by Doris Miller
A week later, it is around 3:00 PM on a Monday afternoon. The school day is now over. Missy, who is now 30 years old, leaves the school building with a few of her co-workers. They all start to walk towards the bus stop. As they are walking towards the bus stop, a dark blue car sits parked way in the distance. Missy nor the other employees notice the dark blue car. The dark blue car continues to park way in the distance as Missy and the other employees continue to walk towards the bus stop.
After a few minutes, Raymond leaves the school building with a few other co-workers. As he and his fellow co-workers walk towards the bus stop, the engine of the dark blue car starts up. The dark blue car starts to pull off. It starts to drive slow, secretly following Raymond. Raymond and the other employees do not notice the dark blue car as they walk towards the bus stop.
Raymond and his co-workers soon reach the bus stop. A bus then pulls up. Raymond and the other employees get on to the bus. The dark blue car secretly starts to follow the bus. It follows the bus halfway across Queens.
After a while, the bus makes a certain stop. Raymond and another co-worker get off the bus. They start to walk a couple of blocks to another bus stop. Raymond and the other co-worker wait at that bus stop for a while. They still do not notice the dark blue car.
A bus soon arrives. Raymond and the other co-worker hop on to that bus. The dark blue car then pulls off and secretly starts to follow that bus.
After a while, Raymond finally gets off that bus. He starts to walk towards his apartment building. The dark blue car secretly continues to follow him. Raymond then goes into his apartment building. After he goes inside his building, the dark blue car sits at a distant curb and waits there for a while. It then drives off and leaves the area.
A couple of days later on a Wednesday evening, Kathy is inside Raymond's apartment. She and Raymond are both inside the apartment, talking and watching television. After a while, they get ready to leave the apartment. They leave the apartment and go out into the hallway. Once they reach downstairs, they leave the building and start to head for the bus stop.
As Kathy and Raymond are walking to the bus stop, the dark blue car is parked way in the distance, waiting again. It appears to be watching Kathy and Raymond. Kathy and Raymond soon reach the bus stop. A bus is about to approach. As the bus approaches the bus stop, the engine of the dark blue car starts up. Kathy then hops onto the bus, leaving Raymond behind. Raymond waves goodbye to Kathy. The bus then pulls off. The dark blue car then pulls off. The wheels of the dark blue car are moving slowly. The wheels are secretly following the bus. Raymond then walks back towards his building, unaware that a dark blue car was around the area, watching him and Kathy.
After a while, Kathy gets off the bus at one of the stops. She starts to walk away from the bus stop. As she is walking, the dark blue car speeds quickly around a corner! It then parks in an isolated area.
Kathy continues to walk. She then hears heavy traffic noise from behind her. She turns her head around to look. When she turns her head around, she sees someone dressed in a long black jacket, a black hat and a pair of black gloves quickly jump into the bushes far behind her! She starts to gasp! She thought it kind of looked like Dana! It happened so fast that Kathy isn't sure! She isn't sure because Dana does not live anywhere near her! Kathy knows that Dana doesn't live in her area! She knows that Dana doesn't know where she lives! Kathy becomes frightened! She fears that Dana might be following her! She fears Dana might be stalking her! She fears that Dana might be after her and that she would wind up dead like her friend Rose, who had died from Dana's choking! Kathy quickly starts to run! She runs a couple of blocks towards an apartment building! She hurries inside the apartment building screaming in fear! She goes into the stairwell and hurries up three flights of stairs!
Kathy hurries to an apartment door! She unlocks the door and hurries inside the apartment! She sees her mother Julie and runs hysterically to her! She Mghteningly holds on to her mother! Julie nervously asks, "Kathy what's wrong? You seem scared of something! What is it?"
Kathy nervously and shakily asks, "Ma, you remember Dana, don't you? Missy's sister? The one who beat me and my Mends with a baseball bat? The one who choked Rose to death and almost choked me to death? The one we had to go to court with and then she was sent to prison?"
"Yeah of course I remember Dana! How can I forget her? What about her?"
"Well, I think she's following me!"
"WHAT? FOLLOWING YOU?" Julie shouts as she hysterically grabs Kathy! "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S FOLLOWING YOU?"
"Yeah Ma! I think I just saw her! I was walking down the street coming home here when I heard heavy traffic noise behind me! I didn't think much of it, but I happened to turn my head around to look! And when I turned my head around, I saw someone dressed in a long black jacket, a black hat and a pair of black gloves quickly jump into the bushes far behind me! It was like they were trying to hide from me so that I wouldn't see them, but I caught a glimpse of them! It kind of looked like Dana Ma, but I'm not sure! It was kind of dark outside and it happened so fast!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh Kathy it can't be Dana! Dana doesn't even know where you live! She lives way on the other side of town, around several miles away! Why would she be in this area anyway?"
"I don't know Ma!"
"Come on! Let's go look out the window and see if we see anything!"
Kathy and Julie rush to the window! They peak outside of it! They do not see any suspicious persons out there! They then leave the window!
Julie then asks, "Well Kathy if that was Dana that you saw, was she with anyone or was she alone?"
"I didn't see anyone with her Ma! I think she might have been alone! Oh Ma, I'm scared! I'm afraid that if Dana catches up with me, she might try to choke me to death again, just like she did Rose!"
"Oh Kathy are you sure it was Dana that you saw?"
"I'm not sure Ma, but I think we better call the police!"
Julie grabs Kathy and asks, "Now Kathy are you sure you saw someone?"
"Yeah I saw someone Ma! I have no reason to make this up or behave like this! I really am frightened!"
"Go ahead then! Call the police!"
Kathy goes to the phone and dials the police department. As she waits for the police to respond, she nervously turns to her mother and cries, "You know Ma, I regret the day I ever bothered Missy! I should have listened when both Missy and Raymond told me that there was nothing going on between them! I should have listened to them both, because now I think her sister Dana might be stalking me!" Kathy frighteningly stares at her mother and says, "I think her sister Dana might want to finish me off!"
Julie frighteningly stares at Kathy! Kathy then starts to speak on the phone with the police! Julie looks on nervously! Then she nervously looks towards the window.
A half-hour later, two policemen arrive at Kathy and Julie's apartment door. Julie lets them inside the apartment. The police start to question Kathy and her mother about the incident, asking them what the problem is. Kathy tells the police, "I think someone is following me! I think someone is trying to harm or kill me! I'm so afraid I don't know what to do!"
"What happened?" the police ask Kathy.
Kathy nervously and shakily tells the police, "I had just gotten off the bus! I started walking a couple of blocks home here! As I was walking, I happened to heard some heavy traffic noise behind me! I didn't think much of it, but I decided to turn my head around to look anyway! When I turned my head around, I saw someone dressed in a long black jacket, a black hat and a pair of black gloves quickly jump into the bushes far behind me! I'm not sure who it was, but I think I know who this person might be!"
"Well who was it? And who would want to follow you?"
"Well, by this person's silhouette and action, I think it was this woman named Dana that I had a problem with before!"
"A woman named Dana?"
"Yeah."
"Why would this Dana person want to follow you?"
"Well, I had kind of a problem with a family member of hers over a couple of years ago, and I think that Dana might still be after me for it!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well what family member of hers did you had a problem with? And what kind of problem did you had with her family member?"
"Well Dana's sister Missy and I had a problem a couple of years ago. I accused Missy of seeing my boyfriend Raymond. Missy and my boyfriend Raymond work at the same job at an elementary school. I confronted Missy a few times. Then I had a fight with her! Me and three friends of mine beat up and ganged up on her. We all jumped on her! We beat her up pretty bad! Then her sister Dana came after us! Her sister Dana came after all of us and beat three of us with a baseball bat and wound up choking and killing my friend Rose! When Dana went to court, she was sentenced to two years in prison! And she just came out of prison not too long ago!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, did you get a description of the person that you saw outside here?"
"No. I didn't get a description of the person, but I think it still might have been Dana!"
"Miss, you have to be sure that it's the person that you think it is! We can't make a mistake and wind up taking the wrong person in! Now did you actually see this person's face?"
"No! I didn't really see the person's face because the person was far away and it was kind of dark outside!"
"Well, was this person alone or were they with anybody?"
"I didn't see anyone with them. I think they were alone."
"Okay Miss, we'll keep an eye out for your place for a while."
"Thank you officer." Kathy and her mother Julie are happy with that.
The police then turn around and leave the apartment.
A half-hour later, Kathy calls up Raymond. She tells him what happened. Raymond becomes shocked and stunned by the news. He frighteningly shouts, "OH MY GOD KATHY! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
Kathy nervously and shakily says, "Yeah, I'm alright Raymond! I'm just shaken up right now! I mean it's not every day you're walking home and you happen to turn your head around and see someone quickly jump into the bushes far behind you!"
"Well did you call the police?"
"Yeah, I called the police already and they had come by! They said that they will keep an eye out for my place!"
"Oh that's good!"
"Raymond could you do me a favor?"
"Well sure Kathy, what is it?"
"Notify Missy of what happened! Notify Missy of what happened when you see her at work tomorrow! Ask Missy to try and find out if her sister Dana had been following me?"
"Ask Missy to try and find out if her sister Dana had been following you?"
"Yeah!"
"Now how do you suppose Missy is going to do that, Kathy?"
"Tell Missy to tell Dana that I spotted her following me! Tell Missy to question Dana to see if Dana will admit to following me!"
"Oh I don't know Kathy! I don't know if Missy will do that or be able to do that! But I'll give it a try! I'll speak to Missy when I see her at work tomorrow morning, alright?"
"Alright then."
"Now you be careful Kathy, okay? I'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay Raymond. Bye."
"Bye." Raymond hangs up the telephone. He looks up and stares in the air stunned.
It is around 8:30 PM. Tony, who is now 33-years old, is alone insiders apartment, cooking in the kitchen. He has the stereo playing, listening to Classic Soul music, like the Stylistics and Jerry Butler. He is constantly looking at the clock. After a while, he hears the front door unlocking. He stops what he's doing and goes to look at the front door. As the door opens, Dana walks inside the apartment, dressed in light blue. She looks and sees Tony standing there looking at her. She gives him a sinister stare. Tony says, "Hi. Where've you been?"
"Oh I was at the hospital emergency. I didn't feel so well."
"You were at the hospital?"
"Yeah."
"Well why didn't you call me and let me know that you were at the hospital Dana? I would have come up there to meet you! Why didn't you call me?"
"I didn't want to worry you about it Tony," Dana says as she walks away to the coat closet.
Tony follows Dana to the coat closet and says, "Well you still should have called me and let me know where you were! You know it worries me more when I don't know where you are Dana! I called up your family and asked them if you were there! Your family said that you weren't there and they haven't seen you yet!"
Dana goes away from the coat closet and says, "I'm alright Tony! You shouldn't worry so much." She then goes into the bathroom.
Tony follows Dana to the bathroom doorway and says, "Yeah, but I do! I also called up Diane and Teresa! They said you weren't with them either!"
Dana annoyingly rolls her eyes as she washes her hands at the sink, saying, "I'm sorry Tony, but I had got sick! I went to the hospital emergency!"
"Yeah, but you still should have called me and let me know that you were sick and was at the hospital!"
Dana stops washing her hands. Frustrated, she turns around to Tony and says, "I'm sorry Tony! I didn't mean to worry you! Next time I'll call you, alright?"
"Good! That's all you have to do is just pick up the telephone and call! I had fixed dinner and everything, waiting around for you to come home!"
Dana annoyingly rolls her eyes again as she starts to dry her hands on the hand towel. Tony then asks, "Now are you hungry? Because I have your food waiting for you." Dana barely finishes drying her hands as Tony grabs her hands and pulls them off the towel, saying, "Come on Dana, let's go eat." Tony pulls Dana's hands and takes her out of the bathroom. He leads Dana through the hallway towards the kitchen. Dana looks back towards the bathroom as Tony pulls her and leads her towards the kitchen.
The next Thursday morning, Raymond is at work. He is wearing a long blue smock and is walking through the school hallway. He sees Missy walking with another female co-worker. He goes to Missy and stops her. He pulls Missy to the side and says, "Missy, I have something to tell you. Kathy had said that she thought someone was following her home after she had left my apartment yesterday evening. She said she thought that the person kind of looked like your sister Dana, but she wasn't sure because it was kind of dark outside and the person was far away."
Missy becomes shocked and stunned as she shouts, "WHAT!"
"Yeah. Being that it was dark outside, Kathy did not actually see the person's face. Missy, have you ever told your sister Dana where Kathy lives?"
"Have I ever told Dana where Kathy lives? No! Raymond how can I tell Dana where Kathy lives when I don't even know where Kathy lives? You never told me where Kathy lives! I mean you had told me some area on the other side of Queens, but you never told me the direct address or anything like that! Even though you told me the area before, I never ever told Dana!"
"No?"
"No!"
"Well another thing Missy, Kathy said that the person she thought was following her was wearing a long black jacket, a black hat and a pair of black gloves. Does Dana own or ever worn a long black jacket, a black hat or a pair of black gloves?"
"No! Dana doesn't have any long black jacket, a black hat or a pair of black gloves! She's never worn any of those things before! I mean if she did, I've never seen her in it!"
"No?"
"No!"
"Well Missy, could you do me a favor? Could you find out from your sister Dana and ask her if she's been following Kathy or not?"
"Wait a minute Raymond! Ask Dana if she's been following Kathy or not?"
"Yeah."
"Now Raymond, what makes you think that Dana's gonna come out and tell me that she was following Kathy? Even if she did follow Kathy, what makes you think that she's gonna come out and admit it to me?"
"I don't know Missy! But could you at least give it a try for me? Please? Kathy told me to ask you to find out for her!"
"Oh Kathy told you to ask me?
She wants me to find out for her?"
"Yeah."
"Oh I don't know Raymond."
"Please Missy! Kathy and I have to know! We have to know whether the person that Kathy had spotted outside her building last night was your sister Dana or not!"
Missy hesitates. She then sighs and says, "Okay Raymond. I'll give it a try. I'll mention it to Dana tonight and ask her about it. If she doesn't stop by my grandparents' place tonight, I'll call her up on the phone."
"Oh thanks a lot Missy! I really appreciate this!"
"That's okay Raymond."
"Well listen Missy, I have to get ready to go now. You take care alright? And I'll see you later, okay?"
"Okay Raymond. Bye."
"By Missy." Raymond walks away. Missy then walks away puzzled.
The next Friday morning, Raymond sees Missy as he walks inside the school. He approaches Missy and says 'hello' to her. He pulls her to the side and asks, "Well Missy did you speak to your sister Dana about what I said happened to Kathy the other evening?"
"Yeah, I mentioned it to Dana last night."
"Yeah? Well, what did she say?"
"You know she had gotten VERY offended when I told her about Kathy's situation, and that you and Kathy wanted to know if it was HER. Dana said it wasn't her. She says that she doesn't have any time to be thinking about Kathy or have any time to be following her. She says that she has better things to do and better things to think about."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well I'm sorry for putting you through this situation Missy, but Kathy and I just had to know! You understand don't you?"
"Yeah I understand."
"Good. Well, thanks anyway Missy."
"It's okay."
"I'll talk to you later, okay? Take care."
"Alright."
Raymond then walks away and leaves.
Another month passes by. Missy and Raymond are still working in the school together. Kathy still refuses to come around the school because she's afraid that she might run into Dana.
Dana is still working at the Community Center on the weekends. Her family and friends still come by to see her as she works at the Community Center.
Dana, Tony and their friends still triple date a lot whenever they get the chance because Dana doesn't really have the chance to go out much anymore. She has been working 7 days a week! She works 5 days at her regular job with Teresa and both the weekend days at the Community Center. She really hasn't had a day off in a long time! It's starting to build up a lot of frustration inside of her. She's been working 7 days straight, which is making her more tired than usual. After work, all she wants to do is go home and rest almost every evening.
One day, Kathy is inside her apartment with Sandra and another friend named Judy, a black woman around her mid thirties. Judy and Sandra have been at Kathy's apartment all day.
It is getting late in the afternoon. All three women leave Kathy's apartment and go outside the building. They all walk to the bus stop. As they walk to the bus stop, a dark blue car sits way in the distance. It appears to be watching the three women. Kathy, Sandra and Judy all wait at the bus stop. The bus soon approaches. The engine of the dark blue car starts up. The three women get on to the bus. The bus then pulls off. The dark blue car pulls off and secretly follows the bus.
After a while, the three women get off the bus and walk to another bus stop. As they wait at the other bus stop, the dark blue car sits and waits in a far distance. A bus soon approaches at the bus stop. The three women get on the bus. The bus then pulls off. The dark blue car then pulls off slowly after the bus.
After a while, the three women finally get off the bus. They walk a few blocks and go into a department store. Three hours later, they come out of the department store and go to the bus stop. The dark blue car is still waiting at a far distance, appearing to still be watching the three women. The bus soon arrives and the three women get on the bus. The engine of the dark blue car starts up. The bus pulls off. The dark blue car starts to pull off, secretly following the bus.
When the bus comes to another stop, Judy gets off the bus. She gets off with a few other passengers, but Kathy and Sandra remain on the bus. Judy walks away from the bus and waves goodbye to Kathy and Sandra at the bus window. The bus then pulls off. The dark blue car pulls off, continuing to secretly follow the bus.
When the bus comes to one of the stops, Sandra gets off with a couple of passengers, but Kathy remains on the bus. Sandra walks away from the bus and waves goodbye to Kathy at the bus window. The bus then pulls off as Sandra walks to another bus stop and waits there. The dark blue car does not pull off after the bus this time. It waits in the far distance.
As Sandra waits at the bus stop, a bus soon approaches. Sandra gets on to the bus. The bus pulls off. The dark blue car pulls off. It secretly starts to follow that bus.
After a while, the bus comes to a stop again. Sandra finally gets off the bus. She starts to walk away from the bus stop. As she is walking, the dark blue car speeds quickly around a corner! It then parks in an isolated area.
Sandra continues to walk. She walks towards an apartment building. She soon reaches the apartment building and goes inside of it. She goes to the elevator and rides up to the 5th floor. She then comes out of the elevator and goes to her apartment door. She reaches her apartment door and unlocks it. She opens up her apartment door and makes it inside her apartment, unaware that she was being followed.
One morning, Dana and Teresa arrive to work at the stockroom. They go through the back door where Kenneth still sits at the desk. Kenneth then gets up from the desk and locks the back door as Dana and Teresa head towards the stockroom. Anne is at the stockroom doorway talking with Victor. As Dana heads into the stockroom, she rudely walks right pass Anne and Victor without speaking or saying hello to either one of them. Anne and Victor stare at Dana as she goes by. Teresa stops by Anne and Victor and says 'hello' to them. Anne and Victor look at Teresa and say 'hello'. Victor then says, "Boy Teresa, I don't know how you do it. I don't know HOW you deal with a person like HER," as he points his thumb towards Dana.
"Well, I just try not to get Dana upset that's all."
Victor looks at Teresa and says, "Teresa, if you hang around somebody long enough, you two are gonna bound to have some kind of disagreement at some point in your lives! You two are gonna bound to get upset at each other sooner or later, whether you two can help it or not! No two individuals are alike! There are going to be some disagreements between two individuals that they cannot help and one will be upset at the other! It's just natural! So you cannot say that you just try not to get a certain individual upset because sooner or later, you will!"
"Yeah I know that Victor! Dana has gotten upset with me a few times before in the past, but she didn't stay mad at me! We became alright again later on!"
"Really?" Anne asks.
"Yeah," Teresa says.
"Wow that's hard to believe," Victor says.
Victor, Anne and Teresa see their boss Wallace Smith coming. Victor then says, "Come on you two, let's go inside." They all then enter the stockroom.
Several days later, everything is going as normal. Then one late night, Sandra is coming home. She approaches her building and goes inside towards the elevator. She goes inside the elevator and rides up. The elevator stops on the 5th floor, opens up and Sandra walks out the elevator towards her apartment door. As she is going towards her apartment door, all of a sudden, she is bashed right on the side of her head with a very hard object! Blood splatters everywhere as Sandra screams and holds her head! She is then bashed again, right on top of the head! More blood splatters as Sandra falls to the floor! Then the sound of a staircase door slams! Sandra's body is shaken violently as she lies on the floor! She then passes out! She dies! She is slain! Her body lays on the floor outside her apartment door!
The next morning, Sandra's body is found! Her body is found with her head in a heavy pool of blood outside her apartment door! Bl
ood is everywhere, on the body, on the walls and on the floor! Cops are everywhere! There is a large crowd of people! A couple of ambulances are outside the building! The police are going around door to door asking neighbors questions about did they see or hear anything! No one seems to have seen or heard anything! There are no witnesses!
Sandra's body continues to lay outside her apartment door for a few hours! Her body is covered with a very bloodied sheet! Her family is soon notified! They arrive to the scene! They are all hysterical and upset! They are all shouting and screaming! The police say it appears that Sandra might have been followed by someone, or someone might had been hiding around waiting for her to come home, then they ambushed her with a very hard heavy object from behind as she was going to her apartment. The police say that Sandra was struck in the head by a couple of hard blows! They claim that Sandra had died from a couple of hard blows to the head! They also say that Sandra's skull appears to be fractured! They wonder who would want to hurt her!
That same morning, Kathy and her mother Julie soon get the news of Sandra's death from Sandra's family! They are both horrified! Kathy starts to scream! She is very scared! She's so shaken and scared that she is about to pass out! Her mother Julie starts to hold her up! Julie then calls up Raymond! She notifies him of Sandra's death! Raymond is shocked and stunned by the horrible news! He also becomes scared. Kathy then gets on the telephone. She tells Raymond that Sandra's family says that the police do not have any suspects, motive or any witnesses! Kathy and Raymond both start to wonder if it was Dana! Raymond tells Kathy, "Now Kathy, we both cannot jump into any conclusions right now! I don't think that Dana knew where Sandra lived!"
"YEAH, RIGHT RAYMOND! JUST LIKE I DIDN'T THINK THAT DANA KNEW WHERE I LIVED, BUT YET I SAW SOMEBODY THAT KIND OF RESEMBLED HER JUMP INTO THE BUSHES RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BUILDING! NOW IF THAT WASN'T DANA THAT I SAW OUTSIDE MY BUILDING, THEN WHY THE HELL DID THAT PERSON JUMP INTO THE BUSHES TO KEEP ME FROM SEEING THEM RAYMOND? WHY?"
"I don't know Kathy! I really don't know! Kathy, when you and Sandra kept in contact, did Sandra ever mention anything to you about being followed or feeling followed or anything like that? Did she ever thought that someone might have been following her or anything?"
"Oh no! Sandra never mentioned a word to me about being followed, feeling followed or anything like that!"
"No?"
"No!"
"Well it's obvious that someone might have been following Sandra, but she just wasn't aware of it! I mean whoever this perpetrator is, probably could have been following Sandra all along! She must have not known about it!"
Kathy becomes more frightened as she cries and screams, "OH MY GOD RAYMOND! FIRST ROSE IS DEAD, AND NOW SANDRA IS DEAD! I FEEL THAT I MAY BE NEXT! OH RAYMOND, I FEEL THAT IT'S ALL MY FAULT THAT MY FRIENDS ARE GONE! I FEEL IT'S ALL MY FAULT FOR GETTING MY FRIENDS INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT I HAD WITH MISSY! OH RAYMOND, I'M SCARED! I'M AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE!"
Raymond starts to weep and say, "I know Kathy! You know this whole thing is scaring me too! You just gonna have to be careful Kathy until we can figure something out okay?"
"Okay Raymond."
"Listen Kathy, I gotta get ready for work! I'm gonna notify Missy of the news when I see her, alright? Now I love you and I'll see you later, okay? Try to hang in there Kathy!"
"Alright Raymond. See you later."
"Okay Kathy. Bye now." Raymond hangs up the telephone and stares frighteningly into space.
Back in Sandra's building, a heavy crowd is still gathered around the murder scene. The police and the ambulance are still there. Sandra's body is placed in a body bag. Her body is then put on to a stretcher. Heavy blood still remains on the walls and on the floors outside her apartment door. The paramedics carry Sandra's body outside the building. They then place it inside the ambulance. The ambulance then takes off with the body!
Raymond goes to the school that same morning. He sees Missy in the hallway and notifies her of what happened to Sandra. Missy becomes shocked! She is shocked and stunned of what happened to Sandra! She gets very scared and hysterical! Raymond tells Missy, "The police do not have any suspects nor any motive yet Missy! The police claim that Sandra had died from a couple of hard blows to the head and that her skull was fractured!"
"OH MY GOD!" Missy frighteningly shouts.
"The police say it appears that Sandra might have been followed by someone, or someone might have been hiding around waiting for her to come home, then they bashed her right on the head with a hard heavy object as she was walking towards her apartment door!"
Missy is very scared and nervous! She doesn't know what to do! She tearfully asks, "Well who do you think could have done it? Who do you think could have done this to Sandra and why?"
Raymond stares at Missy. He then says, "I don't know Missy! I really don't! Like I said before, the police do not have any suspects or any motives so far! Kathy is a nervous wreck Missy! Both of her girlfriends are dead now! She feels that she might be next! She's afraid to leave her apartment! She's afraid to walk out of her building!" Raymond and Missy stare at one another. They do not know what to think. Raymond then says, "Look Missy I have to head to the office. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright Raymond."
Raymond then turns around and hurries away!
Missy arrives home that afternoon. She notifies her grandparents and the rest of her family about what happened to Sandra. They all become shocked and stunned by the news! They all know that Sandra was one of the people who ganged up on Missy over two years ago! Even though Missy's family had a problem with Kathy's and Rose's families through the courts, and Kathy, Rose and Sandra were the ones who ganged up on Missy and beat on her, they still would not want anything horrible like that to happen to either one of them!
That same evening, Gracy calls up Dana and Tony's number. Tony picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?"
"Oh hi Tony! This is Gracy! I just want to speak to Dana real quick! Is she there?"
"Oh Dana is in the shower right now Grandma."
"She is?"
"Yeah. Is something wrong Grandma?"
"Well we all just wanted to tell Dana the horrible news of what happened to Sandra!"
"The horrible news of what happened to Sandra? What are you talking about Grandma? Who's Sandra? What horrible news?"
"You heard of Sandra Tony! One of Kathy's friends who had attacked and ganged up on Missy two years ago? The one that Missy said had gotten away from Dana which Dana wasn't able to find and beat with the baseball bat?"
"Yeah, I've heard of her! Why what happened to her?"
"Well we all just found out that she was murdered!"
"WHAT! MURDERED?"
"Yeah! She was found dead outside her apartment door last night Tony! We heard she had died from a couple of hard blows to the head! We heard her skull was fractured!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"Yeah! I'm very sorry I had to break this horrible news to you Tony!"
"I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE NEWS GRANDMA! HOW IS MISSY TAKING THIS?"
"Oh Missy is very shaken up by it!"
"I BET SHE IS!"
"Yeah! She found out the horrible news from Raymond at the school today!
"OH MY GOD! LOOK GRANDMA, I'M GONNA STOP BY THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ALRIGHT?"
"Alright Tony! We'll all be here!"
"Okay! I'll tell Dana the bad news of what happened to Sandra when she comes out the shower!"
"Okay Tony! See you later!"
"Alright Grandma! By!" Tony hangs up the telephone and stares into space. He is in a state of shock.
The next morning, Missy and her family see a small article in the paper about a woman being found murdered outside her apartment door in Queens. Soon everyone in town hears about Sandra's death. Everybody knows that Sandra was one of the four people who had beat up and ganged up on Missy. Everyone knows that Sandra was with the three people that Dana had beaten up with a baseball bat!
Missy goes to the
school that same morning. Raymond approaches her in the school hallway and hysterically asks, "Missy did you see the morning's paper?"
"Yeah! My family and I had seen the paper this morning and read the article about Sandra's death! You know Raymond, my whole family is very shocked and sickened by the news of what happened to Sandra!"
"They are?"
"Of course they are!"
"Well have your sister Dana heard the news of what happened to Sandra?"
"Yeah, Dana heard the news about Sandra! My grandmother had spoken to her boyfriend Tony about it on the phone last night while Dana was in the shower! Tony told my grandmother that he was going to tell Dana about Sandra's death when she comes out the shower!"
"Oh yeah? Well, do you know how she took it?"
"Well when Tony came by my family's house alone last night, he told my family that it didn't really seem to phase Dana much when he had told her about the bad news of what happened to Sandra."
"What! You mean she acted like she didn't care?"
"Yeah, according to Tony! Tony said that Dana didn't seem to care at all! He said that Dana just went on about her business like if nothing happened!"
Raymond becomes stunned. He doesn't know what to really think.
So far, the police still do not have any suspects, no motive, nor any witnesses.
The next morning, Sandra has a funeral. Her family is all crying and grieving as they stand beside her casket.
Chapter 11
The Newspaper Article