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AUDREY sits on the stage, possibly tapping a foot or looking at her watch. She is waiting.
FORD finally comes onstage. Tie askew, a little
sweaty maybe, looking worse for the wear.
AUDREY
Well? You do it?
FORD
Yeah. Yeah I did it.
AUDREY
He’s dead?
beat. Ford just sits there, staring.
Hallelujah! Oh happy fucking day! Feedom!
FORD
Really? I’m glad I wasn’t married to you. He seemed
like a nice guy. A real man. A real standup fella. It’s
makin’ me question myself, you know. Making me rethink
my vocation...
AUDREY
(Rising.)
You did me a service, big fella. You did the world
good. Henry was okay, but nobody’ll miss him. Nobody at
all.
FORD
Nobody? What about the little girl that was plastered
all over the walls? That he had a wallet full of
pictures of? What about her? Is she nobody?
AUDREY
She’s young, and strong like her mommy. She’ll forget
the dead weight.
FORD
"Dead weight". Fuck. That makes it even worse. So she
IS his kid? He has a fucking child? I not only killed a
man, shot him in the head as he said, "If it’s my time,
bud, go ahead and shoot. The Lord gives and He takes
away. I’m at peace. I hope you can be someday. Here’s
my wallet. Don’t want you to get into the blood after I
go down. It’ll help you get away. I hope you can start
a new life at the expense of mine." Then he just smiled
this fucking benign smile like he fucking loved me.
Like he fucking understood. I not only killed that dude
that seemed like he would have been the kind of guy
that’d invite me over for a barbecue and hand me an ice
cold beer as I walked into the fucking door and he
steered me to a seat in front of the big screen or the
pool or whatever the fuck I was into, no, I didn’t only
destroy one of the last men left in this country, I
destroyed a childhood you fucking selfish cunt. (It’s
obvious AUDREY is about to lose her cool somehow at
this point.) For what? Some alligator-tear havin bitch
with a few grand and a smile. Fuck you. Truly fuck you
in the...
AUDREY
Listen you bleeding-heart Lifetime-movie-sounding
bastard, you don’t know what I’ve went through. You
don’t know how hard I have worked and for how long.
Fucking keeping his clothes washed and his dinner
cooked, fucking wiping that brats snot-nose while all
he ever did was dote on her. "Thanks, Aud, you’re the
best. Now I am going to go spend the rest of the
fucking night playing castles and princesses with this
little booger-farmer while you are left alone to watch
HBO movies where men actually care if their women are
satisfied and fantisize about some fat, sweaty piece of
shit coming in here and shooting me in my faggot head."
You don’t know what it’s like to go from being
someone’s world to their second best because of some
little parasite that he squirted into me and I birthed
and nursed. Fuck him. May he fucking rot, and my
daughter not grow up to be some idealistic little
puss-bag who stands there and tells their killer how
they’re gonna fucking pray for him or
what-the-fuck-ever. No. No. Fuck you, you simple minded
fuck. Fuck you for trying to make me feel bad about
this. (Pulls out a fat envelope. Tosses it at Ford’s
face.) Here you poor, sad, son-of-a-bitch. Go buy
yourself a bottle, a burger, and a whore. That’s what
your type wants right? That’s all you want. Or did you
expect me to kiss your fucking feet? Did you expect me
to cry and fucking bow before you like I owed you my
life and to be sad for my poor dead fucking husband.
"My heeeeero!" Well, this ain’t the movies, And I’m
finally getting what I deserve, Chevy, or Buick, or
whatever fucking car you’re named after. Grow a pair
and the fuck up, then maybe you can graduate from hired
gun goon to drug pusher you peice of filth. (AUDREY
turns and walks away.)
FORD pulls a pistol from his suit, points it at
AUDREY’s retreating head.
FORD
Hey. Look at me. I don’t shoot people in the back.
(AUDREY turns. Looking at the gun, she freezes.)
AUDREY
Think about what you are doing! Think about my baby! I
have a child! Where will she go? What will she do?
Everything I said was... (He pulls back the hammer
which stops her cold.)
FORD
Save your breath, bitch. Your baby’ll be perfectly
happy with her daddy who loves her. (AUDREY begins to
question him. He talks over her) She’ll remember her
mommy fondly instead of as the bitch she was. And she
will become a idealistic little puss-bag and hopefully
make a difference in this world. As I have decided to.
You’re right, you are getting what you deserve. (He
fires one shot right into her head. He begins to walk
offstage past her as she is dying.) By the way, my name
Thanks for reading! Jesus loves you and so do I. (Yes. I am a foul-mouthed "hypocrite" for typing His name after something with such LANGUAGE... *sigh* )