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(AT RISE: BOB is speaking with his mother; CHRISTINA, he has just been thrown out of his house by his wife.) BOB walks into the house, CHRISTINA is sitting on a rocking chair knitting.
BOB Hi mom, I�m going to spend the night all right
CHRISTINA Oh, why hello sweetie, why are you spending the night?
BOB Ugh, it�s a long story, and I�m really tired. Are the towels still in the dryer?
CHRISTINA No, I moved them, they are in the closet in the hall, why don�t you tell me what is going on? Perhaps I can give you some advice.
BOB No mom, it�s complicated, and I�m tired.
CHRISTINA Hmm, it�s that tramp again isn�t it!
BOB Mom, please, I don�t need this right now!
CHRISTINA I warned you about her, no woman who takes her clothes off for money is worth this hardship.
BOB Mom, honestly, she did what she had to do when she was younger, nothing more, you can�t put someone down because they were desperate enough to do something like that.
CHRISTINA Oh please, for someone with such great vision you sure are blind! She�s been using you since the day she met you, and you know it!
BOB Mom, she hasn�t, she�s just going through something right now, she�ll get over it, and everything will be fine soon.
CHRISTINA Ha, if you believe that you�re a fool, and I did not raise a fool. You better get your act together, because I�m not going to be around forever you know.
BOB Mom, come on can�t we�
CHRISTINA Don�t you come on me! I�m serious; I have one foot in the grave according to the doctors. I don�t have much time left, and I refuse to watch my son allow himself to be stepped on!
BOB Damn it mom, she�s not stepping on me, I told you she�s going through some changes, she�s not used to the relationship, and we probably moved a bit too quickly. We should have waited longer to get married.
CHRISTINA I�ll tell you what you should of done, that is not get married to that tramp!
BOB She�s not a tramp! She�s�
CHRISTINA Didn�t she also pick your friend Sam�s wallet once, in that god-awful club?
BOB Yes, at least that�s the way Sam tells it.
CHRISTINA Oh, so now she has you against your own friend? Well, then it�s only a matter of time before she has you against me, a defenseless old woman, who�s only concern throughout her entire life has been her only son.
BOB Mom�
CHRISTINA continued talking without paying attention to BOB CHRISTINA You know if it wouldn�t have been for me you wouldn�t of had anything. That good for nothing father of yours just went up and left just two days after you were born. He said he couldn�t stand being held back. Funny how he couldn�t stand it, but I had to.
BOB Yes, yes, mom I�ve heard this �
CHRISTINA You shut your mouth! I didn�t go through all this pain and suffering to have my own son patronize me!
BOB But, I�m not�
CHRISTINA Not what? You just shut your mouth and sit down and listen for once!
BOB Okay, okay, I�m sorry for �patronizing you� I�m just really tired can�t I just �
CHRISTINA Not until I am done! Tomorrow, you will go over to that house, and I will be with you! You will get a hold of your life, or I will beat you senseless until you do! Just because I�m seventy doesn�t mean I don�t have any fight left in me! I�ve beaten your no good father, and I�ll do the same to you, until you become a man!
BOB Mom, you just don�t understand!
CHRISTINA I understand completely! You should have asked for that prenuptial agreement, now look; she�s going to take everything from you! Oh, god where did I go wrong? How could my only son have grown to be worst than his father?
BOB Mom, please I don�t need this now! Everything will be worked out between Jamie and me; we�re, just going through a few curves in the road.
CHRISTINA Curves, ha, that�s what they call it now?
BOB Look, mom, Jamie is a good person, she�s going to see the light, and we�re going to work everything out.
CHRISTINA I�m telling you, you become more na�ve every day, that woman will be the end of you.
BOB Mom, listen, tomorrow I�m going to find out more about this situation that I�m in with her. Don�t think I walked into this blind, because I didn�t.
CHRISTINA What exactly did you do to take precautions? Put everything under your name instead of hers?
BOB No, I hired a private investigator about a week before we got married. I wanted to make sure she was clean and not doing any of her old tricks.
CHRISTINA Some use that�s going to be for you!
BOB Trust me mom, it will get me the money, the house, and the baby she�s carrying.
CHRISTINA Baby? You have a baby coming?
BOB Yes, she�s pregnant, and I think that�s why she�s doing this. But regardless if she�s doing this for any other reason, I�ll get everything.
CHRISTINA Just because a private investigator says something doesn�t prove it, where�s your proof of anything, and what if she isn�t doing anything wrong?
BOB If she isn�t then we can work things out between each other. And I hope she isn�t I�d hate for her to be out of the baby�s life.
CHRISTINA I can�t believe my grandchild is going to be half a slut.
BOB Mom, please, I�m going to bed now okay, I�m very tired.
CHRISTINA Fine, I�ll have some oatmeal ready for you when you wake up BOB Um�ok thanks mom.
CHRISTINA Oh, don�t act that way it was your favorite meal all your life.
BOB Your right, good night
BOB finally leaves the room, goes back stage and speaks only the audience can hear him.
BOB Hi, Jim�yeah, I need you to bring me anything you might have on my wife�is it a lot?...well bring it to me tomorrow morning, I�m at my mothers house�yeah that�s the address�okay, I�ll have the money for you. Oh, and I�m going to need you to testify for me�wow that much, okay, I�ll come up with it somehow. Bye.
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