Two days later, a black female around her mid 40’s rings the doorbell outside of the Diaz-Davidson Dominican Hair Salon. The door opens. A serious looking Diane D stands behind the door. The woman looks at Diane D. She smiles and says, “Diane D! Wow it’s nice to see you!” Diane D lets the woman inside.
Diane D says to the woman, “What do you need?”
“Can I have a wash and set please?”
“Sure, have a seat.” Diane D closes the door behind the woman as the woman walks further into the salon. Rosa is working on a black female client’s hair and Bonnie is working on another black female client‘s hair as Gladys and Miriam talk with each other on the opposite side of the room. The woman goes to a chair as Diane D stops beside her holding a pen in her hand. Diane D turns towards Gladys and Miriam and shouts, “Gladys!”
Gladys turns her head to Diane D and says, “Yes Diane?”
“Come give this woman a wash and set!”
“Okay.”
“And Miriam, since you have nothing to do, make yourself useful and start sweeping some of this hair off the side, thank you!” An angry looking Diane D walks away from the woman and goes past everyone else towards the back office as Miriam grabs a broom.
“Um Diane?” Bonnie says. Diane D stops and turns around towards Bonnie as Bonnie asks, “Are we giving discounts to the clients today?”
“No we’re not giving discounts to the clients, why?”
“Because I thought we were giving discounts today and I was about to give the clients discounts.”
“What makes you think we’re giving discounts, we’re not giving any discounts you’re going to charge them full price!” Diane D turns to everybody and shouts, “No discounts at all, y‘all got it! By the end of the day I’m going to count all the money and if any of the money comes up short, it’s coming out of your salaries, y‘all got that?!” Miriam, Gladys, Rosa and Bonnie stare at Diane D. “Good!” Diane D says. She turns back around and continues to walk to the back office. She enters the back office and shuts the door behind herself as Miriam, Gladys, Rosa and Bonnie look at the office door. They then hear the back door lock.
Miriam, Gladys, Rosa and Bonnie turn to each other. Rosa then whispers, “Man, how long is she going to be our boss here?”
“Until her probation is over,” Miriam says.
“Boy, Miss Margarita had to stick us with her didn’t she?”
“Miss Margarita wants to punish Diane,” Bonnie says.
“Well not only is Miss Margarita punishing Diane, she’s punishing us by having Diane in charge here. I mean Diane hasn’t really been friendly towards any of us since she took over this place yesterday.”
“No she hasn’t,” Gladys says. “I mean whatever it is she is going through, she shouldn’t take it out on us, we have nothing to do with it.”
“Well I hope her probation hurries up and be the hell over with soon because I think we’re going to catch hell as long as she’s in charge here.”
“We are,” Miriam says. “Thanks to that doggone misunderstanding she was told by one of those students from that High School, we‘re stuck with her.”
“I know. I don’t know if I want to continue to work here if Diane stays in charge.”
“So what are you going to do?” Bonnie asks.
“I’m going to complain to Miss Margarita that I can’t continue to work here if Diane keeps up her attitude.”
“Complain to Miss Margarita?” Gladys says. “Now you know how Diane gets whenever anybody complains to Miss Margarita or Miss Mary about her. She gets out of control and goes ballistic on the person!”
“That’s right,” Miriam says. “If you ever have to complain to Miss Margarita about Diane, I suggest you tell Miss Margarita to keep it confidential before Diane finds out and winds up going ballistic on you.”
“I will tell Miss Margarita to keep it confidential,” Rosa says. “I will.” Rosa continues on the client’s hair and looks towards the back office door as Miriam angrily starts to sweep the floor.
Inside the back office of the salon, Diane D is sitting and leaning back on a big office chair behind a big desk looking at the computer screen clicking on the mouse with one of her legs resting over the chair arm as she swings her foot and holding her cell phone to her ear speaking into it saying, “Yeah I’m getting my anger management assignment down packed, I’m working on the assignment right now.” She has stacks of paper and a few pens on the desk. There are a few salon monitors around the computer and desk as Diane D speaks into the cell phone saying, “Yeah that damn anger management counselor gave me tons of homework.” Diane D leans up to get a closer look at the computer screen as she grabs an opened bottle of water off the desk. She speaks into the cell phone again saying, “No I don‘t like doing this anger management shit at all, it sucks.” Diane D drinks the water from the bottle then leans back again as she looks at the salon monitors and continues to say, “Yep, this whole anger management thing sucks.” Diane D continues to hold the cell phone to her ear and hold the water bottle in her hand as she continues to look at the salon monitors.
The Dianettes are walking on the sidewalk talking and laughing as they each carry bags of Chinese food. Lonna turns to Miranda and says, “Yo Miranda! Let me have a piece of egg roll.” Lonna reaches her hand out to one of the bags Miranda is holding.
Miranda taps Lonna’s hand away and says, “No you can’t have an egg roll right now Lonna. We gotta save this for when we see Diane.”
“Then let’s hurry. I’m starving.”
“Race you?” Miranda and Lonna start to run holding the bags.
“Hey!” Nancy shouts. “Y’all better not drop that food!” Nancy, Bernice, Charlotte and Kelly continue to walk and laugh as they watch Miranda and Lonna.
Miranda and Lonna reach the front door of the Diaz-Davidson Dominican Hair Salon. They turn towards Nancy, Bernice, Charlotte and Kelly as Lonna shouts, “Come on slow pokes!” Miranda and Lonna turn back to the front door. Miranda tries to open the door. It is locked. Nancy, Bernice, Charlotte and Kelly reach the salon door.
Inside the back office of the salon, Diane D continues to sit leaning back on a chair behind the desk looking at the computer screen clicking on the mouse with one of her legs still resting over the chair arm still speaking into the cell phone saying, “Did you find the information for me or not?” Diane D takes another drink from the water bottle. She finishes drinking then firmly looks at the computer screen. The doorbell sound suddenly rings in the back office. Diane D looks at one of the salon monitors. She sees the Dianettes outside the front door. She speaks into the cell phone and says, “The girls are here. …. Yeah I see them on the monitor. They’re right outside the front door. I’ll call you later, okay?” Diane D turns her chair towards the side as she closes her cell phone.
Inside the salon, Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look at the front door. They then look towards the back office door. They puzzled look at each other as Gladys asks, “Should we get the door?”
“Diane told us not to ever open the door,” Bonnie says. “She said she’s going to be the one to buzz clients in.”
“Those aren’t clients,” Miriam says. “That’s Nancy and them.” Miriam turns and walks to the front door. She suddenly hears the buzzard sound go off before she gets to the door. She stops in her tracks as the door opens. Miranda comes in the front door followed by Lonna then by Nancy, Charlotte, Kelly and Bernice. “What’s up Miriam?” Miranda says.
“Hi Miranda,” Miriam says. Bernice closes the door behind herself as Miranda and Lonna walk further into the salon.
“What’s up Rosa?” Miranda says.
“Hi Miranda,” Rosa says. “Hi Lonna.”
“Hey,” Lonna says. Nancy, Charlotte, Kelly and Bernice walk further into the salon.
“Hi,” Gladys says.
“Hello,” Bonnie says.
“Where’s Diane?” Nancy asks. “She’
s in the back?”
“Yeah she’s back there,” Miriam says. “I think she’s doing paperwork. Did she knew y‘all were coming?”
“No she didn’t know. We wanted to surprise her.”
“Well what a big surprise. I see y’all have tons of Chinese food. Y’all getting ready to throw a party back there or something?”
“Yeah sort of.”
“Come on y’all,” Lonna says. “I’m starving.” Lonna turns and hurries towards the back office with the bags of Chinese food.
“Be careful Lonna!” Nancy shouts. “My family is gonna have a fit if they see food mess all over this floor.” Nancy turns back to Miriam and says, “See y’all later.”
“Okay,” Miriam says. Miranda, Nancy, Charlotte, Kelly and Bernice turn and walk towards the back office with the bags of Chinese food.
Lonna reaches the back office. She knocks on the back office door and shouts, “Diane! It’s us!” Lonna knocks again. The buzzard sound of the back office door goes off. Lonna opens the back office door and shouts, “Surprise surprise!” Lonna and the rest of the Dianettes go into the back office. They then close the door behind themselves.
Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look towards the back office door. They turn back to their business and continue working in the salon. They hear the Dianettes laughing from the back office. They look towards the back office door then hear music playing. They turn to each other as Rosa says, “Sounds like they’re partying back there.”
“I know,” Gladys says. Bonnie finishes working on her client’s hair.
Her client gets up off the chair. She turns to Bonnie and says, “So no discounts?”
“I’m sorry Diane says no,” Bonnie says. “It’s full price. She’s gonna count the money later and I don’t want to come up short.”
“Okay no problem. I understand.” The lady reaches into her pocket book to get money. The doorbell suddenly rings.
The back office door opens. Diane D steps out the back office door with a paper cup in her hand, drinking from it. She turns her head around towards the back office and shouts, “Just move the papers to the side Nancy, and set the drinks there!” Diane D turns her head back forward and walks away from the office door as the office door closes behind her. She walks through the salon to the front door as Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look at her. Diane D opens the front door. Another black female client comes in and says, “Hi Diane D! It’s so nice to see you here! I need a touch up on my perm.”
“Okay just have a seat Miss,” Diane D says. Diane D closes the front door as the lady walks to one of the chairs. Diane D walks towards the lady and stops. She turns to Miriam and shouts, “Miriam!” Miriam turns to Diane D as Diane D says, “This lady needs a touch up!” Miriam puts the broom to the side and walks to the woman as Diane D starts to head to the back office.
Diane D reaches the back office door and enters the back room shutting the door behind herself.
Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look at the back office door. They hear laughter coming from the back office again. They puzzled look at each other.
Three days later, Teresa is walking to the front door of Margarita and Tomas’ min-mansion. She approaches the front door and rings the bell. The door opens. Mickey stands on the other side of the door and says, “Hey Teresa.”
“Hi Mickey,” Teresa says.
“Come on in.”
“Thanks.” Teresa goes into the house.
Mickey closes the front door behind Teresa as Teresa turns to him and says, “So how’s everything Mickey?”
“Okay so far Teresa,” Mickey says.
“That’s good.” Teresa suddenly hears loud talking and laughing coming from a room down the hallway. She asks, “What’s going on back there?”
“Oh everybody’s in the den right now.”
“They are?”
“Yeah.”
“How’s Diane doing?”
“Oh she’s doing okay Teresa. She had came home from anger management counseling a while ago.”
“She did? How’s anger management counseling coming along for her?”
“I don’t think it’s working at all.”
“No? Why not?”
“She still seems bitter about everything.”
“She does?”
“Yeah. So try not to mention or bring up any subject that’s going to tick her off.”
“I know what you mean Mickey. I’ll try not to. Thanks for letting me know. Did Dana arrive here yet?”
“Yeah she’s here now. She and Diane are in the den with everybody else?”
“Oh yeah? What about Tony, is he here?”
“No Tony is not allowed here.”
“Tony’s not allowed here? What do you mean?”
“My family banned Tony from coming here.”
“Your family banned Tony from coming here?”
“That’s right. He’s not welcomed here.”
“How come?”
“Because my family is still upset about the scandal that happened between him and Diane.”
“They are?”
“Of course they are. My family wants to keep Tony away from Diane even though Tony and Diane insist nothing happened between them. Now even though Tony is not here, Michael is here.”
“Michael’s here?”
“Yeah, he’s upstairs.”
“You mean to tell me that Michael and Dana are allowed here, but Tony is not? Michael and Dana had a scandal too you know.”
“Well Michael is still Diane’s husband and Dana is still family. She’s still my dad’s niece. That can never change.”
“But everybody thinks Michael and Dana slept with each other too.”
“That‘s why my family got Michael upstairs and have Dana downstairs. They want to keep Michael away from Dana even though Michael and Dana insist nothing happened between them either. So Diane has to travel back and forth between upstairs and downstairs so she can spend time with Dana then spend time with Michael, not only that, Diane and Dana found rude comments about themselves on the internet.”
“What? Diane and Dana found rude comments about themselves on the internet?”
“Yeah, they are very pissed off and upset about it.”
“My god. What did the comments say?”
“Some comments were labeling them sluts.”
“What? Sluts? Oh my god.”
“Other comments were labeling them whores.”
“Whores? You got to be kidding me Mickey.”
“I’m not kidding you Teresa. Other comments were labeling them swingers.”
“Swingers? My goodness.”
“And other comments were labeling them baby killers.”
“Baby killers?”
“Yeah.”
“Why were they called baby killers?”
“I guess word got out about the abortion Dana had in the past.”
“Oh wow.”
“When you get back home, look on the internet yourself and you’ll see the rude comments about Diane and Dana.”
“My god Mickey, do you have any idea who wrote those rude comments about them?”
“No, but if I or my family ever find out who wrote those comments, those people are going to have a problem. I don’t like anybody speaking about my sister and my cousin like that. I didn’t like what those people wrote about Diane and Dana. Diane is still my sister and Dana is still my cousin.”
“I know Mickey. What about Michael and Tony? Were there any rude comments on the internet about them?”
“Oh yeah. Some comments were labeling them dogs.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m sorry for what you all are going through Mickey.”
“Yeah so am I. Now whatever you do, don’t mention anything to Diane or Dana about the rude comments about theirself on the internet because it will just upset them again.”
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??Okay Mickey, I won’t.”
“Thanks.” Mickey turns towards the den and hollers, “Diane, Dana! Teresa is here!”
“She can come back here Mickey!” Diane D’s voice shouts.
“Okay!” Mickey turns back towards Teresa. “Go ahead back there to the den.”
“Okay thanks Mickey,” Teresa says.
“Okay, now remember, don’t mention anything to Diane or Dana about the rude comments on the internet. If they happen to mention it to you first, then it’s okay.”
“Okay Mickey.”
“See you later.”
“Okay.”
Mickey turns and walks away as Teresa walks towards the hallway. As Teresa walks towards the hallway, she suddenly sees Tomas and Nicolas coming out of the den‘s doorway then turn and come down the hallway. “Hello Nicolas and Mister Tomas,” she says.
“Hello Teresa,” Tomas says.
“Well we see you‘ve made it here Teresa,” Nicolas says.
“Yes I did,” Teresa smiles and says.
“Diane and Dana are still in the den.”
“Okay thanks.”
Tomas and Nicolas leave the hallway and turn towards the living room. Teresa starts to walk down the hallway. She suddenly sees Mary, Margarita and Barry coming from the den‘s doorway then turn and come down the hallway. She stops and says, “Hello everybody.”
“Hi Teresa,” Margarita, Mary and Barry say.
“How you doing today Teresa?” Mary asks.
“I’m doing just fine.”
“That’s good. See you later.”
“Okay.”
Mary, Margarita and Barry leave the hallway and turn towards the living room. Teresa starts to walk down the hallway again. She suddenly sees Marilyn, Dante, Aunt Celeste and the rest of Diane D’s relatives coming from the den‘s doorway. She sees them turn and come down the hallway. Teresa stops and says, “Hi.”
“Hi Teresa,” Marilyn, Aunt Celeste and Dante say.
“How you feeling Teresa?” Marilyn asks.
“I’m feeling pretty good.”
“That’s good. See you later.”
“Okay now.”
Marilyn, Dante, Aunt Celeste and the rest of Diane D’s relatives leave the hallway and turn towards the living room. Teresa starts to walk down the hallway again. She suddenly sees Mike and Mitch coming out of the den‘s doorway being loud and rowdy as three of the youth boys come out the den behind them, being loud and rowdy also. Teresa stops then sees Mike and Mitch turn and go down the opposite direction of the hallway as the three youth boys follow them. Teresa then see Mike and Mitch turn and disappear into another room as the other boys follow and disappear behind them. Teresa continues to walk down the hallway towards the den. Teresa reaches the den’s doorway and stops. She enters the den.
Teresa sees a long table inside the den. She sees Diane D at one side of the table, wearing a multi-colored maroon tank top bearing her muscular arms, maroon leggings, a long thick braid down her back, angrily kicking some boxes to the side then leaning over the boxes grabbing a stack of paper as Dana sits on the opposite side of the table with her legs crossed, wearing a mint green tank top bearing her muscular arms, dark green leggings, a long thick braid down her back, angrily looking at a laptop that’s sitting on the long table in front of her. “Hey ladies,” Teresa says. Diane D and Dana turn their heads to Teresa. “How are y‘all doing?” Teresa says.
“Hey Teresa,” Diane D says.
“Hi Teresa,” Dana says. Dana and Diane D go back to what they were doing.
Teresa steps further into the den. She then says, “So how is everything going with you ladies?”
“Don’t ask,” Diane D says as she holds and looks through the stack of paper.
“Sorry.” Teresa looks at Dana and says, “And how are you Dana?”
Dana takes a quick glance at Teresa and says, “I’m alright Teresa.” Dana angrily looks back at the computer screen.
“That’s good,” Teresa says.
Michael suddenly comes in the doorway. He pokes his head into the room and says, “Hey Teresa.”
Teresa turns to Michael and says, “Hey Michael. What’s going on?”
“Everything. I just came to tell Diane and Dana that I’m gonna head to the store real quick, okay Diane?”
“No problem Michael,” Diane D says as she continues to hold and look through the stack of paper.
“Okay. See you girls later.”
“Okay Michael,” Teresa says. Michael turns around and walks away from the room. Teresa turns back to Diane D and says, “So Diane, I hear Michael has to stay upstairs while Dana is down here.”
“Yes he does Teresa,” Diane D sighs.
“I see. So how do you feel Diane?”
“Not good Teresa. I don’t feel good at all. Now that my family and the kids are out the room, I think I’ll have a drink.” Diane D turns and slams the stacks of paper down on the table beside the laptop. She bends and reaches underneath the table. She takes a bottle of liquor from beneath the table. She opens the bottle and starts to pour it in a glass that’s sitting on the table.
“Save me a swallow Diane,” Dana says.
“You got it Dana,” Diane D says as she pours some liquor into Dana’s glass. She finishes pouring the liquor. She and Dana both take a drink. Diane D then holds the liquor bottle to Teresa and says, “Care for some Teresa?”
“No that’s okay,” Teresa says. “No thanks.” Diane D closes the bottle back up. She bends down and puts the liquor bottle back beneath the table. She bends back up and starts to drink from the glass again as Teresa says, “Diane you think you should be taking a drink right now? You’re still on probation.”
“Why you think I waited until my family left the room Teresa?” Diane D says. “I don’t want them catching me.”
“I see. So how is marriage counseling coming along for you and Michael?”
“It’s coming along okay.”
“That’s good. I heard y’all want to work things out.”
“Yeah we‘re trying to work things out.”
“That’s good. I hope you and Michael can work things out so the three of us and the guys can be the six muskateers again.”
“Michael and I have to take it one step at a time Teresa. We can‘t rush it.”
“I understand.”
Diane D goes around the table and sits down on the chair right next to Dana. She takes another drink and looks at the computer screen with Dana. She starts clicking on the mouse.
Teresa then says, “Well Diane at least that guy Jonathan and his girlfriend Candis decided to work out their relationship and get back together also.”
Diane D turns her head and angrily looks at Teresa. She then says, “What, you wanna rub it in my damn face Teresa?”
Teresa becomes nervous and puts her hand over her mouth and says, “Oh I’m sorry Diane. I didn’t mean to say that.”
Diane D angrily looks back at the computer screen and starts clicking on the mouse as she says, “For all I care Jonathan and Candis can work out their relationship all they want because frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. Congratulations to them, more power to them and I hope they have a wonderful life together.”
“I’m sorry Diane. I shouldn’t have mentioned his name.”
Diane D turns back to Teresa and says, “I’m sorry you mentioned his name too Teresa. All I want to do is try to get Jonathan out of my mind.”
“You haven’t gotten him out of your mind yet Diane?”
“No I haven’t! But if you let me, I’m gonna damn sure try!”
“Hey, I know how you can get your mind off him. Let’s go bowling, just the three of us. Maybe that will help keep your mind off you know who.”
“Diane’s not allowed to go anywhere Teresa,” Dana says.
“No?” Teresa asks. “Diane your parents and grandparents aren’t letting you out of their sight?” Dian
e D sighs as she and Dana annoyingly look at Teresa. Teresa then says, “They don’t trust you?”
“No they don‘t trust me Teresa,” Diane D says. “Now are you finish interrogating me?”
“I didn’t mean to make it sound that way Diane.”
“Well you did make it sound that way Teresa. You did.”
“Sorry.”
Diane and Dana angrily look back at the computer screen.
“I notice you two keep looking at the laptop screen,” Teresa says. “Is there anything interesting on the internet?”
“No Teresa,” Diane D says. “It’s just the same ole shit.”
“Oh yeah? Like what?”
“You wouldn’t want to know.”
“I do want to know Diane. What’s so interesting on the computer screen?”
“You don’t want to know.”
“I do want to know. What is so interesting on the computer screen?”
“Nothing Teresa!” Diane D shouts as she and Dana angrily look at Teresa.
“Sorry.”
“Now can I get back to my anger management assignment before my parents and grandparents have a fit that I didn’t complete it, if you don’t mind?!”
“Sure Diane. Go right ahead, go back to your assignment. I‘ll just wait right here.”
“Thank you!” Diane D and Dana angrily turn back to the computer screen as Diane D clicks on the mouse.
“Hey,” Teresa says. Diane D and Dana look back at Teresa. Teresa then asks, “Is it alright if I have some nuts Diane?”
Diane D looks to her right. She reaches to her right and takes a plate of mixed nuts off the table. She brings the plate of mixed nuts to her left and hands it to Dana. Dana takes the plate of mixed nuts and hands it to Teresa. Teresa reaches for the plate of mixed nuts and takes it. Diane D and Dana angrily look back at the computer screen again as Teresa stands to the side eating the mixed nuts.
The next day, Dana, Teresa, Tony and Joseph are walking and talking as they each carry bags of food and drinks. They reach the front door of the Diaz-Davidson Dominican Hair Salon. Dana turns to Tony and says, “Can you pull my bottle out Tony?”
“Hold your horses Dana,” Tony says. “Wait till we get inside.”
Dana turns back forward and rings the bell.
Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam are inside the salon. They look at the front door. They then look towards the back office door. They puzzled look at the front door again. They hear the buzzard sound go off. The door opens. Dana comes in the front door followed by Teresa, Tony and Joseph. Dana, Teresa and Tony walk further into the salon and look at Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam as Joseph closes the door behind himself. “Hello,” Gladys says.
“Hi,” Teresa says.
“Hello,” Miriam says.
“Hi,” Bonnie says.
“How y‘all doing?” Tony says.
“Okay,” Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam say.
Joseph walks further into the salon. He looks at Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam and says, “Hi ladies.”
“Hi,” Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam and say.
“Diane is in the back, right?” Tony asks.
“Yes she‘s in the office with Michael,” Miriam says.
“Okay thanks.” Tony, Dana, Teresa and Joseph walk towards the back office with the bags of food and drinks.
Tony, Dana, Teresa and Joseph reach the back office. Dana knocks on the back office door. The buzzard sound of the back office door goes off. Dana opens the back office door and goes inside the back office as Teresa, Tony and Joseph follow her in. “What‘s up Diane, Michael?!” Joseph shouts.
“What‘s going on?!” Tony shouts. Joseph closes the door behind himself.
Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look towards the back office door. Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam turn back to their business and continue working in the salon. They suddenly hear laughter coming from the back office. They look towards the back office door then hear music playing. They turn to each other as Rosa says, “It seems like another party is about to be thrown back there.”
“It does,” Miriam says. The doorbell suddenly rings. Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look at the front door. They then look towards the back office door. They puzzled look at the front door again. The doorbell rings again. Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam look at the front door again. They then look towards the back office door again. “Is Diane going to answer the doorbell?” Gladys asks.
“I don’t know if she’s able to hear the doorbell with that music going on back there,” Rosa says.
“Well I better go tell her,” Gladys says. Gladys goes to the back office door as she looks back at the front door.
Gladys approaches outside the back office door. She hears loud talking and music from inside the back office. She knocks on the back office door. No one answers the back door. Gladys knocks on the back office door again. The back office door opens. Teresa stands behind the back office door holding the door open for Gladys and says, “Hi.”
“Hi,” says Gladys. Gladys sees several liquor bottles on the desk. She sees Diane D surrounded by Michael, Dana, Tony and Joseph with several liquor bottles on the table as they all talk. Teresa turns her head to Diane D as Diane D points and hollers at Tony and Joseph with a liquor bottle in her hand and shouts, “You guys, I don’t want to hear that shit aright!”
“But Diane,” Joseph shouts.
“But nothing Joseph!”
“Yes Ma’am!” Joseph, Tony and Michael laugh.
Diane D drinks from the liquor bottle then turns to Dana and says, “Have some more Dana.” Diane D pours some extra liquor into Dana’s glass.
“Uh Diane,” Teresa says. Diane D looks at Teresa and sees Gladys at the door.
“There’s someone at the front door Diane,” Gladys says.
Diane D gets up from her chair as she turns to Dana and the guys and says, “I’ll be back.”
“Okay Diane,” the guys say. Diane D heads to the back office door as Gladys turns around and walks away. Diane D comes out the back office as the door closes behind her.
Diane D walks through the salon to the front door. She opens the front door. A Hispanic delivery guy comes in with a gurney of heavy boxes and says, “Hello Miss Diane D. Where would you like these boxes?”
“Just put them on the side sir,” Diane D says.
“Okay.” The delivery guy puts the gurney of boxes to the side. He slides the boxes off the gurney onto the floor. He turns back to Diane D and hands Diane D a clipboard with a slip on it. Diane D goes to the side and signs the slip. She hands the guy back the clipboard and slip. “Thanks,” the delivery guys says. The delivery guy heads back to the front door. He walks out the front door as Diane D closes the front door behind him and locks it. Diane D turns back around and looks towards Bonnie. She then shouts, “Bonnie!” Bonnie turns to Diane D as Diane D says to her, “Come stack these boxes in the closet.” Bonnie goes toward the boxes as Diane D looks at Miriam and says, “And Miriam, clean the downstairs bathroom.” Diane D is about to head to the back office.
“What?” Miriam days. Diane D stops and turns to Miriam as Miriam says, “Clean the downstairs bathroom? Isn’t Hector the janitor? Isn’t he suppose to do that?”
“Hector is not in today,” Diane D says. “He called in sick. You’re going to be the janitor today.”
“What? Me? But Diane the bathroom downstairs is not even dirty. It doesn’t need cleaning, it’s already clean. Hector scrubbed and cleaned it yesterday.”
“The bathroom has to be scrubbed and cleaned everyday.”
“But that’s not really my job. Your parents and grandparents didn’t hire me to be a janitor, they hired me to be a hair dresser.”
“Look, my parents and grandparents aren’t here, I’m here and I’m making janitor your job today.”
“But I’m about to work on a client’s hair.”
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?Reeaally. What client? There’s nobody sitting in your chair right now.”
“There will be. My client should be here any minute.” The doorbell suddenly rings. Diane D and Miriam look towards the front door.
“Can you let the person in Bonnie!” Diane D shouts. Bonnie stops stacking the boxes and goes to the front door. She unlocks and opens the front door. A middle-aged black female client walks in the door. “That’s my client right there,” Miriam says. The client walks into the salon. She sees Diane D. She becomes excited and shouts, “Oh my god it’s Diane D! Hi Diane D! It’s so nice to see you here!”
“Thanks,” Diane D says. The woman excitingly looks at Diane D then goes to Miriam’s chair. Diane D then turns to Rosa and shouts, “Rosa!” Rosa turns around to Diane D as Diane D says, “Clean the downstairs bathroom!” Diane D turns back around and starts to head to the back door.
“What?” Rosa says. “But Diane…”
Diane D stops and angrily turns to Rosa and shouts, “Ah ah ah but nothing I don’t want to hear it! No me importa si ya esta limpio el bano de abajo y no me importa si estas a punto de tener un cliente entra, vas a ir al bano y limpiar ahora! You’re going to scrub the sink, scrub the toilet, scrub the walls and mop the floor, get it?! Got it?! Good!” Diane D angrily turns from Rosa and continues to head to the back office as Rosa looks at her.
Diane D reaches the back office door. She enters the back office, looks inside it and yells, “Godammit y’all drank all my shit!”
“But Diane!” Tony’s voice shouts.
“I can’t leave this office for one freaken minute!” Diane D slams the office door behind herself.
Rosa, Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam stare at the back office door still hearing Diane D yelling. Rosa turns to Gladys, Bonnie and Miriam and says, “I should call in sick too to get away from her.” Rosa walks a little and angrily stares at the back door very upset. She then turns to Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie and says, “Y’all come here for a minute.” Rosa walks near the front door as Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie leave from their clients and follow her. Rosa stops and turns to Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie and whispers, “I just want to tell you all that I don’t think I can take Diane anymore. I’m going to call Miss Margarita.”
“You are?” Gladys says. “What are you going to say to her? You know if you complain to Miss Margarita about Diane, Diane is going to flip. She’s going to go ballistic on you.”
“Oh I’m not going to complain to Miss Margarita about Diane at all. I’m going to complain to Miss Margarita about myself. I’m going to play sick.”
“You’re going to play sick?” Miriam asks. “What do you mean?”
“I’m going to call Miss Margarita tomorrow and tell her that I don’t feel too well and that I can’t make it to the salon.”
“You’re going to tell her that?” Gladys asks.
“Yeah I’m going to tell her that.”
“Hey,” Miriam says. “We should all call in sick tomorrow and tell Miss Margarita that we can’t make it to the salon.”
“Miriam if we all do that, wouldn’t that look strange or suspicious to Miss Margarita?” Bonnie says.
“That’s the point Bonnie. It’s going to look so strange and suspicious to Miss Margarita that she’ll pick up on something is wrong, and maybe she’ll get the message.”
“So in other words, if none of us are here tomorrow, it’s like a so called walk out,” Gladys says.
“If you want to put it that way, yeah. If we put it that way, at least we won’t be officially complaining about Diane to Miss Margarita, because we’ll be actually complaining about ourselves that we’re sick. Diane can’t get mad or go ballistic on any us if we’re complaining about ourselves, especially about our health. I’m in. Who’s in with me?”
“I’m in,” Rosa says.
“I’m in too,” Gladys says.
“So am I,” says Bonnie.
“Good,” Miriam says. “Now Hector probably called in sick to get away from Diane too. He just didn’t let us in on it.”
“You’re probably right,” Rosa says. “Why does she want the downstairs bathroom scrubbed and cleaned again anyway.”
“She says it has to be scrubbed and cleaned everyday,” Bonnie says.
“That bathroom is spic and span down there, I don’t think it’s necessary to clean it every single day.”
“Obviously Diane is going through some sort of emotional turmoil and we’re caught right in the middle of it,” Gladys says. “I notice she‘s drinking more.”
“I notice that too. Either way, I want to stay far away from her until her emotional turmoil is over.”
“The only way Diane’s emotional turmoil can really be over is if Miss Margarita and them lift the ban off her and let her perform again because as long as she’s banned from performing and in charge of here, her emotional turmoil is going to continue and we’re the ones catching hell with her because she doesn‘t really want to be here,” Miriam says. “She‘s only here because Miss Margarita and Miss Mary are making her be here.”
“I know. Let’s just do what we planned to do and call in sick tomorrow for all of our sakes, okay? Hopefully Miss Margarita and Miss Mary will get the message.”
“Okay,” Gladys says. “So what are you going to do about the downstairs bathroom Rosa? Are you going to clean it?”
“No I’m just gonna pretend to clean it,” Rosa says. “I’m going to go downstairs and just chill out down there for an hour or so. If Diane happens to come downstairs to check on me, I‘m gonna act like I’m cleaning the bathroom, that way she can’t accuse me of not cleaning it.”
“Why don’t you just tell Diane that it’s not necessary to clean the downstairs bathroom every single day,” Bonnie says.
“No Bonnie I don’t want to say anything else to Diane. I rather just stay out of her way. She’s been grumpy ever since her family banned her from performing.”
“She sure has,” Miriam says. “She doesn’t even talk to us, say hi to us or chit chat with us like she usually does at the organization.”
“She doesn’t. I’m gonna go downstairs to the bathroom and start pretending now. Let’s get to work before Diane catches us on the monitor. See y’all in an hour.”
“Okay.” Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie walk back to their booth.
Rosa, Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie suddenly hear Diane D’s voice yelling from inside the back office again shouting, “You drank the whole damn thing Joseph! That did it! That, did it!” Rosa, Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie suddenly hear a bang coming from the back office. They then hear Joseph’s voice shouting, “My God chill Diane!”
Rosa, Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie puzzled look at each other as Rosa says, “Damn, did she just do a kung fu kick or something? Sounds like she’s about to go ballistic in there.”
“Maybe she’s drunk,” Gladys says. “I did see her drinking from a liquor bottle after I knocked on the door.”
“You did?”
“Yeah, there were liquor bottles all over the place.”
“She probably is drunk. Either way, the rest of them should all run out of that room real fast.” Rosa, Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie suddenly hear laughter coming from the back office. They look at each other again as Rosa says, “See you all later.”
“Okay Rosa,” Miriam says. Rosa waves to Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie as she heads to the staircase in the back.
Across town, Jonathan is walking on the sidewalk. He looks at the picture of Diane D he is holding in his hand. He walks to a pay phone. He stops at the pay phone and nervously looks around. He sees a few people on the sidewalk. He quickly approaches a young black woman and stops her. He says to her, “Excuse me miss.”
The young woman turns around to Jonathan and says, “Yes?”
“Can you do me a favor?”
“A favor? What favor?”
“I’m gonna dial a number on the pay phone. When I hear a ring o
n the other end of the phone, I’m gonna hand you the phone. When you hear someone on the other end answer the phone, could you ask for someone for me?”
“Ask for someone for you?”
“Yes. Ask for Diane for me please?”
“Ask for Diane?”
“Yes.”
“Who’s Diane?”
“Um, an old friend of mine.”
“An old friend? Well why can’t you ask for this Diane yourself?”
“Because I want whoever picks up the phone at the other end to hear a woman’s voice instead of my voice. If they hear my voice, they’ll get kind of suspicious.”
“They’ll get kind of suspicious?”
“Yeah.”
“So you prefer a woman’s voice to ask for this Diane?”
“Yeah.”
“Can’t you just call this Diane’s cell phone number.”
“I tried but she’s not picking it up for some reason. I just need you to ask for Diane for me. I’ll pay you ten dollars if you do that for me. If you don’t want to do that, I’ll just have to ask another woman that’s all.”
“Okay I’ll do it.”
“You will?”
“Yeah, I’ll do it.”
“Thank you so much. All you have to do is ask for Diane. If the person on the other end goes to get Diane and she comes to the phone, you just hand the phone to me real quick. If the person on the other end says Diane is not there, just tell them that you’re an old school friend who called, that’s all you have to do, okay?”
“Okay.”
“Thanks. Come this way.” Jonathan turns around and leads the woman to the pay phone.
Jonathan and the woman approach the pay phone. Jonathan tells the woman, “I’m going to dial the number now.” Jonathan puts a coin in the pay phone. He looks at a business card and dials the number on the business card. He listens for a ring. He quickly hands the woman the phone and tells her, “It‘s ringing.”
The woman takes the phone and puts it to her ear. She listens. She suddenly looks puzzled then speaks into the phone and asks, “What organization name did you say you are? …… Oh. Well can I speak to Diane? ……… She’s not there right now? ……… Oh I’m an old friend who went to school with her ……… Yeah. Just tell Diane an old friend called an I’ll try to call there later. ……… Thank you.” The woman puzzled hangs up the phone. She puzzled looks at Jonathan and says, “A man picked up the phone on the other end and said ‘Hello Diaz-Davidson Organization’. Does this Diane you want me to ask for happen to be the Diane D of the Diaz-Davidson Organization?”
“No,” Jonathan nervously laughs. “Of course not. Why would I ask for Diane D anyway, I don’t even know her. I was asking for another person name Diane who works there.”
“Another person name Diane who works there?”
“Yeah. Why, what’s wrong with that?”
“Because I heard Diane D cheated on her husband and had an affair with some Jamaican guy name Jonathan and then she threatened Jonathan‘s girlfriend over the telephone then drove and sped all the way to where the girlfriend lives to assault her.” The woman puzzled looks at Jonathan. She then says, “By the way, you have a Jamaican accent. You don’t happen to be the Jamaican guy Diane D had an affair with are you?”
“No, I told you I don’t know Diane D.”
“You don’t? What is your name by the way? You never told me your name.”
“I haven’t?”
“No. What is your name?”
“Winston. My name is Winston.”
“Winston? Really?”
“Really.”
“Why couldn’t you ask the person on the other end of the phone for Diane yourself? Why did you need a woman’s voice to ask for her? I think the Diane you are really looking for is Diane D. I think you’re that guy Jonathan Diane D had an affair with. I think you’re the one Diane D’s family is paying counseling for and you‘re going behind their backs looking for her.”
“Ma’am, I don’t know what you’re talking about, and Jonathan who? How do you know all about that stuff anyway?”
“The whole city knows about it. It’s been in the papers.”
“It has?”
“Yeah. I guess you don’t read the papers, huh?”
“Yeah I do at times. Well what did the person on the other end of the phone say when you asked them for Diane?”
“They said she wasn’t there. They said she’s running one of her family’s hair salons.”
“She’s running one of her family’s hair salons? Oh I see. Oh well. Listen Miss I gotta go now. Here’s the ten dollars.” John quickly hands the woman the money. “Thank you very much, have a nice day. Bye.” Jonathan turns away from the woman and hurries out of the area. The young woman puzzled looks at Jonathan as he hurries off.
Margarita is sitting behind her desk in the big office chair inside the organization office as Nancy, Kelly and Miranda surround her with their arms around her shoulders as Charlotte, Bernice and Lonna surround Tomas with their arms around his shoulders as Nancy says, “Come on Grandma, lift the ban off Diane so we all can perform again?”
“Yeah Grandpa please lift the ban off Diane?” Charlotte says.
“Yeah please Grandma, please Grandpa please?” Nancy says. Margarita looks away from Nancy, Kelly and Miranda and looks at Tomas as Tomas looks at her.
Margarita looks back at the girls and says, “Okay girls, Grandpa, Aunt Mary, Uncle Barry and I have to talk about it okay?”
“Thank you Grandma,” Charlotte says. “When will you let us know?”
“We should be able to let you all know by tomorrow at least, right Tomas?”
“Tomorrow sounds best,” Tomas says.
“Thank you Grandpa,” Nancy says. “We’ll see you later.”
“Okay girls,” Tomas says. The Dianettes step away from Margarita and Tomas and excitingly hurry towards the door. They open the door and hurry out of it as Margarita and Tomas look on at them. Tomas turns to Margarita and says, “Wow. No matter what happens with Diane, the girls seem to stay loyal to her.”
“They sure do,” Margarita says as she and Tomas smile at each other.
A couple of hours later, Mary, Margarita, Barry and Tomas are walking along the sidewalk. A crowd of people approach them as a teenage boy says, “Hey Miss Margarita!”.
“Hi Miss Margarita, Miss Mary, Mr. Barry and Mr. Tomas!” a second teenage boy says. “Hi! How are y’all doing?!”
“Okay I guess,” Margarita says.
“What’s going on?” Mary asks.
“We understand that you’re having a concert next month!” the teenage boy says. “We’re going to see it!”
“Yeah we just want to know is Diane D still banned from performing at your next concert?” a man asks. Mary, Margarita, Barry and Tomas look at each other then back at the people.
“If she’s still banned, please let her perform Miss Margarita, Miss Mary, Mr. Barry and Mr. Tomas,” a teenage girl says. “Please let her perform.”
“We want to see Diane D perform again because she is awesome!” a woman says.
“Yeah we want to see her and the Dianettes perform again!” a third teenage boys says.
“Yeah please let Diane D perform again Diaz-Davidson Organization please!” a second teenage girl says. Mary, Margarita, Barry and Tomas puzzled look at each other again. They then look back at the crowd.
It is now evening. The light is out in the small downstairs hallway inside the Diaz-Davidson Dominican Hair Salon. Rosa is sitting relaxing on a stool in the hallway right outside the downstairs bathroom using her iphone as the bathroom light extends partially into the hallway. Rosa suddenly hears the door on top of the steps opening. She looks up. She then hears footsteps coming down the steps. She starts to panic. She quickly and quietly gets up from the stool and hurries into the bathroom.
Rosa enters the bathroom and grabs a sponge.
She goes to the sink. She turns on the faucet and dips the sponge in the water. She turns the water off then hears the footsteps reach the bottom of the steps. Rosa starts scrubbing the sink then hears the footsteps coming towards the bathroom. Rosa becomes nervous as she hears the footsteps getting closer. She turns and scrubs the mirror. She looks in the bathroom mirror and sees Diane D’s reflection entering the bathroom doorway. She sees Diane D’s reflection standing at the bathroom doorway looking at her scrubbing the wall. Rosa then sees Diane D’s reflection looking around the bathroom inspecting it. Rosa turns and quickly looks at Diane D then looks back at the mirror and continues to scrub it. Diane D takes one last look at Rosa. She then turns and leaves the bathroom. Rosa continues to scrub the mirror as she hears Diane D’s footsteps walking away back towards the steps. She then hears Diane D’s footsteps going up the steps. She then hears Diane D footsteps reach the top of the steps then hears the staircase door opening. Rosa stops scrubbing the mirror and hears the staircase door close. She stops scrubbing the mirror. She then turns and walks to the doorway. She steps out of the bathroom. She goes into the hallway and looks up the steps. She does not see any sign of Diane D. She then turns and goes right back to the stool. She sits down on the stool and starts using her iphone again.
The following morning, Margarita is sitting behind the desk in her office chair doing paper work. The telephone suddenly rings. Margarita picks up the phone receiver. She speaks into it and says, “Hello Diaz-Davidson Organization.”
“Hello Miss Margarita,” Rosa says. “It‘s me Rosa.”
“Hi Rosa. Are you coming to the salon today?”
“No not today. I’m not feeling too well.”
“You’re not? What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know. I’m just not feeling well.”
“Well that’s strange because Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie called earlier and said they’re not feeling well and not coming to the salon either. There must be some kind of thing going around over there that’s causing you all to be sick. First it was Hector calling in sick, now all you ladies. What’s going on at the salon that‘s causing you all to be sick?”
“I don’t know what it could be Miss Margarita. Maybe it’s something in the air.”
“Nothing is in the air Rosa. What’s going on at the salon? It’s not Diane is it?”
“Diane? Oh no, it‘s not Diane. What makes you think it’s her?”
“Maybe because you all are acting pretty strange. You all get sick all of a sudden? Does Diane have something to do with you all suddenly not wanting to show up at the salon? What is it Rosa? You can tell me. It’s Diane isn’t it?”
“I don’t want to say yes or no. I just rather not say.”
“Then it is her. Rosa you can talk to me. What’s the problem?”
“Well, I just want to ask you, how long is Diane going to be in charge of the salon?”
“How long is Diane going to be in charge of the salon? I’m not sure. Why what’s problem?”
“Oh, never mind.”
“No tell me Rosa, what is it?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Rosa, is there a problem with Diane taking over the salon? I can’t help you if you don’t tell me anything. Now I’ll ask you again, is there a problem with Diane taking over the salon?”
“No. I just wanted to know how much longer will she be in charge there.”
“I don’t know Rosa. Now tell me, if there is a problem with Diane being in charge of the salon, then I will remove her from the salon right away, simple as that. Now if there is no problem with Diane being in charge of the salon, then I will keep her there.”
“You will keep her at the salon if there’s no problem?”
“Exactly.”
“I see.”
“So is there a problem with Diane taking over the salon or not? Why do you want to know how much longer is she going to be in charge of it?”
“Well Miss Margarita, I just want to tell you, that when Diane first took over the salon the other day, she wasn’t really too friendly with Miriam, Gladys, Bonnie, Clara or myself. She wasn’t really nice to any of us.”
“No? She wasn’t nice or friendly at all?”
“Not towards us. She was sort of cold towards all of us. She never said hi, hello or goodbye to any of us like she usually does at the organization. She hardly chit chatted with any of us like she usually does at the organization. The only time she spoke to any of us at all was when she had to, like when she was giving us an order telling us what to do. If she‘s not giving us an order or telling us what to do, she would just walk right past us without saying a word. Diane is not her usual self Miss Margarita. It’s like she’s a totally different person at the salon, almost like a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. It seems like the same personality or beast that usually comes out of her whenever she gets into a rage, goes out of control and goes ballistic, is the same personality or beast that‘s right inside the salon with us.”
“Oh really?”
“Yes. The only thing, is that this personality or beast hasn’t gone out of control and gone ballistic on any of us, yet, but we can all sense it and see it in Diane’s face that this personality or beast is there inside of her and it might burst out and go ballistic on any of us at any minute. It sort of scares us. We don’t really feel comfortable there with Diane. We don‘t want to be around that.”
“I don’t blame you Rosa.”
“Now Miss Margarita, I don’t want to cause any problems for Diane nor do I want to cause any problems with Diane. I just want to be at ease whenever I work someplace. Miss Margarita, if Diane continues to be in charge of that particular salon, especially with her personality the way it is right now, I want to know, if you could move me to one of your other salons? Miriam, Gladys and Bonnie feel the same way too.”
“They do? Oh I’m so sorry you feel that way Rosa. I didn’t mean to put any of you through that. Listen Rosa, anytime you feel there is a problem somewhere you must let me, Mary, Barry or Tomas know about it. We cannot help you if we don’t know about it. Now if you’re not comfortable with Diane being in charge of the salon, you don’t have to worry about it anymore. I will remove her from the salon.”
“You will?”
“Sure. I want my employees to feel comfortable, I don‘t want my employees working under any stress.”
“You don’t?”
“No, working in a stressful environment is not good for anybody. You don‘t have to worry about Diane being in charge of the salon anymore, I will remove her.”
“Thank you so much Miss Margarita. Thanks for understanding.”
“No problem Rosa.”
“Now Miss Margarita, I have to ask you a favor.”
“Sure Rosa, what is it?”
“Can you keep this confidential? Please don’t let it get back to Diane that I was speaking to you about her. If she finds out that I was speaking to you about her behavior, she might just flip on me and go ballistic on me and I don’t want or need that.”
“I understand Rosa. You don’t have to worry about Diane finding out. She won’t be in charge of the salon anymore because we decided to let her perform again.”
“What? What do you mean you decided to let Diane perform again, y‘all letting her perform again?”
“Yeah. Mary, Barry, Tomas and I decided yesterday to lift the ban off Diane and let her perform again. We told her last night that she can perform again.”
“You did? Oh my god that’s great! That’s good! What made you all change your mind?”
“There’s been a lot of request for Diane to return to the stage.”
“It has?”
“Yes. In other words, she’s brought back to the stage by popular demand.”
“She’s brought back by popular demand? You mean a lot of people had demanded to see her perform again?”
“No they didn‘t really demand, the
y begged.”
“They begged?”
“They sure did. A lot of fans want to see Diane back on stage plus the girls want her to perform again.”
“They do? So you’re doing this for the fans and the girls?”
“Well not just for them, for Diane too?”
“For Diane too? How come?”
“Well she has been down in the dumps since we banned her from temporary performing. She seems to have been grumpy towards everybody and we notice she’s been drinking more.”
“You have? We notice it too?”
“You did? I know Mary, Barry, Tomas and I keep finding more and more liquor bottles coming into our house, especially into Diane’s room. We also found liquor bottles in the salon office last night. We became very worried about Diane, so we decided to lift the ban off her and let her perform again. We hope that her return to the stage will help lift her spirit and get rid of her drinking binge.”
“Her return to the stage should definitely help lift her spirit! I‘m sure it will! How did she feel last night when you all told her that she can perform again?”
“Oh she was so thrilled about it, she was on cloud nine.”
“Cloud nine?”
“Yeah. Michael and them are all planning to get a cake for her later to celebrate her return to the stage.”
“They’re going to get a cake for Diane?”
“Yes. They’re going to have a Return To The Stage celebration for her in the Banquet room later on this evening.”
“They are? Wow, I’m so happy for Diane and myself knowing that she won’t take over the salon anymore, I’m on cloud nine too! So now that you’re going to remove Diane from running the salon, who’s going to take her place and run it?”
“Marilyn is going to run the salon again.”
“Oh Marilyn? That’s great. I like Marilyn, she’s very nice to us.”
“I know she is.”
“Thank you so much Miss Margarita. And remember Miss Margarita, keep this conversation between you and I. I don‘t want Diane to know that I was speaking to you about her.”
“I’ll just keep it between Mary, Barry, Tomas and myself Rosa, because I have to let Mary, Barry and Tomas know why you all were really calling in sick.”
“Okay, I understand. Thanks again Miss Margarita.”
“No problem Rosa. You’re going to come to the organization this evening and have some cake won’t you?”
“Sure I’ll be there.”
“Okay Rosa. See you later.”
“Okay Miss Margarita. Bye.”
“Bye.” Margarita hangs up the telephone as she puzzled smile at it. She then turns to some paper work that is on the desk.
Chapter 35
Young Fan’s School Wants To Meet Diane D