Two Manipulate

PRINCIPAL'S MEETING ROOM

Principal: Good day parents---

Emilia Ramirez: Does this look like we are having a good day to you?!

Principal: I understand you are concerned about your kids' safety, which is the reason for this meeting.

Gabriela Hernandez: Get to the point.

Principal: I am truly sorry to inform you all of this, but the kids got into a plane crash.

Alejandra Diaz: You are telling me my daughter faced a plane crash?

Emilia Ramirez: As if your child is the only one - what about my son?

Alejandra Diaz: I don't care about your son, I was talking of my---

Francisco Hernandez: Silence, please. (turning to the principal) So, what is the plan?

Principal: At this rate, we don't know.

Gabriela Hernandez: What do you mean you don't know - your plane had a malfunction!

Alejandra Diaz: Who knows? Maybe she is the one who made it malfunction.

Gabriela Hernandez: I suggest you take a look at your daughter before turning to look at mine.

Francisco Hernandez: Gabriela, please.

Gabriela Hernandez: Ella está acusando a mi hija, ¿quién sabe? Quizás lo hizo su hija.

Alejandra Diaz: And care to translate?

Gabriela Hernandez: Get yourself a translator.

Francisco Hernandez: Gabriela!

Principal: We are planning on sending a rescue team that will find them.

Gabriela Hernandez: Right now? You should have done it sooner!

Emilia Ramirez: You failed to do your job as a principal. So, I will do it by myself.

Alejandra Diaz: Don't include my daughter---

Emilia Ramirez: Never said I will.

Gabriela Hernandez: (turning to the Principal) Can I use your desktop?

Principal: Is there something you are---

Gabriela Hernandez: Of course not, I want to track my daughter down.

Emilia Ramirez: You are still chaining Karina - poor girl.

Gabriela Hernandez: I feel sorry for your son whom you have caged like a bird.

Alejandro and Francisco: ¡PARA! !

Principal: Sure. If you succeed, we will send a new jet to pick them up.

Lola Gomez: Please - this time around, we will be burying our kids!

Gabriela: (typing) I found them!

Emilia, Alejandra and Lola: Where?!

Gabriela: La Srono Island.

Lola: What are we waiting for? (turning to the Principal) Do something!

Principal: Yes, but one setback is that the jet will only be ready to go in the morning.

Alejandro Ramirez: Best we wait for the jet tomorrow. Then we will see what the next step is.

Principal: Thank you parents for your time.

Lola: Yeah, you better hope they are alive, or else I am suing the school.

Lucia Cabrera: Same. We are counting on you, Principal.

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Gabriela: So?

Francisco: How is it going?

Principal: Not so good. I haven't been able to track the parents planning this mafia war.

Francisco: So? What must we do? The deadline is approaching rapidly!

Principal: I know Francisco, but there may be more than one family.

Gabriela: Two families are included?

Emilie: There is still a chance to fix it, even though two families are involved. But we must make sure that no one knows of this.

Gabriela: Don't you know? Alejandra Diaz's daughter Daniella knows.

Alejandro: I am sure she has spread it to them, and the entire class.

Francisco: But that's no difficult task. (smiling) Not with Karina and Karlos' skill of manipulation.

Principal: I will let you all talk on this by yourselves.

Emilia: What do you mean? You were part of it.

Gabriela: The plan is now to get rid of the Diaz.

Principal: How?

Gabriela: Karina will make sure to control her through the use of manipulation. Karlos can do the same with Pedro.

Emilia: As expected, you will use Karina as bait.

Gabriela: Don't act all goody, you are doing the same with Karlos.

Principal: If Karina and Karlos know - what should I do?

Gabriela: About the mafia war?

Principal: Yes. Daniella must have told the entire class by now.

Gabriela: Don't worry about Karina and Karlos knowing.

Emilia: What's important is that they stay away from each other so that this mission doesn't get disturbed.

Alejandro: (giving the principal money) Thank you for your time.

Francisco: (giving his share to the principal) We will be taking our leave.

Principal: Thank you.

Francisco: Just a quick word with you Principal. (turning to Gabriela) You can go ahead. I will meet you outside.

Gabriela: Okay.

(Gabriela, Emilia and Alejandro exit)

Francisco: I have one more job for you.

Principal: Yes sir.

Francisco: Keep Karlos away from Karina.

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Emilia: Gabriela, one word with you.

Gabriela: Okay.

Emilia: I don't care how lovesick my son is with your daughter, but make sure she stays away from him.

Gabriela: My daughter knows where to draw the line - but your son seems not to. (walks up to her) Make sure your son stays away from my daughter.