The Diary

"THE NARCISSISTIC SYNDROME"

  5 YEARS BEFORE

AFTER THE ACCIDENT:

KATE "IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME DADDA.SINCE YOU ARE ALSO HOME YOU,ME AND MOM ALL THREE OF US CAN LIVE HAPPILY LIKE A PERFECT FAMILY"

KEVIN "KATE,SWEETIE I KNOW LIFE HAS BEEN HARSH TO YOU LATELY BUT YOU SHOULD NOT LET IT AFFECT YOU.KATE THINGS WILL GET BETTER.

YOU SHOULD LEARN TO FIND GOOD IN THE BAD TIMES,AND ONCE YOU DO NOTHING WILL BOTHER YOU EVER AGAIN.ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY"

KATE "SORRY ,DADDA BUT I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING.EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE PERFECT.CAN I GET SOMETHING TO EAT.I AM STARVING"

KEVIN CLOSES THE GATE .

KATE "DADDA ARE YOU PLANNING TO LOCK MOM OUT."

ARMANDA"I GUESS YOUR DAD WONT ALLOW ME INSIDE MY OWN HOME.IS IT SO"

KATE"MOM COME ON IN DADDA MUST HAVE MISSED YOU"

ARMANDA"HMMMM,ON YOUR DADDA'S SIDE,LEAVING MOM ALONE"

KATE"MOM THATS NOT TRUE I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU"

ARMANDA BENDS DOWN AND HOLD KATE'S FACE"I WONT EVEN LET YOU"

(KATE AND ARMANDA CHUCKLES)

KEVIN GLARES OUT OF THE GATE ,HE BENDS DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND HUGS KATE.

KEVIN"DADDA HAS PREPARED DINNER TODAY,LETS GO"

(KEVIN SERVES KATE)KATE"DADDA SERVE FOR MOMMA ALSO"

ARMANDA"YOUR DADDA HAS FORGOTTEN ME,ANYWAYS LETS GO TO THE ROOM AND DO SOMETHING INTERESTING"

KATE AND ARMANDA GOES TOWARD THE BEDROOM.

KEVIN"KATE COME DOWN KATE! KATE!!!!!!!!!"

KATE IGNORES HIM AND FOLLOWS HER MOTHER

PRESENT TIME:

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KEVIN"KATE USED TO LOCK HERSELF IN HER ROOM AND SPEND HOURS TALKING TO HER MOM.I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I SHOULD TELL HER BUT MAY BE THAT WOULD JUST WORSEN HER CONDITION.SHE THEN STARTED SLEEPWALKING.ONCE I FOUND HER STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE TERRACE SHE WAS ABOUT TO JUMP DOWN . LUCKILY I CAUGHT HER. I THOUGHT SENDING HER SCHOOL WILL KEEP HER DISTRACTED."

PETER"AT SCHOOL KATE USED TO SIT RIGHT NEXT TO ME..........."

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5 YEARS BEFORE:

KATE(WHISPERING)"MOM WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE SCHOOL CAMPUS. YOU SHOULD LEAVE."

ARMANDA"KATE I HAVE COME TO TAKE YOU WITH ME , LET'S GO"

KATE"WHERE"

ARMANDA"ANYWHERE, UMMMMMMM COME ON LETS GO AND PLAY BALL,IT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME WHEN YOU WERE A KID."

KATE"BUT HOW SIR WILL SEE"

SIR(SHOUTING):KATE WHY ARE YOU DISTURBING THE ENTIRE CLASS,GO AND STAND OUT"

(KATE MOVES OUT)

KATE(CHUCKLES)"MOM SIR HIMSELF ASKED ME OUT,LETS GO AND PLAY"

ARMANDA"I KNOW A PERFECT PLACE"

ARMANDA TAKES KATE ON A BUSY ROAD.PETER FOLLOWS THEM.

KATE"MOM THIS PLACE LOOKS SO DANGEROUS"

ARMANDA"NO ITS NOT KATE,COME ON THROW THE BALL "

KATE"ARE YOU SURE"

ARMANDA"YES KATE JUST DONT BE SCARED OF ANYTHING OR ANY PERSON EVER,NOW THROW THE BALL"

KATE WENT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE PLAYING.PETER SAW A TRUCK COMING TOWARD KATE.HE CALLED OUT TO HER .HE RAN TOWARDS HER.

LUCKILY THE TRUCK DRIVER SPOTTED HER AND HE STOPPED THE TRUCK.PETER RAN TOWARDS KATE.

PETER"ARE YOU FINE KATE WHAT WERE YOU DOING HERE,THE PLACE LOOKS SO DANGEROUS"

KATE"WHERE IS MY MOM ,SHE WAS RIGHT HERE"

PETER"YOUR MOM SHE WAS NEVER THERE,SHE CANT BE ,SHE IS GONE"

KATE"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ,SHE CAME TO MY CLASSROOM ,SHE ASKED ME OUT,WE CAME HERE,WE WERE PLAYING.OHHHHH MOM WHERE DID YOU GO I WAS

SEARCHING FOR YOU"

KATE POINTS BEHIND PETER

PETER TURN BACK SHOCKINLY,HIS LEGS TREMBLED AND HE STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS HIS SCHOOL.HE FELL ON THE GROUND,HE GOT BACK TO HIS LEGS BUT HE DID'NT DARE TO LOOK BACK.

IN THE CLASS KATE TRIED TO TALK TO PETER BUT HE IGNORED HER.KEVIN CAME TO PICK KATE FROM SCHOOL AT HOMETIME. ON THEIR WAY BACK KEVIN TRIED TO START A CONVERSATION BUT KATE SEEMED TO BE LOST. SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO HER BEDROOM KEVIN FOLLOWED. KEVIN ASKED HER WHAT HAS MADE HER SAD .

KATE "DADDA HAVE I DONE SOMETHING WRONG ,AM I A BAD GIRL"

KEVIN "NO ABSOLUTELY NO,YOU ARE THE BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD"

KATE "THEN WHY IS MOM NOT TALKING TO ME,I CANT FIND HER"

KEVIN "KATE MOM'S NOT HERE"

KATE (FRUSTATINGLY) "WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THAT,MOM IS HERE.SHE CAME TO MY CLASS ,WE PLAYED AND THEN SHE LEFT,PETER SAW HER "

KEVIN "KATE MOM IS NOT HERE , SHE CAN'T BE , SHE IS GONE ,SHE IS DEAD "

KATE'S EYES TURNED RED IN ANGER

KATE "HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT"

KEVIN "KATE PLEASE UNDERSTAND"

KATE "NO YOU ARE SAYING THIS BECAUSE YOU HATE HER,YOU HATE HER"

KEVIN "KATE LISTEN TO ME"

KATE "NO I DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU,MOM! MOM! WHERE ARE YOU PLEASE COME HERE DADDA DONT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE HERE MOM!!!! PLEASE COME JUST FOR ONCE I NEED YOU ,YOU SAID THAT YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME YOU SAID THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME MOM! THEN COME ,MOM!!MOM!!! " (KATE SCREAMS INDISTINCTLY)

KATE THROWS THE FLOWERWASE AT THE TV,SHE SMASHES HER HEAD AGAINST THE WALL ,BLOOD OOZES DOWN HER HEAD,SHE KEEPS ON SHOUTING MOM.

KEVIN TRIES TO CALM HER BUT SHE THINKS THAT HE HAS HIDDEN HER MOM SOMEWHERE SO SHE THROWS A KNIFE TOWARD HIM WITH ALL THE POWER THAT HER LITTLE BODY COULD GATHER WHICH HITS HIM AT HIS CHEST.

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PRESENT TIME:

KEVIN "THAT WAS THE MOST HORRIFIC SIGHT EVER.AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE DOCTOR SAVED KATE BUT ARMANDA WAS...DOCTORS SAID SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM NARCISSISTIC SYNDROME IN WHICH YOU IMAGINE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THIS DO BECOME SUICIDAL.SHE HAS BEEN IMAGINING ARMANDA.

AT SOME POINT I KNEW BUT I DID'NT DARE TO TELL HER BECAUSE I WAS SCARED WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON HER. BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS JUST WORSE .HER CONDITION STARTED DETEORATING. SHE STOPPED TALKING TO ME .SHE TRIED TO HARM HERSELF NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE SLEEPWALKING. I WAS NOT JUST SUFFICIENT TO LOOK AFTER HER ,I THOUGHT SHE NEEDED A MOTHER SO I MARRIED CLAIRE."

PETER "SHE STARTED HATING ME BECAUSE SHE FELT HER MOTHER WAS GONE BECAUSE OF ME,WITH TIME THINGS DID IMPROVE BETWEEN US AND "

CLAIRE" WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION BUT NOW I THINK ITS TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE PETER "

SHERIFF" I GUESS I HAVE CHANGED MY STAND,I THINK IT WAS A SUICIDE LETS NOT COMPLICATE THIS CASE "

CLAIRE"YES OFFCOURSE MY HEART BLEEDS TO SAY THAT SHE HAS GONE TO A PLACE FROM WHERE NO ONE CAN RETURN.BUT WHATS GONE IS GONE.I THINK WE SHALL BID HER FAREWELL HAPPILY AND MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES ,EVEN SHE MUST HAVE WANTED TO DO SO"

PETER" BUT"

CLAIRE" THANK YOU PETER FOR BEING A FRIEND TO MY DAUGHTER BUT NOW YOU SHALL ALSO FACE THE TRUTH AND ABOVE ALL ACCEPT IT AS IT IS. YOUR PARENTS MUST BE WORRIED, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO THEM AND SHERIFF I WILL REQUEST YOU TO LEAVE ,KEV AND I WE NEED SOMETIME

ALONE ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS CONVO "

PETER WALKS OUT AND MAKES A CALL TO NOAH.

PETER" NOAH MEET ME AT MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW BRING LILY ALONG "

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