Scene 3
Harold and Kandi are sitting in the dressing room of the strip club. Harold is looking at Pokemon cards. He is deep in thought.
Kandi: What are you thinking about, Kiddo.
Harold: My dad.
Kandi: Your dad? What's he up to.
Harold: (nonchalant) He shot himself.
Kandi freezes, in horror. Completely in shock.
Kandi: I'm sorry, what?
Harold: What?
Kandi: Your dad-your dad shot himself?
Harold: Yeah.
Kandi: When?!
Harold: Last week.
Kandi: You okay, kiddo?!
Harold: Yeah. It makes sense.
Kandi: It-it makes sense?
Harold: He wasn't happy.
Kandi: Oh?
Harold: He wasn't happy, and he was tired of not being happy.
Kandi: Harold-you're really calm about this.
Harold: We weren't friends.
Kandi: You weren't- Ok.
Kandi understands that Harold is confused on the subject of death, and decides to leave it alone.
Harold: (pulls out Pokemon cards) This one is my favorite.
Kandi: Oh yeah?
Harold: Yeah!
Kandi: My favorite is this one.
Harold: I like Squirtle too.
Kandi: He's pretty cool, I think.
Harold: Mmmhmm!
Amy enters.
Amy begins to get ready to leave. Kandi stands up.
Kandi: I'll be right back, I need to ask your mom something.
Harold: Ok...
Harold goes back to looking at his cards, and Kandi approaches Amy.
Kandi: Hey, can I talk to you.
Amy is obviously distracted, and speaks while getting ready.
Amy: Mhmm.
Kandi: Harold, uh-he told me something that kinda. Well-bothered me.
Amy: (barely paying attention) What'd he say?
Kandi: He told me-Amy he told me your husband killed himself.
Amy drops her hairbrush. She is humiliated.
Amy: Why did he tell you that?
Kandi: I asked what was on his mind. Amy-are you sure you should be working? It's okay if you need to take a break?
Amy: I've got everything under control, Kandi. Thank you for your concern.
Kandi: I don't think its-
Amy is still not paying attention to Kandi, and what she's saying.
Kandi: Hey! LISTEN TO ME! I'm trying to help.
Amy: I've spoken to you twice. I don't need your help.
Kandi: Well, I'm giving it to you.
Amy doesn't listen. Kandi grabs her shoulder so that they are looking eye to eye.
Kandi: Listen to me. I know you think you're fine, but you're not okay. And I know you don't know me well, but I listen to Harold talk about you all the time. I watch him after work almost every day. You owe me this. You are so convinced that you're okay, and that everything's okay, that you won't acknowledge anything. You came in looking so dead, so hurt and beaten up. You don't want to admit that he's gone, I get it. I really do, Amy, but you have to. If you keep sitting in denial like this, things will get worse and worse and they'll never get better, and I know you don't believe me, but I need you to try...because I fucking adore your kid, I never want him to see a world where people don't know how to deal with their own problems. Okay? Woman up.
Amy and Kandi stare at each other. There is a tension in the air.
They kiss.
Amy: Kandi...
Kandi: Please. I need you to try. For Harold. He deserves the world.
Amy: We just-
Kandi: Yeah, and I'm not sure if I regret it or not, so let's not mention it until I can figure it out.
Amy grabs her things and starts to leave.
Kandi: Amy, remember what I said.
Kandi leans down to speak to Harold.
Kandi: I love you kiddo, you're a strong one. Be brave, okay? I'll see ya tomorrow.
Harold hugs Kandi. Harold and Amy begin to leave. Amy looks back at Kandi and then forward again.
Amy: Holy shit.
Blackout.
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Closets - A Play
Fiksi Umum"You promise everything is going to be okay?" The Jamisons appear to be the perfect family, living in Kansas City, Kansas. However, secrecy and deceit lies within the white picket fences, and not every family is as picture perfect as they seem.
