Dark Park

Rubi-Redd's Stalker

Rubi-Redd Sidney has a stalker. Yes really. Remember Rubi-Redd, the little rich bitch Beauvais Heights princess who goes to Delfine's academy?

Hi, Lacey and Stacey back again to report all things delicious and gossipy. Of course gossip can be absolutely delicious and we think this chapter fits the bill.

Firstly though, things have gone a bit quiet over Christmas. Lots of places closed down and people all seemed to want to take their holidays at once.

Stace has had a break from Delfine's. We wonder where Delfine goes for a holiday. Probably on a cruise, chasing unavailable blokes. Anyway, we hadn't got much to report; it's all been rather boring, until Stace went back to Delfine's yesterday and picked up on this marvellous morsel of gossip. Wait till you hear. Remember you heard it first in the Scrubber Town  magazine.

Actually, Stace didn't hear the goss direct from Rubi, cos Rubi doesn't talk to Stace. She found out during class from one of the few girls Rubi does speak to, beside her nasty little bestie Leanne. A girl called Roxanne told Stace over a manicure lesson. Rubi was over the other side of the room, which was still a bit risky, but here's what Roxanne told her. Rubi has a real live stalker. His name is Dale Vale. That's geeky and loserish to start with, but he works as a groundsman in the Jewel Park Council chambers, Jewel Park, and does some private gardening for extra cash.

It so happened that Col Sidney; that's Rubi's dad and real-estate entrepreneur, was looking for someone to do some gardening at his mansion at Beauvais Heights. He phoned his mate, councillor Rob Hobbs and asked if he could book Dale up for a day or two. This is how Rubi met Dale. Col wasn't home that day, but his three daughters wanted to spend some of their summer holidays around Col's pool. Col and his wife are divorced.

Col was taking a chance in not having an adult in charge, but he put Rubi in charge and told all of them to look after each other. Roxanne reckons that Col was out to lunch with one of his girlfriends.

Anyway, Rubi, her younger sister Saffyre Bloo, the youngest one, Sunni and Leanne were all lounging around the pool in rather brief bathers. Dale was in the background working or pretending to work. However, he kept pausing to talk to the girls who'd been making cocktails by raiding their father's bar,and were very giggly and stupid. Even Sunni, who's only 10, was guzzling cocktails.

Saffire Bloo, Rubi's sister, is a diving star at her school, Our Lady of the School Fetes.

Dale asked them whether he could jump in the pool too, but the girls said no and that he was supposed to be working. Also that their father wouldn't pay him to swim in their pool. After about 10 minutes, the girls relented and told Dale that he could just dip his big toe in, whereupon they all fell into a heap giggling.

Then Dale asked for a drink. The three girls said they weren't sure, but Dale pleaded with them and said; Come on guys, just a Coke