Lifeplans - Part Three

Chapter 7

“Hi!” I said, as Dany smiled at me and walked over to my desk. I got out his files and placed them on my desk. “I read over your case - seems pretty bad. I should be able to get a large enough amount of money out of the case for you - and why did this happen?” I looked over at Dany, who was looking at me and then proceeded to take another file out. “These are the police documents from it.” he said, handing them to me. “And why she stabbed me is because--” Dany trailed off as my cell phone rung loudly and I pulled it out and turned it on. “Who’s this, and I am in the middle of a case here!” I said, seeming flustered. “What’s happening? Tell me!!” Megan responded. “Megan! I am in the middle of the case! We’ll find out about that later….now, can you let me get back to it?” I said. “Grr….I want to know! Ok….bye…” Megan said, eager to know about it. “Bye.” I said, hanging up, and turning off the cell phone so no one else could call. “Sorry ‘bout that….friend wanting me to leave this case to go do something else….” I said. I could tell I was turning a bit red. I looked down and put my cell phone away, rubbed my face, and looked up again. “No problem, that’s ok! I used to have a friend named Megan….she also had a friend named Annie, they were both really nice.” Dany said, smiling. “My name’s Annie! I just am usually called by Amy now.” I said, smiling. Maybe he’d recognize me. “That’s strange….I think I realize now how nice she was. They were both really nice.” he said.
Dany went on with telling the story about what happened. “She stabbed me because she thought I was cheating on her. I would have just dumped her before cheating on her, but I never was. She didn’t get that, so she just got angrier and grabbed the knife - and stabbed me with it.” Dany said, and reached his arm over the table and revealed the large gash on his left shoulder where the knife had cut. It was really deep and looked like it was very painful. “I can’t believe she’d do something like that.” I said, looking closer at the wound. “You must’ve had to get a lot of stitches for that, right? I said, and I took out a notebook and wrote down details. “Yeah, it was very painful, had to go to the hospital for it. She tried to continue to stab me but I was able to stop her so she couldn’t, or it may have been much worse. When the police came they had to handcuff her and nearly had to spray her with mace because she wasn’t so reluctant. Why she went so crazy about it I still don’t know. She never used to be like that.” He said, seeming upset about it. “Well, we really don’t know about some people sometimes and their inner self, until they basically go mental about it. How long had you been dating her and why did she get the idea that you were cheating on her?” I said, trying to logic things out a bit. “I had been dating her for over 3 months, and we were talking about engagement until she did that to me that day….. She never explained to me why she did, and I hope she did have a logical reason for it, but it wasn’t true.” Dany said, seeming to be getting a bit more upset about it and looked away. “Maybe you shouldn’t have trusted her as well as you did. She deserved to be arrested and should’ve done time, even, for it. She shouldn’t have hurt you the way she did, in both ways. No one deserves that, and if she even could prove it and knew you were - which I know you weren’t - she should’ve put it down in a more calm manner than to do that.” I said, with a calm voice to try and soothe him a bit because I could tell him he was upset. Dany looked over at me and I think then he got what I was trying to say to him - that I knew him but I didn’t want to flat out tell him that at the moment but to see if he could figure it out himself.
Dany looked at me, even deeper, and stared into my eyes. I put my arms up on my desk, and kept looking at him. Instead of saying ‘What?’ like the normal person would and seeming creeped out and not knowing anything about what was going on, I kept looking, and then cracked a smile. “I know you from somewhere….” Dany said, trailing off. “And I know you too.” I said. I started to giggle a bit. “No, you aren’t Megan….” he said, and looked closer. I then realized I also had my hair up and I never had my hair up. I reached up, and took the two chopsticks out of my hair, and felt my hair fall. I then put a bit of my hair in front of my right eye, like I had used to. Dany stared, and then realized it. “You are Annie….I knew you looked familiar from the start…I haven’t seen you in ages…..” he said, and began to take it all in. Then, he started to cry. From disbelief, from anger, from happiness, and from what had happen to him with his girlfriend, he took it all in and let it out. He then came over to me and we hugged. I turned red, and then felt a tear fall from my eye as well. “I can’t believe I found you, Dany” I said. “I knew it was you when you told me your name. I just could tell but didn’t want to mention it” I said. “I recognized you as well but I didn’t want to bring it up….and then the way you talked to me I finally realized it was you…..and after all these years, and I am so sorry of what I did to you, I should have realized that you had nothing to do with it, that you were a good person…” Dany said. “I knew you were a great person, Dany. I always knew you would be….” I said, and we hugged tighter. Right then, Megan ran over to the door, assuming it was open, crashed into it and found it was locked. She got up. “Dammit! LET ME IN, LET ME IN, LET ME IN!” She yelled, impatiently, and looked over at us. “WHOA! You people now realize….” Megan said, staring at us. “Megan!” I said, laughing. “This is Dany!” I said. Dany smiled back. “Hi Megan!” He said, and looked at me. We hugged again, and then I grabbed the remote for the automatic door to unlock, pressed unlock, and Megan ran in.

Chapter 8

Megan looked around. “Hi….dang you look different….” Megan stared. I looked at some of the mail on my desk and looked the package and opened it. “I wonder what this is….” I said, glancing at what was inside and pulled out a Manga book. Starlight Gravity was printed on it. “MANGA!” Megan wailed, and grabbed it. I grabbed the package and Dany walked over. I read the small cursive print from the return address. “Skylar Stine” it said. “SKYE!” I wailed, as Megan was just reading the first chapter. “Huh? Skye?” she looked at the book. Sure enough, Skylar Stine was also printed on the cover as the author. “SKYE!” Megan and I wailed. “I remember Skye….” Dany said, looking at the cover. “MY BOOK!” Megan said, dashing off. “MEGAN!” I yelled. “NO RUNNING IN THE OFFICE BUILDING!” I yelled, to just hear a crash and a door slam. “Err…..” I said, as Dany and I went to investigate what just happened. “OWW!” Megan said, and rubbed her head. “I crashed into the door…..” she said, and looked around for the book which I quickly snatched. “Grr!” she said, and helped her up. “How about you wait out here and Dany and I go back to our office?” I said. “Grr…..okay….but be quick!” Megan said, jumping up and down. “Well….we need to discuss the case, too….” I trailed off, and looked at Dany, who seemed to be getting a bit impatient with hyper Megan who couldn’t sit still. “Okay.” Megan said, trying to sit still as I walked with Dany back to my office.
“I will try and get you the largest amount of money I can for this case that’s possible.” I said, smiling, and Dany smiled back as we sat down. “Or, maybe we could have her do some time in jail for assault with the knife…and I could definitely get a lot out of it for pain and suffering….” I said, and Dany was smiling. “You make a good lawyer!” He said, smiling. “You really don’t need to go through all that, but it’s really kind of you.” Dany said, smiling wider. “I haven’t had any good cases in a few weeks, so I need one.” I said, smiling back at Dany, and picked up the package Skye sent. “553 Riverside Avenue….” I read on the package. “That’s right up the road from here! I should go see her sometime!” I said. “If you want, we can go right now, I am not doing anything and I would like to see her again!” Dany said, and picked up a few files. “Sure! And Megan would love to see her!” I said, and I grabbed a few things and walked out the door with Dany, and called Megan, who came rushing over. “I know where Skye lives and we are going to go visit her!” I said, and Megan cheered. “Yay I can’t wait to see her again!” she said, jumping up and down.
We walked out the doors to the car, as Dany got in front with me. “Hey I wanna get in front!” Megan complained. “Too bad!” Dany said, laughing. “GRR!” Megan said, and hopped in back. I turned on the car, and smiled at Dany, who smiled back and we drove off. I drove up the road, and up the hill to Skye’s house. It was a large white two-story house, with a lot of pretty flowers in front. We all stepped out, and Skye was out front. Megan ran over to Skye and glomped her. “Hiya Skye! It’s me, Megan!” she said. “Wait….OMG MEGAN!” she glomped her back, and then looked toward Dany and I. “Wait….Annie?” she asked and stared. “Yup!” I said, and she glomped me. “I haven’t seen you people in so long!” she said. “I got your Manga book!” I said. “Yay!” Skye said. “And who’s that?” Skye said, looking at Dany. I prepared myself and told her. “That’s Dany!” I said. “You’re kidding me….” she said, and started to grind her teeth. “…..RAWR!” she yelled, and picked up a newspaper off of the ground and hit him on the face with it. Dany fell back onto the lawn and stared back up at Skye who looked mad. Megan started to laugh her head off and I laughed a bit and walked over to Dany. “Are you ok?” I asked, as Skye became angrier and grabbed a small rock off of the ground and chucked it at him. “Skye! STOP!” I wailed, laughing at the same time, and Megan sitting there, rolling around on her stomach like a mental patient. “I am sorry, she is crazy!” I said, helping Dany up. Dany smiled at me, and then looked at Skye, and then proceeded to chase her around. “NOOOO!” Skye wailed as Megan and I watched, laughing.

Chapter 9
I watched as Skye ran faster and then tripped and fell face-first into the lawn, causing Dany to collide into her and fall on top of her. “Err…..Skye?” Megan said, staring. “Ow….” Skye moaned, and then turned her head to see Dany on top of her. “Get off of me you pervert!” Skye wailed and then got up, brushing the dirt off of her long purple Japanese kimono she was wearing. I stared at Dany who got up and then apologized to Skye but then quickly reminded her about how she just chucked rocks at him and slapped him with a newspaper, and which caused Skye to yell at him and then him to yell back. “So….what should we do next?” I said, trying to change the subject so Dany and Skye would shut up and stop yelling at each other so no more problems would be caused. Megan glanced over and then saw a statue of Shuichi and Ryuichi in Skye’s yard, and ran over to glomp Shuichi. I stared at Megan who was now all over Skye’s statue. “Err………Megan?” Skye asked staring weirdly at her. “Yes?” Megan said, smiling happily. “Never mind….” Skye said, rolling her eyes, then slapped Dany, and walked over to me, while Dany stared with a WTF look plastered on his face.
“I have the idea to maybe go to a restaurant or something….I know a few around here” Skye said. “Ok, sounds like fun!” I said. Dany walked over to me, rubbing his red face. “Want to go with us out to dinner?” I asked Dany. “I would love to!” He said, and Skye moaned. “Let’s all get ready!” I said. “Yay!” Skye said, and then walked into her house with Dany and I following. “You can’t come in!” Skye barked at Dany. “Please Skye? Let him in!” I said. “Oh ok…..just don’t ruin my house!” Skye said. “Thanks.” Dany said, smiling, as we walked to Skye’s room and she showed us around a bit. It looked somewhat like her old house. Skye got out a long red dress, went into the bathroom to try it on, and then came out. “It’s so pretty!” I said.
“Um….Annie….I think we have a problem…” Dany said, looking around. “What?” I asked. “Where’s Megan?” Dany said, looking out the window. “She would have come in by now….we forgot all about her!” Dany said. Skye put on a bit of makeup, and walked out. “Ok, I am ready, now let’s find Megan, she should be around here somewhere. She’s probably just playing tricks on us to see if we would notice to yell at us. Or maybe she’s still with the Shuichi statue.” Skye said, throwing out ideas. I looked around. Let’s go find her!” I said, running downstairs and outside. “Megan?” I yelled. No response. I looked over by the statue. No one there. “This is bad….” Dany said.