VERONICA: Hi! Veronica Lane here, your IBRT Reporter. It�s Valentine�s, and do I have a love story for you. It�s a twisted, yet heartwarming, story; reminiscent of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. I was reading a blog page on our website, when I ran across this post: How would you feel if you just discovered the love of our life was in fact your half-sister? Let me tell you it�s the pits. Signed Scott Ryder. I had to know more about this story. Little did I know I would become an intricate part of the story. The detective in me researched and found Scott�s phone number. I was delighted to learn he lived right here in the Northland. Let�s drop in on my call to Scott. SOUND: RINGING OF TELEPHONE SCOTT: Hel-lo VERONICA: Good morning! I like to speak with Scott Ryder. SCOTT: You got him. VERONICA: Scott, I�m Veronica Lane with IBRT Radio. I�d like to talk to you about a post you made on our website, last night. SCOTT: Website? VERONICA: Yes. Didn�t you say you had recently found out the girl you fell in love with was in fact your half-sister? SCOTT: Oh sh� Ah, just forget it. I was drunk. VERONICA: Then what you posted isn�t true? SCOTT: Oh, it�s true alright. VERONICA: Let me get this straight; you met, dated, fell in love with a girl, and then, somehow, discovered she was your half-sister. SCOTT: You got it! VERONICA: What is your girlfriend�s �ah sister�s name? SCOTT: Kara � Kara Evans. VERONICA: This must have come as quite a shock to you. How do you feel about it? SCOTT: How the hell do you think I feel? I�m confused, mad, hurt, sick to my stomach. How would you feel if you discovered you had sex with your brother? VERONICA: Scott, I can sympathize�. SCOTT: I doubt that. And then, to add insult to injury I go and get wasted and post a dumb blog on a website, only to wake up with a hang over from hell, and a nosy reporter calling me. VERONICA: I sympathize with your position Scott, and apologize for my poor timing. I do believe your story is of interest, though. SCOTT: Don�t mean to sound rude, but I need a shower, a strong cup of coffee, and I�m already late for work. Good- bye. SOUND: PHONE HANGING UP MUSIC TRANSISTION VERONICA: The reporter in me would not let this story drop. Armed with Scott and Kara�s names I set about learning more them Scott had recently graduated from college, and was working at his mother�s bookstore. Kara was a college student who, prior to meeting Scott, had been working towards becoming a missionary. She worked part-time at a local coffee shop. I learned the two met when Scott literally ran into Kara in the bookstore. He was carrying a large stack of books and couldn�t clearly see where he was going, and knocked Kara down. From this rather embarrassing encounter a friendship was formed. Both had sworn off love due to prior bad relationships. Gradually they began to date. Before long they had to admit they were deeply in love. At Christmas time Scott purposed, and Kara accepted. They felt like the luckiest couple in the world. Then their bliss was suddenly shattered by what looked like devastating news. We drop now, through a dramatic recreation midway through a conversation between Scott, Kara, and Scott�s mother Ruth KARA: Ruth, there was something I wanted to tell you. RUTH: So serious? Just go ahead, honey. KARA: It is kind of serious. Ruth, I just wanted you to know I was adopted. RUTH: I�m glad you told me Kara, though it makes no difference to me. I think you and Scott make the perfect couple. SCOTT: I told you it wouldn�t make any difference. RUTH: Kara, what is that you have on your lap? KARA: This is what I call my love blanket. It�s a crocheted blanket my birth mother made. My mother told me it shows my birth mother loved me, despite having to give me up. I was wrapped in it when they brought me home from the hospital. Isn�t it beautiful? I just love it. RUTH: (Gasp) Oh my goodness! SCOTT: Mom, what�s wrong? You�re crying. RUTH: Oh no! KARA: What is it? What�s wrong? RUTH: I don�t know how to tell you. � Either of you. SCOTT: Mom, whatever it is, it can�t be all that bad. Just tell us. RUTH: Oh but it is. It�s tragic, in fact. KARA: What is? RUTH: Scott, I never told you, but when I was seventeen, a couple of years before I married your father, I was in love with a boy and became pregnant. When the father learned of the pregnancy he took off. I never saw him again. My parents wouldn�t let me keep my baby. I had to give her up for adoption. SCOTT: I admit I�m surprised, but what does this have to do with Kara and I? RUTH: I�. I �. While pregnant with my child I crocheted a blanket, - that blanket - and wrapped my daughter in it before giving her a good-bye kiss. KARA: No! No, it can�t be. That would mean�. SCOTT: You�re trying to tell us that Kara and I are� No, no way! RUTH: It pains me to have to tell you this, but It appears that the two of you are brother and sister. BRIEF MUSIC TRANSITION VERONICA: Now you might think this is where the story tragically ends, but it is not. I went to interview Ruth. She basically told the same story as our young couple. Then I began to question her about Kara. Let�s visit that conversation. VERONICA: When was Kara born? RUTH: May 4, 1988. VERONICA: Really? How interesting, that�s my birthday, also. Tell me where was Kara born? RUTH: St Mary�s Hospital.. VERONICA: St Mary�s? RUTH: Yes. You look pale, is something wrong? VERONICA: Ruth I have a feeling I need to tell you a little bit about my own history. RUTH: Alright. VERONICA: Not long ago I was in a car accident, as a result of the accident I needed a blood transfusion. My parents tried to donate blood for me, and learned they were not my biological parents. This came as shocking news to all of us. We did research and learned it was possible that at the time of my birth I was accidentally switched with another baby. There the trail ran cold. RUTH: A touching story, but why are you mentioning it to me? VERONICA: I was born on May 4, 1988 in St. Mary�s hospital. RUTH: Are you saying there�s a possibility that you are my daughter, and not Kara? VERONICA: Exactly. RUTH: How do we know for sure? VERONICA: A DNA test would tell us for sure. RUTH: Let�s do it. MUSIC TRANSISITION VERONICA: The DNA tests were run. It would be several weeks before the results were in. Agonizing weeks, especially for Scott and Kara who held out hope they were not brother and sister. I take you now to the day we learned the results. Kara goes to the bookstore, where Scott is working, to deliver the news. KARA: Hi Scott! SCOTT: Kara KARA: I got my test results back. SCOTT: You did? And? KARA: We�re not brother and sister. SCOTT: Whoopie! The wedding is on. Kara, I love you! KARA: And I love you Scott! MUSIC TRANSISTION: VERONICA: Our love story has a happy ending. My parents are getting acquainted with Kara. I�m learning more about my birth mother, and I was a bridesmaid at Scott and Kara�s wedding. I am happy to report they are currently on their honeymoon. The End |
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