MATTHEW
I couldn't possibly.
Pause.
MATTHEW
Well, if you insist.
MATTHEW takes the talisman.
MATTHEW
Thank you.
The elderly ladies bow their heads once more, and leave.
MATTHEW turns to RAYMOND.
MATTHEW
Does this mean you want me back?
RAYMOND
Oh, Matthew, of course I want you back!
MATTHEW smiles for a few seconds, but then looks defiant.
MATTHEW
Well you can't have me.
RAYMOND
WHAT?
MATTHEW
You had no faith in me. You had to see my scare a thug to death before you would believe in me. I don't want a lover like that.
RAYMOND
But...
MATTHEW
Please leave. I want to spend time with the one person who stayed with me through thick and thin - my best friend, Steve.
STEVE grins.
RAYMOND
But...
