Act 1 Scene 2 Revised

Scene 2

Diane- (waking up and weakly tries to move, but cannot; feebly gasping) “Roger? Roger?” (becoming more panicked) “Roger!?!”

Roger- (speaking up from the other side of the bed and coming to take her hand) “I’m right here, honey.”

Diane- (wide eyed and terrified) “I’m so afraid. I’m so afraid. I never wanted to believe in heaven or hell, but there’s just no avoiding it. I’m so afraid.”

Roger- “Shhh, don’t be scared.”

(Dies with eyes open facing towards the audience)

Roger- (falls apart crying and taking Diane’s hand)

Doctor- (takes carotid pulse) “She’s gone. I’m really sorry for your loss.”

Exit Doctor

Roger- (crumpling up beside Diane shaking with sobs while holding her hand)

Barbara- “Oh! My only little girl…gone!” (turns her head away sitting down and cries)

Roger- (still sobbing) “ I can’t raise two children without her! I can’t, I can’t.”

Barbara- (long silence then looking up, she walks to the bed taking her daughters hand contemplating) “I could take Paris.”

Roger- “Paris? Take my little girl? Do you think I’d let you take her after only twelve hours!”

Barbara- “I only wonder what you will do when she becomes a teenager.”

Roger- “I’ll figure something out.”

Barbara- “Paris needs to have a woman in her life and you can by no means fill that place in her life.” 

Roger- “Don’t tell me what I can and cannot do, I know very well, but…..I can’t just give her up right away.”

Barbara- “I understand Roger, but if you really have Paris’s best interests in mind, you will realize that a woman is more important than a man in a girl’s life.”

Roger- “And I suppose that you would like to take her? (Angrily sarcastic)

Barbara- “Well, it would make sense. I know the feelings of a girl and will be able to understand. Besides, she would feel outnumbered with you and Kenneth both being boys. And how are you going to manage to take care of two infants at once? Changing diapers, feeding them, and giving them the individual attention that they need. That is an awful lot to ask of one person; especially as you have no experience.”

Roger- “Well, I guess you can take her until they are a little older. Then she’s mine.”

(Barbara goes over to the incubator and picks up the crying Paris) 

Barbara- “Shhhh. Nana loves you, everything will be alright.”

                                                    

End of scene 3