Neighbors looked out for Sonny and his sister, and a pilot named Erland would take them places once a week. Sonny went to multiple schools, being expelled and suspended several times. He didn't take well to authority, mainly because of the fact that his dad always treated him as more of a friend than a son(pg. 86). Barger's father eventually got remarried and had another daughter.
Marlene worked in sales and Richard went off to the army, which their divorce shortly followed. Richard did not keep in contact and Marlene worked a lot leaving Luna and Mark as latch key children to raise themselves. Marlene, several years after her separation from Richard started to date a man named Ron and Luna (age 4) did not like him because she knew he was not her father. Ron on occasion would drink, smoke, have affairs, and was abusive verbally, emotionally, and physically to Marlene, and sometimes to Mark, and Luna. Luna grew up feeling that she did not belong to this family and that she was adopted.
He then moved in with a bunched of bachelors and drank constantly. Alcohol relieved his constant nervous headaches. He was married for 4 years and had a baby boy but his wife could not watch him disintegrate anymore. So she took the baby and left. Over the next few years he drank more and worked less and was eventually homeless and jobless.
Script Each character has a monologue!! Jessica, played by Maryssa: “Everything was all good in the beginning but somewhere along the line, things went wrong. Chad and I were good together; we had four beautiful children and we rarely argued. But the last five years of our marriage was bad. Chad lost his good paying job and became stressed when he had to find another way to support our family.
In all I’ve spent about 10 hours riding in his truck, just listening to him talk about his life and what he thinks about my relationship with his daughter. This is a conversation I surely would not have had if I were not riding in his truck. If there was any way to escape, I would have. In the end, though, it is worth the long boring conversations with my girlfriend’s father if it helped get her into a rehabilitation facility and bring her one step closer to becoming a functioning member of society while building a friendship with her
Her mother passed away when she was young and she lived with several siblings as her father was out drinking. Like many, she was sent off to be a servant, but the pay is considerably low. She found herself in a relationship with a man who offered her financial stability, but in exchange she received abuse from her husband. After over ten years, she decided to leave him and came to the Zona. Here she makes a substantial amount of money considering her background.
The second witness was an employee at the Truck Stop Café where the murder took place. Beth Kelley was a co-worker and good friend of Trudi’s, and had lived with her for six months. She was unaware of any emotional issues of the victim, and problems in their relationship. She did however know that there had been some debate of Trudi moving with Mr. Diamond to the west in the last few days of her life, and noticed the appearance of the two arguing the
Sonia suffers from chronic alcoholism. She has had serious relapses in the past but with support from her mother has managed to care for her children throughout. However, the health visitor is now expressing concerns as Sonia appears depressed and is drinking heavily again. The health visitor has particular concerns about Caitlin, whose weight gain has been erratic and follow up on other health checks has been inconsistent. There was a social worker involved until about six months ago when the case was closed partly due to pressures on the team and partly because the situation seemed stable at the time.
Michael Thompson is a recovering addict with 18 years clean. His current role at Family Support Service Center is a substance abuse counselor. Michael Thomas has a good work record, except for the periods of repeated absence from work and periods of depression. He is recently spoken with some coworkers and confided in them that he is not sure he can relate to his clients’ addiction issues as well as he has in the past. Michael has also stated that he is under a lot of stress at home concerning financial obligations.
Her parents fought frequently and she was often witnessed to violence between them, her friends would visit, but only once. Between the age of five and seven she was sexually molested by her father. She never revealed at the time, however her father was eventually charged and convicted for molesting a number of her siblings. She consistently performed below average in her studies, though she was excellent at art. She married at 18 and she has 5 children of this relationship.