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"Nightpeople"

47 authors.

Episode 20

Cast...........In order of appearance.

(1) Richard..
(20) Carole..Episode 20
(50) Brenda...."          "

Narrator
Richard

It's nighttime. a few weeks later. I'm back at the diner and sitting at the counter. I order a burger, fries and a coke. After awhile the sever returns with my order. I eat. Someone sits down beside me.

(49) CAROLE; "You gonna finish those fries?"

It's happening again. The same girl. I look up and push the fries over to her. Again, she crams them in her mouth with both hands, gets up and leaves.The server returns.

SERVER: "That girl just used both hands to stuff fries in her mouth."

ME; "Yeah, I know. Whenever she sees me with fries she comes in and asks me for them. And I give them to her. That's how she eats fries."

SERVER: "Maybe she's Spastic? Do you think?"

ME; "She's found Bizzarro World and a little happiness. It's not so competitive in Bizzarro World. "

She smiles a little.

SERVER; "No. Not in Bizzarro World."

She leaves to wait on a customer.



Later, same night I'm still at the counter. Someone, I never met before, enters the diner, walks over and sits down next to me.

ME: "Hello."

BRENDA: "Hello," She smiles. "I'm Brenda."

ME: "Okay. I'm Richard. I've been talking to people for hours. What have you been doing?"

BRENDA: "Well, it's been one crazy day, and I'm glad to finally be sitting down. I'm working desperately to help my sister get her kids back from her abusive husband, but his religion is powerful and he has formidable lawyers."

ME: "Wow. That sounds awful. What kind of religious belief does he have?"

A server comes over. Brenda orders a coffee. The server pours it and leaves.

BRENDA: "He's part of a fundamentalist polygamist cult. She had escaped with her kids, but he has them now and, with the church's help, is keeping them hidden from her. It's a long story, but hopefully one with a happy ending." 

me; "I wouldn't count on a happy ending. We live in a really sick world."

BRENDA: "I hate to have to agree with you, but judging by how things have gone so far, you're probably right. We do live in a sick world - and this cult takes sick to a whole new level."