by Doris Miller
At the organization the next day, Diane D's family and the Diaz-Davidson Choir stand around talking and fussing. Barry approaches his family and says, “I just heard you all found out who the guy is that snatched Landa's jewelry and went to the projects where he hangs out to confront him.”
“Yeah we did Dad,” Nicolas says.
“Well who is this guy?”
“Some guy named Bubby Owens.”
“A guy named Bubby Owens? How did you all find out who he is?”
“Because a few days after he snatched Landa's jewelry, he started bragging to the people in that neighborhood that he snatched one of Diane’s relative’s jewelry,” Mary says. “Sooner or later, the people that he bragged to told other people about it. Then the other people started telling everybody else about it, the word kept spreading around then the word winds up getting back to a couple of the choir members, then the choir members told everybody here about it.”
“Now everybody here knows the guy who snatched Landa's jewelry's name is Bubby Owens,” Margarita says.
“The worst thing about it,” Nicolas says, “is that the word somehow got to Dana, and now she knows the guy who snatched Landa's jewelry's name is Bubby Owens and knows where the neighborhood is he hangs out at.”
“She does?” Barry asks.
“Yeah. Mickey told us Dana told him she's gonna pay a visit to the neighborhood Bubby Owens hangs out at.”
“What! Dana told Mickey she's gonna pay a visit to that neighborhood?!”
“Yeah. As soon as we heard about that, we all went and yelled at Dana and told Dana she's not gonna go anywhere near that neighborhood and to stay away from it! She told us she has a friend who lives in that neighborhood and wants to visit that friend.”
“A friend who lives in that neighborhood and wants to visit that friend?! What friend?! What's their name?!”
“Good question,” Mary says. “She never told us this friend's name!”
“She never? My goodness. Where's she at now?”
“She and Diane went riding on the motorcycles.”
“She and Diane went riding on the motorcycles?! My God! Did they say where they were going?!”
“Yeah,” Gracy says. “Dana told us she was gonna go to the pharmacy to pick up her prescription. Diane told us she's gonna go with Dana to keep an eye on Dana, to make sure Dana doesn't go anywhere near Bubby Owens' neighborhood.”
“Diane told you all that she's gonna go with Dana to keep an eye on Dana, to make sure Dana doesn't go anywhere near Bubby Owens' neighborhood?!”
“That‘s what she said.”
“That wasn’t a good idea!”
“It wasn’t?”
“No! That was a bad move!”
“Bad move?” Grandpa Mike says. “Why do you say that Barry?”
“I mean it’s great and dandy that Diane went to keep an eye on Dana, but who’s going to keep an eye on Diane?! Diane is just as bad as Dana! She and Dana both have bad tempers, they both been committed to mental institutions, they are always getting arrested and you wind up having to keep bailing both of them out of jail Dad!” Barry then sighs and says, “Well I hope both Diane and Dana took their medications this morning.”
“Yeah they both took their medications this morning Barry,” Gracy says. “I was with them in the kitchen when they took their medication. I made sure they both swallowed it too.”
“You did?”
“I sure did.”
“That’s good Mom, but someone still should have went with both Diane and Dana because I‘m not feeling this. I‘m afraid sooner or later, we‘re going to hear something about Dana or Diane or both.” Gracy, Grandpa Mike, Mary, Nicolas and the rest of the family worriedly look at Barry.
Around 45 minutes later, Diane D and Dana enter a hospital lobby both dressed in identical black corduroy jackets, black matching pants and holding white helmets with black designs in each of their hands with their long black hair in a half-braid and half-ponytails hanging down their backs as they follow a black, male security guard. Diane D turns to Dana and whispers, “I thought you had to go to the pharmacy to pick up your prescription Dana.”
“I do,” Dana says, “but after I visit my friend.”
“What friend? I keep telling you, there's no visiting hours at this time. Now if nobody else can visit patients at this moment, what makes you think you can?”
“Because it's important for me to visit my friend at this moment. It's an emergency. He has something of mines and I want it back. The security guard is gonna make an exception for me.”
“He is?”
“Yeah.”
“You still haven't told me your friend's name yet.”
“I'll tell you his name later Diane. I just have to visit him real quick.” Dana and Diane D turn forward and approach the information desk with the security guard.
The security guard turns to Dana and says, “Now I'm only escorting you upstairs because it's non-visiting hours right now. But it seems so important for you to visit your friend at this moment.” The security guard turns to Diane D and says, “Are you going up too?”
“No I'm not going up,” Diane D says. “Dana already told me she wants to go up alone.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Diane I don't know how long I'll be up there and I don't want to keep you waiting,” Dana says. “Why don't you just meet me back at home.”
“Meet you back at home?”
“Yeah. Come on. I'll walk you to the door.” Dana turns Diane D around. She gently hugs and holds onto Diane D's upper back as she walks Diane D towards the front exit.
“Miss!” the security guards voice says.
Diane D and Dana stop and turn their heads around towards the security guard.
“Where're you going?” the security guard asks. “Remember this is non-visiting hours! We have to hurry and get this visiting over with!”
“Okay!” Dana turns to Diane D and says, “I'll see you at home.” Dana turns away and hurries towards the security guard.
Diane D puzzled stares towards Dana as she moves a little towards Dana's direction then stops. She continues to stare towards Dana's direction. She then turns back around and walks towards the exit door. “Diane D!” a crowd’s voice shout. “Oh my God it's Diane D!” Diane D hears her name being called and stops walking. She puzzled turns around to look.
A heavy crowd of adults, teenagers and children all of mixed ethnic groups excitedly rush to Diane D and shout, “Diane D! It's Diane D! Oh my God!”
“Hi Diane D!” a man in the crowd excitingly shouts. “How are you?! What are you doing here in the hospital?!”
“I came here with my cousin,” Diane D says.
“Your cousin?! Was that your cousin Dana who was walking away with that security guard?!”
“Yeah that was her.”
“We thought that looked like her. It's nice to see you Diane D!” The crowd excitingly surround Diane D as the man asks, “Where are the Dianettes?”
“What are you doing with a helmet Diane D?!” a teenage boy asks.
“Yeah we saw your cousin Dana holding a helmet too!” a lady in the crowd asks. “Are you two riding on motorcycles?!”
“Hey look Diane D!” another man in the crowd says. “We're wearing T-shirts with a picture of a woodpecker and you and the Dianettes' name and song title 'Country Life, City People' on it! See?” The man and a few other adults and children smile and stand in front of Diane D, showing her a picture of a woodpecker on each of their colorful T-shirts with words that read: DIANE D AND THE DIANETTES' song 'COUNTRY LIFE, CITY PEOPLE'. Diane D looks at all the T-shirts. “See Diane D?” the man says. “What do you think?”
Diane D just nods her head at all the T-shirts not showing too much emotion.
“So Diane D, where are the Dianettes?!” a boy in the crowd asks.
“Yeah we would like the Dianettes to see this too!” a woman
wearing a T-shirt says. The people continue to stand in front of Diane D smiling and showing her their T-shirts.
“Diane D!” the security guard’s voice shouts. Diane D and the crowd turn and look. They see the security guard and three other male security guards rush to them as the security guard shouts, “Diane D! Thank God you're still here! You're cousin Dana is gone!”
“Dana is gone?!” Diane D shouts. “What the hell you're talking about Dana is gone?!”
“We don't see her anywhere! She disappeared somewhere! So did my gun!”
“What! Your gun is missing?!”
“Yeah!” the second security guard shouts. “We think your cousin Dana took his gun because he doesn't have it on his holster!”
“No wonder why your cousin was so desperate to visit a friend during non-visiting hours!” the first security guard shouts. “She wanted to be escorted so she can be close enough to me to steal my gun! I was wondering why she was standing so close behind me when we were waiting for the elevator! When the elevator came, the door opened and I walked in the elevator! I turned around towards your cousin, but I didn't see her! She just disappeared! The next thing I knew my gun was gone too! I panicked and started to look for your cousin Dana but couldn't find her anywhere! Then I alerted the rest of security, now the whole hospital is looking for your cousin! I think your cousins Dana was planning to steal my gun all along because she never even went upstairs to this so called patient's hospital room!”
“We don't know whether or not your cousin Dana is still in the building! Did you see her go by?”
“No I didn't!” Diane D shouts.
“She must have went out the side exit or the back exit! We already called the police! They're on their way over!”
“Diane D, I don't even think your cousin Dana knows you're still here!” the first security guard shouts. “She stole my gun thinking you already stepped out of the hospital and on your way home already! We gotta stop your cousin Dana before she gets away! How did you two get here!”
“On the motorcycles!” Diane D says.
“Motorcycles?! Where are the motorcycles parked?!”
“They're parked down the street!” Diane D turns and anxiously rushes to the exit door as the security guards and crowd of people anxiously rush behind her!
Dana is rushing down the street hurrying away from the hospital. She stops in her tracks and sees two parked motorcycles instead of one. She is stunned to see Diane D's motorcycle still around. She nervously looks back towards the hospital then looks back at Diane D's motorcycle. She rushes to the two motorcycles.
Dana nervously looks back towards the hospital then looks back at Diane D's motorcycle again. She quickly gets on her motorcycle. She puts her helmet on then quickly starts up the motorcycle engine as it roars! Dana starts to pull off into the street and looks back for oncoming traffic! The coast is clear so she pulls off and races her motorcycle down the street as it roars!
Diane D, the security guards, four extra security guards and the crowd of people rush to the curb then look down the street! They see Dana speeding away, roaring her motorcycle down the street into the distance as the security guard shouts, “There she is! Speeding away with my gun!”
“Dammit Dana!” Diane D shouts. She turns to the security guard and says, “I'll go after her and get your gun back!” Diane D hurries away from the security guards and the crowd and races down the street!
“Diane D!” the crowd shouts. The security guards and the crowd of people race down the street after Diane D!
Diane D almost bumps into some paramedics as they pull some stretchers out of the ambulances! Diane D anxiously waits for the paramedics and stretchers to go by. She then continues to run down the street!
Diane D runs to her motorcycle. She gets on her motorcycle then quickly puts her helmet on as the security guards and crowd run to her.
“Diane D!” the crowd shouts.
Diane D starts up the motorcycle engine as it roars! The security guards and crowd of people reach Diane D as she starts to pull off into the street. Diane D looks back for oncoming traffic! The coast is clear so Diane D pulls off and races her motorcycle down the street as it roars! The security guards and the crowd of people stand and watch as Diane D speeds and roars her motorcycle down the street into the distance! The security guard turns to the other security guards and says, “Wow look at her go!”
“We got to follow them!” the other security guard says. The security guards turn and race to two patrol cars!
The third and fourth security guards quickly get into either side of one of the patrol car as the fifth and the sixth security guards quickly get into either side of the second patrol cars! The patrol cars back up and pull out into the street! They then go forward, racing down the street!
The second security guard turns to the first security guard and tells him, “We gotta call the police back and tell them that Diane D's cousin Dana left the building with the gun already, going southbound down the highway on a motorcycle!” The first security guard gets on his cell phone as everyone else continue to watch as Diane D's motorcycle roar and disappear into the distance.
Diane D races her motorcycle down the highway service road looking towards the highway. She sees Dana racing her motorcycle down the highway. Diane D anxiously beeps the horn! Dana turns her head towards Diane D.
Dana is shocked and stunned to see Diane D! She angrily faces forward and speeds her motorcycle to the left passing a car!
Diane D sees Dana speeding away! She angrily faces forward and speeds her motorcycle down the service road! Diane D and Dana both race their motorcycles down the highway and service road!
The patrol car races down the highway service road!
Diane D and Dana continue to race their motorcycles alongside each other down the highway and service road!
Diane D enters the highway ramp looking back for oncoming traffic! The coast is clear so she speeds her motorcycle down the highway! She catches up to Dana and races right behind Dana following Dana!
Dana quickly looks back towards Diane D then looks forward and speeds her motorcycle to the right, passing a car!
Diane D speeds her motorcycle to the left, passing another car! Then she speeds her motorcycle to the right and speeds right behind Dana again! Diane D continues to speed behind Dana! Dana quickly looks back towards Diane D then looks forward and speeds her motorcycle to the right! Diane D speeds her motorcycle to the right continuing to follow Dana! Diane D speeds to the right again and rides alongside Dana as she and Dana start to slow down.
Several police cars race down the highway, giving chase!
Diane D and Dana have their heads back and realize police cars are after them! They quickly look towards each other then look back forward and speed their motorcycles in separate directions, going past several cars as they speed down the highway!
The police cars continue to give chase! The patrol cars continue to give chase!
Diane D and Dana speed their motorcycles alongside each other again, speeding their motorcycle more faster down the highway!
Police cars continue to race down the highway! The patrol cars continue to race down the highway!
Inside the police car, a male white police officer on the passenger side gets on his police radio and shouts, “Attention, calling all units, calling all units! I don't see Diane D or her cousin Dana anywhere on the highway! Block off all southbound and eastbound exits! Again weed need all southbound and eastbound exits blocked off! Ten four!
Police cars are blocking all highway exits. Other police cars continue to race down the highway!
As Diane D and Dana continue to speed their motorcycles, Dana quickly heads for one of the highway exits as Diane D quickly follows behind her! Dana speeds her motorcycle up the ramp as Diane D speeds her motorcycle up the ramp following right behind Dana!
Around an hour later, the security guard is
in the hospital lobby speaking into a telephone receiver saying, “The police caught up with Diane D and her cousin Dana? .... Okay good! Did the police find the gun on Dana? .... No? Okay I'm on my way to that station! I'll see you there!” The security guard gets off the telephone. He turns to the other security guard and says, “The police caught up with Diane D and her cousin Dana and took them both in!”
“Thank God!” the other security guard says. “How did the police caught up with them?”
“They had all southbound exits and eastbound exits blocked! They were waiting for Diane D and her cousin Dana as Diane D and Dana were getting off one of the exits!”
“That's good!”
“Why did the police take Diane D in too?” a female hospital staff member asks.
“They took Diane D in for questioning because they said it looked like she was running away from the police on the highway with her cousin like she was trying to help her cousin get away,” the first security guard says.
“Maybe she just didn't want her cousin to get arrested again.”
“Maybe so. The police claim Diane D has been arrested with her cousin Dana more than once. Diane D and her cousin Dana have both been thrown in jail a few times together.”
“Yeah I heard.”
“Well I'm gonna head to that police station.”
“Okay.”
The security guard turns away from everyone and leaves.
At the police station, Diane D and Dana walk beside each other, both handcuffed in the back as the police surround and lead them to the back of the station with Diane D shouting, “I don't know what the hell you're talking about officer! I don't have anything to do with a gun being missing!”
“I don't have a fucking gun officer!” Dana shouts. “I didn't take one!”
“You two were speeding away like you're guilty!” one of the police officer shouts. “Let's go!” The police continue to lead Diane D and Dana to the back.
The next day, a group of people are looking at an article in a newspaper with a headline that reads: HIGH SPEED CHASE DOWN THE HIGHWAY! DIANE D AND HER COUSIN DANA GET ARRESTED AGAIN FOR SUSPICION OF ANOTHER WEAPONS POSSESSION CHARGE AND STOLEN PROPERTY! “Wow!” a woman says. “It was a high speed chase after Diane D and her cousin Dana on the highway yesterday?!”
“Yeah!” one of the men says. “The police chased after Diane D and her cousin Dana as Diane D and her cousin were speeding away on their motorcycles!”
“On their motorcycles?!” a second woman says. “My God!”
“The police arrested both Diane D and her cousin Dana on Weapons Possession Charge and Stolen Properties! A hospital security guard claims Diane D's cousin Dana stole his gun! Diane D claimed to police she had nothing to do with the gun being taken.”
“Oh yeah? Did the police ever find the security guard's gun?”
“No, they never found the gun,” the first woman says. “They questioned Diane D's cousin Dana about where the gun is but Dana told the police she doesn't have any gun and never took a gun from anybody. She told the police most likely the security guard misplaced his gun. The police got angry with Dana and told her nobody is gonna misplace a gun just like that! The police believed Dana might have tossed the gun away somewhere on the highway when she and Diane D realized the cops were after them.”
“Did the police searched the highway for the gun?” a second man asks.
“Yeah they searched all over the highway but never found the gun. If the gun is out on the highway somewhere, sooner or later somebody else is gonna wind up finding it. It might get into the wrong hands again.”
“Yeah it sure might. So what happened to Dana and Diane D after the police arrested them for weapons possession?”
“Well the police couldn't find any evidence against Diane D whether or not she had anything to do with the gun being missing. The hospital security guard told police that Diane D was no where near him the exact time his gun disappeared, so she was let go after a few hours. Her cousin Dana is still locked up though because the hospital security guard told police that Dana was the one right near him the exact time his gun disappeared.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.” The people continue to look at the article.
The following day, a few men are inside a barber shop reading a newspaper article with a headline that reads: DIANE D'S COUSIN DANA ON ANOTHER WEAPONS POSSESSION CHARGE AND STOLEN PROPERTY!
The next day, a man is standing at the bus stop reading an article in the newspaper with a headline that reads: HOW MANY GUNS OR RIFLES HAS DIANE D’S COUSIN DANA STOLEN BEFORE? WHAT WERE HER INTENTIONS?! The man turns to another man next to him and asks, “Did you see this article about Diane D's cousin Dana stealing a gun from a security guard at a hospital then she and Diane D get arrested for another Weapons Possession Charge and Stolen Property after a high speed chase on the highway?”
“Yeah,” the second man says. “Those two women are always getting arrested!”
“I know.” The man continues to read the article.
A week later, a few men inside a barber shop are reading an article with a headline that reads: DIANE D'S COUSIN DANA IS RELEASED FROM JAIL AND ON HOUSE ARREST UNTIL COURT DATE! One of the men turns to the other one and says, “Did you see this article about Diane D's cousin Dana being released from jail and on house arrest until her court date?”
“Yeah?” the second man says. “Why the heck did she steal a gun in the first place if she did steal a gun?”
“Nobody knows. The people at the Diaz-Davidson Organization think that Dana stole the gun to go after that dude Bubby Owens, the guy who snatched one of her sister’s jewelry after Dana found out where the guy hangs out at. The people at the Diaz-Davidson Organization think Dana was actually on her way over to that neighborhood after she stole the gun.”
“Oh yeah?” the third man says. “Why did they think Dana was on her way to that neighborhood?”
“Because they heard that after Dana supposedly stole the security guard’s gun, she got on the highway and started heading to that direction of the neighborhood Bobby Owens hangs out at. She doesn't live in that direction. If she was going home, she would have head the other direction! If Diane D’s cousin Dana did steal that security guard's gun, she stole it for a reason and intended to use it! She used a gun on somebody before when she tried to shoot that newspaper reporter Felix Green on the highway and she will use a gun on somebody again!” The men worriedly look at one another.
It is three weeks later. Diane D's family, Christine and David are in the hallway outside the court room. They head to the courtroom as reporters with microphones in their hands follow them as one of the male white reporters asks, “What do you think the outcome is gonna be of your daughter Dana's trial?”
“We have no idea,” Christine says.
“We got to hurry and get to the courtroom,” David says. “If you all will just excuse us.” Christine, David and Diane D's family continue to head to the courtroom.
The next day, several people in the street at the newsstand are reading a newspaper article with a headline that reads: DIANE D'S COUSIN DANA IS RELEASED ON PROBATION AND INTO THE CUSTODY OF DIANE D'S FAMILY! One of the men turns to the others and says, “Did y'all see this article, about Diane D's cousin Dana released on probation and into the custody of Diane D's family?”
“Yeah,” a second man says. “So what does that mean, Diane D's family has custody of her cousin Dana?”
“Yeah. Her family signed for custody of Dana and are responsible for Dana while Dana is on probation!”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“You think she was her way to get that guy Bubby Owens?” a woman asks.
“That's what everybody thinks. When word got to Bubby Owens that Diane D's cousin Dana stole a security guard's gun and seemed to be on her way to that neighborhood after him, I heard he got scared and stopped coming to that neighborhood. Nobod
y in that neighborhood seen Bubby Owens around there since.”
“No?”
“Uh uh.”
“Wow,” a third man says. “What do you think happened to him?”
“I think he‘s probably in hiding, knowing that Diane D‘s crazy cousin Dana might be after him with a stolen gun. If Bubby Owens is in hiding, I think he did the right thing by staying away from that neighborhood fearing that this crazy woman might try to pump a bullet in him like she tried to do to that newspaper reporter Felix Green on the highway. You don‘t want to wait until it‘s too late. Why take the chance?” The people sadly look at the man.
Chapter 18
Road Rage As Diane D And Dana Try To Assault Motorist!
