Luella Davis Monologue

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Luella Davis was a woman of a different kind. Unlike other women her age, Luella was not a grandparent (to her knowledge) enjoyed swimming, designed clothes in her free time and never took no for an answer (on many subjects). She was a fireball full of ambition-Or at least, that's how some may describe her. Unfortunately, no one ever mentioned how…unpredictable Luella Davis could be. The best example would be when Luella showed up in front of Mai and Naru's doorstep in Japan without warning. Like now.

Luella stepped off the plane with her suitcase, an aura of fury surrounding her. Enough to scare anyone off. It was very, very early in the morning around one A.M. Even for Luella Davis showing up in another country was a bit too big of a surprise (but really, who doesn't love surprises?). Money wasn't a problem at all. No, that wasn’t it. She had an issue with her son.
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How could he forget?! It didn't matter that, yes, at the time Naru and his team were dealing with a dangerous case and, yes, they did have to send people to the hospital many times and, yes, they did seriously consider leaving the place and, yes, the place might have burned down because of the ghost, but that was no excuse. No one forgets to call Luella on her birthday, especially her own son.

Now it did cross her mind once that she was overreacting. Even she had to admit a phone call could do the job. But that wasn't the point. No, Luella forgave him the first time this happened, but she wouldn't stand for it a second time. After ignoring the taxi driver's warning (Ayako and Monk had given Naru and Mai a bad reputation when they had a big shouting match in the front yard, which escalated to another incident, but that's for another time) Luella marched up to the front step and rang the doorbell.

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