Dangerous Dana (A Suspense Thriller)

by Doris Miller

Kathy's family goes to court again to file charges against Dana and Missy's family again! They go to get an order of protection! The courts give Kathy's family a date to appear in court. They have to return to court on that date. Dana and Missy's family is summoned to appear in court again. They are all summoned to that same date.

  When the court date arrives, Dana's family and friends are all there inside the courtroom. Missy is sitting inside the courtroom near her grandparents, her brothers and sisters, their aunts and uncles and the rest of the family and relatives. Tony, Diane D, Michael, Joseph and Teresa are also inside the courtroom. Kathy, Raymond and Julie are out in the hallway speaking to Lucille Waters, a dark-haired white female D.A. Lucille advises Kathy what to say. She tells Kathy, "Now you have to tell the judge how dangerous this individual Dana is, alright? Tell the judge that you want an order of protection against Dana Brown. Tell the judge that you had spotted Dana Brown following you a couple of times before. One time near your place, another time near your boyfriend Raymond's place. Tell the judge that Dana does not live anywhere near you or your boyfriend Raymond, yet you spotted her near both of your places. Tell the judge that you think Dana is still furious about what happened to her sister Missy over a couple of years ago. Tell the judge that you think Dana is still furious about herself being sent to prison for it. Tell the judge that you feel Dana is a very vengeful person. Tell the judge that you feel that Dana is a very dangerous individual and that she might really succeed in harming or killing you one day and that you fear for your life!"

  Kathy is kind of leery about what she has to say. She is frightened and nervous as she asks, "Do I have to say all of that? Especially right in front of Dana?"

  "Yes! You have to say all these things to the judge, Kathy! You have to say all these things in order to get an order of protection against Dana! The order of protection has to be reasonable in order to get it!"

  Kathy nervously stands there for a while. She then walks away. She nervously walks towards the courtroom with Raymond, Julie and Lucille following right behind her. When Kathy enters the courtroom, she looks towards the front of the courtroom and sees Dana sitting in front of the courtroom between her lawyers.

  The court starts to begin. Kathy nervously starts to tell the courts about her frightening situation! She tells the courts, "I want to get an order of protection against Dana Brown. I had spotted Dana Brown following me a couple of times before. One time near me and my mother's place, another time near my boyfriend Raymond's place. Dana does not live anywhere near me or my boyfriend Raymond, but yet I spotted her at both places. I think that Dana is still furious about what happened to her sister Missy over a couple of years ago. I think that Dana is still furious about herself being sent to prison for it! I feel that Dana is a very vengeful person! I feel that she is a very dangerous individual and she might really succeed in harming or killing me one day! I fear for my life!"

  The courts issue an order of protection against Dana. She is not allowed within 300 feet of Kathy. Dana becomes very furious about that order! She loses her temper! Her family and her lawyers start to surround her as she leaps up from her chair and shouts to the judge, "KATHY IS THE ONE WHO STARTED EVERYTHING BY HARRASING AND ATTACKING MY SISTER MISSY IN THE FIRST PLACE! KATHY IS THE ONE WHO STARTED EVERYTHING BY ATTACKING MY SISTER MISSY WITH A GROUP OF HER FRIENDS! THEY BEATED ON MY SISTER REAL BAD AND PUT A BRUISE ON HER FACE AND THEN I'M THE ONE WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR IT WHEN THEY WERE THE ONES WHO STARTED EVERYTHING!"

  Dana's family is outrage! They try to file harassment charges back against Kathy for harassing Missy in the past, which caused Dana's assaults in the first place! The courts say that they had already charged Kathy before when Dana was sent to prison! The courts say that they had charged Kathy with harassment and had fined her! Dana's family is all still outraged! Dana continues to lose her cool as her family and her friends grab on to her, trying to calm her down! Kathy, Raymond and Julie look on nervously as Dana's family and friends all hold on to Dana very tightly, trying to comfort her and control her temper! Dana's family calms her down for a while. After a few minutes, they sit Dana back down in the chair.

  After another few minutes, Dana suddenly leaps up from off the chair! She storms right out of the courtroom, banging the doors open and slamming them! Her family and friends all hurry out the courtroom after her! Missy runs up to Dana and grabs her! She puts both arms around Dana and holds on to Dana very tightly! She tearfully hugs Dana and tells her, "Don't worry about me Dana! I'm alright! I'm okay!" Dana then puts both her arms around Missy and starts to sob on Missy's shoulders. Missy then gives Dana a tight squeeze. She continues to comfort Dana and tells her, "I'm alright Dana! I'm okay! Don't upset yourself. Okay? Don't upset yourself." Missy kisses Dana and pats her on the back of the head. She then massages Dana's hair as she continues to comfort Dana. After their embrace, Missy leaves one arm around Dana's shoulders. She then puts the other arm around Dana's waist as she and her family lead upset Dana out of the court building.

  Dana's family takes her home with them. She stays at her grandparents' home with her family for the next several days. Tony comes over every day to be by Dana's side. He tries to comfort her also.

  Kathy had started carrying the gun, which Raymond had gotten for her. Even though Kathy is frightened of the gun, she is more frightened of Dana. She is afraid of being Dana's next victim. She does not want to end up like Rose and Sandra.

  A few weeks have passed by now. Kathy is still carrying the gun. Nobody knows that she is carrying the gun. She keeps it hidden under her coat or jacket. She takes it wherever she goes now. She still looks over her shoulders at times. She continues to meet Raymond after school, either at his home or at her home.

  Missy still works at the school and Dana still works at her regular job with Teresa. Dana also still works at the Community Center. She is still working seven days a week. Five days at her regular job with Teresa and two days at the Community Center. She still doesn't get a day off! It is still causing a lot of frustration to build up inside of her.

  Another month passes by. Kathy and Raymond still meet up with one another after Raymond finishes working at the school. Missy still works at the school as usual and Dana still works at her regular job and at the Community Center which is still making her work 7 days, not having a day off yet! She becomes more and more frustrated!

  A couple of weeks later, one night, Kathy is coming home late. It is around 2:00 in the morning. Kathy gets out of a cab and starts to walk to her building. She looks over her shoulder as she goes towards her building. She arrives inside her building and goes through the lobby. She then heads towards the staircase with her gun tucked safely inside her coat. She enters the staircase. She then heads towards the top of the first flight. As she reaches the top of the first flight, the hallway door on top of the second flight quietly opens up a little by itself. It stays open for a few seconds. Kathy is unaware of it. As Kathy starts to head to the top of the second flight, the door on top of the second flight quietly shuts by itself. As Kathy reaches the top of the second flight, suddenly a big large knife plunges hard, right into her abdominal! Kathy lets out a bloodcurdling scream! The knife, which is being held by a hand wearing a black glove and an arm wearing a long thick black sleeve, then plunges right into Kathy's chest! Kathy screams out in pain again! She is being stabbed! Blood splatters everywhere! The glove covered hand repeatedly plunges the large knife hard and fast into Kathy's chest and abdominal areas several times! Blood is all over Kathy! She continues to let out a horrible scream! The knife then plunges hard and fast into Kathy's neck! It plunges hard and fast into Kathy's neck several times! Kathy falls down the stairs and lands on the bottom of the flight! The glove covered hand and sleeve covered arm suddenly pulls the hallway door on top of the second flight and angrily bangs it open! The glove covered hand and sleeve covered arm angrily goes into the hallway, away from the staircase doorway, still holding the bloody knife as the staircase door slams shut! A sec
ond hallway door on that same floor suddenly bangs open, then slams shut!

  Kathy is still in the stairwell, laying on the floor! She is covered in blood! Blood is everywhere! It is all over the stairwell! As Kathy lays in the stairwell, her body is shaking violently! Her face starts to turn pale! Blood is seeping out of her mouth! Her eyes are about to roll to the back of her head! She is gasping for air! She is fainting! She suddenly passes away. She is dead. Kathy is mysteriously slain.

  Around 6:00 the following morning, Kathy's body is found. Her body is found in a pool of blood. Her body is found stabbed to death in the stairwell where she lived. She had been stabbed repeatedly. Blood is everywhere in the stairwell. The police are at the scene. They are all over the place. They are searching around the area where Kathy lived. They are going around door to door, questioning people in her apartment building and all over the neighborhood. Kathy's mother Julie is soon notified. She starts screaming hysterically as she finds out what happened to her daughter! She starts to cry uncontrollably! She then goes to see her daughter's body! The police lift a bloody sheet off the body! Julie sees Kathy's bloodied and butchered body! She almost passes out from the sight of it! The sheet is soon put back over Kathy's body! The police cannot find any possible motive, evidence or any suspects! There were absolutely no witnesses around! No one seems to know who did this or why!

  Julie then goes to her apartment and calls up Raymond! Raymond comes on the telephone! Julie tells him what just happened to Kathy! Raymond becomes shocked and stunned! He starts to cry uncontrollably! He quickly slams the phone down and hurries to the coat closet! He grabs his jacket out and rushes out of his apartment!

  A half-hour later, Raymond arrives to Kathy's apartment building, where police and a heavy crowd of people are! He goes into the stairwell where more police and paramedics are! He shockingly sees a body under a bloodied sheet! He hysterically tells the police, "That's my girlfriend's body under that sheet! Can I verify it please?" The police pull the sheet off the body! Raymond sees Kathy's bloodied and butchered body! He is about to pass out! The police catch him and hold on to him! Raymond starts to cry and cry hysterically, not knowing how it could have happened! Kathy's body continues to lay in the stairwell as Raymond cries out, "WHY? WHY? WHY?!"

  After a few hours, Kathy's body is placed into a body bag! The paramedics soon carry Kathy's body out of the stairwell! They then carry it out of the building into a waiting ambulance. The ambulance soon takes off with the body. Julie and Raymond continue to cry uncontrollably! The police try to restrain them both and comfort them! The police feel for their loss.

  That same morning, Missy goes into the school office. She sees the school staff all upset and hysterical! Missy asks, "What's the matter? Is something wrong?"

  The school principal, Jesse Harris, a male black around his mid 50's tells Missy, "Raymond didn't show up to the school this morning! His girlfriend Kathy was found murdered!"

  "WHAT!" Missy shockingly shouts!

  She quickly holds her hand over her mouth as Jesse continues, "Yeah! Raymond called up the school this morning and said that Kathy's body was found stabbed to death in the stairwell of her building this morning! He said she was stabbed multiple times! The police have no suspects nor any motives! Raymond said he wasn't going to make it in today!"

  Missy is about to fall out! Someone in the staff catches her in time! Missy starts to cry uncontrollably! She feels for Kathy and Raymond! The whole school staff is upset, hearing the fact of Raymond's girlfriend Kathy being found slain!

  After a couple of hours, Missy starts to feel sick, hearing the bad news of what happened to Kathy! She starts to cough and is about to throw up! The school staff hurries and approaches her! Missy feeling very sick and depressed decides to leave the school early and go home!

  Missy soon arrives home crying! She is very hysterical! Her family hysterically approaches her and asks, "What's wrong Missy? What happened?"

  "RAYMOND'S GIRLFRIEND KATHY WAS FOUND MURDERED!" Missy hysterically shouts!

  "WHAT! MURDERED?" Missy's family shockingly shout!

  "YEAH!"

  "OH MY GOD MISSY, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN RAYMOND'S GIRLFRIEND KATHY WAS FOUND MURDERED?"

  "WHEN I WENT TO THE SCHOOL THIS MORNING, EVERYBODY INSIDE THE SCHOOL OFFICE SEEMED VERY UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING! THEN I ASKED THEM WHAT'S THE MATTER! THAT'S WHEN JESSE HARRIS THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME THAT RAYMOND'S GIRLFRIEND KATHY WAS FOUND MURDERED! HE SAID HER BODY WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN THE STAIRWELL OF HER BUILDING THIS MORNING!"

  "OH MY GOD!"

  "I HEARD SHE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES! THE POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS NOR ANY MOTIVES! OH GRANDMA I GOT SO SICK WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS THAT I HAD TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND COME HOME EARLY!" Missy is very shaken up by Kathy's murder! She is sad and crying! Her family is hysterical! They surround her as she cries uncontrollably! Missy starts to cough and is about to throw up again! Her family surrounds her and comforts her! They're all saying how sad it is that Kathy had been murdered, even though what they all went through with Kathy.

  Several hours later, around 6:00 that evening, Gracy is upstairs in her bedroom. She sits at the edge of her bed and calls up Dana and Tony's number.

  In Dana and Tony's living room, the telephone rings. Tony picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?"

  "Hi Tony!" Gracy hysterically says. "It's me Gracy! Hey Tony, I have some bad news to tell you!"

  "Bad news? What bad news Grandma?"

  "You remember Kathy right? The one that we were all going back and forth to court with? The one who beat and ganged up on Missy, and then went to court to get an order of protection against Dana?"

  "Yeah, I remember Kathy! What about her?"

  "WELL SHE WAS FOUND MURDERED!"

  "WHAT! MURDERED?"

  "YEAH! HER BODY WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN THE STAIRWELL OF HER BUILDING THIS MORNING! SHE HAD BEEN STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES! MISSY FOUND OUT THE BAD NEWS WHEN SHE HAD WENT TO THE SCHOOL THIS MORNING! MISSY HAD GOTTEN VERY SICK FROM THE HORRIBLE NEWS THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND COME HOME EARLY! THAT'S WHEN SHE TOLD US ABOUT IT!"

  "OH MY GOD! I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT GRANDMA!"

  "YEAH, WE ALL ARE SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS TONY!"

  "WELL, DID THE POLICE CATCH ANYBODY YET? DO THEY KNOW WHO DID THIS OR WHY?"

  "NO, THE POLICE HAVEN'T CAUGHT ANYBODY YET! THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SUSPECTS NOR ANY MOTIVES SO FAR!"

  "OH NO!"

  "Is Dana there Tony?"

  "Yeah, she's in the kitchen!"

  "Well put her on the phone for me will you? I want to tell her the bad news!"

  "Okay Grandma, hold on!" Tony puts the receiver down on the side. He walks away towards the kitchen.

  Dana is in the kitchen, dressed in a tight black mini dress with an opened short sleeved light greenish blouse over it and barefooted. She grabs a big large butcher knife from off the kitchen table, then turns around towards the kitchen counter. She takes a large raw meat that's on the kitchen counter and bangs it down on the counter! She angrily starts to chop up the raw meat with the butcher knife! As she is chopping up the raw meat, Tony stands in the kitchen entry-way, staring at Dana. He stares very strangely at Dana as she is angrily chopping up the raw meat. He calls out, "Dana!" Dana turns her head towards Tony. Tony asks, "Is everything alright?"

  "Yeah everything's alright. Why?"

  "I just want to tell you that Grandma is on the telephone! She wants to speak to you!"

  "Okay," Dana says. She looks at Tony strangely and asks, "What's wrong with you?"

  "I'll let Grandma tell you about it."

  Dana lays the butcher knife and the raw meat down on the kitchen cabinet. She quickly grabs a paper towel and walks away from the kitchen cabinet, heading towards the living room. She enters into the living room and goes to the telephone as Tony sadly follows behind her. She puts the telephone receiver to her ear and says, "Grandma?"

  "Yeah Dana it's me! Oh Dana I have some terribl
e news to tell you!"

  "Terrible news? What terrible news Grandma? What's the matter?"

  "You know that woman Kathy that you and Missy had a problem with?

  The one we were all going back and forth to court with?"

  "Yeah?"

  "WELL SHE WAS FOUND MURDERED! HER BODY WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH RIGHT IN THE STAIRWELL OF HER BUILDING THIS MORNING!"

  "Oh really?"

  "YES! SHE HAD BEEN STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES!"

  "Oh yeah?"

  "YES!"

  "Sorry to hear about that Grandma."

  "YEAH WE ALL ARE! THE POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS NOR ANY MOTIVES! MISSY GOT SO SICK WHEN SHE HEARD THE BAD NEWS AT THE SCHOOL THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND COME HOME EARLY!"

  "Missy is sick?"

  "YES! SHE'S VERY SHAKEN UP BY THIS HORRIBLE NEWS!"

  "Oh yeah? Well if Missy's feeling sick, I'm gonna stop over there later and check up on her."

  "You will?"

  "Yeah Grandma. I'll be there in a little while."

  "Okay Dana! We'll all be here!"

  "Okay Grandma. I'll see you later."

  "Alright Dana. Bye," Gracy says. She then hears the other end of the phone go click. Dana had hung up the phone. Gracy then hangs up the telephone. She continues to sit there at the edge of the bed staring into space. Then she turns and strangely stares at the telephone. She notices that Dana doesn't seem too upset or bothered by the bad news of Kathy's death. She notices that Dana didn't seem too surprised by the news of Kathy's death. She notices that Dana's voice had absolutely no emotions about Kathy's death at all!

  It is a couple of hours later. Missy is still inside her grandparents' house crying uncontrollably as her family continues to surround and comfort her! They are all upset about Kathy's murder! Missy then turns to her grandmother and hysterically asks, "Grandma where's Dana? I thought you said she was on her way over here?"

  "Well that's what she told me!"

  "It's been over two hours now," Thomas says. "Dana should have been here already!"

  "Let me call her up," Gracy says. She picks up the telephone and starts to dial Tony and Dana's number. The phone rings on the other end. There is no answer. The phone rings on the other end for a while. There is still no answer. Gracy hangs up the phone. She turns to her family and says, "Nobody is there. They're not answering." Puzzled, the family stares at her.

  The telephone then rings. Gracy picks it up and says, "Hello?"

  Tony, who is on the other end of the phone, hysterically says, "Hello Grandma! It's me Tony!"

  "Oh hi, Tony! Hey Tony, where's Dana? I thought she was gonna come over here! She didn't show up yet! Where are you two anyway? I just called your apartment a couple of minutes ago, but nobody answered!"

  "WELL THAT'S WHAT I CALLED TO TELL YOU ABOUT GRANDMA! DANA NEVER MADE IT OVER THERE BECAUSE THE POLICE HAD PICKED HER UP AND ARRESTED HER!"

  "WHAT!"

  "YEAH! THE POLICE SUSPECT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OF KATHY'S MURDER! DANA IS ONE OF THEM! THE POLICE HAD PICKED UP DANA OUTSIDE OUR APARTMENT DOOR AROUND AN HOUR AGO AND ARRESTED HER ON SUSPICION OF MURDER!"

  "WHAT! SUSPICION OF MURDER?" The family shocked and stunned looks at Gracy as she continues, "OH MY GOD!"

  "YEAH!" Tony shouts. "AFTER DANA SPOKE TO YOU ON THE TELEPHONE, WE STAYED IN THE APARTMENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND ATE DINNER! THEN DANA WENT IN THE BEDROOM TO CHANGE HER CLOTHES! AFTER SHE CAME BACK OUT THE BEDROOM, WE BOTH STARTED TO LEAVE THE A