chapter 37
Larry Carter woke up Tuesday morning with a mission. Get Dana Drew’s home phone number. He looked her up in the phone book, but her name wasn’t there, so he called information.
“I’m sorry, I don’t show a Dana Drew in Fort Lauderdale.”
“How about Miami?” he asked anxiously.
“Nope, not there either.”
“Is it an unlisted number?”
“No sir, I don’t show a record of a Dana Drew at all.”
“That can’t be,” he said, “Dana Drew is a real person. Don’t you listen to the radio?”
“Look sir, I don’t know what to tell you.”
“But...”
“Sir, I’m sorry, goodbye.” The operator hung up on him.
Another woman hung up on him. They were all the same. All like The Bitch.
Larry was angry and confused. How could this operator not know who Dana Drew was? Of course she lived in South Florida. She said she lived here on the radio. Dana wouldn’t lie.
This was a mystery. Why was Dana Drew not listed? Larry walked naked from the kitchen back to his bedroom to think. He’d seen enough episodes of Perry Mason to know this mystery could be solved.
Suddenly a revelation hit him like a lightning bolt.
Maybe Dana didn’t lie about where she lived, maybe she lied about her name.
Not really a lie, though, it must be a stage name, he rationalized. Larry remembered seeing episodes of E! True Hollywood Story – his favorite show. Many big stars changed their name to sound more interesting. Liberace was really Lee. Marilyn Monroe was Norma Jean. And Dana Drew was...?
Larry called the station.
“WORR.”
“Yes, can you tell me Dana Drew’s real name.”
“Sorry, we can’t give out that information.”
Yes! Larry was right. “Why not?”
“We just can’t sir, I’m sorry.”
Larry thought quickly. “Well...I have a delivery for a Dana on the radio, but it’s not Dana Drew and I want to make sure that I have the right Dana.”
Larry could hear the operator rolling her eyes. Even he realized his story sounded stupid.
“Sorry, have a nice day.”
She hung up on him
Another Bitch.
Larry scolded himself. He knew he sounded foolish.
Stop trying to think on your feet!
Give yourself time to think things through before you act!
Okay, then, now what? At least he figured out that Dana Drew was not her real name. But how would he find out what her name was...and how he could reach her at home.
How?
Then it hit him.
Larry turned on his computer and logged on. He went to his favorite search engine and typed in Dana Drew. It came up with one hundred forty-five entries. Larry went through each link.
Dana Drew, rock deejay with WORR...
Dana Drew kicks it in the evenings...
Listing after listing of Dana Drew on the air. Dana Drew disc jockey. Then Larry stumbled on a listing for Dana Drew on the web page of the University of South Florida. He was directed to their alumni notes page.
Journalism grad Dana Hill has accepted a position as the evening disc jockey on Miami’s rock station - WORR. Listen for Dana as radio personality ‘Dana Drew’ if you’re in South Florida.
Dana Drew was Dana Hill.
Bingo.