Sweetie's Diamonds

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Author: Raymond Benson
Tags: Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
you,” he said.   She could now hear the alcohol in his voice.   She eyed the wineglass in her hand and figured, it takes one to know one .  
    He tried again.   “Look, I called to see if your number worked and to see how it went.   Why do you have to be such a bitch?”
    â€œI’m not, Greg.   If you had paid a little more attention to David’s and my needs, we’d all still be living in the same house.”
    â€œAre we getting into that again, Diane?   Come on, it’s been over a year.   Can’t we be friends now?”
    â€œWhy should we?”
    â€œWell, we have a son together, for one thing.”
    â€œI know, and I promise I can be civil when you’re around us.   I don’t bad-mouth you to him.   You’re still his father and I respect that.”
    â€œYou sure don’t sound like it.”
    â€œGreg, you left us!   You had your fucking mid-life crisis and walked out of the house.   You started screwing your secretary and then—”
    â€œI did not screw my secretary!”
    â€œWell, whoever it was, I know it was someone at Boston Ford!”
    He was quiet for a moment.   This confirmed her suspicion.  
    â€œYou know, Diane,” he finally said.   “You’re a real piece of work.”
    â€œWhat’s that supposed to mean?”
    â€œYou never gave one-hundred per cent to me.”
    â€œSure I did.”
    â€œNo.   You didn’t.   You held back.   I was talking to Steve the other day.   You know he and Ann are getting a divorce?”
    â€œI heard that.   I’m sorry.”   He was referring to a couple that they used to hang around with.   Since the divorce, Diane hadn’t seen either of them.   Greg had remained friends with Steve.  
    â€œAnyway, Steve agrees with me.   He always felt that you were kind of distant and guarded.”
    â€œI don’t give a damn what Steve thinks.   He doesn’t know me.”
    â€œThat’s precisely the point, Diane!   He didn’t know you, and yet he knew you for six years!   The same is true for me, Diane.   I don’t think I ever knew you.”
    â€œI’m hanging up now, Greg.   I’m really tired.”
    Greg paused for a second and then replied, “Fine.   I’ll pick David up around noon.”
    â€œSee you then.”
    â€œGet some rest.   Good night.”
    â€œBye.”
    She hung up and finished the glass of wine.   It was doing the trick, but the phone call had unnerved her some more.  
    Diane glanced at the box of clippings on the floor.   It was too late to do anything with them now.   She told herself that she would destroy them the next day while David was at the ballgame.

DAVID’S JOURNAL
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    T onight is the first night in our new apartment.   It’s pretty weird being here.   I grew up in the old house.   I’ll miss it.   My room here isn’t complete yet.   I still have to put away all my stuff and put my posters on the walls.   It won’t feel like home until I do.   I guess this is normal when someone moves to a new place.  
    I’ve been reading “The Catcher in the Rye” and I identify with the main character.   I don’t think I’m as angry as he is, but I think he’s lonely and I am too a lot of the time.   My English teacher thought the book might be too adult for me but I told her it wasn’t.   I’ve read lots of books that are “adult.”   I don’t see what the big deal is.
    Sometimes I feel very alone.   I have no brothers or sisters (which might be a good thing!) but I have no cousins to speak of either.   I have cousins, but they’re a lot older than I am.    My aunt and uncle (my Dad’s older sister) had two kids but they’re in college.   I never see them.   I think I wrote before that my
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