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Matt’s relationship with his mother, Bette, has always been haunted
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START: Bette: Hello, Skippy dear. I made steak for you, and mashed potatoes and peas and cake. How many days can you stay?
Matt: I have to get back tomorrow.
Bette: Can’t you stay longer?
Matt: I really have to get back.
[... ... ...]
END: Bette: Hello, Skippy, dear. I made steak for you, and mashed potatoes and peas and cake. You know, you’re the only one of my children that lived. How long can you stay?
Matt: Gee, I don’t know. Uh, a couple of days. Three years. Only ten minutes, my car’s double parked. I could stay eight years if I can go away during the summer. Gee, I don’t know.
Durang, Christopher, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, p. 35-36.
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