START: HE: There are three ‘ns’ in cunni...

The Mistress Contract

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START: HE: There are three ‘ns’ in cunnilingus.
SHE: [Direct to the audience} It is dawn, 2010.
[She looks at him]
What time is it?
[She peers at her watch]
Five. Nearly five.
HE: Did anything come through on the fax?
[... …]
END: SHE: [Direct to the audience] The now have several grandchildren between them.
[Dawn, sunlight seeping through the blinds. SHE crosses the room, opens them, revealing a beautiful irrigated garden. SHE stands, looking out.]
They live in separate houses in the same city on the west coast of America.
[HE joins her, standing looking out next to each other]
HE: [Direct to the audience] They speak by phone nearly every day they are not in rooms together.
[They look at one another]
She is 88.
SHE: He is 93.

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