Chapter 5.

The First Phone Call

Matt and I were just talking in the upstairs rock room (a room where I have all my parties at) when the first phone call came from the person who would make my life and everyone around me lives a living hell.

(Phone ringing in the distance room somewhere anyway.)

Mandy: (yelling) I'LL GET IT!

Ice: (yelling back) OKAY!

Mandy: (on phone) Hello?

Caller: Is this Mandy?

Mandy: Yes it is. Who is this?

Caller: So did you find Matt?

Mandy: Yes. How did you get this number?

Caller: Don't worry about that. What you should worry about is what's going to happen next.

(Caller hangs up and I put the receiver down slowly.)

Ice: Who was it?

Mandy: That's what I would like to know.

Ice: What did they say?

Mandy: They asked if I've found Matt yet and I asked how they got this number and they said I shouldn't worry about that but what's going to happen next.

Ice: What do you think that means?

Mandy: I wish I could tell you that.

Ice: But the thing is nobody knows this number but us and Vince and the people with the bank and stuff like that.

Mandy: Yeah Paula I know that. It's what I can't figure out. No one out of business knows the number.

Ice: Yeah it's weird. What did they sound like?

Mandy: Like a woman. She had a real soft feathery voice.

Ice: That's so weird.

Jeff: What's everybody doing in here?

Ice: Should we tell them?

Mandy: Not Matt.

Jeff: Tell us-me what?

Mandy: That I just got some weird phone call.

Jeff: What did they say?

Mandy: They asked about finding Matt.

Jeff: Anything else?

Mandy: I asked how they got this number and they told me not to worry about it but I should worry about what's going to happen next.

Jeff: Whoa, we can't tell Matt.

Matt: Tell me what?

(We all looked at each other.)

Matt: What's going on?

Mandy, Ice, Jeff: Nothing.

Matt: Something's going on. I'm not stupid, something's going on and I want to know. NOW!

Mandy: I want to tell you but I can't.

Matt: Why? Baby, you can tell me anything and you know it.

Mandy: They said I shouldn't worry about how they got this number but what's going to happen next.

Matt: Oh my God! You can't stay here. It's not safe.

Jeff: She is safe don't worry about it.

Matt: No she's not safe because we don't know who this person is or what it's capable of.

Jeff: It's a woman and she's safe, believe me, Matt.

Mandy: Matt I'm safe don't worry okay. If they wanted to do something then she would.

Matt: But what if she does it when you don't expect it?

Mandy: Matt, don't worry. She's probably just some kid doing prank calls.

Matt: Okay. Okay, you're right. Jeff, we better go.

Jeff: You're right. Come on.

Ice: I better go too.

Matt: You don't live here?

Ice: No, I don't.

Matt, Jeff, and Ice walked to the door followed by me.

Matt: Kiss good-night?

Mandy: Yeah.

I gave Matt a light kiss on the cheek.

Matt: That's all I get?

Mandy: (whispering) for now anyway.

Matt: (whispering) lucky me?

Mandy: Yeah…..

Matt: (leans down and whispers in my ear) I love you.

Mandy: I know. I love you too.

Jeff: Come on lover boy.

Ice: See ya, Minda.