The Diary of Dana Stowe

by Hahnlover27

A journal, a murder, a killer on the loose, a friend’s determination, a broken heart, a child’s tear. What happens when Dana gets murdered? Will there be a happy ending? PG13 for some cussing and a murderrape scene. R&R!

9. Chapter Nine Finding Dana

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"The Diary of Dana Stowe" By: Dr.StoweWannabe27

Chapter Nine- Finding Dana

The detective questioned Lu about everything she knew about Clementine. About her past and the relationship between the two of them. She only responded about the things she saw in the diary and the few times she had seen her at Dana's home. Then the detective questioned Nick. This took a little longer.

Nick and Lu were so tired and hungry they decided to leave for the day. They drove to Dana's house in hope of finding Dana there taking care of the kids. They got out of the car and saw that everything looked normal. They walked up to the door and rang the door bell a couple of times. Each time they received no answer.

A neighbor saw them and started to get worried because it was so late. She decided to go ask who they were. She walked up to them making sure it was safe with a bat in her hands and yelled at them, "Who are you?" Lu and Nick both jumped and turned. "Excuse me? But who are you?" Lu said rather irritated. "I'm a neighbor of Dana's. She's not home, what are you doing here?" She said tightening her grip. "You can put the bat down. I am Dana's best friend, Dr. Lu Delgado, and this is Dana's fiancée, Dr. Nick Biancavilla. We are here to check up on the kids and get some sleep." Lu said going for her I.D. signaling for Nick to do the same. They showed the neighbor their I.D.'s and the neighbor put down the bat. "I am Mrs. Nicole Rivera, Dana's neighbor. I live next door. Her kids and a boy, I think his name is Mike," "Marc, I am his mother." Lu interrupted. "Okay, well they are with me at my house. Clementine left them at my house about 1:30 today saying she had some business to attend to that she didn't want the kids to know about." "Can we see them?" Nick asked. "Sure, follow me." She let them in her house and told them the kids were in the living room sleeping. Lu and Nick ran into the living room wanting to see the kids. They sighed at seeing Marc and Annie sleeping on the couch and Louise in the stroller.

Marc stirred and opened his eyes. "Mom!" Marc got up and ran to his mom. "Where were you guys? I was so worried." Marc said hugging his mom harder. "Don't worry I will tell you later but right now we have to get to Dana's house to get some sleep." Annie woke up hearing Lu's voice. "Mommy?" Annie asked into the silence still half asleep. Lu walked over to her and stroked Annie's forehead. "No, honey, it's Auntie Lu and Nick. Go back to sleep." She waited till Annie fell asleep again and walked away to ask Nicole something.

"Excuse me, but you wouldn't know if Dana has a secret key under the door mat or anything?" "Nope, she doesn't, but I have the key to her house for when ever she goes away. I will open the door for you is you like." "That will be great. Thanks."

Nick heard this and went to pick up Annie. He told Marc to push Louise's stroller and Lu to go with Nicole. Nicole opened the door to the house and helped them get settled. She warned them that she'd be watching and left locking the door behind her.

"Nick maybe I should get the girls ready for bed and you take Marc and find some of your clothes that you leave here." "Okay, sure. Come on Marc." Nick said yawning heading for Dana's bed room. Lu woke up Annie and told her to get her pajamas on. She saw Annie go down the hall to her bathroom. She then picked up Louise trying not to wake her. She walked slowly and into Louise's bed room. She changed her diaper and put some nice pajamas on her.

Louise woke up and started crying before Lu was finished dressing her. "Oh, stop crying, baby." Dana had once told her that singing made Louise stop crying. She held her in her arms, made sure no one was looking because she didn't want to draw any attention and sang to Louise.

"Hush little baby, don't say a word/ Mama's going buy you a mocking bird/ and if that mocking bird doesn't sing/ Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring...." Louise fell asleep and Lu finished dressing her. Lu put Louise in her crib and shut the door lightly. "Nice singing Lu." Nick said waiting outside the door. "Thanks, I've had practice. Did you find Marc some clothes?" "Yeah, I didn't have any clothes that might fit him so I took one of Dana's big t-shirts and let him use it." "Thanks, I will go to my apartment tomorrow and get some clothes for Marc and me. I think we will be staying a bit longer than we imagined. Well, I will go change into the pajamas I used last night." She took off down the hall and into the room. Nick waited in the kitchen while making some tea for Lu and himself, which Peter taught him to make when he was still working in RWHC, that was suppose to help you calm down and relax.

Lu came back and took the cup of tea being offered to her. She pulled up a chair and sat across from Nick. "Nick," "yeah, Lu?" "How are they going to find Dana?" "I don't know, I just wish this situation would have never happened." "Me either. But then, how will we tell the kids Dana is missing, Clementine is dead, and we are staying here a couple of nights without Dana." "I thought you would know. I haven't been thinking about that. My mind has been set on Dana all day. I just hope she turns up soon and safe. That could have been her today. It just makes you think about the people you love." "I totally agree, Nick." They sipped from their cups and put them in the sink.

"Who's sleeping where?" Nick asked remembering that Marc had taken over the bed and Annie and Louise were in theirs. "I guess I can go sleep with Marc and you can sleep on the couch. I will try to find some blankets and a pillow." Lu explained. "That will work. You can sleep I will get the blankets." "Okay, good night Nick." She gave him a hug and walked away.

Instead of falling straight to sleep Nick just sat on the couch and thought about the day. Wondering how Clementine's disguise looked so real. It bugged him. On the counter he saw Lu's purse and the diary next to it. "The diary, of course." He whispered to himself. He would read the diary. He got the diary and sat back down on the couch. He flipped through the pages and decided to read the first one that popped open. It stopped on February 24, 2003. He read:

February 24, 2004

Dear Diary,

Clementine and the girls have really gotten close over the past few months. It has made such a difference in our lives. She has really taken an interest in my research. The other day I saw her looking through my files. She ended up asking me about many of the things on it, so I don't think she really knows anything about it. I told her about Lu's rape seeking counsel on the trial and what to say on the stand. She ended up getting very mad at Kilner. Weird, it sounded like she knew him. Well, even if she did, I decided not to ask.

Nick and I are really hitting it off. He asked me to go away with him for a weekend in the Bahamas. I agreed and I am leaving the girls here with Clementine and Nicole will be dropping in everyday to check on them. I can't wait. Me, him, the warm Caribbean sea, and no interruptions. It will be so romantic. We will watch the sunset and go snorkeling, all while staying at the fabulous hotel, Atlantis. I'll write tomorrow!

(Then the word Nick with little hearts surrounding it)

Yours Truly, Dana.

Nick blushed at seeing his name surrounded by all the hearts. He blushed because that's the same kind of puppy love he had for Dana back then. He'd be thinking of her all day. He wanted to read another entry of Dana's. This time he looked for June 9, 2004. That's the day he proposed to her. "Here it is."

June 9, 2004

Dear Diary,

Nick proposed! He proposed! I am the luckiest girl in the world. I have two little girls and a new fiancée that I really love.

It all happened so suddenly. I never expected it. Nick asked for dinner at his place after my meeting. I showed up at his place and found out that he had cooked the dinner himself. I thought he wasn't much of a cook, but he surprised me because the food was delicious. After the food I asked what was for desert and he held me close and kissed me. From there we started having sex. I love the way he tells me he loves me and is gentle and delicate. Hmm, hmm, hmm.

Well, when we stopped I was lying there beside him and he turned over to his night table and took the ring out of the stand. He then turned and asked me. I was so happy, I was crying. The last thing I remembered from that night was that I kissed him and I fell asleep in his arms. It was the perfect evening. I can't wait to become Dr. Dana Stowe-Biancavilla!

Yours truly, Dana.

(I hope he never gets his hands on this. He he.)

Nick was in shock, though he felt quite satisfied. He then decided he better put away the diary before he gets into trouble with Dana for reading that. He put the diary back on the counter and fell asleep. The next day they would be finding Dana.

Lu woke up feeling rested enough to get on with the day. She realized it was 8:30 and Thursday. The kids were late to school and she was late for work. She hurriedly woke up Marc and Annie so they could get ready for school and then went for Nick. She passed Louise's bed room and decided she'd better check on her before she did anything else. She opened the bed room door and saw Nick on the rocking chair asleep holding Louise, which was also asleep. "This is too cute." She whispered with a smile on her face. She slowly walked up to them and tapped Nick on the shoulder trying not to startle him. He shrugged and opened his eyes. "Lu, good morning." He said yawning. Lu held out her hands to take Louise. "I should get ready, shouldn't I?" he said handing her Louise. "Yeah, I think so. We have to take the kids to school and then you and I should go to RWHC." Lu said getting a new diaper and a little out fit for Louise. Nick walked out of the room. Lu got Louise ready and took her out to the living room where she had instructed Marc to cook some breakfast.

"Marc, Louise is on the couch; keep an eye on her while I get ready." She settled Louise to her carrier on the couch and speeded off to get ready. "Annie, hurry." She said passing her bathroom. "Okay I am almost done." She heard from beyond the door. She went into Dana's room and got her clothes so she could change in the bathroom. She put on her pants and blouse and put her hair up in a clip. She had no make up with her so she put on some lip gloss she had in her purse and she was done. Coming out of the bathroom she bumped into Nick in front of the mirror. They both fidgeted with their clothing and hair and finished. "You know Nick; you are going to be a great dad to those girls." "Really, you think so?" "Yeah for sure. I saw in there with Louise. You two looked so cute together." She said teasing him.

They walked into the living room to find Annie getting her book bag and Marc sitting in front of the TV. "Did every one have breakfast?" Lu asked grabbing a piece of toast and some orange juice Marc made. "Yeah mom, every one except Louise, though." Marc answered. Nick went and took two bottles of formula from the refrigerator and the baby bag. "I got Louise's things." Nick yelled to Lu. Nick put the things by Lu's bag and got some breakfast. When they finished they got all the kids in Nick's car and drove first to Lu's apartment to get Marc's things and then to his school. "Bye Marc, here's a note." Lu said blowing him kisses and handing him the note. Every one in the car waved and then to Annie's school.

Both Nick and Lu were unfamiliar to Annie's school so they decided that they'd better get off with her. They parked and got the two sisters out of the car. "Annie, is there anything special we have to do when you are late?" "Yeah, you have to talk to the principal and explain to her why I was late." Annie answered Nick. Nick put a weird look on his face showing that he thought that was pretty weird. They all walked in together heading for the office. "Hi Ms. Hirsch!" Annie said walking up to the desk where a woman was typing on her computer. "Hi Annie, you are late today. You know what that means, you have to talk with Ms.Neon." "Okay, but look I want to introduce you to my aunt Lu and my soon to be dad." Annie said pointing at Lu and Nick. "Hi, nice to meet you," Nick said holding out his hand. Ms. Hirsch shook it and greeted Lu who was carrying Louise.

"If you want you may take a seat and Ms. Neon will see you in a moment." Ms. Hirsch directed them to the chairs outside the principal's office. "Why do they call her Ms. Neon?" Nick whispered in Lu's ear. Lu shrugged not knowing. After five minutes passed, the principal emerged from her office. "Stowe, Annie." "Here!" Annie said getting up. Lu and Nick stood up and walked into the office behind Annie. "Now I know why they call her that." Nick said laughing to himself. Because she wore neon colored suits everyday. "Please, take a seat." The principal said.

"Which one of you is Dr. Dana Stowe?" The principal asked eyeing the two seated in front of her. "Neither, I am Dr. Nick Biancavilla, Dana's fiancée and this is Dr. Lu Delgado, Dana's partner." Nick said. "Okay, well, I see that you two were bringing Annie here to school late. She was absent yesterday and late today. And it is school policy to ask why the children were late. So, any excuses?" The principal explained. "Well, Ms. Cinatti," Lu said eyeing the plaque with the name of the principal, ", yesterday Annie stayed home while Nick and I resolved a crisis that we needed to take care of and got home very late, around 3:30 in the morning. We picked up the kids from the neighbors and put them to bed. Unfortunately, Dana is out of town and we are not familiar with Annie and her sister's schedule and woke up late." Lu said making up a complete lie. "Well, while the kids were at the neighbors home couldn't the neighbor take them to school?" asked the principal. "No, she couldn't because she doesn't have a driver's license and we live about half an hour away." Nick said before Lu could react.

"Okay, Annie you may go to class now." The principal told Annie who was seated at the corner of the office. "Thank you, Ms. Cinatti. We look forward to another meeting." Nick said standing, holding back from completely laughing his head off. Lu and Nick got out of the office and left for RWHC. In the car they conversed on how they would tell everyone at RWHC that Dana is missing. And explain a theory on how it might have happened.

Lu and Nick both decided, after a long talk, that their theory would be that she got out to the car and she got kidnapped by a friend of hers who wanted to protect her, that was working for the FBI. Who disguised herself as Dana hoping to catch Kilner and bring him to justice for attempted murder. Unfortunately, the friend did not succeed but failed and paid with her life. Though, still they have not found Dana and hope that with the help of a search team they could find her.

They arrived at RWHC just a bit after 11:30. Lu took Louise out of the car seat and put her in the carrier Nick was carrying. They walked in the clinic doors to be greeted by an extremely angry Bob, who was taking over the shifts of both Dana and Lu with the help of some nurses. "Where have you been? You were supposed to be here at 7:00!" Bob yelled, getting the attention of most of the patients in the waiting area, walking over to Lu. Lu was in deep trouble in Bob's eyes.

"Well I've been busy, a sudden crisis, more like it, if you must know." Lu said walking right passed him, with Nick and Louise trailing behind her, over to Lana's desk. Nick decided that he would go sit with Lana in the receptionist area and entertain Louise. Bob followed Lu and continued to argue with her threatening her that if she came late like this again she'd be losing her job. Lu went into her office, Bob following, and put her stuff down. She then turned to Bob and yelled back, "If you cared to ask why I just had a sudden crisis I bet you'd be just like I am right now." Bob looked at Lu in confusion. "Why? Why are you having a crisis?" Bob calmed down.

"Well I was hoping you'd realize that Nick and Louise were here and Dana wasn't." "So, you're having an affair with Dana's boyfriend? And baby sitting her daughter at the same time." Bob interrupted. "No, I have just been up half the night at MGH thinking Dana was murdered by Kilner. But instead she is now missing and I am taking care of three kids who need to be waken up, fed, driven to school, and given love. Also, I am staying at Dana's home hoping to receive a call from her where ever she is and being a support for Nick who misses her and saw the other dead woman in the disguise of Dana. Making him think it was Dana got him all shaken up. And I have been put under so much stress with everything that I think my head will surely explode!" She screamed hoping to relieve herself of the tight knot in her stomach. Bob sat there and soaked in everything Lu said. "Okay, I am sorry; I bet I would be like you right now if I knew that was the situation. You can run your shift. Here is the patient coming up next. Though, at lunch, at 2:30, the three of you come up to my office." Bob told Lu having strong feelings toward Dana, he let her slide. He handed her the patient file and took off down the hall.

"What was that about?" Peter popped his head in the door, seeing Lu with her hand clutching her fore head as if she had a head ache. "I'll tell you later Peter."

The day went by slowly. When it came time for lunch Lu finished with her patient and went to get Nick. "Bye Maggie! I will see you next month!" Lu waved good-bye to her patient in the lobby. She walked over to the receptionist desk, "Nick, come on, we got to go see Bob." "You two go on, I'll keep little Louise. Oh! And ask Bob if there is any thing I can do to help with the situation I will." Lana said taking the carrier away from Nick and making a funny face, trying to make Louise laugh.

Lu and Nick sat in front of Bob's desk waiting for him to get off the phone. "Yeah, yeah, uh...huh, okay, bye." Bob clicks the phone down and faces them. He starts asking questions about what happened to Dana, it all sounded so weird to him. "Okay, so where is she now?" he asks nervously, because he had always had secret love for Dana. "Well, Bob, that's what we are trying to find out." Nick says. "We should call a search team and track her down." Both Lu and Bob agreed with Nick and called the police department. Lu spoke, she told the detective everything she could know about Dana, thanked the person, and hung up. "They said they'd be calling if they found her." Lu assured everyone. The three decided it would be best if anyone would ask where Dana was, they would say that she was on vacation and couldn't come in.

Bob dismissed them and told them he'd be helping in any way he could with the girls and accommodations. Lu arrived downstairs, had left early with Louise to pick up Annie and Marc and would be returning later for Lu. She picked up the file for her next patient and checked for her in the waiting area. She called out the name, "Sophia Hanson?" A fairly young girl stood up. She followed Lu in her office and sat up on the exam table. Lu pulled up a stool and opened her charts. "So, Sophia, what seems to be the problem?" She mumbled a few words that Lu couldn't hear. "Can you repeat that? I couldn't hear you." Sophia came straight forward. "Dr. Delgado, I know I am pretty young but I think I might need some birth control pills. You see, some boys at my school, they harass the girls. They tell them they are going to rape them or touch them in certain ways. They are only kidding, but they keep looking at me in wrong ways and I don't think they might be kidding." Lu looks at Sophia, shocked by what she heard. "Sophia, you are only fifteen, you are very young for these pills, but what concerns me is what is happening at your school. Have any of the boys approached you? Have you told your teachers?" "Yeah I have but they ignore the problem because nothing has happened. And my mom can't afford to change schools. I do get good grades and I want to keep going in school, but if the boys do something and they choose me as their victim and I end up pregnant I could lose my future. I don't want that happening. Oh, my mom signed a note saying you could give me them, she couldn't make it today, late shift." Lu prescribed the pills for Sophia.

And went to go fetch her coat to leave when a detective came into Lu's office followed by Lana screaming. "She might be with a patient, you can't come in here!" "Its okay, Lana." Lu thanked her and motioned for her to step out. "Dr. Delgado?" "Yes, how may I help you?" "Nothing, I just came to inform you that we found your friend, Dr. Dana Stowe."