DINNER AT CANALE'S
Genre: DARK COMEDY/DRAMA
Setting: DINING ROOM
Age Range: 20s-50s
Running Time: 1 MINUTE
Vicky has found evidence that her husband, Peter, has been cheating on her and she now confronts him. There is a gun on the table between them, and she implores him to lie to her, so that she is not tempted to actually use the gun against him.
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VICKY
Can you please not make me do this? Just don’t—just don’t tell me what happened. If you don’t tell me, if I don’t know, then I can’t react. Right? Just, let’s keep it simple, okay? I don’t wanna—I don’t wanna do anything that…you know, that we’ll both regret later? And…
(pause)
God, I wish you hadn’t left that gun right there. It’s just—I can’t stop playing with it now…and you left the safety off, and I…Peter, just tell me you love me and you didn’t cheat on me last night and—END OF EXCERPT
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