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'The Fancy Man and I'
Chapter 1
The four ladies sat in their living room, doing various things, Dorothy grading papers, Blanche doing her nails in the usual killer lady red, Rose doing a children's cross word puzzle and Sophia looking off into basically nothing when just that moment the doorbell rings, it rings again and Sophia says:
"Finally! a date for Dorothy!"
Dorothy looks at her mother like she's just gone insane (which you have to wonder) and she laughs and says:
"Ma, dates don't just show up at doors"
She gets up to go answer it and Blanche innocently says:
"They do for me"
Sophia starts to say something like a insult when Dorothy says:
"Ma! don't remember the 'home?"
Sophia shuts up and Dorothy answers the doorbell and a tall, redheaded man stands there, he has glasses on, Dorothy says:
"Yes, may we help you?"
Blanche gets up quickly and slithers over and says as she pushes Dorothy out of the way:
"I'll handle this Dorothy..."
Doroth just looks exhausted as Blanche considers another sexual conquest then she says:
"May I help you?"
The man smiles then says:
"My name is Lt. Caine, I'm with CSI: Miami"
He shows them his badge and Sophia says:
"What can we do for you copper?"
Dorothy is outraged and she yells:
"Ma!"
Lt. Caine just smiles and says:
"Which one of you is Blanche Devereaux?"
Everybody points to Blanche and she says:
"I am, how may I be of help?"
Sophia just can't help but saying:
"For starters, tell him the name of every pimp in town"
Dororthy face goes red and she walks over and says:
"I'm sorry, my mother has gone crazy"
Blanche says under her breath:
"And I'll put her back in the home"
Lt. Caine just smiles then as quickly his smile dissappears then he says:
"I'm sorry, we are here to ask you, did you know a Charles Blanco?"
The girls look at each other then the Lt. looks through his notebook then says:
"You may know him better as 'Coco'"
Blanche's eyes go wide and she says:
"That's my houseboy!"
Sophia says again:
"The boy is as fruity as a orange but he's no criminal!"
Dorothy wants to die but Lt. Caine just says:
"No, I'm sorry, he's dead"
You could hear everybody's heartbeat then and Blanche silently signals for him to come in, they all sit down and Lt. Caine asks:
"When was the last time any of you saw 'Coco'?"
Sophia speaks up and says:
"Two nights ago, we went to the dog tracks"
Rose speaks up:
"Are you sure he's dead, maybe he's out with the dogs"
The girls look at her then Blanche says:
"He's dead Rose or he wouldn't be here!"
Lt. Caine just looks around then asks:
"How do you know him ma'm?"
Blanche shoves a tear away then sniffles then says:
"As I said, he's my houseboy"
He gets out his notepad and writes some notes then asks again:
"How long?"
Blanche thinks hen says:
"George and I hired him about 5 years before he died so 6 years?"
He writes it down and Blanche proceeds to say:
"But after Gorge died, the money started dwindling so for the last 6 months, it was only when I could afford him, needed him or sometimes he would just show up and work for days!"
The girls comfort Blanche then she asks:
"How did you know where to find me?"
This time he smiles and says:
"In his apartment, he left a letter stating you as his only living relative"
Blanche goes in shock and Rose says:
"Blanche, I didn't know you and Coco were related"
She stutters then says:
"We weren't...there wasn't anybody else?"
He shakes his head then says:
"Not that we could find"
Dorothy then asks:
"Lt. Caine, how did Coco die?"
Everybody goes silent as they wait for the answer.