by Doris Miller
Two months later, Diane D is riding in a passenger van sitting in the front passenger seat with a foam cup in her hand. She sits beside Dana as Dana sits in the driver's seat driving the van down a Suffolk County highway in Long Island, New York. Dana's Jamaican cousin Judy sits in the second row of seats right behind Diane D as Dana’s sisters Linda and Landa also sit in the second row behind Dana. Missy, Londa and Teresa sit in the third row of seats in the back. Reggae music is playing on the van radio. Linda then says, “Wow, thanks for treating us all out to lunch at the Chinese buffet Dana.”
“No problem Linda,” Dana says as she continues to drive.
“Yeah Dana,” Landa says. “Thanks for paying for all that food we ate.”
“No problem Landa.”
“Yeah Dana's rich now,” Diane D smiles and says, “after winning all that money at the casino yesterday.” Diane D, Judy, Landa and Linda smile at Dana as Dana rubs down her eyes and the front of her face then looks in the rearview mirror at her sisters. Dana then looks straight ahead and continues to drive. Diane D then reaches on the side and grabs a music CD. She shows the CD to Dana and says, “Hey Dana, is this the CD you want to listen to?”
Dana looks towards the CD and says, “Yeah mon that‘s di CD, play it.” Dana looks straight ahead and continues to drive as Diane D puts the CD into the player.
Judy leans forward and chats with Diane D. Diane D turns her head around towards Judy. She then looks at the back of the van and says, “Hey Missy, Londa and Teresa, are you all okay back there?”
Missy, Londa and Teresa look at Diane D as Londa asks, “What you say Diane?”
“I said are you all okay back there.”
“Yeah mon, we‘re cool.”
“Yeah it‘s nice and cool back here Diane,” Missy says.
“In other words, we’re okay Diane,” Teresa says.
“Good,” Diane D says. She then looks forward and adjusts the CD player as Judy leans forward and starts to chat with her again.
Dana blows her mouth and looks in the rearview mirror at her sisters again as she continues to drive. She then frowns and looks straight ahead again.
Suddenly, a light blue car comes out of nowhere and cuts right in front of Dana's van!
Dana sees the light blue car and quickly slams on the brakes! The van halts causing everyone in the van to scream and jerk forward! Dana then shouts, “Fuckin bloodclaat!” She then sees the light blue car continue to drive off! She steps on the gas pedal and races the van right up to the car! She leans to the opened driver’s window and shouts to the driver, “Godammit look wah you did! You almost caused a crash you motherfucka!”
The driver of the car, a Middle Eastern looking man around his late 50‘s, and his Middle Eastern looking wife around her mid 50’s who is in the passenger seat look to their right at Dana. The wife quickly turns to her husband and shouts, “My God! That looks like Diane D’s cousin Dana!”
“What?!” the man shouts. “You mean that crazy woman?! Oh shoot!” The man looks forward and starts to speed away!
“Oh no you don't!” Dana shouts as she puts the van into high gear! She starts to chase after the light blue car!
Dana's van and the light blue car speed down the highway! The man swerves his vehicle to get away from Dana but Dana’s van remains hot on his trail! Dana's van and the light blue car start to speed faster and faster! They start to speed at around ninety miles per hour!
Dana's van catches up to the car! Dana deliberately bumps the van into the car and pushes the car off the road! The car bumps right up against the side of the highway and swerves! Dana continues to bump the van right into the car! She pushes the car more and more off the road into an isolated area off the highway where there are a lot of tall weeds. She then uses a lot of force and pushes the car right into a dirt pit. The car slides into the dirt pit. It then stops. The wheels of the car spin, but the car does not go anywhere. It is stuck in the dirt.
Dana pulls the van over several feet behind the light blue car then slams on the brakes! The van stops. Diane D, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy open the van doors. They jump out of the van and lean against the van. They are quite dizzy. Dana angrily opens the van door and jumps out the van. She turns back towards the van and reaches under the driver’s seat. She pulls out a large hammer. She turns back around and walks away from the van.
Dana goes straight towards the light blue car with the hammer in her hand and shouts, “I'm gonna bash your fuckin face!”
Diane D, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy turn and rush to Dana shouting, “No Dana no!” Diane D, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy grab and try to hold Dana, but Dana violently jerks away from them and continues to head towards the light blue car. Diane D, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy rush to Dana again! They grab Dana and try to stop her again as they wrap their arms tightly around her torso and hold on to her!
The Middle Eastern looking man and his wife frighteningly sit in their light blue car looking on at Dana as the man’s wife shouts, “Oh my God! She was trying to come right this way with that hammer! She was about to use it on us! Start the car and leave!”
“The car won’t move!” the man nervously shouts as he constantly steps on the gas pedal. “It’s stuck here in the dirt!”
“What! It is?!”
“Yeah!”
The wheels of the car continue to spin, but the car does not go anywhere.
“Oh no!” the man’s wife shouts. “My God! That means we have to get out the car and try to run!”
“Run?! Run where?! You know we both can’t run with our arthritis! If we try to leave, she will chase us down and definitely outrun us! She will definitely catch up to us and use that hammer on us! This is an isolated area! There’re no witnesses around! We’re dead!”
“I think you should apologize to that woman real quick for cutting her off like that!”
“I am! While the rest of those women are holding on to her, I‘m gonna call the police!” The man pulls out his cell phone. He nervously starts to dial a number on his cell phone as his wife nervously look on towards Dana. The man then puts his cell phone to his ear as he looks around the area and asks his wife, “What highway exits are we near?”
“I’m not sure!” the man’s wife nervously shouts as she looks around the area.
The man then speaks into his cell and shouts, “Hello nine one one?! Get me the police quick!” He frighteningly looks towards Dana.
Dana continues to try to break away from Diane D, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy. Suddenly, Diane D lets go of Dana. She goes around Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy, steps right in front of Dana and angrily shouts to her, “No, you‘re not gonna do shit Dana!” Dana stops struggling as she, Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy puzzled look at Diane D. Diane D then shouts, “You just came out of the mental institution! I‘ll handle this!” Diane D angrily turns to Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy and shouts to them, “You guys continue to hold on to her! And no matter what happens, don‘t let go of her!” Diane D angrily turns around and walks away towards the light blue car as Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy continue to tightly hold onto Dana and puzzled look at Diane D.
As Missy, Landa, Londa, Linda and Judy look at Diane D, Judy shouts to her, “What do you mean ‘no matter what happens’ Diane?! What’s suppose happen?! What you planning to do?”
Diane D slightly turns her head back towards Judy and shouts, “I’m gonna straighten out this motherfucka!” She turns her head back forward as she continues to head towards the light blue car.
Judy quickly turns to Landa, Londa and Linda and shouts to them, “Hold Dana! And no matter what happens, don’t let go of her!” Judy turns to Missy and shouts, “Come on Missy!” Judy and Missy quickly let go of Dana then turn and rush towards Diane D!
Judy and Missy rush right to Diane D and grab her! They stop Diane D as they wrap their arms tightly arou
nd her torso and hold onto her. Diane D then shouts, “Judy, let go of me!” as she tries to break away from Judy and Missy.
The man and his wife continue to look on as the wife shouts, “Hey! That was Diane D trying to come this way! She stopped her cousin from coming this way and she was about to come this way instead!”
“What good is that?!” the man shouts. “I hear whenever Diane D gets angry, she turns into a Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and she becomes just as dangerous as her cousin! And right now, she looks pretty angry to me! We need to get out of here!”
“Are the police on their way?”
“Yeah but by the time they get here, we’ll probably be already dead! We have to try and make a run for it now while those other women are holding onto Diane D and her crazy cousin!” The man and his wife open their car doors.
Diane D continues to try to break away from Judy and Missy as Judy shouts to her, “You’re not going to do anything either Diane!”
Diane D stops struggling and shouts, “What the hell are you talking about Judy?! Did you see what the fuck this guy just did?! He almost caused us to have an accident! We all could have been hurt or killed because of him! Let go!”
“No Diane, you’re upset right now!” Missy shouts. “Let me and Judy talk that driver!”
“No!” Diane D tries to break away from Missy and Judy again, but Missy and Judy pull her back as their arms remain tightly around her torso!
Dana suddenly tries to break away from Landa, Londa and Linda with the hammer still in her hand, but Landa, Londa and Linda scream and pull her back as their arms remain tightly around her torso! Dana angrily looks at the man inside the light blue car as her sisters pull her back. Landa quickly smacks Dana on the back. Dana suddenly stops struggling then looks on towards Diane D, Judy and Missy as Landa rubs her on the back. Landa, Londa and Linda look at Dana. They then turn their heads and look on towards Diane D, Judy and Missy.
Diane D continues to try and break away from Judy and Missy. She then stops struggling, looks at Judy and firmly says, “You better get off of me Judy.”
“No!” Judy shouts.
“I’m serious!” Diane D shouts as she suddenly bends her knees and lowers herself to the ground.
“I don’t caaare!!” Judy shouts as she continues to tightly hold on to Diane D‘s torso. Diane D suddenly gets superhuman strength as she starts to slightly drag Judy and Missy towards the light blue car! Judy and Missy scream as their arms remain tightly around Diane D‘s torso desperately trying to pull her back! “You‘re not going to do anything Diane!” Judy shouts.
Dana suddenly tries to break away from Landa, Londa and Linda again with the hammer still in her hand as Landa, Londa and Linda scream! Dana suddenly bends her knees and lowers herself to the ground. She suddenly gets superhuman strength also as she starts to slightly drag Landa, Londa and Linda towards the light blue car! Landa, Londa and Linda continue to scream with their arms remaining tightly around Dana’s torso desperately trying to pull her back also!
The man and his wife are outside of their car. They frightening look on towards Diane D and Dana as the man shouts, “Oh my God! Diane D and her cousin are practically dragging those other women!” The man hurries to his wife. He and his wife frighteningly hold each other as they stand against the weeds shockingly looking on towards Diane D and Dana.
Diane D angrily drags Judy and Missy closer to the light blue car! Judy and Missy scream as they bend their knees and desperately struggle against Diane D’s pull as their feet start to slide against the grass and dirt!
Dana drags Landa, Londa and Linda closer to the light blue car also! Landa, Londa and Linda scream as they bend their knees and desperately struggle against Dana’s pull as their feet start to slide against the grass and dirt also!
The man and his wife continue to frighteningly and shockingly look on at Diane D and Dana. The man then shouts, “We’re out of here!” The man pulls his wife by the hand then they both turn and try to run the other way!
Diane D sees the man and his wife trying to run off! She stops and shouts, “Dammit he’s getting away!” She starts to drag Judy and Missy more towards the man as Judy and Missy scream and continue to struggle against Diane D’s pull with their feet continuing to slide against the grass and dirt!
Dana starts to drag Landa, Londa and Linda more towards the man also as Landa, Londa and Linda scream and continue to struggle against Dana’s pull with their feet continuing to slide against the grass and dirt also!
Judy then turns to Landa, Londa and Linda and shouts, “Where’s Teresa?! What she doing?!” Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa, and Linda turn their heads towards the van and call out to Teresa shouting, “Teresa help! Help!”
Teresa, slowly and nervously emerges from the van. She leans against the van as she looks out towards the commotion.
“Teresa!” Judy shouts. “Call Uncle Barry, Uncle Tonio, Nicolas, Mickey and Michael!”
“And call dem right away!” Londa shouts as she, Landa and Linda struggle to pull Dana back.
Teresa nervously pulls out her cell phone. She trembles as she tries to dial a number on her cell phone. Her cell phone suddenly drops on the ground.
“Teresa!” Londa angrily shouts.
“She’s scared Londa!” Missy shouts as she and Judy struggle to pull Diane D back. “One of y‘all is a gonna have to call Uncle Barry!”
“We can’t!” Landa shouts.
Diane D and Dana continue to drag Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda towards the man as Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda scream and shout desperately trying to hold Diane D and Dana back!
Police cars soon arrive. Diane D and Dana stop struggling. They turn their heads and see the police as the police hurry out of the police cars and approach them.
The man and his wife stand several yards away from their car, frighteningly holding each other as they face towards Diane D, Dana and the police. They breathe a sigh of relief as they look at the police. They then turn and nervously look at each other. “Thank God the police finally arrived,” the man’s wife says.
“Yeah thank God,” the man says. He and his wife then look back towards Diane D, Dana and the police.
Several hours later inside the lobby of the police station, most of Diane D's family members and relatives are there all upset surrounding Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda as Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda sit on the police lobby bench leaning their heads on each other all tired and worn out. Grandpa Mike says to them, “Are you all okay?”
“No Grandpa, we’re not!” Landa shouts. “We‘re all tired and worn out from trying to restrain Dana and Diane!”
“Y‘all look worn out!” Mary shouts.
“We are Aunt Mary!” Missy shouts. “Dana and Diane are no joke! They were a handful!”
“I bet they were!”
“So you all were saying that this car came out of no where and cut right in front of the van, causing Dana to slam on the brakes?” Grandpa Mike asks.
“Yeah Grandpa!” Londa shouts. “That‘s exactly wah happened!”
“And you all had to hold on to both Dana and Diane trying to restrain them?” Gracy asks.
“Yeah Grandma!” Linda shouts. “Judy and Missy were holding onto Diane trying to restrain her, while me, Landa and Londa were holding onto Dana trying to restrain her!”
“Y’all didn’t mention Teresa,” Margarita says. “Where was Teresa all that time?”
“Staying in the van,” Judy says. “She was scared.”
“She was scared?” Barry ask. “Well where is she now?”
“She’s standing over there.”
Everyone turns around towards Teresa. They all walk towards Teresa as Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda slowly get up off the bench. Everybody approaches Teresa as Margarita asks, “Teresa, are you alright?”
Teresa nervously looks at Margarita and cries, “I’m sorry Miss M
argarita. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help hold Diane or Dana. I was too scared to do anything!”
“She was,” Missy says. “She was a nervous wreck. We saw her.”
“I’m sorry again Miss Margarita.”
“Were you able to see what happened when Dana almost had the collision?” Margarita asks.
“No, I was sitting way in the back of the van, I didn’t know what happened. All I know is that the van jerked then we all jerked forward and screamed. I wasn’t able to see any car cut in front of Dana’s van from where I was sitting.”
“Okay Teresa.”
“Did you see Diane and Dana yet?”
“Yeah we saw them.”
“What’s going to happen to them?”
“Well right now they’re both being charged with attempted assault,” Barry says.
“Attempted assault?”
“Yes.”
“Oh no!”
“According to the police, they saw Diane and Dana both literally dragging Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda right towards the other motorist trying to go after the other motorist. Did you see Diane and Dana dragging Judy, Missy, Landa, Londa and Linda towards the other motorist?”
“Yeah I saw it. That’s what scared me.”
“Well the police said Diane and Dana both stopped trying to go towards the motorist when they arrived.”
“Yeah I saw that too. Are Diane and Dana gonna go to jail?”
“We don’t know Teresa,” Margarita says. “Diane is telling the police that she wasn’t trying to assault the other motorist. She told the police she just wanted to talk to the other motorist, that’s all, so the police asked her why were her two relatives holding on to her trying to stop her. Diane told the police she don’t know why her family members were holding on to her trying to stop her, when all she wanted to do was talk to the other motorist to try and find out why he pulled that stunt.”
“That’s what she told the police?”
“Yep, that’s what she told them.”
Grandpa Mike turns to Missy and asks, “Missy, why were you and Judy holding on to Diane trying to stop her if she‘s telling the police all she wanted to do was talk to the other motorist? Did you knew Diane just wanted to talk to the other motorist?”
“No we didn’t know that Grandpa,” Missy says. “We didn’t know what Diane’s intentions were. When she walked towards that car all angry and shouted to us that she was going to straighten the guy out, we didn’t know what she meant by that.”
“She said she was going to straighten the guy out?” Tomas asked.
“Yeah that‘s what she said. And we all know when Diane says she‘s going to straighten someone out, she usually goes after that person with a vengeance!”
“She does,” Judy says. “That’s why Missy and I went and grabbed her right away because we didn’t want to take any chances with Diane!”
“I don’t blame you!” Mary shouts, “knowing Diane!”
“Grandpa,” Missy says, “we all know Diane has a violent history just like Dana! They’ve both been in and out of jail before AND mental institutions! What else were we suppose to think?”
“I understand Missy,” Grandpa Mike says. “You all did the right thing. I‘m glad you all stopped Diane and Dana both from attacking that other motorist if Diane was actually trying to assault him.”
“I think she was actually trying to assault him Grandpa, even though she might not admit it.”
“And you should know Missy,” Mary says, “you all were there.”
“And it’s a good thing you all were there Missy,” Margarita says. “We don’t know what would have happened to that other motorist if none of you were there to stop both Diane and Dana because those two can really get out of hand.”
“That’s why we’re all still worn out, from trying to stop them both!” Judy says.
“Yeah mon,” Londa says. “We still feel drained out. We lost all our energy from all that pulling and dragging!”
“Well that’s exactly why Diane and Dana are both where they are right now Londa, because they cannot control their violent tempers,” Barry says.
“Come on everybody,” Grandpa Mike says. “I’m gonna see if Diane and Dana are going to get bail, then I’m going to bail them both out.”
“You’re going to bail them out Grandpa?” Missy asks.
“Of course I’m going to bail them out if they get bail Missy, they’re my granddaughters. Let’s go.” Grandpa Mike turns and walks away as everyone else turn and follow him.
Michael, Nicolas and Tony suddenly approach everybody as Nicolas tells them, “The police are gonna let Diane go.”
“What!” everyone else shout.
“They’re letting Diane go?” Mary asks.
“Yeah,” Nicholas says.
“Why are they letting Diane go?” Barry asks.
“Because she’s sticking with her story,” Michael says. “She still claiming to the police that she just wanted to talk to the other motorist, not attack him.”
“So they believed her story?”
“I guess they did, they’re letting her go.”
“Well what about Dana?” Grandpa Mike asks. “They’re not letting her go?”
“Well Dana is the one who was caught with the hammer in her hand when the police arrived there.”
“Plus the other motorist and his wife both claim to the police that they heard Dana threatening him with the hammer, telling him that she was going to bash his face as she was walking towards their car,” Tony says.
“What!” the family shouts.
“Dana threatened the other motorist with the hammer, telling him that she was going to bash his face as she was walking towards their car?” Barry asks.
“That’s what the other motorist and his wife said,” Nicolas says. “That’s why the jail is keeping her.”
“My God.”
“Well,” Grandpa Mike says. “Now that Diane is being let go, we got one down and one to go. I guess all I have to do now, is just bail Dana out.”
Barry turns to Mike and says, “Bail Dana out?”
“That’s right.”
“You know you really need to just keep Dana locked up Dad. You just heard that she threatened to bash the other motorist in the face with the hammer!”
“Barry, Dana is my granddaughter! I’m going to pay her bail! Now I want you all to go get Diane while I‘ll go pay for Dana‘s bail!” Grandpa Mike turns from everybody and walks away as everyone turns and stare at him.
Barry turns to everyone and says, “Come one everybody, let’s hurry and get Diane.” Barry turns and walks away as everyone follows him.
The next day, four middle aged women of different ethnic backgrounds are sitting around a table inside a café drinking coffee as one of them looks at an article in the newspaper with a headline that reads: DIANE D AND HER COUSIN DANA GET ARRESTED TOGETHER AGAIN! “Hey,” one of the woman says. “This article says that Diane D and her cousin Dana got arrested yesterday.”
“Yeah I heard,” a second woman says. “Those two women are always getting arrested.”
“They sure do.”
“What did they get arrested for this time?” a third woman asks.
“For attempted assault on a motorist.”
“What?” the fourth woman says. “Diane D and her cousin Dana got arrested for attempted assault on a motorist?”
“Yeah. This article says that the police charged both Diane D and her cousin Dana with attempted assault yesterday on another driver that Dana was chasing after on a highway in Long Island after the other driver cut her off and the police charged Dana and the other driver with reckless endangerment.”
“Reckless endangerment? Diane D’s cousin Dana chased after another driver on the highway, just like she did with that newspaper reporter Felix Green?”
“Yeah.”
“Did she shoot at the other driver too?” the third woman asks
.
“No not this time. This time, she tried to use a hammer as a weapon!”
“A hammer?!” the fourth woman asks.
“Yeah. It says that the other motorist and his wife told police that after Diane D’s cousin Dana pushed their car off the road.”
“Wait a minute. Diane D’s cousin Dana pushed the other car off the road?”
“That’s what the other motorist and his wife told police. They told the police that after Dana pushed their car off the road, Dana jumped out of her van then started walking towards their car with the hammer in her hand then they heard her threatening the man telling him that she was going to bash his face.“
“They heard Dana telling the man that she was going to bash his face?”
“That’s what this article says.”
“My God.”
“I heard Diane D, Dana’s sisters and a Jamaican relative of theirs named Judy jumped out of the van to stop Dana,” the second woman says.
“What?” the fourth woman says. “You mean to tell me that Diane D’s cousin Dana, was about to do an assault and attack right in front of her very own sisters and their relative?”
“When you have a violent temper like Dana, you’re not thinking about who’s around you, you’re just enraged.”
“It’s true,” the first woman says. “This article says that when Diane D, Dana’s sisters and their relative Judy grabbed Dana to stop her, Diane D stopped holding Dana and told Dana’s sisters and their relative Judy to continue to hold Dana. The next thing Dana’s sisters and their relative Judy knew is that Diane D herself started going towards the driver of that car.”
“Oh yeah?” the third woman says. “What was Diane D planning to do?”
“Well it says right here that Dana's sisters and their relative Judy didn’t know what Diane D‘s intentions were, but said it looked like she was planning an assault herself so they didn’t waste any time trying to find out. They didn’t want to take any chances with Diane D, knowing Diane D’s violent tempered history, so two of them went to grab and hold onto Diane D while the other three stayed and held on to Dana. That’s when the police came and arrested both Diane D and her cousin Dana for attempted assault on the other driver.”
“Did they go to jail?”
“Yeah they both went to jail. It says right here that Diane D was let go first because she told the police she only wanted to talk to the other motorist. The police couldn‘t really prove that she wanted to harm and assault the other motorist. Being that Dana was the one who was actually caught with the hammer in her hand and actually threatened to use it on the other motorist, she was kept in the jail and of course her rich grandfather comes to her rescue and bails her out of jail again.”
“Her rich grandfather,” the third woman says. “Ain’t she lucky. Didn’t Diane D’s cousin Dana just came out of the mental institution weeks ago for beating up male cops at a church function?”
“Yep, she sure did.”
“And wasn’t Diane D in a mental institution herself a year ago for attacking that poor little boy Marcus right inside of an elementary school the night she appeared there?”
“Yep, she sure was.”
“Well maybe the mental institution should have just kept both Diane D and her cousin Dana in there.”
“It should have. This article says that Diane D’s cousin Dana and that other driver are gonna have to appear in court for the reckless endangerment charge and Dana have a case for the attempted assault charge.”
“My God,” the fourth woman says. “It was bad enough that Dana’s sisters and their relative Judy had to deal with trying to stop Dana from assaulting that motorist and then they had to try and stop Diane D herself from assaulting him? Thank goodness Dana’s sisters and their relative Judy was there to stop both Dana and Diane D from about to assault that other motorist.”
“Isn’t Diane D on medication?” the third woman asks.
“That’s what I heard,” the second woman says. “I heard the mental institution she was in put her on medication, so she has to keep taking that medication to calm her nerves.”
“Is her cousin Dana on medication too?” the fourth woman asks.
“I don’t know. If she’s not, she needs to be. I heard that Dana had kicked a woman real hard in the chest when she was a teenager!”
“She did? My God, why did she do that?”
“The woman and Dana were arguing and grabbing over a stolen bike. Dana claimed the bike belonged to her brother and the woman said no the bike belonged to her son. The woman told Dana to let go of her son's bike. Dana refused and told the woman no, she's not letting go of her brother's bike. The woman got upset and told Dana to get lost and cursed at Dana. The next thing people knew is that Dana kicked her foot high right into the woman's chest!”
“Oh no!”
“I heard the woman fell out on the ground. Then the ambulance came and took the woman to the hospital.”
“My goodness! Did the woman turned out alright?”
“Yeah. I heard she stayed in the hospital overnight then came home the next day.”
“Thank goodness. Was Dana ever put away for it?”
“Yeah. I heard she was put away in a juvenile detention for a month.”
“She was put in juvenile detention for a month?”
“Yeah.”
“My God, she started out very young didn‘t she? You know being that Diane D and her cousin Dana keep getting arrested for assault, and the fact that Diane D beat up that helpless little kid Marcus right inside of that third floor school hallway after she finds out that this kid Marcus was behind a hoax that lied to her and her family, a person like her shouldn‘t be a role model for kids. Kids can‘t have an ex-con like Diane D being a role model for them!”
“You consider Diane D an ex-con?” the first woman asks.
“Of course I consider her an ex-con, she keeps getting locked up doesn’t she? The kids at the elementary school I work in had wanted Diane D to appear at the school earlier this year, but after what the principal and I heard what she did to that little boy Marcus, we decided we didn‘t want Diane D anywhere near our school or anywhere near the students.”
“Diane D claims not to remember beating up that little boy Marcus. She thinks he‘s making that story up.”
“Why would that kid make up a story like that?”
“She thinks he’s making that story up just to get attention.”
“Well maybe she really doesn’t remember beating that little boy Marcus up, but still, what if she ever comes to our school and one of those children there approaches her and tells her something that upsets her, then she winds up going off on that child beating the crap out of that child too, then winds up not remembering that either. We don’t want history repeating itself.”
“You’re certainly right about that.” The women look at each other then look towards the article as they drink their coffee.
A week later, on a cloudy windy afternoon, Diane D and Teresa are walking barefoot together along a deserted beach with Diane D dressed in a navy blue sweater shirt and blue denims with her long black hair all loosed out around her chest, sides and back blowing against the wind as she walks with her thumbs in her pocket chewing on gum, looking to her left out towards the ocean. Teresa who is walking on the right side of Diane D is dressed in an identical brown sweater shirt and dungarees also as she looks towards the ocean too. Teresa looks at Diane D and says, “Are you sure you’re okay Diane?”
Diane D turns her head towards Teresa and says, “I’m okay Teresa. The ocean helps me get my mind off things that’s all.”
“That good. So when is Dana going to court?”
“Next month.”
“Oh yeah? Do we have to be at the court too.”
“Yeah we have to be there Teresa. We were all in the van with Dana so we have to be there.”
“Okay.”
“Anyway, I didn’t come he
re to think about court, I came here to get my mind off court, so right now, let’s just enjoy this beautiful breeze and this beautiful ocean, okay?”
“Okay.” Teresa and Diane D look back towards the ocean. Teresa points towards the ocean as Diane D continues to look out towards the ocean. A group of geese suddenly fly above their heads going towards the ocean. Diane D and Teresa turn their heads up and look up at the geese. They turn their heads and watch the geese fly out over the ocean. They smile at the geese. The geese start to disappear out of sight. Diane D and Teresa continue to smile at the geese as the geese disappear out of sight. Diane D and Teresa look forward. Diane D then looks down at the sand and stops. She bends down to the sand on one knee resting one hand on her knee as Teresa stops beside her. Diane D picks up some shells with her other hand. She stands back up. She turns to Teresa, gives the shells to Teresa and says, “Here you go Teresa, this is for you.”
Teresa looks at the shells. She then smiles and says, “These shells are wonderful. Thank you Diane.”
“You’re welcome. Let’s go.” Diane D turns and starts to walk forward as Teresa walks beside her. Diane D starts to run a little. Teresa starts to run a little. Diane D and Teresa then turn and face each other as they skip sideways along the beach.
On another windy sunny afternoon, Diane D is riding a bike along the beach shore dressed in a gray sweater shirt, tight black pants bearing her muscular shaped legs and black sneakers with her hair out and wind blowing against her hair as Teresa rides on another bike behind Diane D dressed in a beige sweater shirt, black pants and black sneakers smiling at Diane D.
Diane D continues to ride the bike down the beach shore as Teresa follows her. Then she turns her head around and upper body sideways to look at Teresa as Teresa lags behind continuing to ride the other bike following Diane D.
Diane D continues to ride the bike down the beach shore with the wind blowing against her hair with one hand on the handle bar and the other hand resting on her lap as she stares back at Teresa. She then turns forward and rides further down the shore as Teresa continues to follow her.
Chapter 19
The Dianettes Got The Fashion Bug
