Fog by Tash Fairbanks

Author:Tash Fairbanks
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408172407
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Scene Seven

Michael and Bernice’s living room. Fog, Lou and Michael are there.

Fog Nah, I’m gone. I’m gone.

Goes to leave but Lou blocks his way.

Lou Gary.

Fog Move from me.

Lou Why you never / pick up?

Fog Shut up.

Lou Why you never / text me back?

Fog Move!

Lou Nah, listen to me!

Fog Come out my way.

Lou No.

Fog Who’s dis gel? Who’s dis / gel?

Lou I just wanna talk to you.

Fog Nah, you’re nuts. Come out my way. (To Michael.) What da fuck, man! What da fuck? Why she here? Why you bring her here?

Michael Maybe let her talk, bruv.

Fog Nah, she ain’t sayin’ nuttin’. Get her out.

Michael Bruv?

Fog Get her out!

Lou Just talk to me.

Fog I got shit to do. Money to make. Ain’t got time for dis bitch.

Lou gives him a look that’s familiar to him.

Fog What?

Lou What?

Fog Don’t do that.

Lou What?

Fog Don’t fucking do that!

Lou So you don’t need me now?

Fog What? Me need you? Shuttup, I never did I never did.

Lou So you alright?

Fog Yeah ‘course.

Lou Yeah?

Fog Yeah I’m cool.

Lou Yeah?

Fog Yes!

Lou So everything cool yeah. Brock House alright yeah?

No response.

Lou You likin’ it dere, yeah?

Fog Yeah. Yeah’s good now you‘re gone. Man’s top now, ennit.

Lou Seen… So how’s all your boys? How’s de man dem?

Fog Yeah.

Lou How’s Jason and that?

Fog Yeah, dere fuckin’ good, man, dere good.

Lou Why you lying? Why you fuckin’ lying to me? You ain’t there no more.

Fog Yes I am!

Lou Michael told me. You’re with Dad.

Fog Why did you say that? Why you telling her?

Michael I just…

Fog You’re a dickhead. You’re a dickhead!

Lou We swore… didn’t we?

No response.

Lou Didn’t we, Gary?

Fog I don’t remember.

Lou Yes, you do. ‘Course you do! We swore we’d never talk to him. We hate him!

Fog No I don’t.

Lou Yes you do. And you know why.

Fog No I don’t.

Lou You forgotten what he did to Mum?

Fog No. Yeah. No nothing.

Lou We swore and you can’t go back on that. You can’t!

Fog I ain’t.

Lou You have.

Fog I ain’t!

Lou Yes you have!

Fog He’s safe now. Got me television. Plasma / wide screen.

Lou You broke your promise for a fuckin’ television!

Fog Fuckin’ bought it, TV, for me.

Lou So what? What about me?

Fog Shuttup.

Lou You weren’t even gonna tell me.

Fog Nah nah, fuck this.

Lou Were you? Were you? (Couple beats.) Does he ask about me?

Fog No.

Lou He ain’t said nothing?

Fog Yeah.

Lou What?

Fog He said he hates you. You fucked him up, with that letter. That I didn’t want you to send! He don’t never wanna see you again.

Beat.

Lou So what, it’s you and him now, yeah? (Pushes him.) You and him. Happy little twosome. (Pushes him really hard.) Yeah?

Michael Hey, calm it, man.

Lou Yeah, nice, nice. Ain’t dat nice? Nice TV.

Michael Oi, hold it down, Lou.

He restrains her.

Fog I’m gonna knock this bitch out.

Lou What have I got?

Fog Shut up!

Michael Just stop it, man.

Lou What ‘ave I got?

Fog Shut up shut up, it’s your fault.

Lou My fault?

Fog Yeah, little fuckin’ slag!

Lou What?

Fog Fuckin’ whore.

Michael Bruv, shut up. What you playing at?

Fog Shut up.

Michael No, you can’t speak to her like that.

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