by Doris Miller
PARTMENT TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO WAKE BACK UP AND TELL HER ANYTHING!"
"Yeah you're right Michael. Okay, I'll wake Dana up and tell her the news, but first, I'm gonna call up her family and warn them to make sure that they don't come over here either and run into this perpetrator or perpetrators!"
"Okay Tony! Now whatever you do Tony, you have to make sure that Dana doesn't leave the apartment alone until this perpetrator gets caught, alright? Tell Dana don't be sneaking out of the apartment during the middle of the night while you're asleep, because there's a vicious maniac on the loose!"
"Alright Michael, I'll tell her. I'm gonna call up her family right now and tell them about this horrible incident! After I speak to her family, I'm gonna call up my family. Then I'm gonna call up Joseph and Teresa and tell them about what happened upstairs and tell them not to come over here either!"
"Okay Tony, you do that. But after you speak to them all, I want you to definitely tell Dana about this incident, since she's the one who has to live there!"
"Alright Michael, I will. Listen Michael, I'll talk to you later. I'm gonna get ready to call up Dana's family."
"Okay Tony! You take care! You and Dana be careful alright?"
"Alright Michael, we will. Talk to you later." Tony hangs up the telephone. He starts to dial up Dana's family's number.
In Dana's grandparents' home, the telephone rings. Gracy picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?" Tony on the other end of the phone starts to tell Gracy the horrible news of what happened to the guy in his building! Gracy becomes shocked and stunned as she shouts, "WHAT! OH MY GOD TONY! IS DANA ALRIGHT?"
"Yeah, Dana is alright Grandma! She's in bed sleeping right now."
"WELL DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS?"
"No. I didn't get a chance to tell her yet. I didn't want to wake her."
"YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE HER? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE HER? TONY IF THERE'S SOME VICIOUS MANIAC GOING AROUND MUTILATING PEOPLE IN YOUR BUILDING, DANA HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT IT!"
"I know Grandma! I tried to wake Dana up a little while ago as soon as I came in, but she didn't respond! I think she's tired from doing some house cleaning!"
"HOUSE CLEANING? SHE DID SOME HOUSE CLEANING?"
"Yeah! When I came in, I noticed that the door, walls and floors in the hallway and in the bathroom were wet and damp! Dana is probably tired from doing some house cleaning that she decided to take a nap! I really didn't want to disturb her!"
"WELL TONY EVEN THOUGH DANA MIGHT BE TIRED AND IN BED, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO WAKE HER UP AND TELL HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR BUILDING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT SHE SHOULD STAY OVER THERE IN THAT BUILDING UNTIL THIS PERPETRATOR OR PERPETRATORS GET CAUGHT! I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S SAFE FOR EITHER ONE OF YOU TO STAY IN THAT BUILDING! TONY, WHY DON'T YOU AND DANA COME STAY WITH US FOR A WHILE, ALRIGHT?"
"Oh I don't know Grandma."
"Just stay with us until whoever this perpetrator is gets caught!"
"I will have to speak to Dana about it."
"Okay Tony, make sure you speak to Dana about it right away! Tell Dana that I want her to stay with us until this perpetrator or perpetrators get caught, alright?"
"Alright Grandma! I will!"
"Good then! Okay Tony, I'm gonna warn the rest of the family about what happened and I want you and Dana to be careful alright? Don't open your door for anybody!"
"Okay Grandma, we won't! I'll talk to you later!"
"Okay Tony! By now!"
"Bye." Tony hangs up the telephone. He then calls up his family and tells them the horrible news about what happened in his building. He warns them not to come over. After he finishes speaking with his family, he calls up Joseph and Teresa and tells them the horrible news of what happened in his building. He warns them also not to come over to his building.
After Tony finishes speaking on the telephone, he leaves the living room and walks back through the hallway. He goes into the bathroom.
A few minutes later, Tony comes back out the bathroom, wearing a white tank top and pajama bottoms. He goes into the bedroom. When he enters the bedroom, he looks towards Dana again. He sees the covers and blanket off her head and body as she now lays face up towards the ceiling, still sleeping. Tony stares at Dana. Then he walks right over to Dana. He stands over Dana and looks right at her face. He sees that her face is sort of reddish. He gently touches her face. He tries to wake her up again, tapping and shaking her on the shoulder. Dana still does not respond. She remains asleep. Tony lets go of Dana. He stares at her face again as she remains asleep. He decides again not to wake her. He walks around to his side of the bed. He lays down in the bed and slides his body right over to Dana. He wraps his arms tightly around her body, then pulls the covers and blanket back over Dana's body and his body. Then he lays his head against her head, totally unaware that she was involved in the bloody murder scene that took place upstairs.
Back in Gracy and Mike's house, Dana's brothers and cousins are all in an upstairs bedroom. They are all looking at some painting that was found in the bedroom. They are trying to figure out what the painting is and what it is all about. Londa, one of the triplets, soon opens the door and walks into the bedroom. She proudly says to her brothers and cousins, "Hey! So, I see you all found my painting, huh? Do y'all like it?"
"What is it first of all?" Robert asks. "What is it supposed to be?"
"It's supposed to be a painting of a man and a woman, embracing each other! That's supposed to be me and Rick!"
"You and Rick? Really?" Robert laughs. "Well Dennis thought it was a painting of trees and sticks! Not people!"
Robert, his brothers and their cousins all start to laugh. Everyone in the room is laughing, except Londa. Londa folds her arms and stares at them all. Brian, one of their other cousins, notices Londa's face. He starts to feel bad for her and shouts to the others, "HEY COOL IT YOU GUYS!" They all stop laughing. Brian then says, "Londa doesn't think it's funny!" They all look at Londa. They apologize to her and tell her that they are sorry and they didn't mean to laugh about her painting.
Gracy soon walks into the bedroom. She tells her grandchildren, "Hey! I had just spoken with Tony on the telephone! He had called here and said that a guy named Mark that lived in his building on the 6th floor was found dead inside his own apartment!"
"WHAT!"
"Yeah! Tony said that the guy was found beaten to death! He said he heard the guy's body was found in a pool of blood and that his face was all broken! Tony said the guy's eye was busted, his nose was broken and his jaw was broken in three places! He said he heard the guy's arm was broken, his skull was fractured and he had a broken neck!"
"WHAT! HIS ARM WAS BROKEN, HIS SKULL WAS FRACTURED AND HE HAD A BROKEN NECK?"
"Well that's what Tony told me! Tony also said that the guy's private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body!" Gracy's grandchildren start to gasp! Gracy continues, "Tony said he heard the guy's apartment was all ransacked and blood was all over the place! He said he saw a trail of bloody shoe prints leading from the guy's apartment going into the stairwell! He said the police are all over the place and said that the police don't know who could have done that to the guy Mark or why and they haven't caught anybody yet! Tony called to warn us not to go over there, just in case any of us decides to go over there!"
Dana's siblings and cousins are all shocked and stunned hearing the news as they hysterically shout, "IS DANA ALRIGHT? IS SHE OKAY?"
"Yeah Dana is alright! She's okay! Tony said that she was asleep in bed when he came home so he didn't get a chance to tell her yet!"
"HE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL HER? DANA HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS! SHE AND TONY COULD BOTH BE IN DANGER WITH THIS PERPETRATOR OR PERPETRATORS RUNNING AROUND LOOSE!"
"Yeah I know!"
Aunt Celeste soon walks into the room and asks, "A perpetrator? What perpetrator? What happened? What's going on?"
Gracy tells her, "Tony had just called me on the phone a little while ago! He said t
hat a man named Mark that lived in his building on the 6th floor was found dead inside his own apartment! He said the guy was found beaten to death!"
"WHAT!"
"Yeah! Tony said he heard the guy's apartment was ransacked and his body was found in a pool of blood! He said he heard the guy was beaten up pretty badly! He said that whoever beat the guy up did a good job on him! Tony said he heard the guy's eye and nose were busted! He heard the guy's jaw was probably broken in three places! He heard the guy had a broken arm, fractured skull and a broken neck!"
"WHAT! THE GUY HAD ALL THOSE THINGS ON HIS BODY BROKEN?"
"Yeah!"
"WELL WHO IN THE WORLD COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?"
"Tony says no one knows! The perpetrator or perpetrators haven't been caught yet! Tony also said that a piece of the guy's private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body and that there was blood all over his apartment!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"Tony also said he saw a trail of bloody shoe prints leading from the guy's apartment going right into the stairwell! He said the police are all over the place and they have not caught anybody yet!"
"WELL WHAT ABOUT DANA? IS SHE OKAY?"
"Yes Dana is okay! Tony said that she was in the bed asleep!"
"WELL DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS?"
"No! I don't think Tony told her about it yet! He said he came home and found Dana asleep in bed! He said he tried to wake her up, but she didn't respond! He said she stayed asleep! Tony said Dana is probably tired from doing some house cleaning that he didn't want to wake or disturb her!"
"SHE DID SOME HOUSE CLEANING? WELL IF TONY DON'T WANT TO WAKE DANA UP TO TELL HER ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, I'M GONNA CALL DANA UP MYSELF AND TELL HER ABOUT IT! WITH THIS PERPETRATOR OR PERPETRATORS RUNNING AROUND LOOSE, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR DANA TO STAY OVER THERE IN THAT BUILDING! WE GOT TO GET HER OUT OF THERE!"
Dana's entire family agrees. Aunt Celeste goes into the next room as her family members follow behind her. She gets on the telephone and calls up Dana and Tony's number.
Inside Tony and Dana's apartment, Tony walks into the dark living room as he hears the telephone ringing. He picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?"
"Hey Tony! It's me Aunt Celeste!"
"Oh hi Aunt Celeste!"
"Hi! Tony, Grandma just told me about the horrible incident that had happened in your building today!"
"Yeah it's true Aunt Celeste! The police are all over the place!"
"Yeah? Well have this perpetrator or perpetrators been caught yet?"
"No, not that I know of. The police haven't found anybody yet."
"Well does Dana know about this?"
"No. I didn't get a chance to tell her about it yet."
"No? Why haven't you had the chance to tell Dana about this yet Tony?"
"She was asleep! I tried to wake her up right after I spoke with Grandma a little while ago, but Dana still didn't wake up. She was in a deep sleep."
"Well Tony could you do me a favor? Try to wake Dana up for me and tell her that I want to speak to her please?"
"Okay. I'll see if she would wake up this time. Hold on." Tony puts the phone receiver down to the side. He then walks away towards the bedroom.
Back at Gracy's home, Aunt Celeste holds and waits on the phone for a while. She suddenly says, "Hey Dana? Hi, Dana! How are you dear? It's me, Aunt Celeste! How are you doing? I'm sorry for waking you but there's something you have to know! Tony had called here and told Grandma and the rest of the family that a man named Mark that lived inside your building on the 6th floor was found dead inside of his own apartment! Tony told Grandma that the man was found beaten to death! He told Grandma that he heard the guy was beaten up pretty badly and that his body was found in a pool of blood! I heard his eye and his nose were busted! I heard his jaw was broken in three places! I heard his arm was broken, his skull was fractured and his neck was broken! I even heard his private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body! I heard blood was everywhere inside the guy's apartment and his apartment was ransacked! Tony told Grandma that he saw a trail of bloody shoe prints leading from the guy's apartment, going right into the stairwell! Tony told Grandma that the police are all over the place! I heard the police haven't caught anybody yet! Tony wanted to tell you all about this himself Dana, but he said you were asleep!"
Back in Tony and Dana's apartment, sleepy eyed Dana, who is wearing a mint green tank top and dark green leggings, stands there in the darkness of her living room, listening to her Aunt Celeste on the telephone as Tony sits beside her, looking on. Aunt Celeste continues, "You know Dana I don't think that it's safe for you to stay over there in that building if there's some perpetrator or perpetrators running around loose over there! Dana the family and I want you to come over here and stay with us for a while until whoever the perpetrator or perpetrators are get caught alright?"
"Aunt Celeste I can't come over there now!"
"No? Well why not Dana? Look Dana, there is no reason at all why you cannot come over here right now! There is no reason at all! You are not going to stay over there in that building with that perpetrator or perpetrators still running around loose! You can come over here right now and you will! Now pack your things Dana because we're coming to get you! The boys and I will be on our way to pick you up! We'll see you in a little while!" Aunt Celeste hangs up the telephone. She then shouts to her nephews, "COME ON GUYS LET'S GO!" She and her nephews get ready to leave the house to go pick up Dana.
It is early Sunday morning now. Dana and Tony are in the bed inside her grandparents' house. Dana lays in the bed with her eyes open as she and Tony lay under the covers together. She starts to look towards the night table at the clock. She turns to look at Tony as he lays asleep with his arms wrapped tightly around her body. She gently tries to unlock Tony's arms from around her body, trying not to wake him. She struggles with his arms a little, being that he has a tight grip around her body. She finally removes Tony's arms from around her body as he remains asleep. Dana removes the covers from off her body as she slides to the edge of the bed. She gets up from out of the bed in her night gown and leggings. Then she gently fixes the blanket back on the bed and Tony. She limps a little towards the bedroom door, opens the door and leaves the room.
Around 45 minutes later, Dana limps down the staircase, dressed in a short light blue dress. She goes into the kitchen. Her family and relatives are all in the kitchen having breakfast. Her Uncle Willie approaches her and says, "Come on Dana, have some breakfast," as he holds a pot of coffee and a mug in his hands.
"No, that's okay Uncle Willie. I have to go back to the apartment for a few things I forgot and left yesterday."
"Okay Dana," Gracy says. "You'll be back later won't you?"
"Yeah, I'll be back Grandma. Tell Tony I'll be back in a little while."
"Okay, I will," Gracy says as Dana limps away towards the front closet. Gracy follows behind Dana.
Aunt Celeste then follows behind and says, "Listen Dana, we all think that it's best for you not to live back in your apartment building again until this perpetrator or perpetrators get caught! You're gonna have to live here for a while." Dana turns around and looks at her Aunt Celeste as her Aunt Celeste continues, "I'm sorry Dana! But either you're gonna have to move away from that building and live in another building someplace else, or you're gonna have to come back here and live with us!"
"That's right Dana," Gracy says. "We'll all worry about you staying in that building! We know bad things happen everywhere but it's not every day that you hear somebody getting mutilated like that! Especially where you live!"
Dana turns and goes into the front closet and grabs her thin white coat. She turns to face the door as she says, "I'll see what I can do."
"There's no time to think about it Dana," Aunt Celeste says as she sips on a cup of coffee. "For all we know, the perpetrator or perpetrators might come back to your building before you get the chance to move out! And you don't want to be their next victim do you
?" Aunt Celeste says as she fixes Dana's coat collar.
Dana secretly rolls her eyes as she heads for the front door. She opens the front door as Gracy says, "Now be careful Dana. You still have that perpetrator on the loose!"
"Okay Grandma. I'll be careful," Dana says as she goes out the door. She walks to her car as her grandmother and her Aunt Celeste stand behind watching. Dana gets into her car, starts up the engine and pulls off! Gracy and Celeste then step back inside the house and close the front door.
After Gracy and Celeste close the front door, Celeste turns to her mother Gracy and says, "Mom, I noticed that Dana's face is sort of reddish. She doesn't really look too well. I meant to ask her was she feeling sick or something like that, but I forgot. Is she feeling alright Mom?"
"Yeah Dana is alright. Tony and I asked her about her face last night."
"You did?"
"Yeah."
"Well what did she tell y'all?"
"She told us that while she was cleaning her apartment yesterday, she had used too much ammonia in there and sort of gotten sick from it."
"She got sick from the ammonia?"
"Yeah. Dana said she think she used too much ammonia in her apartment, that's what kind of got her feeling sort of sick and sluggish."
"Oh I see. Well I noticed that when the boys and I had gone to pick her up from her apartment yesterday, I smelled ammonia in there too. It wasn't too strong when the boys and I was there. Maybe it had worn itself off by the time we got there."
"Yeah it probably did. You know Celeste it's a good thing you and the boys did take Dana out of her apartment last night and brought her over here, because if she would have stayed in her apartment any longer, she would have felt much more worse from breathing that ammonia in!"
"Yeah she would have. And I noticed that Dana is sort of limping! I meant to ask her about that also, but I forgot. You know why Dana's limping Mom?"
"Yeah. Tony and I questioned her about that also."
"What did she say?"
"She said that while she was mopping the hallway floor in her apartment, she had tripped over the wet soapy floor and fell! She said she hurt her leg a little, that's why her leg is sort of bothering her."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah. She said the pain is not too bad. Dana will be alright. Tony and I told her not to stay on her feet too much. We told Dana to stay off her feet as much as possible until the pain goes away."
"Yeah that usually works," Celeste smiles and says as she and Gracy head back towards the kitchen.
Around 20 minutes later, Dana arrives to her building. She enters it and goes through the lobby. She sees other tenants in the building and over hears them talking about what had happened to Mark. When the other tenants see Dana, they all approach her and ask, "Hey Dana! Did you hear about what happened yesterday? Did you hear about what happened to Mark, the man who lived upstairs on the 6th floor?"
"No. I didn't."
"Mark, the neighbor who lived upstairs on the 6th floor was found dead inside his apartment! He was found beaten to death! His eye was busted, his nose was broken and his jaw was broken in three places! His arm was broken, his skull was fractured and he had a broken neck! A piece of his private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body and there was blood everywhere in Mark's apartment!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah!"
"I'm sorry to hear about that. Listen guys, I have to get ready to go. I'm in a hurry."
"Okay Dana! Talk to you later! Be careful around here because the perpetrator or perpetrators are still on the loose! The police still haven't caught anybody yet!"
"Okay, I'll be careful."
"Okay Dana! Bye!"
Dana starts to walk away as the neighbors continue to talk to each other about the incident. She walks towards the elevator. As she turns the corner towards the elevator, she turns her head to look back at the tenants. She then goes to the elevator and gets inside with the door closing behind her.
Around 25 minutes later, Dana comes back out of her building, wearing different clothes. She is wearing her dark brown leather jacket, a pair of brown pants, black shoes and a long thick braid hanging down her back. She goes on with her life as if though nothing ever happened. Dana knows what she had done, but she does not let on to anyone that she was involved in Mark's murder. She does not mention a word to anyone.
Around 20 minutes later, Dana enters inside a real estate office. She goes to the side and waits for a while until she gets called on. Twenty minutes later, Dana is called on by a real estate agent, an older black woman. Dana goes towards the agent's desk and takes a seat. The agent says to her, "Hello. I'm Louise Baker. And you are?"
"Dana Brown."
"Okay Dana. What can I do for you today?"
"I need an apartment right away."
"Oh yeah? Well what kind of apartment are you looking for, or what kind of apartment do you have in mind?"
"Anything with a one bedroom will be fine. As long as it's affordable."
"I see. And how many people will be living with you?"
"Just me and my boyfriend."
"You and your boyfriend, hum? Well where would you and your boyfriend like to live?"
"Any affordable apartment around this area."
"Okay. Let me see what we have here." Louise looks through her papers and files. She then says, "Okay Dana. Here are some apartments that might be available for you and your boyfriend. These apartments are only a mile away from here." Louise starts to tell Dana about the kind of neighborhoods, the rent costs, the utilities and everything else about some of the apartments. Dana decides to check out one of the apartments that is available.
Fifteen minutes later, Louise and Dana come out of Louise's car. They approach a two-family house. Louise unlocks the front door of the house and opens it. She takes Dana to an upstairs apartment inside the two-family house. Dana steps into the empty apartment first with Louise following in behind her. Dana looks around the place and goes from room to room. After she finishes looking around the rooms, she tells Louise, "I want to look at the other places."
"What, you don't like this one?"
"No."
"Okay," Louise says. She then takes Dana to a few more places. She takes Dana to more house apartments. After a while, Dana turns all the apartments down. She tells Louise, "I don't like this one. I'm gonna shop around somewhere else."
"So you don't like any of the apartments you've seen so far, huh?"
"No," Dana says as she walks away.
"Okay," Louise says. "I'll take you back to the real estate office." Dana and Louise leave out of the apartment, closing the door behind themselves.
A couple of days later on a Tuesday morning, Tony is home speaking on the telephone, saying, "Ma, I'm gonna go to the real estate office this morning to look for another apartment for me and Dana to live in."
"What? What do you mean you're gonna go to the real estate office to look for another apartment? Why?"
"Well Dana's family has had the creeps about her staying and living here in this building ever since they heard about what happened to that guy Mark that lived upstairs on the 6th floor! Dana's family wants her to move out of this building right away Ma! Her family wants her to move back home with them! Her family told her either she has to move back home with them, or she has to move somewhere else to live besides here! Dana's family doesn't want her to stay and live here in this building because they said the perpetrator was never caught! They feel the perpetrator or perpetrators may come back to claim another victim and Dana's family do not want her to be that next victim!"
"So what is Dana going to do or what does she want to do?"
"Dana is planning on moving out of here. She went to the real estate office the other day, but she said she didn't find anything that was reasonable, so I'm gonna go shop around and see if I can find something that is reasonable for us."
"Wow Tony! I mean this is so sudden!"
"I know Ma, but what else can we
do? If it wasn't for that attack that happened to the guy upstairs, Dana's family wouldn't be pushing for her to move out of here so sudden like this! Dana's family is very concerned about her safety Ma!"
"Yeah, I guess I can understand that. So do you want me and your father to come along to the real estate office with you and help you shop around?"
"Sure Ma! That will be nice!"
"Okay Tony. We'll pick you up in around 20 minutes, okay? Just meet me and your father outside the building. We're gonna wait for you inside the car."
"Okay Ma. Thanks a lot. I'll see you and Dad in 20 minutes."
"Okay Tony. By now."
"By." Tony hangs up the telephone.
Around 40 minutes later, Tony and his parents arrive at a real estate office. They all sit and wait at the side to be called on. Tony is then called on by an older black woman. He and his parents get up from their chairs and walk over to the woman. The woman says, "Hello. My name is Beth Parker. How can I help you today?"
"Well," Tony says. "I want to look for an affordable apartment for myself and my girlfriend Dana. She's not here right now. She's at work."
"Oh yeah? Well what kind of apartment would you and your girlfriend Dana like to have?"
"A nice affordable one bedroom is all we need right now."
"Okay," Beth says as she starts to look through her papers. She then tells Tony, "There's some nice one bedroom apartments I see might be available for you and your girlfriend."
"Okay good."
Beth tells Tony about the neighborhoods the available apartments are in. She then tells Tony about the rent, the utilities, and etc. Tony says, "Let's go check it out."
Beth takes Tony and his parents and drives them all around to look at some of the available apartments. She shows them an apartment in a small building. Tony and his parents look around. Tony isn't too satisfied with the apartment. He turns it down. Beth then takes Tony and his parents to another apartment building, which is around a half mile away. She shows Tony a tall apartment building. She then shows Tony a couple of empty apartments inside the building. Tony likes the apartments that are inside the building. All the living rooms in each apartment seem very large and spacious! He chooses one of the apartments. He chooses an apartment on the 5th floor and tells Beth he'll take it. He then asks, "So when can me and my girlfriend move in?"
"Oh you two can move in within a few days."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Good. Okay let's go take care of some paper work so I can get everything settled."
"Okay," Beth says. She, Tony and his parents all start to leave out of the apartment.
A few days later on a Friday afternoon, Tony moves into the new apartment with Dana. By the time the police come around Dana and Tony's old building questioning people about Mark's death, Dana and Tony had already moved out. Again, the police do not catch up with Dana. Dana does not tell Tony or anybody else about what really happened with Mark. Nobody suspects a thing.
Later on that evening, Dana's family and Tony's family are all inside Dana and Tony's new apartment. They are all inside the large living room, helping unpack a few extra things that are left. Both families had all heard about the incident that happened to the guy Mark that lived in Dana and Tony's old building. They are all shocked about it. They all say it's pretty scary for something like that to happen so close to home. They all wonder, who could be next. They all wonder if the suspect or suspects will ever get caught. As Dana's family and Tony's family continue to speak about the incident with Mark, Dana keeps quiet. She does not say a word about the incident as she unpacks a few boxes. No one knows she is the suspect. No one knows this but her. No one suspects Dana at all. Her family and friends have no clue. As Dana remains quiet, Sammy taps her on the shoulder and says, "Hey Dana? You seem kind of quiet. Are you okay? Are you alright with your new place?"
"Yeah I'm alright with it Sammy. I'm okay. I'm just kind of tired from all this unpacking."
"Yeah? Well why don't you go lie down and rest for a while Dana. I'll unpack the rest of this stuff for you. Go ahead. Lie down and rest."
"Thanks a lot Sammy."
"You're welcome Dana. I'll talk to you later. Go ahead and lie down."
"Okay," Dana says. She then walks away as Sammy starts to unpack.
Chapter 20
The Rapist
