Literature

Chapter 1: Saving of a life in the works.

It was a cold wintery evening in Hull, the fire was nice and warm, and Kimberly was waiting in the window platform for her father. He has never come home late, but this evening he has taken more time than usual to come back. Danny her father is a Cardio Surgeon, he is one of the leading doctors in Hull, he is ranked in his country as well. Katherine, his younger sister has a birth defect, the day she was born her father passed away in an accident and her mother went into a shock this had affected her seriously. She had fainted while she was playing basketball in her school first the doctors thought it was a neurological problem, when Danny examined her, it was her heart that was affected.

Danny has been trying to find a heart which suits Cathy, she has been diagnosed with a serious heart valve problem, she has been waiting for a replacement for 3 years, and they finally found a donor.  Danny then called up Kimberly

‘Hey Kimberly we found a donor! Cathy is going to be much better with that replacement, it’s a perfect match’

Kimberly then replied in an excited manner

‘That is really nice Papa; I wish I could be there now! How is she doing? How long are you going to keep her there?

Her father then replies in a calm tone

‘A minimum of 3 months kiddo, after she gets the replacement we need to train her and make her accustomed to the new heart she has to undergo a lot before she gets back to her old self.’

Kimberly then replies in a soft low tone

‘Alright daddy, when are you coming back home? Mum has not come back from work either, so I am feeling lonely and bored.’

Danny then tells her that she could use his computer and do something on it. Donald is fondly called Danny, everyone they know call him Danny. Danny is very possessive with his things he has never allowed anyone to use his gadgets this is the first time he has allowed Kimberly to use his computer so she is excited and she screams loudly on the phone people far away from Danny could also here her on the phone

‘Thank you Daddy! Thank you!’

Kimberly played on Danny’s computer till about eight when her mum came back she helped her in making supper. She then informed her classmates that Katherine has got a donor and that she is going to take some time to get back to school.

Chapter 2: School and Graduation.

A week later Danny informed them that Catherine was doing much better she has been walking around very well as well. The next morning Kimberly had to leave to school; she met all her friends and informed them how she spent two weeks in her house and about Catherine’s miraculous recovery.

Kimberly classes were interesting. In her photography class she just learnt the panning technique as usual she scored a list of A’s in her web media class she has begun with advance  CSS coding. The only trouble she had in college was that she was not able to understand her advertisement class, and she reached home only by eight she had to look after Catherine she spoke to Danny and asked him

‘Daddy I am not able to handle the advertising class’s can you look after Catherine for like a day or two I really need to do good in it’

Danny thought for a while and then replied

‘I understand Kiddo, I can and I will for sure.’

Kimberly was happy that her father understood her. As soon as she went home she started to read and then she told herself

‘Hey this is really easy I had to just put some effort into understanding it’

Three months passed and she had finished writing her term papers and in a day’s time it was graduation.  She graduated and Catherine started school again she had a missed an entire semester she studied during the summer break as well so she could finish school up sooner. She missed a semester and she lost Kimberly in this process the time and space the spent apart created some problem.

While Catherine was studying in school Kimberly was researching for her doctorate is media, she was studying the impact of media on the youth. She also got into a good newspaper she worked for a paper called Communication For and From You.

Catherine got a job offer while she was studying her teacher really liked her graphic designs a lot, so he got her a job she was earning a lot being a student and her brother Danny was really happy with her.  She was hired to design the poster for the Media Conference, it’s the biggest media related event in the year, she had to make banners, posters and flyers for the event she had lots of fun doing it.

Chapter 3: Formation of Alliances

Kimberly and Catherine met each other in the media conference, they have not spoken to each other for at least 6 months they have been busy with work a lot. Both of them have been doing extremely well in their work. Kimberly was in her own world after it she was amazed at the technology available in the market, she then realised that she had been to a conference like this and she had got inspired to become a journalist, it was a day before her English Literature exam she was reading a poem written by Carol Dawn. The poem was about how time goes by while writing.

Michael her bosses son was also attending the conference. Kimberly recited the poem aloud

‘Time goes by like a wave, Minutes equal to seconds’

Michael heard her say that and then he continued the next few lines. Kimberly didn’t know Michael all she knew about him was that her boss Sandy has a son named Michael. He then introduced himself

‘Hello Kimberly I am Michael, your boss’s only son. You must have heard a lot about me, some of it might be true but most of it would be wrong.’

Kimberly then interrupted him by saying

‘Alright fine, I need to buy something so you can leave; I need to get back to work and actually work’

Michael then replied

‘Just because my dad is my boss, doesn’t mean I do not work, I have graduated from a good school with a computer science degree.’

Michael and Kimberly went separate ways in the fair Kimberly used her boss’s blank cheque and got some equipment for her computer at work.

Sandy, her boss always told her that if she wanted to listen to music, he would give her his player as he doesn’t use it. He had bought the player for Michael’s birthday, to his amazement he did not know that his son has a player which is better than this one. Sandy likes to spoil people he cares about immensely and it is clearly seen with both Michael and Kimberly.

Kimberly then went back home she was contemplating

‘Michael and I are two very different people all our tastes are different music, food and almost everything except that both of us are into photography and that both of us play games on our computers’

Michael has loved to play games and he started making games at a young age of twelve. Since then he aim has been to make his own games and become famous by making his games and not by his father nor by the paper.

Sandy has been thinking of a way in which he could promote Kimberly, he then realised that he has always had an idea of making a News Channel and in about a month’s time he setup the channel ‘Red News’ Kimberly was made the assistant editor of the channel.

Her old school was starting a radio show so they required her help; on the day she was handing her resignation letter to Sandy he announced the starting of the news channel and her new position in the channel. With the raise she got she could buy almost anything she wants, so she bought herself a new house. Her parents also moved in to the new house. The house had to be names and she asked Sandy about it he told Dream Inn sounds nice, Michael then interrupted

‘Red Inn makes more sense dad; she got the house after all because of Red News.’

Sandy and Kimberly agreed with him and they named the house, it took about a week for them to settle into the new house.

Chapter 4: Rendezvous

Not many people were subscribing to the new news channel they required some help from an advertising company. Sandy was wondering which company he should contact; Kimberly suggested that Catherine’s company might be able to do it. She told Sandy that she would organise a meeting.

Kimberly then called Catherine and asked her

‘Hey Catherine, is this a good time to talk to you? I need your expertise help, I am the assistant editor of Red News and we need your designing skills could we meet up some place?’

Catherine then replied

‘Yeah, sure when and where do you want to meet up? Remember Café Action? Can we go there?’

Michael took Kimberly to Café Action, he explained what exactly what his father wanted. Catherine was given a week’s time to design the advertisement. Monday through Saturday she mailed Sandy her designs on the Saturday he accepted her design.

Sandy was very pleased he had no clue how to thank Kimberly he offered her a raise but she declined the offer, so he threw her a party. He invited people from leading media companies and also Kimberly’s parents. The party was well organised in a short duration of time, Sandy dedicated a toast to Kimberly and to her success as well. Catherine was very happy as she made Kimberly happy after a long, long time. Catherine was not accustomed to such an environment, everyone was happy and she was really enjoying the party as well, people whom she had heard about while studying she met them and people recognised her, everything was perfect for her right now.

Kimberly then observed that Michael was speaking to Sandy, and he seemed to be happy. She asked Sandy

‘Hello Sir, thanks a lot. May I know why you are so happy?’

Sandy then replied in a very happy tone

‘Micha wants to have a gaming related show on Red News. I am not too sure about that, the target audience is a bit too narrow I think’

Kimberly interrupted in the middle

‘That would be a great idea boss! The target audience is the youth! The youth drives our country! Youth will drive our channel; people will want our channel in other countries as well’

To their amazement the gaming section had several hits online and the subscription list went even higher, Catherine designed the ads for the campaign as well. Michael and Kimberly had something else in common ‘Red News’. Both of them helped Red News a lot. Her editorial skills were amazing and she has acquired a unique technique to put the right word at the right time and place.

Kimberly hadn’t used her web design skills for quite a while, so she designed a web page which taught media related services, such as photography, a bit of graphic design coincidentally it was named Right time and place.

Chapter 5: Warm Surprises

Kimberly was about filling her accounts and then it struck to her that Michael’s birthday was just around the corner. She wondered what she could give him. While she was busy thinking, Michael was admiring her in the corner of the door. Michael dropped a vase and he then went running away. She then thought that a surprise party would be ideal. She invited most of Michael’s school mates and Sandy of course and her parents as well. The surprise party went off well and then Michael surprised her, he proposed to her in front of everyone and she was really happy that she started to cry happy tears. That was a clear sign that she had agreed, and the immediately ran out and then talked for  hours together they hadn’t realised that it was two in the morning and that the entire party had cleared out.

Michael dropped Kimberly back to Red Inn and her father was very happy for her. While Donald was waiting for Kimberly to come back home he was thinking about Catherine and that she has had a tough time with both her work and her life.

The next morning when Kimberly went to work the first question Sandy had was

‘When are you two love birds getting married?’

Michael jus came into the workplace and both of them gave the same response at the same time

‘We have not yet decided.’

Michael and Kimberly during their lunch break decided that they would get married on the 29^th of October. They choose this day because they had met for the first time on this day. The wedding was just two weeks in ahead so they decided on a simple wedding. They had a registrar wedding and they threw the reception party in Red Inn, both of them looked really good together. Kimberly had invited her immediate family which included her grandmother, aunt and parents. Sandy on the other hand invited many people as he always does.

Sandy after all loves to spoil his son and now his daughter in law rather his new daughter Kimberly. He has a habit of calling people by their nick name and he asked Kimberly and she told him that her mates in school use to call her Kimmy and so he started to call her Kimmy. Sandy gifted them a Nissan Skyline; it was a long bluish grey in colour car. Kimberly laughed she always felt that her father’s car looks the best. She was in a confused state, she had to pick between her parents and her new parents in law.

Kimberly then went and asked Sandy, even before she could finish her question Sandy approved to it. Sandy then told her that her they could stay in the same house and that he wouldn’t have a problem with it. Sandy’s wife was really sweet and kind Kimberly then thought in her mind

‘I felt as though I was in my own home with two sets of parents who love me equally.’

Before Kimberly and Michael left for their honeymoon, Kimberly called up Catherine and to ask how she is doing. Catherine was upset she felt with her mother at her home. Kimberly not understanding the gravity of the situation asked Catherine whether she has an admirer or a man of her own, little did Kimberly know that this traumatized Catherine immensely.  Catherine them cut the call hastily, she had nothing to else to say.

Kimberly then left for her honeymoon, they got advanced Christmas holidays. Sandy looked after Red News he hired substitutes for about two weeks. Kimberly and Michael returned back to their jobs. Sandy wanted to get more subscribers; they had lost many during these two weeks. So Kimberly and Michael organised an event to purely promote Red News. The company deserved it after all without it they wouldn’t have met. So, they started a class on their channel, Kimberly teaching web design and Michael teaching on how to make games. They put their heart and soul into it and they got even more subscribers now.

Chapter 6: Oh Dear! Catherine!

While the married couple were having all the worlds happiness, Catherine was lonely she had no one to look up to and she wasn’t doing well even at work her boss was really upset with her. So she took off for a while she went driving all around the country looking for some inspiration, so that she could make better designs. She went to at least 5 different cities and it didn’t help her one bit. She hadn’t understood herself, she was not lacking inspiration, she was lacking a man in her life she is going to turn 29 real soon and she is still single.

Catherine followed the advice of some of her friends, she went on to blind dates none of them worked, she tried a minimum of 10 men and none of them were her type.  She was getting even more worked up.  When she got back to work, she was really depressed she stressed herself  a bit too much and got a heart burn, she had to go back to the hospital and get admitted as she over stressed her body to perform better when it can’t.  Donald was angry with her now as well and many more people in her family.

Catherine then thought what if she met her donor’s family; she might find a friend at least, so she contacted the hospital and got the donors address. She was a bit hesitant, she was waiting in her car near the beach observing the donor’s house she did that for about an hour. She finally got the courage and the strength to go and talk to the donor’s family. She didn’t know what mess she was getting into, the donor’s husband didn’t want to meet her, when she rang the bell and when she was waiting for him to open the door she felt a connection and she felt a spark. They went out for about a month and then he left her she was even worse.

Meanwhile Kimberly was expecting and her mother in law threw a baby shower, Kimberly invited Catherine, she felt really sad after seeing her depressed so she took her to Café Action, when Catherine was picking up their orders of two decaf coffees from the main counter she looked at a man whom she recognised. She kept quiet and went back to her table; he observed her she observed him. Kimberly observed them doing this, so she went to the man and his table and she was amazed to find out that he was her classmate in her high school class, Charlie. So, after this she introduced him to Catherine, she looked at him for a while and he did the same, and the silence was clear that they knew each other. Not only did they know each other they were going out with each other and they clicked so well.

Kimberly helped Catherine for the second time and she is doing really better. She leaves them alone so that they can talk without any restrictions. Catherine asked about him and the profession he has taken up so he replies

‘Cathy I am the basketball coach in our old school I earned a lot and now I don’t have the energy to work for a software firm anymore so I took this up, you know they have not had a coach since the year we left? Isn’t that odd?

Catherine then replies in an excited tone

‘I didn’t know! So, umm you must have heard about me and my company? I am on an untimed sabbatical, I have not been keeping that well. So, umm what else is with you? I have heard about you a bit, you have not changed at all, why are you back in my town? Sorry our town.’

Charlie then replied

‘Actually the reason is you, I read about you in London and I felt something when I saw you, so I came! Umm yeah it is really true! That I own a multinational company I am sick of working as well’

Catherine again in an excited tone

‘Oh! I had read about you in Red, I mean my nieces old paper! I also feel the same!’

Five days later, Catherine met Charlie and he proposed he said in a very joyous manner

‘Good old times! I want to marry you! I still feel the same about since then! Please, please marry me!’

Catherine and Charlie get married on the Sunday in their Church, Kimberly is her brides made and she is going to be a mother real soon.

The whole family, Donald’s entire family is under one roof, his daughter’s little family, her parents in law, the newly weeded couple Catherine and Charlie and his wife and mother as well. His family couldn’t be more perfect.

Four days later Donald is a grandfather, Red Inn is full of laughter and he has a granddaughter, Rachael, she has the same blond hair as her parents and she looks like an angel. Kimberly is doing well and she has come on the cover of a leading international magazine, which incidentally Sandy owns. Donald is soon going to retire; he wants to become a consultant.

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Bennigton Carlton A Story

Characters in the story-

·Mr. Bennigton Carlton-the hero,
·The Butler a guy from Puerto Rico Carlos Codas and his wife Senora Codas,
·His daughter Kate named after his late wife Kate,
·The bus driver,
·Kate’s best friend Rivan,
·The Hijackers who work for ‘The Young Strikers’,
·Canate Striker the son of the villainous gang the Strikers.

‘God I wish you can help me I am confused please help me’ whispered the bus driver. What else could he have done when his bus had got hijacked?’ Don’t move!’ said the hijacker. One of the travellers, a tall man, with an impeccable style said, ‘What else can we do? That was Mr. Carlton. The hijackers immediately reacted by pointing the gun at Mr. Bennigton Carlton, they shot him he acted as if he were dead. The hijackers took his umbrella up and opened it, a gas came from it and everyone laid unconscious Mr. Carlton put his mask immediately and called the police, he left a sign near the bus a piece of wood, a C engraved on it.

Mr. Carlton gets up all through the week at about 6, he takes his black Horse ‘The Knight’ for a ride in his backyard, he also teaches his daughter on alternate days. Later on he has his breakfast, which consists of 3 fried eggs and a glass of apple or orange juice. After all that, he reads the paper with his mother, who is 78 years of age. Mrs Carlton is an ever excited woman. Carlos Codas is his butler a man from Puerto Rico whose family has been a part of the Carlton household for several generations. He keeps the house clean and also takes care of Kate like his own daughter.

Carlton has cultivated a habit of picking his daughter Kate up from school; after what happened to his wife, he never wants to take a chance again. Kate’s mother had died when Kate was only a year old. A murderous gang, The Young’s, had aimed to kill Bennington, but had missed and killed her instead.

Kate is a young and charming girl of 16 years of age she is getting ready to go to her school dance. She is going out with her good friend Rivan, a handsome young man whom she has known since she was in pre-school. Kate looks just like her mother, she is tall and she got that from her father. She is interested in several forms of art. She wants to learn photography from her father, but he is always busy with his work and the only time she spends with Carlton is when she is being dropped to school. When it comes to style she usually buys expensive designer wear, and she never wears makeup as her father says that pretty girls should never ruin their faces by applying makeup. Senora Codas is like a mother to her, she has taught Kate a lot about life and also how to paint when she was very only about 8 years of age.

Carlton had a very important business deal; he was to design the furniture for a multinational company, The Strikers, a software designing firm which is number 1 in the country. The company is starting a new centre and Acratantavia since it does not have any other company of this sort. Mr. Carlton and the others on Robin Lane decided that the kind of furniture used in the head rooms such as Managing directors, Creative directors and others will have the same kind that is the view that is seen from their respective window. He showed them a sketch for the design, his style is impeccable, he is going to use leather and print the view onto it, and he took pictures of the view so that he could make the design as soon as he could.

Mean while when the business deal was being finalised, Kate was shopping for the school dance. Her grandmother and Mrs. Codas helped her select an appropriate dress. Kate loves to wear white, she probably tried about 20 dresses and she did not like the fit on any of them. So her grandmother went looking for a dress and she found a very pretty one, a white and blue halter gown which was embellished with stones in the neck area. Kate then realised that she did not have a matching pair of high heels and jewellery for it so she went looking for those she found so much she did not what to choose from, that she took almost 2 hours to find one. She selected a white 3 inch heels which had a blue colour bow which matched perfectly. After which she asked her grandmother for jewellery, so they went to a shop which was very close to their house. Kate doesn’t like real diamonds and gold she prefers something artificial. She finally selected a pearl set which has a blue stone which matched her dress perfectly.

In the meeting they decided a fawn computer table with black armed chairs for all the workers, the tables were designed according to the floor space available. Suddenly the phone rang in the during the meeting, Kate had called Mr. Carlton asking if she could use his credit card as the dress was more than what she was given, at first he did not agree, so Kate handed the phone to her grandmother she made him understand that Kate is looking gorgeous in the dress and that she looks just like her mother, so he agreed to it and Kate used the card. After Bennigton came back from Robin Lane he saw his daughter dressed with the beautiful dress he was shocked after seeing his little angel who was piggy backed to her first day at school has grown up so much that she looks like a princess who is going to attend a royal ball. Kate waited for for Rivan in the outhouse. When he arrived he was amazed looking at Kate, Rivan was left speechless looking at his reaction he was surprised more than Mr. Carlton.

Kate and Rivan left for the dance, in Rivan’s convertible. The school was a few kilometres away so they had to drive to it, Rivan had put Kate’s favourite song ‘The very first look’ an old song which has been on the charts since they were kids. They had around 2 to 3 dances and the slowest which was the best, they looked like as though they were a couple sent from heaven. It was already very clear that they would be crowned as the King and Queen and so they were, almost everyone in the hall took their photo as soon as they were crowned, they were of the opinion that both of them are going to be the richest couple in a few years. The father and daughter duo had a memorable day.

The next day Bennigton asked Kate what is Rivan’s surname, she replied-Rivan Young, he asked her another question if he is related to the ‘The Young’ she said that he is related to it as well. After that he told her that, he has got a big deal with their new company which they are starting here. Rivan and Kate have decided to go to the same college. Rivan arrived when Bennigton was asking these questions. Kate blushed a little and also giggled. Senora Codas asked ‘What is so funny to laugh about?’ a few seconds passed and then Kate went running outside to see Rivan to go looking for colleges that they could enrol in. After a while Carlton started to finalise the deal he then got labour and material to make the furniture. Carlos Codas his informed him that the Young are a part of the Strikers. They are the ones who have been working for the Strikers against their will. Bennington and Carlos got a good idea of drawing a thin line between the Young and the Strikers by using their children Canate Striker, Rivan Young and his own Kate.

They thought for while and they made a plan. The plan was to build up a relationship triangle between Kate with both Canate and Rivan. Canate would inform his mother while Rivan would inform his father about it. Thus a fight was eminent. So the plan should have been smooth sailing, but instead Rivan somehow gets to know about this and he almost ruins the entire plan. Somehow things got right but then the Strikers are suspicious of Kate and they get a hunch that she is up to something bad. After all that happens, Strikers and the Youngs start to fight, so they split up. The next day Kate and Rivan met up in a coffee store nearby they had a long talk about their relationship. Rivan was upset that Kate hadn’t informed him of her father’s plan, she told him that she got to know about everything that the Strikers had done to her family and that they have to be dealt with so that they understand that doing bad never leads to anything good over the long run. He understood they then left to get supplies for their college. On the way they noticed a familiar face on the road, it was Carlos Codas, he told them to drive home as fast as they can because both of them are in danger. They reached home and they stayed in Carlton’s study room.

Carlos Codas then informed Carlton about this, so at this vulnerable point, Codas weakened the Youngs while Carlton weakened the Strikers. The head of the Striker committed a blunder, he killed his own wife and son so that he could escape Carlton’s plan. But his escape failed Carlos got their at the right time and both of them caught him and tied him up to the entrance. Carlton left all the evidence at the door step so that Striker would finally pay the price for his misdeeds. Carlton also left a piece of wood with a ‘C’ engraved on it. The next morning when he read the paper, the headline was Mysterious Ms. C has done it again, he laughed after reading this he told everything to Kate and she understood him accurately.

The Youngs finally lead a normal stable life, Rivan and Kate made a house for themselves near the college they joined so that they could live with each other. After both of them completed their college, they joined Carlton’s company; they brought a lot of success to the company. They are world renowned company, they have over a 100 branches in the country selling the latest designs in furniture. Carlton taught Kate photography during the winter and she has her own photography gallery, where people of all ages and cultures visit and contribute to her vast collection. Kate and Rivan got married after ten years they finished their studies and They demolished the building of the multinational software company and they built an old age home their, with that much of floor space they helped several families.

Rules are meant to be broken

Characters of the play

Jodi Parker

Matt Sandburg

Catherine Parker- Jodi’s mother, she takes care of her
until she turns 18.

Mitch Parker- Jodi’s father, Jodi has not seen him
much as he left when she was only 7 years of age.

Stephen Sandburg- Matt’s parents, owners of a
world renowned magazine E! Talk.

Scene 1

Stephen’s cabinet (Left of the stage)

Stephen: Next person
please! Come on in young lady. Sit down, so what is your name? What have you
done so far? Where have you studied? What have you studied? Do you have the
answers to all these questions?

Jodi: Yes sir, I do. I am Jodi Parker. I was the
editor of my schools magazine for 4 long years. I have studied in U Texas, I
have majored in Journalism and I am from Manhattan.

Stephen: Are you the same Jodi Parker who lived next
to my old house in Manhattan?

Jodi: Yes sir, I am not too sure sir, I left that house
when I was 12 after that…….. well it’s a long story not worth hearing.

Stephen: Matt come in will you! Look who has come for
our interview! It’s your own Jo!

Enters Matt he is amazed when he looks at her.

Matt: Hey Jo! What have you been doing? Its been ages
since I saw you! You have not changed one bit! You still have your car pendant
with you!

Jodi: Somethings can never change Matt! I have gone
all around the world clicking photos for magazines, now I seriously need to
settle down.

Matt: Show me homie! I mean I want to see your photos.

Jodi: Yeah sure, can I show them to your father first?

Stephen: Oh yes Jo show me! We really need a good
photographer, we have been using the same photographer for years, I think since
the time you two were kids.

Matt: How are they dad? She was good those days as
well.

Stephen: They are really good, can you take her to the
design room and show her your page designs, after that you can take her to the
release of Nissan’s new car we can add a section on luxury cars! We have to
evolve right?

Matt: Hey can we like integrate the car unveiling and
the after party as well, right? We can like have it like a feature or something
right? That would be wicked.

Jodi: I like that I really, really like that! So you
are creative still!

Stephen: Yeah, yeah quit talking and starting moving!
Deadlines, you got to meet deadlines!

(Jodi and Matt move
to the other side of the stage heading towards his cabin. Matt is talking to
her on the way to his cabin)

Matt: So, Jo what else have you been up to? I just
started here about a week back so I’m trying to get use to the place. We’ll
sure have a lot of fun here.

Jodi: Whatever! Hurry up, remember what your dad said?
Deadlines, we need to meet deadlines!

(Both of them sit
down and Matt opens a cupboard full of E! Talk magazines)

Matt: These are all the magazines which are really
worth the read, are you use to clicking pictures of models and beware of the
others at work they are picky when it comes to clothes, so try to stick with
brands.

Jodi: Are you like trying to make me go bankrupt? I
don’t buy branded never! Ever!

Matt: I really need to take you shopping cause you are
gonna work for E! Talk so you have to look good. After the shoot and the party
lets got to the mall, you so need a wardrobe change!

Jodi: That’s fine with me, but I can’t buy weird
colors like Pink and light blue it looks odd on me and I feel odd looking at
myself.

Matt: That is alright, I also don’t like uggy colors
like that. So what is your phone number? I do not want to lose you again!

Jodi: Uhh huh ok. So here you go. So when is the event
actually? Do I need to change into something appropriate now?

(Jodi and Matt go to
the dressing room and she changes into a black velvet gown)

Scene 2

Catherine Parker comes inside and starts to enquire about her daughter

Catherine: Can I please speak to your editor? My
daughter came here for an interview and I don’t know if she has got in or not.
Could you please find out and let me know as soon as possible?

Stephen: I am
the editor, who are you looking for?

Catherine: My daughter, Jodi. You look very similar!
Have I seen you somewhere before?

Stephen: Are you Catherine Parker? I was your neighbor
a long time ago!

Catherine: Yes I do remember you! How are your wife
and your son?

Stephen: Your daughter is with my son now in his room,
let’s go there. Your husband works for us, I always ask about you and Jo.

Catherine: Really! I don’t have a husband, I mean I have
been single since Jo was 10, he left both of us.

(Enters Mitch and is surprised
to look at Catherine he is left speechless)

Stephen: Hello Mitch do you remember her?

Mitch: (Hesitantly)
Uhh yeah, I do. How….are…you? How…is…my a baby girl?

Catherine: She is fine I am fine. Your baby girl is in
with Matt. I mean she got in here she is really good at photography.

Mitch: Oh that is really nice. Let’s go and see her.

Catherine: Can I talk to you in private Mitch?

Mitch: Yes sure,

Catherine: Why did we divorce? Was it because of
something either of us did? Or was it something else?

Mitch: Let us deal with this later cause I want to see
my baby girl. I have not seen her for 10 years.

Catherine: Ok alright. Let’s talk later! Our baby girl
has grown up a lot she still wears the pendant you gave her. The car one. Let’s
go! Now! Soon!

Scene 3

(Mitch, Catherine and Stephen come inside Matt’s cabin. All of them are
surprised)

Mitch: Oh my God! Look at my girl! She is not a girl!
She is so, so oh I don’t know what to tell!

Jodi: Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy! Where have you been?
I have done so many things and I am into photography!

Mitch: Yes I know Jod! I am the head of the
photography team here.

Jodi: Oh Daddy! I am in your department now!

Mitch: Oh! So you are replacing me! The mag is really
in good hands now!

Stephen: So I take it that you have stepped down, and
you agree that we have got a good replacement?

Mitch: Yes, yes I am as sure as I can be. Oh Jodi! I
really wish I had my camera with me now, I want to treasure this moment.

Catherine: Hey Mitch can we talk now? After all these mushiness
is over?

Mitch: You could not stand me clicking so many photos,
you made me sign the agreement and you gave me a deadline to get out after Jod
turns 10. I have been single since then as well. I already had a family which
was you and Jodi and now I am empty and I am sick of clicking photos. I am
getting old and so is my style so now you know exactly why I left. It was you
and not me!

Jodi: Mum always told me that you left us because you
were sick of living with her. Oh so now I get it why she came with me here. She
didn’t want me to get in here because of photography.

Stephen: So that is why your photos are so drab and
dull!

Jodi: Enough of the drama, I need to go for the shoot
now you can continue all the drama you want to! C’mon Matt lets go we’ll get
late if we stay here to see this show!

Matt: Don’t you want to know your daughter? What kind
of a father are you?

Jodi: Matt! Now! Let us go!

Matt: Event can wait, family first work is next. Dad’s
rules! You love following them don’t you?

Catherine: Ok, fine lets sit down and discuss. Drag
some chairs around so we can talk in a group.

Matt: Since she is the head of photography, Mitch can
you like get back together?

Jodi: Stop being creative Matt. Don’t butt in when
adults are talking, rule number 3.

Stephen: (Sarcastic
tone) Ok, so stop picking me and my rules, the magazine is very successful
thanks to my rules.

Catherine: Rules are meant to be broken! Getting back
to the point, Matt had a good point.

Mitch: Jodi baby you look so beautiful! Where did you
study? What camera do you use? Is it one of those cameras with an LCD and chips
inside for storing the pictures?

Jodi: Yes Daddy, I have one of those hi-fi cameras. It
is just like the one you gave me but the chip helps in storing the photo and
the LCD shows a preview so we can click more and better daddy. Sometimes
technology changes only a bit. I set the same shutter and aperture size.

Catherine: Things change Jo and so do people because
of technology. Some become old and lame because of technology.

Matt: I am really amazed Jo you actually know the
technical stuff, you so need to teach me!

Jodi: You better stick with your stuff. Daddy do you
want to go home? We have a new home its bigger than the old one. You could stay
in a room of your own!

Mitch: Oh, I will baby girl. If, your mother has no
problem with it.

Jodi: I don’t think she will have a problem or
something. I need you and she will get it.

Mitch: Why don’t you live with me? Its right opposite
this. Can you see the house there?

Jodi: Yes daddy. Mom can I go? I have spent 10 years
of my life with you! Can I at least spend some time with him?

Catherine: Ok fine, go already this is way too mushy for
me to handle.

Matt and Stephen together: Yay! We did it! We did it!

Jodi, Mitch and
Catherine all give a very surprising look.

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Hope you like it.
Cheees Deepa

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