Case Christmas Page #8

Season #Winter

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Max:
Really? *In her head* “I swear ‘for God, If he brings any man up in here and he asksitsall right gonna marry him, I’m getting “Michelle” My shotgun.”

Tuffy:
Max, can you please pass the stuffing, please?

Max:
Yea, here. *Gives her the stuffing bowl*

Tim comes in and sits next to D.J.

Max:
Hey Tim. Where’s your friend?

Tim:
What friend?

Max:
The one Vera said you were bringing to dinner to see me.

Tim:
Um, I think Vera misunderstood me.

Vera:
No. I didn’t.

The doorbell rings. David opens the door.

David:
Um, Max. There’s a woman named Jazzy. She said she’s uncle Tim’s friend.

Tim turns around. Vera smirks.

Tuffy:
Um, I think I left something in my car. BTW.

She goes in the car. Kelly pushes her in it and starts driving.

Tuffy:
What’s going on?! Where are y’all taking me?!

Cruz:
Since you didn’t go with the plan, we’re going with our plan.

Tuffy:
What plan is that!?

Kelly:
Getting rid of you!

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Tim:
Um, Vera? Can I talk to you in the kitchen, Now?!

Vera:
Why now? This is gonna be good.

Tim:
Please?

Vera:
Fine!

Max gets out of her seat and welcomes Jazzy.

Max:
Hey, Jaz. What are you doing here?

Jazzy:
Hey hon, *Hugs her* And what do you mean? Your father invited me. *Looks around* Question, am I not supposed to be here?

Max:
I don’t know. *Looks at her shoe size* Um, Why don’t you sit with us? Well, some of you already know her. This is Jazzy.

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Tim:
You are so wrong for that!

Vera:
And you are too!

Tim:
What are you trying to do?!

Vera:
Trying to get something useful for that thing you call a brain! And why in the hell are you mad at me?! You’re the one banging her and ask her to do something she or you can’t ever take back!

Tim:
Wait, how did you know I banged her?

Vera:
Baby, we from the projects. We get our sh*t from the gas stations like other families do back home!

Tim:
Well……*Grunts* Look, I have something else to tell you. Jazzy has a kid.

Vera:
What?!

Tim:
I don’t know if it is mine. But we need to find a way to fix this before Max finds out about that kid.

Vera:
Fine. But if she shoots me. It’s on you.

They go back to the table. Tim tries not to be seen and uses Max as a shield.

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Jazzy:
I love your home, btw. Can I just say, i love you, Mo? I mean, if it wasn’t for your comedy. I don’t know where I'll be right now.

Max:
*Thinks* “In a grave with Lizzy”

Jazzy:
*Picks up her little boy*

Max:
He is so cute!

Sidney:
Do we have any more dressing?

Max:
I don’t think so. Um, Tim, can you get some?

Jazzy:
Tim, OMG. What are you doing here? Vera, You know Tim.

Max:
Um, How do you know D- Tim, Jazzy?

Jazzy:
Well, he comes here to see me and our son every weekend.

Max:
*Thinks* “What the hell?” Your son? Every weekend, you say?

Jazzy:
Yea. But he said he couldn’t come this time because of his stupid aunt, Lizzy?

All:
Oh sh*t.

Sidney:
Um, Boys, take your cousins and go downstairs and finish your dinner, please?

The kids go downstairs.

Max:
Your aunt, Lizzy?

Jazzy:
Yea. But Tim told me he’ll take care of her. Actually, he said he’ll take care of his whole family. Remember your grandmother, Mona?

All:
SH*T!

Jazzy:
Tim, you told me that she was very sick and you took care of her the way you took care of Lizzy. And I love that about you, baby.

Max:
Ok, question. Is your child named after someone?

Jazzy:
Come to think of it, yes. Tim’s dead brother. Max.

Max:
Hm, ok! And did, by any chance did he want to name another child after someone else?

Jazzy:
No. But you know whom I would love to meet?

Mo’nique:
Well, you know everyone already.

Max:
Oh, I know. You need to meet Michelle.

Jazzy:
Really? Your grandmother?

Max:
Yea. Well, she’s my little sister. And I'll go get her. *Gets out of her chair*

Sidney:
Um, Mama, you wanna some pie?

Mo’nique:
Why not?

They get up out of their chairs and go downstairs.

Micheal:
Um, what’s going on?

Mo’nique:
Nothing, baby. Where are the babies?

David:
In Max’s room, sleeping. Why?

Mo’nique:
Ok.

Max comes downstairs to get “Michelle”.

Max:
Jazzy, you wanna meet Michelle? Here she is! *Points the gun to Tim*

Tim:
Hon, please, don’t!

Boys:
OMG!!

Tim runs outside and falls. Max is right behind him.

Tim:
Max, please, you’re not gonna shoot me.

Max gives the gun to Jay.

Max:
No, I’m not like you. Where is she?!

Tim:
I don’t know.

Max:
YOU DONE KILLED MY AUNT AND LIZZY! WHERE’S TUFF?!

Tim:
I don’t know! Kelly and his friends…..

Max:
What?!

Sky runs to her great-aunt.

Sky:
Something happened to Tuffy.

Mo’nique:
What?!

Max and the rest of the family go inside.

Max:
What’s going on?

Sky:
Mommy, something happened to Auntie Tuffy! *Hands her the phone*

Max:
Hello?

???:
Is this Maxine Hicks? Cousin of Stephine Imes?

Max:
Yes?

???; You and your family need to come to the hospital. She’s been in a car accident.

Max:
WHAT?!

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AT THE HOSPITAL:

Max and the family arrive at the hospital.

Doctor:
Stephine’s gonna be fine. She’ll be able to go home soon. Um, she wants to see her cousin, Max.

Max:
That’s me.

Doctor:
Her room is 203

She goes to her room and goes inside. She sees Tuffy, awake. Max sees on the bed.

Max:
Hey.

Tuffy:
Hey.

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Mo’nique and Sindey go to the vending machine.

Mo’nique:
At least Tuffy’s ok.

Vera goes over to them.

Vera:
Hey, Guys. Listen, Mo, Before you hit me. I didn’t know that he- they- I know they were together. I just didn’t know about the other stuff

Mocha hugs her.

Mocha:
We know. And you kinda saved me the trouble. I was gonna hurt her friends myself. Well, I kinda like Cruz. He’s kinda funny. *Laughs*

Sidney:
Yea. *Laughs*

Vera:
I remember when Max was a kid. She’d go downstairs and make something random. And we’ll have to call the fire department at 3 am! *Laughs*

Mo’nique:
She did? *Laughs*

Vera:
Yea. Do you know anything else? I think I know why we-the family hated her. Once Mona was filming her and she asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Max said she wanted to be like her mother and father. She pointed at your photo. Mona smiled so hard, I thought she was gonna blow up the house. Lizzy wanted to be like you.

Mo’nique:
She wanted to be like me?

Vera:
Baby, yea. You were her big sister. Lizzy was always jealous of you. Hell, all of the kids were jealous of you and Max.

Mo’nique:
Yea.

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Tuffy tells Max everything.

Max:
Wow.

Tuffy:
I’m sorry.

Max:
Why?

Tuffy:
I’m the one who planted the drugs, I’m the one who did all of that stuff.

Max:
No, you weren’t. Tim-*Sighs* was working with them and killed Mona and Lizzy. He was gonna kill all of us. Well, he was gonna kill me first. I got Michelle and almost kicked his ass. *Laughs*

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