When the Crows Visit (NHB Modern Plays) by Anupama Chandrasekhar
Author:Anupama Chandrasekhar [Chandrasekhar, Anupama]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788502757
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Scene Eight
JAYAâs room. Itâs noon, but the curtains are drawn. Itâs dark. A shadow of a man. The man is AKSHAY.
JAYA. Is that you, kanna?
AKSHAY. Sorry â
JAYA. Why are you standing so far away? Come here.
AKSHAY. Go back to sleep. Iâll come back / later.
JAYA. No no no, donât go, donât go. Iâm wide awake. Stay with me. Iâve been expecting you.
AKSHAY. Have you?
JAYA. Yes. I had a feeling this morning, deep in my bones. I knew youâd visit me. You always do when youâre upset, since you were a little boy. You know you can tell me anything.
Silence.
AKSHAY. I⦠Itâs such a horrible, mangled mess. I wish I could stop feeling this, this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Thereâs been no arrest, not one, which makes me very very afraid.
JAYA. Is it the girl? She is lying.
AKSHAY. She hasnât said anything. Sheâs still unconscious.
JAYA. Then sheâll wake up and tell everyone the truth.
Pause.
AKSHAY. Or she may wake up completely mixed up, she may not recognise the real culprits. I mean, I look ordinary. I look like any man on the street. What if she wakes up and says I did it?
JAYA. She wonât.
AKSHAY. We donât know that. I donât know what to wish for any more. That she wakes up or that she doesnât.
JAYA. Weâll make her tell the truth. We always do.
AKSHAY. What do you mean?
JAYA. Youâre innocent. Sheâs lying. Your father will take care of everything.
AKSHAY. My father.
JAYA. Heâll solve everything. Youâre just a boy, you have your whole life ahead of you.
Pause.
AKSHAY. What are you saying?
JAYA. Your father knows people. He knows the police. Donât worry. Heâll talk to Gopiâs father. Everything will be alright. Youâll see.
AKSHAY. Whose father?
JAYA. What?
AKSHAY. You said âGopiâs fatherâ.
JAYA. Did I?
AKSHAY. Why did you say Gopiâs father?
Pause.
Who am I?
JAYA. What?
AKSHAY. What is my name?
JAYA. Kanna, whatâs the matter?
AKSHAY. Whatâs my damn name?
JAYA. I donât understand. Why are you angry with me?
AKSHAY. Screw that.
AKSHAY draws the curtains back, letting in a flood of intense noon light. JAYA cringes uncomfortably. She is half-asleep, half-awake.
Wake up!
JAYA. Aah my eyes! Too bright! Close the curtains!
AKSHAY. Who am I? Look at me, look at me.
AKSHAY shakes her lightly by the shoulders. JAYA wakes up but screws her eyes shut.
Come on! Who am I?
RAGINI enters.
RAGINI. Hey hey. Whatâs going on? What happened?
AKSHAY. She thinks Iâm my father.
RAGINI. Who is he, Patti? This man here.
JAYA. Wonât tell you.
RAGINI. Why, is it a state secret?
JAYA. Go away, girl. Call your, whoever-it-is-you-call-every- other-minute, and get out of my hair.
RAGINI. Me, she recognises me with her eyes closed.
AKSHAY. Open your eyes.
JAYA. Wonât, wonât.
RAGINI. Why not?
JAYA. Because if I do, heâll go away.
RAGINI. Who will?
Pause.
Who will go away, Patti?
JAYA. Jagan.
AKSHAY. Shit.
RAGINI. Patti, heâs dead. Heâs been gone seven years.
Pause.
JAYA. I know that.
RAGINI goes to the side table and looks at the bottle.
RAGINI. Sleeping pills. Patti! How many did you take?
JAYA lifts one finger.
Thereâs a reason why the doctor said you should take it only at night.
JAYA. It is my night.
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