| Joseph: I didn’t go today. I rode on the buses for a few hours instead, when I showed up the boss told me to leave. He was an idiot anyway. Wow, I have whiskey, want some? Mona: Very much so. (JOSEPH gulps his share, passes it to MONA, who has her share and some more) Joseph: (getting more wine again) I got the call about Mom from her secretary around three. So, that was my day. How was yours? Mona: Refill please. (he obliges) Not bad I suppose, I tried to phone shithead’s lawyer, I’m not even sure he has that office anymore, or his license. Joseph: (refilling his glass) Really. Well, that’s the end of this bottle. Mona: Do we have anymore? Joseph:(looks around) Ah... no, just the beer. Mona: That’s fine. (pause) Mona: So I told you about the lawyer thing? Joseph: Your husband. Mona: Yes. Joseph: Yeah, yeah you did, that really sucks, are you looking for more money? Mona: Yes, and I deserve it, don’t I? Joseph: Of course, of course, you definitely deserve it. (pause) Mona: He use to call them from the hotels, did you know that, Joseph? Joseph- The hotels? Yeah, I think you told me. Mona: He would call me, late, sometimes I’d hear the voice of that whore in the background. He’d always be with the same one, I don’t care if he paid her to say hello, if he had to pay her every single time, five years sharing a bed, that’s an affair. And that is ground for divorce. Is it not? Joseph: Of course it is. Mona: I was in the right! Joseph: Sure, you’d be right if it was always different girls, too. Mona: It doesn’t matter now, Joseph. He is gone from our lives, for all I know gone from this world completely. He won’t be on my head again. Jesus, he liked you. I can’t count the times he’d come back from playing with you to say, “Mona, my dear, why is it we never had a kid?” (Laughs) Oh Jesus Christ, what a state that man was, what a state indeed. Joseph: (with bottle) More? Mona: Thank you sweets. (Drinks) Mm. That’s pretty good. Joseph: It’s the same old stuff. Mona: Maybe, but it’s still good. Anyway, where was I- |
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