DIANE D The Musical Drama - Volume 1 - Part 2
Doris Miller
DIANE D
The Musical Drama
Volume 1
Part 2
by
Doris Miller
Published by:
Hill Publications
Queens, New York
DIANE D
The Musical Drama
Volume 1
Part 2
by
Doris Miller
This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and events depicted in this novel are the author's creation and any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is unintentional and purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2002 by Doris Miller
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
First print version February 2014
Adapted from the script
DIANE D
The Musical
Volume 1
First written in 2000
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2013940365
ISBN No. 978-0-9662055-2-7 Softcover
Chapter 30
Diane D Gets Into Trouble By Her Family
The following day, Harvey and Evette enter the organization hallway. They look down the hallway and see Diane D slowly come out one of the rooms with a look of pain on her face as she holds and rubs the back of her head and neck. They see Diane D turn and slowly walk down the other end of the hallway. “What’s wrong with Diane?” Evette asks. “Is she okay? She looks like she’s in pain or something.”
“She does?” Harvey says.
“Let’s call her and find out.”
“Okay.” Harvey calls out towards Diane D and shouts, “Hey Diane!” Diane D does not respond. She continues to slowly walk down the other end of the hallway as she holds and rubs the back of her head and neck. Harvey and Evette look at each other. They look back at Diane D as Harvey says, “Let’s go see what’s wrong with her.” Harvey and Evette hurry down the hallway.
Harvey and Evette hurry towards Diane D as Evette calls out, “Hey Diane!” Diane D stops walking and continues to hold the back of her head and neck. Harvey and Evette approach behind Diane D and stop. “Hey Diane,” Evette says. Diane D slowly turns around towards Harvey and Evette. Harvey and Evette become sort of shocked and startled as they see a look of anger on Diane D’s face. “Wow Diane,” Evette says. “Are you okay?” Diane D angrily looks at Harvey.
Harvey and Evette puzzled look at Diane D as Harvey asks, “What’s wrong Diane?” Diane D angrily stares at Harvey. Harvey and Evette become nervous. Harvey then asks, “Is everything okay Diane?” Diane D does not say a word. She just glares at Harvey. Evette looks at Harvey. She then looks back at Diane D. Harvey asks again, “Diane what’s wrong?” Diane D still does not say a word. She continues to glare at Harvey. Suddenly Diane D slowly removes her hand from off the back of her head and neck and slowly brings her arm down as she continues to glare at Harvey. Harvey then says, “Diane, why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?” Diane D still does not respond. She continues to glare at Harvey. Harvey then says, “Well if you don’t want to talk about it Diane, I guess we won’t bother you anymore.” Harvey and Evette nervously back away from Diane D.
“Yeah Diane,” Evette says. “See you.” Harvey and Evette turn around and run the opposite way. Diane D continues to glare at Harvey as Harvey and Evette run down the hall.
Harvey and Evette reach the other end of the hallway and stop. They turn around and look back at Diane D. They see Diane D slowly turn away then see her continue to walk down the other end of the hallway, holding and rubbing the back of her head and neck again. Harvey and Evette look on at Diane D as she turns and disappears into one of the rooms down the hall. Harvey and Evette look at each other as Harvey asks, “Damn what is her problem?”
“I don’t know,” Evette says, “but she sure gave you a hard look.”
“She sure did.” Harvey looks to the side and says, “There goes Nicolas and Mickey.” Evette turns to look. She sees Nicolas and Mickey at a third hallway. Harvey then says, “Maybe they can tell us what’s wrong with Diane.” Harvey starts to call out, “Hey Nicolas! Mickey!”
Nicolas and Mickey turn towards Harvey and Evette.
Harvey and Evette hurry down the hallway towards Nicolas and Mickey.
Harvey and Evette enter the third hallway and approach Nicolas and Mickey as Harvey says, “Hey guys, what’s up?”
“What‘s up Harvey?” Nicolas says.
“Can we ask y’all something?”
“Sure what is it?”
“We saw Diane holding and rubbing the back of her head and neck just now. She was holding and rubbing the back of her head and neck like she‘s in pain or something. When we approached her, we asked her what‘s wrong. Then she slowly turned around and gave me a hard glare. I asked her again what’s wrong. She didn’t answer. She just angrily stared at me.”
“We asked her is she okay and is everything alright,” Evette says. “She still never answered. She just continued to stare at Harvey real hard, so we backed away from her and left her alone. What‘s wrong with her?”
“Yeah, what happened to her?”
“I’ll tell you what happened to Diane,” Nicolas says. “Our parents and grandparents had a big argument with Diane last night.”
“They did?”
“Oh yeah. Our parents and grandparents got so angry with Diane because they heard from you and Jonathan’s girlfriend Candis that Diane was about to drag Mike and Mitch all the way out to Newark airport just to meet up with that Jonathan guy yesterday.”
“What? Your parents and grandparents got angry with Diane last night?”
“Hell yeah. My mom and grandma kept arguing and fussing with Diane all night accusing Diane of trying to drag Mike and Mitch all the way out to Newark airport. Diane argued and fussed back at them and told them she wasn’t trying to do that and they all wound up in a heated argument. They were all at war with each other last night, then it got physical.”
“It got physical?”
“Yeah.”
“What happened?”
“While Diane and my mom were arguing, my mom was so angry that she smacked Diane hard upside the back of her head and neck.”
“What?” Evette and Harvey say.
“Mary smacked Diane hard upside the back of her head and neck?” Evette asks.
“Yeah,” Mickey says. “That‘s why Diane‘s head and neck are in pain right now.”
Harvey and Evette look at each other, then back at Nicolas and Mickey as Harvey says, “My God, no wonder why Diane looked at me so hard. She’s probably blaming me for all of it. She was looking at me like she wanted to wring my neck! I’m sorry I didn’t mean to cause anything, when Vivian and I told your parents and grandparents that we overheard Diane was trying to get a cab ride to Newark Airport. It’s just that your parents and grandparents were looking all over the park for her, Mike and Mitch. We thought they ought to know what’s going on.”
“You and Vivian might have overheard Diane trying to get a ca
b ride to Newark Airport,” Nicolas says, “but she told our parents and grandparents something different last night. She told them she never had any intentions of trying to get to Newark Airport that she never tried to get a cab ride to Newark Airport at all. Y’all are saying one thing and she’s saying another.”
“Well what about when Jonathan‘s girlfriend Candis called the office to complain about the text message she saw from Jonathan on his cousin Benny’s phone for Diane and claimed that Diane is gonna meet Jonathan at Newark airport.”
“Oh Jonathan’s girlfriend only speculated that Diane might try to meet Jonathan at Newark Airport, she don’t know for sure, she has no proof that Diane was gonna actually try to meet up with Jonathan at Newark Airport, she has no proof at all. Because of her accusations, my family members were at war with each other last night causing my mom to hit Diane.”
“Did anybody try to stop your mom from hitting Diane?”
“Of course the rest of us tried to stop my mom from hitting Diane, but my mom was too quick. She hit Diane before we even realized and got the chance to stop her.”
“I’m sorry that this whole incident happened with your family Nicolas. If Diane is denying ever trying to get to Newark Airport, she had Mike and Mitch with her when Vivian and I saw her trying to get a cab ride to Newark Airport. She had Mike and Mitch with her the whole entire time. Didn’t your parents and grandparents question Mike or Mitch whether or not Diane actually tried to get a cab ride to Newark Airport? Didn’t your family ask Mike and Mitch anything about it?”
“No our parents and grandparents didn’t ask Mike or Mitch anything about it because they don’t want Mike and Mitch involved in it.”
“They don’t?”
“No, they don’t want Mike and Mitch involved in this situation at all. They say that this is an adult matter and an adult situation. They say Mike and Mitch are under age, they’re minors. Our parents and grandparents said as long as no one got hurt or killed, they want Mike and Mitch completely out of this.” Nicolas turns to Mickey and says, “Come on Mickey, that other woman who called to complain about Diane should be on her way here now.”
“What?” Evette says. “Another woman called to complain about Diane?”
“Yeah.”
“What woman?”
“Some woman name Brenda.”
“A woman name Brenda?”
“She’s coming here?” Harvey asks.
“Yeah,” Nicolas says. “She should be here any minute now. We got to go meet her at the front.” Nicolas and Mickey turn and walk away as Harvey and Evette turn and follow them.
A couple hours later, Mary and Margarita are walking up the sidewalk outside the organization. Alex and Stephanie approach them. Mary and Margarita stop as Alex says, “Hey Mary, Margarita.”
“Hey Alex,” Margarita says.
“What’s going on with Mike and Mitch?” Alex asks. “Barry and Tomas told us the other two boys’ families dropped the charges.”
“Yes Alex, I'm afraid they did.”
“Why?” Stephanie asks. “We asked Barry and Tomas why the other two boys’ families dropped the charges, but they never told us why? Why did the other two boys’ families dropped the charges against Mike and Mitch?”
“Their families kept getting pressure from Mike and Mitch’s relatives to drop the charges.”
“Again? Why do Mike and Mitch’s relatives keep putting pressure on other families to drop charges against them? How would they feel if the tables were turned?”
“Mike and Mitch’s relatives would always turn things around and state things like ‘Juan and Nelson were the ones who provoked Mike and Mitch in the first place‘. Their relatives and lawyers would threaten countersuits and lawsuits against the other families then the other families wind up backing down.”
“My goodness. I feel for all those other boys’ and their families. How are Juan and Nelson doing?”
“They’re still in bad shape.”
“They are? Sorry to hear about that.”
Alex then asks, “So since Juan’s and Nelson’s families are not pressing any charges, what’s gonna happen with Mike and Mitch?”
“The police released them back into our custody,” Margarita says.
“You mean those two little furors are back into your family’s custody?” Stephanie asks.
“Yeah.”
“Where are Mike and Mitch now?” Alex asks.
“We made them stay home for now,” Mary says.
“Boy,” Stephanie says. “I don’t know how you two and your family deal with them. I really don’t.”
“Neither do I,” Margarita says. “Let’s go inside.” Margarita and Mary turn and walk up the sidewalk as Alex and Stephanie walk and follow them.
Harvey and Evette suddenly approach Margarita and Mary. Margarita and Mary stop as Harvey says, “Margarita, Mary, one of the women that want to make a complaint against Diane just arrived. She’s in the building right now.”
“Oh yeah?” Margarita says.
“Yeah. Her name is Brenda. She wants to make a complaint that Diane has been hanging around with her husband.”
“What!” Margarita and Mary say.
“She wants to make a complaint that Diane has been hanging around with her husband?” Mary asks.
“Yeah,” Harvey says. “She’s accusing Diane of meeting her husband at his job last week.”
“Really?” Margarita asks.
“Yeah. Barry, Tomas and Nicolas questioned Diane about it, but Diane keeps denying it.”
“Plus three other women called the office earlier complaining about Diane being with their husbands and boyfriends,” Evette says.
“Three other women called?!” Mary asks.
“Yeah. One of them complained that her husband was spotted coming out an X-rated video shop with Diane and her cousin Dana a couple of months ago.”
“What!” Mary and Margarita shout.
“One of them complained that her husband was spotted coming out an X-rated video shop with Diane and Dana?!” Mary shouts.
“Yeah,” Evette says.
“You know this has got to stop!” Margarita shouts, “and this has got to stop right now! Where is Diane?!”
“The rest of your family got her and that woman Brenda in the lobby,” Harvey says. Mary and Margarita turn and quickly walk up the sidewalk as Harvey, Evette, Alex and Stephanie follow them.
Mary and Margarita go inside the gate and head towards the building. They reach the door, open it then head into the building.
Margarita and Mary enter the lobby of the organization as Harvey, Evette, Alex and Stephanie come in behind them. They suddenly hear a loud commotion coming from around the corner. Mary and Margarita quickly look at each other then hurry around the corner into the hallway as Alex, Stephanie, Harvey and Evette hurry behind them.
Margarita, Mary, Alex, Stephanie, Harvey and Evette enter the hallway. They see Diane D and a young black woman, Brenda, fussing at each other as Barry, Tomas, Tonio, Marilyn, Nicolas and Mickey hold an angry Diane D back and some staff members hold Brenda back as Brenda shouts to Diane D, “But that’s my husband you were hanging with! That’s my husband!”
Margarita and Mary look at the woman. They then look at Diane D and quickly approach Diane D as Margarita asks, “Diane what the hell is going on?!”
“That woman is here to complain about Diane!” Barry shouts.
“She’s complaining that Diane has been hanging around with her husband,” Tonio says.
“And when she complained, Diane tried to attack her,” Tomas says.
“What!” Mary and Margarita say.
“Attack her?” Margarita says. She turns to Diane D and asks, “Is that true Diane? You tried to attack this woman?”
“Yeah she tried to attack the woman Margarita!” Tomas shouts. “That’s why we’re holding her back!”
“Why Diane?”
“Grandma, thi
s woman is coming here making complaints about me!” Diane D shouts. “I don’t know who her husband is! I have my own husband!”
“Oh don’t try to play innocent in front of your family!” Brenda shouts. “You know you have been with my husband! I overheard you two talking on the telephone!”
“Well it wasn’t me on the phone so stop accusing me alright!”
“Sure, as soon as you leave my husband alone!”
“Why don’t you leave me alone! As a matter of fact, leave, get out! I don’t know who the hell let you in here!”
Norman approaches Mary and Margarita and says, “Excuse me Mary, Margarita?”
“What is it Norman?” Mary asks.
“I’m sorry to bother you, but there’s a phone call in the office about Diane.”
“Another phone call about Diane?” Margarita asks.
“Yeah.”
Margarita and Mary look at Diane D. Margarita and Mary turn back to Norman as Mary asks, “Who is it Norman?”
“Some woman name Samantha.”
“A woman name Samantha?” Margarita asks.
“Yeah.”
“What does she want?” Barry asks.
“She said she wants to file a complaint about Diane.”
“She too?” Nicolas says.
“Another woman wants to file a complaint about Diane?” Barry asks. “We already had three different women calling the office earlier! Is it any of the same women who called earlier?”
“I don’t think so,” Norman says. “I think it’s a different one this time.”
“A fourth one?” Margarita says. “Now what is she trying to accuse Diane of?”
“She’s accusing Diane of meeting her boyfriend at a hotel last week!”
“What?!” everybody says.
“Why the hell are these broads trying to accuse me of being with their men?!” Diane D shouts. “I don’t know any of their husbands or boyfriends!”
“Diane,” Barry says, “all these women are claiming that when they and their husbands or boyfriends come see our shows and performances, their husbands or boyfriends become fans or male groupies of yours and when their husbands or boyfriends secretly go to the side and try to hit on you, you get week and fall for them and wind up being with them!”
“What! I don’t fall for any of these male groupies Dad!”
“Oh no? You haven’t fall for that Jonathan guy?! He started out as one of your male groupies too you know, and then you tried to marry the guy!”
“I don’t remember trying to marry Jonathan Dad, so as far as I’m concerned, it never happened!”
“Okay that’s enough everybody!” Margarita shouts. “I need everyone to cool out now! I’m going to go to the telephone to speak to this woman and straighten this situation out right now! Everyone stay calm, I‘ll be right back!” Margarita turns and hurries away.
Margarita enters the office. She goes to the telephone, picks up the receiver and speaks into it. “Hello?” Margarita says. “Hello?….. Hello?” Margarita puzzled looks at the telephone receiver. She then hangs up the phone. She turns and heads back out to the hallway.
Margarita walks through the hallway. She approaches Diane D and says, “There’s no one on the phone Diane. Whoever it was, they’re gone now.”
Patrick approaches Mary and Margarita and says, “I’m sorry for interrupting, but there’s a phone call in the other office.”
“Another phone call?” Margarita says.
“Yeah. The person said they tried to call the office but the answering service put them on hold, so they called the other number that’s in the other office.”
“Well who is it?” Mary asks.
“A woman named Candis.”
“Candis?!” Margarita, Mary and Barry say.
“That’s Jonathan’s girlfriend again!” Margarita says.
“What does she want?” Barry asks.
“She says she still wants to file a complaint about Diane trying to meet up with her boyfriend Jonathan at Newark Airport yesterday,” Patrick says.
“What!” everyone says.
“She is the same one the staff said called the office yesterday complaining about Diane!” Margarita says.
“And now she’s calling here about me again?” Diane D says. “I’ll take care of her.” Diane D jerks herself away from her family’s grip. She walks away as she holds the back of her head and neck again.
“Where are you going Diane?!” Barry asks.
Diane D turns to Barry and says, “I’m going to take the phone call Dad!”
“No you’re not! Just stay here, we’ll take care of the phone call!”
“Dad the phone call is about me! I might as well take the call! I want talk to the woman and try to reason with her!”
“Reason with her?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh alright then. But just reason with her and nothing else!”
“You got it Dad!” Diane D turns from her father. She walks down the hallway continuing to hold the back of her head and neck as everyone looks on at her. Diane D turns the corner and leaves out of everyone’s sight.
Diane D suddenly rushes down the other hallway. She heads towards one of the rooms. She rushes into the room and closes the door behind herself.
Chapter 31
Diane D Secretly Threatens Lover’s Girlfriend
