Cathy: I’m not particularly hungry, I ate before I came.
Mother: (Annoyed) But you knew that you were coming for tea.
(Naraian pauses, and begins to focus on his plate)
Mother: Naraian, we are all so please that you have finally gotten your act together, that you’ve left that unsightly flat behind and accepted the job from your uncle.
Naraian: (Reluctant tone) Thank you…
………..…………………………….Scene change……………………………….........
Cathy: You’re always interfering with our lives, it’s about time you popped the bubble you’ve been keeping us trapped in. You need to start accepting that Naraian is not a child anymore; he makes his own choices-without your help!
As for you never has the saying; ‘one step forward, two steps back’, ever been more relevant, we have a child on the way. You’re not the man I married and unless you go back to that, I’m not sure I can carry on like this. You used to speak out for me, defend me but now you side with your family, and what gets me the most is that you once didn’t care for heavy meals and the state of your flat but now…..you’re just weak.
………..…………………………….Scene change……………………………….........
Scene starts with Cathy and Naraian beginning to argue.
Cathy: How could you?!?! I left my independence and life at the flat, and still you throw me to the wolves?!?!
Naraian: What could I have done? You make it seem a crime that my mother tries to keep you well fed, to take care of you and the baby!
Cathy: But…they pick at every little detail of my life.
(Naraian goes to hug Cathy but she turns away and turns off the light)
………..…………………………….Scene change……………………………….........
Scene begins with Naraian and Cathy eating breakfast with Naraians mother.
Mother: (looks at Cathy) I have prepared some breakfast for you, you must eat properly now, we do not want rumours spreading that I under feed my family….do we now?
Cathy: Suddenly I don’t feel so well…..
Naraian: Go and rest in our room, you don’t want any stress on the baby.
(Cathy hurriedly leaves holding her head in her hands)
Mother: I do everything for that girl, I do love having an English born addition to the family but it appears it has not turned out as well as I hoped it might. She argues with me, shows sadness at Naraians successes, and doesn’t fit into our culture. Now they live here and I can observe and form them into two respectable people, how fortunate for them that they decided to move in!
………..…………………………….Scene change……………………………….........
The scene starts with Cathy slamming the front door, leaving the house with her belongings, escaping.
Naraian: Excuse me, (peers out the window and falls to knees) NO!
Mother: Naraian stop this nonsense, you don’t want the neighbours to be distured by your racket, what’s wrong?!?!
Naraian: (Crying) she’s gone.
Mother: Cathy has gone?!?!?! O son (hugs Naraian)
Naraian: It was inevitable, my ideals, for the country, for our freedom and independence, I lost them. I can only blame myself for this. In England I was different, but I seem to have abandoned Cathy in this alien culture. I wish we’d stayed in England. She was right the flat was perfect for usthe sweeper lady was nothing but kind, and I hate to say it but, my mother has been nothing but a brute. Cathy I love you. I’m sorry.
(Sudden realisation) How could she?!?! She has taken my child, even if she thinks she has done it for the best!
(Naraian finds a letter from Cathy)
Letter (read by Naraian):
Naraian,
I loved you when you were free, but now you’re trapped, and I don’t want to be trapped like you. You know where you can find me when you’re free…
All my love,
Cathy