on the phone!
He refuses to even come on the phone if I don't tell him who it is! One time I had to lie to him who it was on the phone just to get him on the phone! As soon as he heard Diane D's voice, he threw the phone down screaming all over the place saying that she's a demon, shouting that he does not want to talk to the devil!"
"I understand Mrs. Whitley, but this might be the only way to help Marcus and stop his nightmares after all, if he would just accept her forgiveness."
"Okay, I'll bring him to the phone. Let's just keep our fingers crossed."
Vanessa looks down the hallway inside her apartment and shouts, "Marcus!
Marcus!"
"What is it Grandma?" Marcus says from down the end of the hallway.
"It's your doctors. They want to talk to you."
"They want to talk to me?"
"Yes."
"About what?"
"About your nightmares, just get on the phone and talk to them."
"Are you sure it's the doctors Grandma? Because one time you had me come on the phone and I heard Diane D's voice on the other end!"
"I know, but it's not her this time Marcus. It's your doctors. They said they want to update your perscriptions."
"They want to update my perscriptions?"
"Yes."
"Well why can't they tell YOU about my perscriptions Grandma?"
"I don't know, but for God's sake Marcus could you just get on the phone and talk to your doctors so they can help you with your nightmare condition?"
Marcus suspiciously looks at Vanessa. He then walks towards Vanessa. He approaches Vanessa and suspiciously looks at the phone. He then takes the phone from Vanessa. He nervously puts the phone to his ear and tries to listen for any strange sounds.
Vanessa puzzled looks at Marcus. She then says, "Well go ahead and say something 15
Marucs hesitates. He nervously says, "Hello?"
"Hello Marcus," Diane D says. "It's me......"
"Oh noooooo! It's HER!" Marcus throws the phone across the room! He then looks at Vanessa and shouts, "It's HER Grandma! You lied to me, you lied to me! Aaaaahh!"
Marcus screams as he turns and runs down the hallway!
"Marcus please!"
Marcus turns to Vanessa and shouts, "I can't talk to her Grandma!"
"Why not?!"
"Because she's a monster!" Marcus then cries, "She's a monster she's a monster she's a monster!"
Back at the precinct, the speaker phone is on the desk as Diane D, her family and Officer Henley hear Marcus' voice through the speaker phones crying, "She's a monster she's a monster she's a monster! ...Hhhhh ..... she's a monster she's a monster she's a monster ..... Hhhh .... She's a monster she's a monster she's a monster! ...." Diane D
and her family stare at the speaker phone. Officer Henley hangs up the phone. Diane D
turns and angrily looks at Officer Henley as her family holds on to her worriedly looking at her.
"I'm sorry Diane D," Officer Henley says. "Sorry you had to hear that. Well what do you have to say?"
"I'll tell you what I have to say," Diane D says. "What I have to say, is that this kid really hurted my feelings. I get on the phone to try and save his life when you told me he's on a suicide watch and this is what I have to hear? Him calling me a monster?!
That, I did not have to hear again. See what I have to put up with every time I try to talk to that kid?! I am done! I am out of here!"
"I understand Diane D. Thanks anyway for trying. But before you go, can I just ask you one thing?"
"Sure Officer. What is it?"
"Even though you say you're not angry at that kid Marcus anymore and that you have forgiven him and moved on with your life, I just want to know that is it possible, that deep deep down in the back of your subconscious, that you still might be angry at that kid Marcus, but you yourself might not even be aware of it? I mean the hoax letter that he and his brother sent you and your family about the little three-year old boy who was dying of leukemia did cause you to be emotionally attached to the little three-year old boy when you thought he existed. So is it possible, that you still might be angry at that kid Marcus for causing you to be attached to the little three-year old boy, but you might not be aware of it?"
"No I'm not angry at him anymore, I've moved on. Even if I was still angry at him, I still will have no control over his or anybody else's dreams or nightmares. I don't have the power to enter anybody's dreams or nightmares even if I wanted to."
"Okay. I just wanted to ask, that's all."
"It's okay. Now I think my family and I should get out of here right now because our time here was a waste."
"A waste? You really think so Diane D?"
"I know so. Nothing was accomplished! The only thing I got out of this whole thing, was hearing this kid calling me a monster like he's done many times before!"
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"I'm sorry Diane D. I just thought that maybe we can try to save this kid from his torment and hopefully save his life! I don't think trying to save someone's life especially a child's life is a waste. You did your part and tried to talk to him, I really appreciate that. Now he has to do his part by seeing his psychiatrists. I'm sorry this didn't work out. I'm sorry you had to hear the name he was calling you in the background."
"It's okay, I'm not worried about it."
"You're not?"
"No."
"Oh that's good."
"Now, if you would excuse us Officer, my family and I are going to go back home so we can get ready to go out for dinner tonight."
"You all are going out for dinner?"
"Yes we are." Diane D puts her cap on her head, fixes it and says, "Have a nice day." She looks towards her family and says, "Ready guys?" She then turns around and walks away towards the doorway. Her family turns and follows her towards the doorway. Officer Henley sadly looks on at them.
The next day, Diane D and Michael are walking down the street. A few reporters anxiously approach them as a white male reporter shouts, "Hey Diane D! Hey Michael!" Diane D and Michael stop right in their tracks. They turn and puzzled look at the reporters as the white male reporter says, "So Diane D, how do you feel about what that kid Marcus is going through? How do you feel about him having constant nightmares about you coming after him trying to kill him inside that school hallway?"
The reporter holds the microphone to Diane D's mouth.
Diane D angrily grabs the microphone out of the reporter's hand and shouts, "Listen everybody! I'm sick and I'm tired of hearing about this damn Marcus kid, alright! I'm not thinking about him! I have no control over his constant nightmares about me! If anything, he needs to see a psychiatrist about his constant nightmares about me because I think it's that kid's own subconscious that's controlling his dreams and nightmares, not me!"
"He is seeing a psychiatrist about the constant nightmares he keeps having about you Diane D, but it's not helping him! His doctors feel that the only way for Marcus to overcome the constant nightmares he keeps having about you, is that maybe you can talk to him and tell him yourself that you're not angry at him anymore and that you forgive him. Please Diane D, that kid needs help! He's on a suicide watch! He tried to jump out of a window last year, but his family stopped him in time! Now he's thinking of killing himself again! Could you please try to talk to Marcus and tell him that you're not angry and upset with him anymore? Please Diane D!"
"Look! I offered to talk to that kid on the phone at the police station to tell him that I'm not mad or angry with him anymore, but he's still afraid of me and refuses to talk to me on the phone! If he doesn't want to talk to me, then fine it's on him! I am not going to push myself on him or anybody! From now on, I don't want to hear anymore questions about Marcus, you all got that?! I don't even want to hear his name anymore!
I swear if I EVER hear that kid's name mentioned to me one more time, I'm going to REALLY let off some steam, you all got that?!" The reporters nervously look at Diane D.
Diane D then says, "Good! Have a nice day!" Diane D angrily shoves the microphone 17
right back into the reporter's hand. She then turns turns to Michael and says, "Come on Michael let's go." Diane D turns and walks away as Michael turns and follows her.
The reporters nervously stare at Diane D. The reporter turns to the others and says,
"Wow, we're sure lucky she didn't kung fu kick us or else we would be going through the same thing that kid Marcus and that storage room door at the hospital went through."
"You got that right," a second reporter says.