A few days later, Stephanie and Evette are walking down the organization hallway.
Crystal comes from the other end of the hallway and approaches Stephanie and Evette. “Hey,” she says.
“Hey Crystal,” Stephanie says.
“Have you two heard?”
They all stop as Evette says, “Heard what?”
“Mary, Margarita, Barry and Tomas temporary banned Diane from performing at the next concert.”
“What?” Stephanie and Evette and say.
“They temporary banned Diane from performing at the next concert?” Stephanie asks.
“Oh yeah,” Crystal says.
“Why?”
“Didn’t you hear about the incident that happened between Diane and that kid Marcus at that elementary school the night Diane went there? The kid who wrote this organization the phony letter about the little boy who has leukemia, just so this organization can let Diane come to his school?”
“Yeah that kid. We heard about what happened between him and Diane. We heard that kid claimed that Diane attacked him! It’s in the paper right here.” Stephanie shows Crystal a newspaper article with a headline that reads: LITTLE BOY CLAIMS DIANE D ATTACKED AND BEAT HIM UP INSIDE ISOLATED SCHOOL HALLWAY. Stephanie looks at Crystal and says, “Wow, can you believe it?”
“Yeah I can believe it, knowing Diane.”
“But Diane denied attacking that kid, Crystal,” Evette says. “She claims she would never ever harm a child and accused that kid of lying about it.”
“I heard that kid claims Diane did attack him, but she just doesn’t remember it. But you never know, maybe that kid Marcus could be right. Maybe Diane could have flipped when she found out that this kid Marcus and his brother lied to her and her family about the child who has leukemia just to get her to come to his school, because she was really looking forward to meeting the so called little boy who has leukemia, she really was. When she found out that kid Marcus and his brother made up that phony letter to her and her family just to get her to come to his school, she probably flipped and did attack him, but might not remember it. You know how Diane flips whenever she gets angry. She would get out of control and usually doesn’t remember it afterwards. I think the same exact thing probably happened in this case.”
“Does she really not remember her vicious outbursts whenever she gets out of control or she’s just pretending not to remember it?”
“I don’t know.”
“How come Diane hardly ever remembers her vicious outbursts whenever she gets out of control?”
“I think maybe her mind probably blocks it out or something, I don‘t know. But no one really knows for sure what happened between that kid Marcus and Diane, it’s his word against hers, that’s why the police are investigating what might have actually happened between them on that third floor school hallway that night, so until the investigation is over, Margarita and Tomas are indefinitely banning Diane from performing at the next concert for now.”
“For now? So when will the investigation be over?”
“I think maybe within a week, until then, Diane will find out her fate whether or not she’s going to perform at the next concert. So when the investigation is over and Margarita and Tomas find out that Diane did attack that kid Marcus, they’re going to ban her from performing at the next concert. If Margarita and Tomas find out that Diane did not attack that kid Marcus, then they’re going to let her perform at the next concert. So for right now, Margarita and Tomas are waiting to see if Diane is guilty or not. So for the time being, Diane is suspended right now.”
“She‘s suspended again?”
“Yep, again.”
“Wow, I know she’s pissed.”
“She is furious.”
“She is?” Stephanie asks.
“Yeah. Mary and Margarita have her working in the banquet room right now.”
“They do?”
“Yeah. They’re going to have Diane work in the banquet room until after investigation?”
“Doing what?”
“Washing the windows.”
“They got Diane washing the windows?” Evette asks.
“Yeah. I just peaked in the back door. I saw Diane in the distance washing the window.”
“You did?”
“Yeah. I saw Mary and Margarita standing right with her.”
“They were standing with her?” Stephanie asks.
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“I think they were talking to her.”
“Talking to her? About what?”
“I don’t know, I couldn’t hear. They were sort of far away.”
“How did Diane seem?” Evette asks.
“She didn‘t appear happy at all. It looked like she was in a very bad mood.”
“I bet she was in a bad mood, knowing that she might not get to perform at the next concert because of that kid Marcus and thinks he‘s lying about it.”
“Yeah that’s true,” Stephanie says. “Let’s go in the banquet room and see Diane washing the windows.”
“Go see Diane washing the windows?” Crystal says. “I don’t think it will be safe to go in that banquet room right now while Diane is in there. The way she looked, I wouldn‘t want to approach her or get in her way. I wouldn’t want her to attack us and kung-fu kick us too. We don‘t need to be her next victims.”
“I know, but you said Mary and Margarita are standing with her.”
“Well that’s them Stephanie, they’re a different story! It might be safe for them to stand with Diane, but I don’t think it’ll be safe for any of us! We shouldn’t take a chance to go in there.”
“I don’t mean actually go inside the room, Crystal. I mean let’s take a peek from the back door like you said you did. I wouldn‘t mind taking a sneak peek from the back door.”
“Neither would I,” says Evette. “I’m curious myself to see Diane washing the windows.”
“Okay, but let’s be careful alright?” Crystal says. “I don‘t want Diane to see us.”
“Me neither,” Stephanie says. “We’ll just go near the back door and take a peek from there.”
“Okay.” Crystal, Stephanie and Evette turn as they all head down the end of the hallway.
Crystal, Stephanie and Evette turn the corner and head down the other hallway. They walk to their left side of the hallway towards the back door of the banquet room.
Crystal, Stephanie and Evette reach the back door of the banquet room which is wide open. Crystal pokes her head inside the doorway. She looks inside the banquet room. She pokes her head back out the doorway and turns to Stephanie and Evette. “Is she still in there,” Stephanie whispers.
“Yeah she’s still in there,” Crystal whispers. “She’s still washing the window.”
Stephanie pokes her head inside the doorway. She looks inside the banquet room. She sees an angry looking Diane D in the distance, dressed in a light gray dungaree jacket with matching dungaree pants, thick black sneakers and a long thick braid hanging behind her back, washing the banquet room window with a short squeegy as Mary and Margarita stand right beside her talking to her. Stephanie continues to look in the distance at Diane D. She pokes her head back out the doorway and turns to Crystal and Evette. “You see her?” Evette whispers.
“Yeah I see her,” Stephanie whispers. Evette pokes her head inside the doorway. She looks inside the banquet room. She sees Diane D in the distance, angrily washing the banquet room window with Mary and Margarita standing beside her talking to her. Evette continues to look at Diane D.
Inside the banquet room, thick clouds with some sun rays passing through them are seen through the large Banquet Room window as an angry looking Diane D continues to wash the window ignoring Mary and Margarita as Mary and Margarita stand beside her, quietly talking to her.
Back out in the hallway, Evette continues to look in the distance at Diane D. She then pokes her head back out the doorway and turns to
Crystal and Stephanie. “You saw her?” Crystal whispers.
“Yeah I saw her,” Evette whispers. “Oooh it looked like she was mad. I wouldn’t want to come across her right now.”
“The feeling is mutual.”
“Why does she seem to be ignoring Mary and Margarita while they’re standing there talking to her?”
“Well what do you think? She’s pissed off at them. After all, they are banning her from performing at the next concert so far and they are making her wash the window.”
“Well I hope the investigation turns out that Diane did not attack that kid Marcus and she’ll be able to perform at the next concert, because I don’t like seeing her in that kind of mood. It scares me.”
“It scares me too,” Stephanie whispers.
“Come on,” Crystal whispers. “Let’s get out of here.” Crystal, Stephanie and Evette turn and leave the banquet room doorway then head back down the hallway.
Around four days later, Stephanie, Evette and Harvey are chit-chatting in the organization hallway as Harvey leans against the wall. Alex comes from down the hallway and approaches Stephanie, Evette and Harvey. Harvey turns to Alex and says, “Hey what‘s up Alex?”
“Hey Harvey,” Alex says.
“What’s going on?”
“The police called Margarita and Tomas’ office a little while ago. I picked up the phone and they told me that they’re finish investigating whether or not Diane actually attacked that kid Marcus.”
“They’re finished investigating it?” Evette asks.
“Yeah.”
“So what did they find out?” Harvey says. “Did Diane do it, or not?”
“I don’t know yet, the police didn’t tell me,” Alex says. “They said they’re going to call the office back again and speak to Margarita or Tomas directly and let THEM know if Diane did it or not. So today is the day Diane is going to find out whether or not the police say she’s guilty.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. The police are suppose to call back and speak to Margarita or Tomas with the answer any minute now.”
“Where is Diane at now?” Stephanie asks.
“She’s working in the banquet room.”
“Doing what? Washing the windows again?”
“No. She’s scraping the paint chips off a part of the wall and painting over it.”
“What?” Harvey says. “Diane is scraping the paint chips off a part of the wall and painting over it?”
“Yeah. I saw her doing that when I went in there.”
“You went in there?” Evette asks.
“Yeah.”
“Where were Mary and Margarita?”
“Standing right with Diane. I overheard them quietly tell Diane that the police investigation is over now and told Diane that if the police find out that she did not attack that kid Marcus, then she will be allowed to perform at the next concert, then told Diane that if the police find out that she did attack that kid Marcus, she’s going to be banned from performing at the next concert. So right now, they’re all anxious to find out what the police are going to say when they call back.”
“They are?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow I‘m anxious too.”
“Me too,” Stephanie says.
Crystal suddenly comes from around the corner and walks down the hallway. She approaches Alex, Harvey, Stephanie and Evette. They all turn to Crystal as she tells them, “The police just called the office and spoke to Tomas.”
“They did?” Alex anxiously asks. “What did they tell him?”
“They told him Diane did it.”
“What!” Alex, Harvey Stephanie and Evette anxiously shout.
“The police told Tomas that Diane did attack that kid Marcus?” Evette anxiously asks.
“Yeah,” Crystal says.
“How do they know for sure?”
“I think that kid Marcus might have took a lie detector test.”
“A lie detector test?” Stephanie asks.
“I think so. I’m not sure.”
“Does Diane know about this yet?” Alex asks.
“No, not yet. Tomas and Barry are going to go to the banquet room to tell Diane, Margarita and Mary that the police claim Diane did it. Then they‘re going to tell Diane that she is banned from performing at the next concert.”
“What?” Evette says. “They‘re going to tell Diane that she is banned from performing at the concert?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. I sure wouldn’t want to be in that room when they tell her that.”
“I wouldn’t want to be in that room either,” Harvey says, “but this, I got to see! Let’s go take a peek in that banquet room and watch Diane go berserk when she finds out that she is banned from performing at the concert.”
“You want to watch Diane go berserk?”
“It’s not that I want her to go berserk Evette, but I know she will, and I want to be there to help out when she does!”
“Okay, but just be careful Harvey. Don’t let yourself wind up in the hospital like those police officers and those security guards.”
“I’ll be careful Evette. Let’s hurry and get to that back door of the banquet room before Tomas and Barry get there.” Harvey, Crystal, Alex, Stephanie and Evette turn as they all hurry down the end of the hallway.
Harvey, Crystal, Alex, Stephanie and Evette turn the corner and hurry down the other hallway. They then walk to their left side of the hallway towards the back door of the banquet room.
Harvey, Crystal, Alex, Stephanie and Evette reach the back door of the banquet room which is wide open again. Crystal pokes her head inside the doorway. She looks inside the banquet room. She pokes her head back out the doorway and turns to Harvey, Alex, Stephanie and Evette. “What’s going on in there,” Harvey whispers. “Did Tomas and Barry show up in there yet?”
“I don’t see them,” Crystal whispers.
“You see Diane in there?” Evette whispers.
“Yeah.”
“What’s she doing?”
“She’s scraping the paint chips off the wall.”
“Let me see,” Harvey whispers as he, Alex, Stephanie and Evette poke their heads inside the doorway. They secretly look inside the banquet room and see an angry looking Diane D in the distance, dressed in a bright orange shirt with sleeves rolled to her elbows, blue dungarees, thick black sneakers and a long thick braid hanging behind her back, scraping the paint chips off the wall with a small scraper as Mary and Margarita stand right beside her talking to her.
Inside the banquet room, Diane D continues to angrily scrape the paint chips off the wall with the scraper ignoring Mary and Margarita as Mary and Margarita stand right beside her, quietly talking to her. Suddenly Margarita looks to her left towards the front door and says, “Yo ceria Barry y Tomas estaban en camino de aqui.”
Mary looks to her left towards the front door and says, “Yo pensaba lo mismo. Me imagino que no llegar todavia.” Diane D puts the scraper down on the ledge in front of herself and picks up a small paint brush. She dips the paint brush in a small can of plaster. She takes a paint brush and starts to plaster over the piece of wall as Margarita and Mary continue to look towards the front door. Margarita and Mary turn their heads back forward and worriedly look at Diane D as Diane D continues to plaster the piece of wall. Mary pats Diane D on the shoulder and says, “Esperamos que todo vaya bien Diane.” Mary lets go of Diane D’s shoulder as she and Margarita worriedly look at Diane D again. Mary and Margarita then turn to each other quietly talking to each other.
Harvey, Crystal, Alex, Stephanie and Evette secretly continue to watch Diane D, Mary and Margarita from the back doorway as Harvey whispers, “Where are Tomas and Barry? How come they didn’t show up yet?”
“I don’t know,” Crystal whispers. “They should show up any minute now.” Crystal, Harvey, Alex, Stephanie and Evette secretly continue to look in the banquet room in the distance at D
iane D, Margarita and Mary. They then see Margarita and Mary look to their left towards the front door again as Tomas and Barry walk into the room towards them.
“Oh oh,” Stephanie whispers. “There goes Tomas and Barry. They’re about to tell Diane that the police said she did it and that she’s banned from performing at the next concert.” Crystal, Harvey, Alex, Stephanie and Evette continue to watch as Tomas and Barry approach Margarita, Mary and Diane D. They suddenly see Diane D stop what she’s doing and turn her head around towards Tomas and Barry. “I don’t think I can bare to see this,” Stephanie whispers.
“Me neither,” Evette whispers. Evette, Crystal, Harvey, Alex and Stephanie continue to watch Diane D, Mary, Margarita, Tomas and Barry. They see Tomas and Barry talking to Margarita, Mary and Diane D. They suddenly see a look of surprise on Margarita’s and Mary‘s faces. They then see Margarita and Mary looking stunned as they, Tomas and Barry look at Diane D. They see Margarita and Mary saying something to Diane D. They see Diane D saying something back to Mary and Margarita. They see Margarita and Mary saying something back to Diane D. They see Diane D saying something back to Mary and Margarita again. They see Mary angrily pointing her finger at Diane D as she and Margarita say something back to Diane D again. Suddenly, they see Diane D angrily pointing her finger right at Mary and Margarita then see her turn and angrily toss the paint brush right across the room! They then see Diane D turn and charge right towards the front door as she slightly limps! They see Barry, Tomas, Mary and Margarita turn and quickly charge right after Diane D! Harvey and Alex rush right into the banquet room as Crystal, Stephanie and Evette rush into the banquet room behind them!
Harvey and Alex race right towards Diane D as Barry leaps forward and quickly grabs Diane D knocking himself and Diane D right into the wall of the doorway! Alex, Harvey, Tomas, Mary and Margarita quickly grab Diane D and wrap their arms tightly around her torso as she goes mad and berserk trying to go out into the hallway! Barry turns towards Crystal, Stephanie and Evette and shouts, “Girls! Go get Tonio, Nicolas, Michael and Mickey, quick!”
Crystal, Stephanie and Evette turn and hurry towards the back doorway!
Crystal, Stephanie and Evette hurry out into the hallway and hurry towards the corner of the hallway!
Barry, Margarita, Mary, Tomas, Harvey and Alex hold tightly onto Diane D’s torso as Diane D tries to break loose from them! Suddenly Diane D tries to kick Harvey in the groin! Harvey quickly backs away causing Diane D to miss as Margarita shouts, “Calma Diane, detenerlo!” Suddenly, Diane D spreads her legs apart and becomes more out of control trying to break away from her family!
“Diane calma!” Mary shouts as Diane D inches her way out into the hallway!
“Diane detener ahora!” Margarita shouts as Diane D inches her way down the hallway heading towards the corner of the hallway! Diane D’s face is red with anger as she huffs and puffs with fists balled, looking towards the corner of the hallway! Suddenly, Diane D appears to have superhuman strength again as she drags her family, Harvey and Alex further down the hallway! “Diane te dije que parar?!” Margarita shouts.
Suddenly Tonio, Nicolas, Michael and Mickey race from around the corner as Crystal, Stephanie and Evette nervously hurry behind them! They run towards Diane D! Barry turns towards Tonio, Nicolas, Michael and Mickey and shouts, “She’s trying to get to that school to get after that kid Marcus!”
“Oh no!” Tonio shouts as he, Nicolas, Michael and Mickey approach Diane D and grab her!
“We got her Dad!” Nicolas shouts as he, Tonio, Michael and Mickey wrap their arms tightly around Diane D’s torso and help hold onto her as she tries to break loose from them!
“Diane detenerlo ahora!” Mary shouts as Diane D continues to inch her way further down the hallway! Suddenly, Diane D appears to have even more superhuman strength as she drags more of her family members, Harvey and Alex further and further down the hallway! Crystal, Stephanie and Evette are shocked and horrified as they stand to the side watching an angry Diane D dragging her family, Harvey and Alex further and further down the hallway as her family, Harvey and Alex hold tightly on to her desperately trying to stop her as their feet practically slide on the floor!
“Diane detenerlo ahora!” Margarita shouts as Diane D continues to drag her family, Harvey and Alex further and further down the hallway getting closer and closer to the corner of the hallway!
Diane D reaches the corner of the hallway as she continues to drag Barry, Tomas, Tonio, Nicolas, Mickey, Michael, Harvey, Alex, Mary and Margarita with her! Barry then shouts to the men, “We got to bend and lift her feet off the floor! One two three bend!” Barry, Tomas, Tonio, Nicolas, Mickey, Michael, Harvey and Alex suddenly bend down and grab Diane D by her legs, ankles and hips as Margarita and Mary let go! The men stoop back up and lift Diane D off her feet, carrying and holding her by her arms, legs and hips as she continues to huff and puff with fists balled having her head turned looking towards the corner of the hallway!
“Take her upstairs!” Margarita shouts! The men hurry and carry Diane D away towards the other end of the hallway as she continues to huff and puff looking back towards the corner of the hallway! The men take Diane D and disappear into a stairwell doorway at the end of the hall as Margarita and Mary hurry into the stairwell doorway after them! Crystal, Stephanie and Evette continue to look on in shock and disbelief as they look towards the stairwell doors at the end of the hallway.
The following day, Principal Cole is sitting inside his office behind the desk at the elementary school. The telephone rings. Principal Cole picks up the telephone receiver and speaks into it. “Hello,” he says. “Principal Cole speaking.”
“Hi Principal Cole, this is Margarita.”
“Oh hi Miss Margarita! How is everything?”
“Not good. Not good at all.”
“Why? What happened?”
“Principal Cole, when the police called the organization yesterday and told my family, that Diane DID attack that kid Marcus, we told her that she is banned from performing at the next concert!”
“You told Diane D that she is banned from performing at the next concert?”
“Yes we did!”
“Then what happened?”
“She got so furious that she demanded to see Marcus!”
“What! She demanded to see Marcus?!”
“Yes! She said she was going to go right over to the school and straighten him out!”
“What! Diane D said she was going to come right over to the school and straighten Marcus out?!”
“Yes! She said she was going to straighten Marcus out for complaining about her, causing her to be banned from performing!”
“Oh no!”
“We told Diane not to go anywhere near Marcus!”
“You did?! Then what happened?!”
“She went berserk! She got angry, threw a paint brush right across the room then charged right out of the banquet room and actually tried to come right over to your school!”
“What! Diane D actually tried to come over here, to this school?!”
“Yes!”
“Oh no!”
“My family and I had to hold her back!”
“You and your family had to hold her back?!”
“Yes we did! It took several of us to hold Diane back because she was trying to go for the front door!”
“To come here to the school?!”
“Yes to come right over to your school! It was taking around eight men to hold her back!”
“Eight men?!”
“That‘s right eight men, plus me and my daughter!”
“Oh no!”
“Even though there were around eight men plus me and my daughter trying to hold Diane back, she still managed to move several yards down the hallway dragging the men, me and my daughter right along with her!”
“Dragging the men, you and your daughter several yards down the hallway?! My goodness Mi
ss Margarita! I’ve heard of Diane D doing something like that before, dragging several people at once!”
“She has!”
“How does she even manage to do that?!”
“I don’t know Principal Cole! Diane seems to turn into a real beast and somehow gets superhuman strength whenever she gets angry and out of control!”
“I’ve heard! My God Miss Margarita! So you’re telling me that Diane D actually tried to come back to this school to see Marcus so she can straighten him out?!”
“Yes!”
“And how was she planning on straightening him out?! By attacking him again?!”
“I don’t know how she was planning on straightening him out Principal Cole, I really don’t! All I know is that she was trying to get to your school!”
“My God Miss Margarita! This is what Marcus was afraid of, when you said at the police station, that you were going to ban Diane D from performing at your next concert! This is why Marcus begged you and pleaded with you not to ban Diane D from performing at your next concert because he figured that Diane D would get upset and blame him for her being banned and would want to come after him for it! Obviously he was right! If Diane D ever comes back to this school to look for Marcus, she will never find him because he hasn’t been coming to school!”
“He hasn‘t?”
“No! He hasn’t been coming to school due to the injuries he sustained from Diane D!”
“Oh no!”
“Marcus’ doctor decided not to let him come back to school because of his injuries!”
“I’m so sorry he’s going through that!”
“So am I. Marcus’ mom and grandma are gonna try to get him transferred to another school!”
“They are?”
“Yes!”
“Why?”
“Because Marcus can’t put up and deal with the memories he have of what he went through with Diane D in the school hallway! He‘s too frightened to ever come back to this school! The memories he have of the incident he went through with Diane D still haunts him! He still gets nightmares about it! He‘s really suffering from this!”
“So his mom and his grandma are going to transfer him to a whole different school, all because of Diane?”
“Yep, all because of Diane D, yeah.”
“I’m so sorry that he’s suffering from this!”
“So am I Miss Margarita. So am I. Is Diane D still denying attacking Marcus?!”
“Yes she’s still denying it! She’s still saying that she would never attack or harm a child! She still thinks Marcus is lying about her attacking him and thinks he’s causing trouble for her! So far she‘s still claiming her innocence! My God if my family and I knew all of this was going to happen, we would have never ever allowed Diane to come to your school for the so called child who has leukemia, because not only is Marcus suffering from this whole thing, my family and I are suffering as well! All I know is that this whole thing is draining me, out! I’m really losing my energy and strength over this!”
“I’m really sorry for you Miss Margarita. I’m so sorry for you and your family for what you all are going through with Diane D. Where is Diane D at now?”
“At home. Yesterday we gave her some medication to calm her nerves and her temper!”
“You did?”
“Yes we did.”
“Sorry to hear about that Miss Margarita. I really think you and your family should consider getting Diane D evaluated.”
“Evaluated?”
“Yes. I think her mental state should really be checked out by a doctor.”
“Her mental state was already checked out by a doctor several years ago.”
“It was?”
“Yes it was.”
“What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor said her mind does have issues.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes.”
“Well since that was several years ago, maybe Diane D’s state of mind needs to be evaluated again.”
“You’re right Principal Cole. I’ll consider that.”
“You will?”
“Yes I will.”
“Oh that’s good! I‘m very sorry that you and your family are suffering from this whole ordeal with Diane D and Marcus. I feel very responsible for it being that this whole thing was started by that phony letter from Marcus, a student who went to this school and his brother. Is there anything at all I can do for you and your family Miss Margarita?”
“No, I can’t think of anything at the moment right now Principal Cole.”
“No?”
“No.”
“Okay Miss Margarita. If there is anything at all I can do for you and your family including Diane D, let me know and I will do my best to help you.”
“You will?”
“Of course I will. All you have to do is call me. I‘m right here.”
“Thank you so much Principal Cole. I just wanted to let you know what happened yesterday.”
“No problem. Thanks for letting me know Miss Margarita. I’m glad you told me. I hope you get some rest after this ordeal with Diane D.”
“Yes because I sure do need some rest. I need a long vacation after all of this.”
“Well I hope you do get a vacation soon Miss Margarita. You deserve one.”
“Thanks Principal Cole.”
“You’re welcome Miss Margarita.”
“Well I have to go now. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Okay Miss Margarita. Call me anytime. Let me know how everything turns out.”
“I will. By now.”
“By Miss Margarita.” Principal Cole sadly hangs up the telephone receiver.
Two days later, Principal Cole is sitting inside his office at the elementary school. He looks at a Diaz-Davidson business card. He picks up the telephone receiver and puts it to his ear. He dials the number that’s on the business card. He speaks into the telephone receiver and says, “Hello can I speak to Miss Margarita?”
“Speaking,” Margarita says as she sits in her office behind the desk.
“Hi Miss Margarita, this is Principal Cole.”
“Hi Principal Cole. How are you?”
“Well the question is, how are you?”
“I’m doing okay so far.”
“You are?”
“Yes.”
“That’s good. I was so worried about you and your family when you called the other day telling me about what you all went through with Diane D.”
“You were?”
“Yes.”
“Thanks Principal Cole. That really means a lot to me.”
“No problem Miss Margarita. How is everything going with you and your family?”
“Oh everything with me and my family is going okay so far.”
“It is?”
“Yeah.”
“How is everything going with Diane D?”
“Everything with Diane is going okay for now.”
“It is?”
“Yeah. We kind of felt bad for Diane the way she reacted when we told her that she was banned from performing at the next concert.”
“You did?”
“Yeah. She still feels deep down in her heart and soul that she never attacked Marcus!”
“She does?”
“Yes! She feels that she is being punished for something she never did!”
“Oh Lord.”
“She feels that we’re taking Marcus’ word over hers, so we told Diane that if she agrees to go to a doctor to get her mind evaluated, then she can perform at the next concert.”
“What? You told Diane D that if she agrees to go to a doctor to get evaluated, she can perform again?”
“Yes.”
“Wow, what did she say to that?”
“She jumped at it!”
“She did?! So she’s willing to get evaluated?!”
“Yes she’s planning on getting evaluated!”
“Wo
w I’m so happy to hear about that Miss Margarita! I am so glad that you and your family decided to get Diane D evaluated! I’m so glad that SHE decided to get evaluated! What made her jump at it so fast?!”
“She wants to perform at the concert!”
“That’s the only reason?!”
“That’s the only reason Principal Cole.”
“You mean to tell me that‘s all it took, is for her to hear that she can perform at the concert, in order for her to decide to get evaluated?!”
“Yep, that’s all it took.”
“In other words, it has nothing to do with Marcus, huh?”
“No, nothing at all to do with him.”
“She doesn’t feel guilty about Marcus at all?”
“Principal Cole, how can Diane feel guilty about Marcus if she doesn’t believe she’s done anything to him? As far as Diane’s concerned, she hasn’t done anything to Marcus.”
“Wow.”
“Believe me Principal Cole, if my family and I had never told Diane she can perform at the concert only if she agrees to get evaluated, she would have never planned on getting evaluated.”
“No?”
“No.”
“Wow. Well anyway, how does she feel that she’s allowed to perform again?!”
“She is very happy about it! She’s on cloud nine again!”
“She’s on cloud nine?! I bet she is! I’m very happy for her! I’m so glad that you and your family are allowing Diane D to perform again! I’m glad you all did that for her!”
“Well we didn’t only do that for Diane Principal Cole, we did that for ourselves because her whole anger, temper tantrums and mood swings were really taking a toll on me and my family.”
“It was?”
“Yes it was! It was really taking a strain out of us and we really need a break from it.”
“I’m sure you all do need a break from it Miss Margarita. Like I said, I‘m so sorry about this whole ordeal with the phony letter sent to you and your family about the little boy who has leukemia.”
“Thank you Principal Cole.”
“You’re welcome Miss Margarita. So when will you take Diane D to get evaluated.”
“She has an appointment next week.”
“She does?”
“Yes she does. We’re going to see what the doctor has to say then we’ll take it from there. We have to take this one step at a time.”
“Of course you do Miss Margarita, of course you do. I want you to keep me up to date with Diane D’s progress, okay?”
“You got it Principal Cole. Thanks a lot.”
“No problem Miss Margarita. I just wanted to make sure you and your family and Diane D were okay.”
“Yeah we’re all alright for now.”
“That’s good. Now you take care of yourself Miss Margarita. Please try not to stress yourself out too much, okay?”
“Okay Principal Cole, I won’t. Talk to you later.”
“Okay Miss Margarita. By now.”
“By.”
Principal Cole happily hangs up the telephone.
It is two weeks later. Principal Cole is sitting inside his office at the elementary school again. He looks at the Diaz-Davidson business card again. He picks up the telephone receiver and puts it to his ear. He dials the number on the business card. He listens into the phone. He then speaks into the telephone receiver and says, “Hello Miss Margarita?”
“Speaking,” Margarita says as she sits behind her desk looking at and holding a bunch of letters and mail that‘s on her desk.
“Hi Miss Margarita, this is Principal Cole again.”
“Principal Cole! How are you?”
“I’m fine Miss Margarita! How are you?!”
“I’m doing just wonderful right now.”
“You are?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m so glad to hear that Miss Margarita.”
“Thanks Principal Cole.”
“You’re welcome. I just want to find out if Diane D went to get evaluated yet? How did it go?”
“Oh it went along okay. My family and I took her.”
“You all did?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s good. What is the outcome?”
“Well she had some counseling last week and she’s going to get some counseling this week.”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah.”
“That is so wonderful Miss Margarita! I’m glad Diane D is co-operating with doing this!”
“Well telling her that she can perform was the only way to get her to co-operate.”
“I’m sure it was. Is she still on cloud nine about performing?”
“Yeah she’s still on it. I think it’s gonna be tough to take her off cloud nine right now.”
“I’m sure it is. Just make sure you don’t tell her she can’t perform again then she’ll really be off cloud nine,” Principal Cole laughs.
“I know what you mean. My family and I don’t need to put ourselves through that. We don‘t need the aggravation.”
“You sure don’t Miss Margarita.”
“I was just sitting back looking at some of Diane’s fan mail.”
“Diane’s fan mail? Diane D gets fan mail?”
“Yeah. She gets fan mail all the time.”
“She does?”
“Yeah.”
“How much fan mail does she get?”
“She gets a lot of fan mail that piles up my organization’s mail box then winds up piling up my desk.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. What does her fan mail say?”
“Well her fan mail that was sent here before was asking me and my family can we please lift the ban off Diane and asked if we can let her perform again. Her fans say they really want to see her on the stage. Her fans had sent letters to the organization about this situation when they first found out she got banned from performing at the next concert.”
“They did.”
“Yeah. So my family and I also lifted the ban off Diane for her fans’ sake as well.”
“You did?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow, it’s nothing like fans to get a person out of trouble, huh?” Principal Cole laughs.
“I guess not. Even though Diane’s fans read in the newspaper about what happened between her and Marcus in the school hallway, they still want to see her on stage.”
“They do?”
“Yeah.”
“What do her fans think about what happened between her and Marcus?”
“They all wrote how sad that situation was.”
“They did?”
“Yes. They wrote that they feel for both Diane and Marcus.”
“They feel for Marcus too?”
“Of course they do. They know Marcus is a child, that’s why they feel for him as well as they feel for Diane.”
“Wow, that‘s nice. Okay Miss Margarita, I’m gonna let you go. I just wanted to make sure that Diane D is okay.”
“She’s okay Principal Cole.”
“That’s good.”
“By the way Principal Cole, how is Marcus doing?”
“Oh he’s still suffering emotionally and physically Miss Margarita.”
“He is?”
“Yes.”
“I really feel for him Principal Cole. Is there any way I can get to talk to him and his family?”
“Well, I would suggest for you all to meet here in my office, but I can’t because Marcus is afraid to even see this school, in other words, he won‘t come here. What we can all do is try to meet up with Officer Martell at the police department around the end of next week. Would that be okay?”
“Sure that would be okay.”
“Alright then. I’ll give Marcus and his family the message. Once I speak to them, I will call you back and tell you which day and time to come.”
“Thank you Principal Cole. And tell Marcus he do
esn’t have to worry, I will not bring Diane with me.”
“Okay Miss Margarita, I’ll tell him that.”
“Okay thanks. See you next week.”
“Okay Miss Margarita. By now.”
“By.”
Principal Cole happily hangs up the telephone.
Chapter 42
A Doctor Puts Diane D Under Hypnosis