Sonny is coming home from a meeting. He watches TV with Candy.
Candy says “I have good news.’
Sonny says ‘What is it?’
Candy says ‘The family assistance wants me to take a job there, answering phones ‘
Sonny says ‘That’s great. Take it.’
Candy says ‘I start in two weeks.’
Sony says ‘Fantastic.’
Sonny, Curt and Tom are at a Par meeting.
Afterwards, they go to a coffee shop.
Curt says ‘You know, everything is going great Sonny and the job are succeeding. Everything is going uphill.’
Sonny and Tom both laugh.
When they leave, they go their separate ways.
Candy is at the job answering phones.
One phone call is from a female named Lucy.
Lucy asked Candy if there are any meetings in Coralville where her husband can go, because she believes her husband is an alcoholic?
Candy says’Yea, there is one at second Street and first avenue called Church of love. It starts at 8pm. It is an open meeting and you can tell them about anything without costing you anything. If you have any problems you can call me back at this number Wednesdays and Fridays.’
Lucy thanks her and hangs up the phone.
Sonny is on the job talking to his staff.
‘Alright people, we are taking over a gas station in Coralville. It will be part of the corporation. If you use it, you will get ten percent off. Next week your schedules will change where you will have to come in an hour early or leave an hour late. That's the meeting.”
Everyone leaves.
Sonny and candy are out having dinner.
Candy says ‘ I am going to Cedar Rapids to talk about the program.’
Sonny says ‘Great.’
They go home and go to bed.
Johnny is at home with Ruth. The detectives come to do a security check.
One of them says ‘We will check on you twice a week. Everything is good. If you have an appointment you have to give us three hours notice because you can't leave the grounds. If you do, you can get into serious trouble.’
Johnny says ‘Ok’
The detectives leave.
Johnny and Ruth watch TV.
Friday night, Sonny and candy watch TV.
Candy says ‘I have to meet a woman in north Liberty tomorrow.’
Sonny says ’Good. How about we go to an open meeting Sunday night, downtown.’
Candy says ‘ I would love that.’
Sonny and candy have coffee with the guys after church. Everything is still going great.
Sonny says ‘I appreciate everything you did at the trial. Hopefully, they will find Johnny guilty in the retrial.’
Tom says ‘I will not be in tomorrow because I have to take care of personal things.’
Sonny says ‘No problem. You can take two days off if you want.’
Tom says ‘I will and I'll call you tomorrow.’
Sonny is having coffee with Curt and Tom on another day.
Curt says ‘ Johnny is going to the Par meeting in North Liberty and he is under surveillance. We should not go to those meetings because we may get in trouble.’
Sonny says ‘We should go to Chicago for a meeting.’
The rest think that is a great idea.
After the coffee, they leave.
Sonny is in a staff meeting.
The operational manager asks ‘Would you be able to take your staff and your wife to an event in Des Moines.’
Sonny replies with 'I can leave Monday and be back Wednesday.’
The operational manager says ‘That will work.’
Then they go back to work.
Thursday night- Candy tells Sonny that she has to go cedar rapids with her friends to get information and do research.
Sonny says ‘No problem. If you have any problems, call me.’
Friday morning- Sonny heads to work and Candy takes a bus from the bus depot to cedar rapids.
Joanne is talking to her counselor
“Well, you are doing fairly well, but you are still having problems with your brother. Take a half a day with your feelings and write about him. Good and bad.”
Joanne says ‘ You don't know how he is! You didn't live with him!’
The counselor says ‘Calm down. Just do it.’
Joanne says ‘Ok. I hope he rots in hell.’
Joanne walks out.
Sonny and Candy go to church. Afterwards, they go and hang out with their people. At three o’clock they return home and watch TV. They begin talking.
Sonny says ‘ I will take a shower and go to bed because of a couple of meetings tomorrow. What are your plans for tomorrow?’
Sonny says this after eating.
Candy replies ‘I will do an extra day of work. They will have a convention in Chicago, where a group of us will be going. It is for a weekend. I will let you know.’
Sonny says ‘Fantastic. We can plan around it if you give me the dates.’
Candy says ‘I will.’
They resume watching TV.
Sonny is at work. The company wants him to go on a business trip to Chicago. They want to look at a property. He may have to stay a week. He has no problem. He goes home later and tells Candy about it.
Sonny says ‘You can come.’
Candy says ‘When do you plan to go?
‘Next week.’
‘Let me check my schedule and I will let you know.’
Sonny says ‘No problem.’
They eat dinner and watch TV afterwards
Johnny is talking to his probation officer.
He tells Johnny ‘You will be leaving the house at 8 am tomorrow and come back at 4 pm. When you come back, you call me so you don't get arrested. You are still under supervision. You are going to the doctors and seeing your lawyer and shopping.’
All are yes.
The Probation officer says ‘ You will have to get this done by 4 pm. If anything happens, call. Your supervisor will be here tomorrow at 7:45 am.’
Johnny says ‘Ok’
Saturday - Sonny and candy are shopping at the mall. A guy comes up to Sonny and asks ‘Excuse me? Were you in the military and stationed in South Korea?’
Sonny replies ‘Yes. Oh, you are Specialist Sergeant.’
Sergeant says ‘Yeah.’
Sonny turns to candy and says ‘This is my old mess Stuart, Edward Sergeant.’
Sonny Says to Sergeant ‘Why don't we swap numbers? I have to shop with my wife ‘
Sergeant says ‘No problem.’
They give each other their numbers and leave.
That evening:
Candy says “Who was that man again?”
Sonny says “He was a spec 6 sergeant and he did under the table stuff.”
Candy says “ok.”
Sonny says “We swapped numbers and I may call him tomorrow.”
Candy says “Good. We can go somewhere.”
Sonny says “We can go to the park and do things we used to.”
Candy laughs.
Sonny is on the phone talking to his old mess Stuart
Sonny says ‘We can go out for lunch Wednesday.’
The mess Stuart thinks this is great.
Sonny says ‘We can eat at Joe's restaurant downtown.’
The mess Stuart thinks this is perfect.
Then they hang up the phone.
Sonny is at work and gets a call from Candy saying that they are going back to Des Moines
Sonny says ‘Great.’
Candy tells him that she will call him when she gets there and when she comes back.
Sonny tells her to have a great time. They hang up the phone.
Candy is shopping in the mall and sees Sonny’s old army buddy.
His buddy says ‘Remember me?’
Candy asks ‘You are Spec 6…..’
His buddy says ‘sergeant. I want to give your husband an anniversary gift for his military career. Is he allergic to anything?’
Candy says ‘Uh…. Yeah. Penicillin and possibly alcohol.’
His buddy says’ Ok. Just don't let your husband know.’
Candy says ‘I won't ‘
They depart.
Joanne’s counselor tells her she will be going home for the weekend and she is doing well. They don't want her to take everything so seriously.
“Your husband will pick you up at 4 pm today and you will be back here Monday at 4 pm.”
Joanne is happy and says ‘I will do my best to do better.’
Johnny is at home and his lawyer comes over to talk to him.
‘My final decision is to plead insanity.’
Johnny agrees.
His lawyer says ‘You have to listen to everything I say. If you are found insane, you will be in a mental institution for a couple of years.’
Johnny agrees and the lawyer leaves.
Sonny is at home and he gets a phone call. When he picks up he says ‘Hello?’
‘I wanted to inform your wife that she missed an appointment. The appointment is rescheduled for next wednesday.’
Sonny says 'I will let her know when she gets home.’
He hangs up the phone.
An hour later, Candy comes home. He tells her about the missed appointment.
Candy says ‘Agnes got sick. They had to take her to the emergency room.’
Candy makes the call.
Spec 6 sergeant is looking at his calendar.
He thinks ‘Aha, November 5th is when I will do the surprise.’
He laughs to himself.
Sonny gets a second call. The same appointment was missed again. It is rescheduled for next Tuesday. Candy comes in two hours later. He tells her about the missed appointment. She forgot. Sonny tells her it isn't like her to forget. Candy tells him there are a lot of things on her mind.Sonny wants to help. She tells Sonny she will have it under control. No more forgetting. They go out to eat.
Sonny, Tom and Curt are in a PAR meeting. Afterwards, they go out for coffee.
Sonny tells them “My wife is acting strange. She forgets her appointments.”
Curt said “Don't worry. You acted the same way when you were drunk.”
Sonny said “Yeah, you are right.”
Tom says “My wife does the same thing.”
Afterwards, they go home.
Chicago: It is night.
A man knocks on a door
“General Steelwell sent me to pick up the substance.”
Candy is having coffee in a coffee shop with one of her friends
Candy says ‘I am tired of lying to my husband about how I feel.’
Her friend says ‘ All I can tell you is that honesty is the best policy. You can't control what other people do or say.’
Candy says ‘ I will think about it.’
They head home afterwards.
8pm- Candy calls the police to report Sonny missing.
They come and question Candy on his disappearance.
A week goes by and Sonny is considered a missing person.
Ten years later:
Two state detectives are still looking into the disappearance of Sonny.
The first detective says ‘Sonny’s wife had an alibi. People thought she was cheating. She was in Chicago on a medical assignment. Johnny was also a suspect, but was found guilty on a lesser charge, because Sonny didn't show at the court appearance and he lived a peaceful life in Iowa. The other suspect is an army buddy of his, but Sonny never mentioned him, so we have to continue with our research.’
The second detective says, " You are in charge.’
The two detectives are in their commanding officer’s office.
‘You guys are going to New Hampshire, tomorrow morning, because there is a body that is supposed to be Sonny’s. When you get to New Hampshire, let me know what you find.’
The first detective say ‘So they don't know for sure if it is Sonny's body?’
The C.O. says ‘That's why I am having you guys go out there.’
The second detective wants to know what happens after.
He is told they will start over.
They will be going over to N.H. for that alone, tomorrow.
The detectives go to New Hampshire with a sheriff and medical examiner. They dig up the grave and find it is Sonny. It is strange because no one knows who killed him ten years ago and someone is living in paradise.
Bio:
I was born in Brooklyn, NY June 30th 1972. I currently have three ebooks online on kobo. I
know I never meant that much to you, secession and sovereignty and Oh, Canada. I am
currently trying to get a few of my short stories published or recognized or plays getting
produced. I have written a lot of plays and am currently in the process of writing several novels.
I am working on a baseball book, as well. I don't have anything else published other than the
three ebooks. Thank you for your time. Sincerely yours, Thomas Turner.