"Miriam"

Miriam is hiding in an alley. She’s sweating and clearly been running.Theresa has been following her for blocks, threatening her.

Theresa: Oh “Miriam!” Come out come out wherever you are. (pause) I know you’re over here. It’s only a matter of time before I find you down one of these streets. There’s nowhere for you to go.

Miriam takes a deep breath and shows herself. 

Miriam: Is “it a game to you?”

Theresa laughs, maniacally. 

Miriam: What do you want from me?

Theresa: “Was it a game to him?” 

Miriam: I don’t think so. 

Theresa: Oh Miriam, “don’t tell me lies.”

Miriam: I’m not. He didn’t tell me about you. Not until two days before we stopped seeing each other. 

Theresa: “I know” you’re both working together. “He said it’s not your fault.” 

Miriam: Then believe him. It isn’t my fault.

Theresa: “But I don’t believe that’s true.” You said it yourself, it took two more days before you stopped seeing one another.

Miriam: What are you going to do about it?

Theresa: Oh, “I’ve punished him from ear to ear.” You’ll see that “I’ve saved the best for you.”

Miriam: We weren’t together that long. He loves you. Once he told me, I stopped calling. I thought it was disgusting for him to be two-timing anyone. 

Theresa: I want to believe you, I really do. “And I’m trying not to hurt you, ‘cause you might not be that bad.” 

Miriam: I’m not. You followed me for a mile in my car and then on foot. Nothing good comes out of this. 

Theresa: You should know I’m not crazy and, honestly, “it takes a lot to make me go this mad.”

The stare at one another, unmoving.

Theresa: “Oh Miriam.”

Miriam: What do you want?

Theresa: “That’s such a pretty name and I’ll keep saying it” over and over. 

Miriam: When does this end? 

Theresa: It won’t. “Until you die.”

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