Yen (NHB Modern Plays)

have an apple and most of it’s okay but one part of it is brown and rotten? So you cut that bit out and then you can eat the rest. Well, that’s what I’d like to do. There’s a part of my body that’s rotten and I want to cut it out but I can’t.

She puts her hand between her legs and grips. Then she starts to cry.

And my dreams. My fucking dreams! I dream about Daddy’s face, and your face. I dream about your brother wearing my daddy’s clothes. I dream Taliban’s at my window. I dream I wake up in your bed and I’m covered in blood.

A chat? A CHAT? (Very angry, incredulous.) Do you know how much pain you have caused me? Do you know how much pain you and your family have caused me and my family? DO YOU?

Suddenly she takes a step forward.

Look. (Points to her mouth.) Two new teeth. Had to get them replaced because your brother knocked them out with the dog chain. I can’t keep my dinner down most days. The only thing I can eat without feeling sick is Twix. HA! Twix! Taliban’s favourite. And I feel so ugly inside myself. You know when you

NNIFER. You should do something. You’d be good at working with people. You’re quite… gentle.
HENCH doesn’t know

uddenly there is a loud hammering on the door. HENCH and BOBBIE look at each other. HENCH pauses his game, tense. The knocking continues intermittantly over the following text, building in urgency,