ASPASIA’S REVENGE

CHARACTERS

Simon
Maya Wong
Amy Nguyen
The Telephone Pimp
The Driver
Nurse Aspasia Nguyen
Doctor Solomon

SCENE ONE

On the wall, a movie screen shows a home video of a baby’s birth: a

doting father’s shaky camera-handling along with his excited yammers at his
wife. Finally, a faceless doctor lifts up a red, naked baby, and the baby cries.

Meanwhile on stage, a thin middle-aged Asian woman in a white sweater

and long black skirt nervously arranges her dainty tea set on a neat, pastel
table.

SIMON (a male voice): Knock knock!

MAYA: Oh god, who’s there?

(Enter Simon, a tall, and well-dressed business man in a white overcoat.)

SIMON: Simon.

MAYA: Simon! (They hug) I can’t believe it’s you, finally!

SIMON: I know. It’s been forever, Mother. I’ve imagined you all my life,
and thought about

what you’d be like.

MAYA: Well, what do you think?

SIMON: You’re beautiful!

MAYA: Oh my God, Simon! (She hugs him.) Please, tell me about yourself!
Tell me

everything! How have you been? What do you do now?

SIMON: Well, I’ve graduated from Stanford Law School, first in my
class, and have recently

been elected City Councilman in Miami!

MAYA: Oh my God! I’m so proud of you, Son. (She hugs him.) You are so
tall! I don’t

understand how you got to be so tall. Your father and I are both such short
people.

SIMON: Tell me about my father. What’s his name?

MAYA: Well…his name is not that important.

SIMON: What did he do?

MAYA: I don’t know.

SIMON: How’d you meet?

MAYA: I’d rather not say.

SIMON: Did you love him?

MAYA: No, Simon. But I loved you. And that’s all that matters, to me. It
wasn’t easy, you

know, after nine and a half months, giving you away? I wanted to keep
you, so badly, I did. But I had already by then signed the papers, and the
doctors, they put me to sleep, they would barely let me hold you, Simon! I
can barely remember. You were so precious, so vulnerable, I thought to
myself, poor little thing, my poor baby, oh I loved you so!

SIMON: I know you did, Mother. I know it wasn’t an easy choice. But
you had to choose what

you thought was right. You had to, and you chose good parents for me.
They took really good care of me, treated me as their own. Really, I
couldn’t have asked for better parents.

MAYA: You couldn’t?

SIMON: It was a real selfless act on your part, and I’m forever grateful
to you for your sacrifice, Mother.

MAYA: (Hugs him.) Oh baby! I shouldn’t have! I shouldn’t have let you go…

SIMON: It’s okay, Mother. It’s okay.

(Black out.)
 SCENE TWO

In the darkness, SIMON’s recorded voice yells out from the speakers: “Tell me
what happened, Maya! Tell me about those days!” MAYA’s recorded voice
responds: “Okay…well…so I had this friend…”

The Spice Girls “If You Wanna Be My Lover” plays loudly as the lights come back
on. On the video screen is playing the music video from <<SPICE WORLD>>,
the Spice Girls movie. MAYA is lying on a cute baby blue rug in her small studio
apartment, dressed in a sexy pink tank top and jeans. Her friend, AMY, is lying
next to her, a tall, slightly chubby woman dressed from head to foot in various
shades of green. The two girls on the downstage floor stare directly past the
audience, although it is implied that they are watching the movie screen behind
them.

The movie is muted while the characters speak.

AMY: I can’t believe we’re watching this shit. This is ridiculous.

MAYA: Shh! I kind of like it. I mean, they’re cheesy and all, but I like their
attitude.

AMY: Waddaya mean, “Girl Power”?

MAYA: Yeah.

AMY: No, Maya. That lollipop shit is absolutely retarded. I can’t believe
they made it into

a movie. It’s totally making a fucking Grade F puppet show out of the
whole concept of feminism! It’s sick! Especially that blond one.

MAYA: Baby?

AMY: Yeah her!

MAYA: Aw. Baby’s adorable.

AMY: She’s adorable! That’s the whole motherfucking problem! She’s too
fucking cute!

She looks like a fucking eight-year-old! Is that a BIB she’s wearing? Look!
There! What the fuck? What kind of message are they sending to girls
about womanhood? That we should all be cute and blond and skinny and
never grow the hell up? Is that girl power?

MAYA: Shh, Maya. First of all, she’s not that skinny. I’d say she’s at best on
the heavy side of average. Everyone knows it’s Posh that has the good
body.
AMY: Ew!

MAYA: Okay? And second of all, don’t hate. The Spice Girls come in all
flavors. So Baby’s a little too cute for you – that’s fine, she’s BABY. If you
want strong womanhood, you can watch Sporty.

AMY: Is that the black one?

MAYA: NO Amy! Come on, the African American one is Scary. That one
there, that’s Sporty.

AMY: She’s an ugly, angry dyke.

MAYA: There you go.

AMY: WHAT?

MAYA: Oh, and third of all, Tracy, please shut up. I think they’re really
entertaining.

AMY: Ugh. (Turns on her back) Okay. Whatever. For you, my love.

MAYA: Mwa!

(A few seconds later. AMY picks up an apple.)

AMY: Ew! Maya! There’s a Spice Girl on my apple!

MAYA: Shh! I put that there. I’m collecting the stickers.

AMY: Baby, this shit is totally over-commercialized! It’s not music; they’re
not people; it’s a fucking Capitalist conspiracy to prey on our gullible
vanities. They make up these empty little personality puppets so you can
“choose you favorite” and feel like a unique individual for identifying with,
like, Ginger, ‘cause she’s hot and you think you’re hot, and then you buy
her memorabilia like a fucking Spice Zombie! It’s total vanity! It’s
marketing genius. I don’t like it at all.

MAYA: (Sits up to hear better, still transfixed in the movie.) Look, the Spice
Girls are diverse to represent ALL girls. Girl power means we’re all (raps) ZIG-A-
ZAG-AH! – we’re all cool and united together under (sings) IF YOU WANNA BE MY
LOVER YOU GOTTA GET WITH MY FRIENDS. – anyways, the movie’s almost over,
(sings) BUT FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS!!! (dances along)

Okay it’s done.

(Movie screen goes blank.)

AMY: Are you happy?

MAYA: Very.
AMY: Let’s not do that ever again.

MAYA: Let’s do it again and say we didn’t. I’m kidding.

AMY: Waddaya wanna eat?

MAYA: Whatever you’ll buy me Sugar Mama. You know I’m dead broke.

AMY: Yeah. I know. Whatchu up for? Chinese?

MAYA: Okay, that’s cheap.

AMY: Okay. But Sugar Baby, you know you gotta get yourself a job.

MAYA: I know. I’m looking. Honestly, I am. I went to like five auditions just
last week.

AMY: My poor little starving artist. Too bad they’re not looking for an Asian
Spice. You’d be perfect. Have you tried yesterday’s Village Voice for a real
job?

MAYA: Yeah, and it’s full of secretarial shit. I don’t want any of that.

AMY: Suck it up, you gotta moonlight somewhere.

MAYA: No, but that crap isn’t worth my time. I’m not about to die in an
office, alphabetizing manila folders and pouring old bitches coffee. Fuck
no. And it takes up my whole weekend! and only pays like half-a-fuck an
hour!

AMY: If you earned half-a-fuck an hour, all weekend, every weekend, you
would not be sitting here, watching my TV, and freeloading my Chinese
food.

MAYA: Yeah, you know, I’d be really fucking rich with a half-a-fuck job.

AMY: Hey, seriously, you know you could be. For half a fuck an hour,
you’d be totally loaded. You’re a real sexy bitch, you know that? Ever read
the back pages of the Village Voice?

MAYA: Grow a penis in seven days. Chi-chi-chi-chia!

AMY: No. Just a page behind that. You know, with all the Asian chicks in
bikini’s? Call Ying Lee for sum dim sum fun! You can be like that.

MAYA: Excuse me? Um…Are you suggesting that I should whore myself so I
can pay you for my rent?

AMY: Uh-huh. I’m sure it pays pretty well. And the sex can’t be that bad.
Maybe you can pay off your credit cards while you’re at it.

MAYA: But what about all your feminist shit? Isn’t it really demeaning for
women?
AMY: Well, I think a strong, conscious and conscientious woman should be
able to do whatever she wants with her body. In a Capitalist society, the
real proof of ownership is if you can generate a profit from your goods.

MAYA: It’s illegal Amy!

AMY: But it really shouldn’t be. Men and women should all be able to
prostitute themselves as they please, like in Amsterdam. The only reason
prostitution is illegal is because it threatens the institution of marriage,
which if you’ve ever read Fredrick Engels, is a male-dominated institution
primarily for the purpose of passing down property legitimately to a man’s
genetic heirs. In order to make sure your son, who you’re gonna pass all
your aristocratic fortunes to, is really your son, you gotta make sure your
woman is exclusively your women, and not going around making your kids
with some other dude. Thus, my friend, marriage was invented as
primarily an economic policy to pass property down genetic lines, and this
is inherently sexist because women are merely tools, objects, slaves,
required to be chaste and faithful for the system to function properly,
while men have historically been allowed to fuck around as they please.

MAYA: Okay. But how does that relate to becoming a whore?

AMY: Well, Maya, a whore is the only free woman in the system. When a
woman decides –and this is only if she consciously and freely decides – to
make a profit from the inherent sexual inequality between men and
women, she is using the system to set herself free. Until recently in
history, a woman’s property always belonged to her father or her husband,
but a whore’s property is her own. Whores are the world’s first
entrepreneurs, Maya! Back in the Golden Age of Athens, there was this
famous hetera named Aspasia, she was Pericles’ courtesan, and she and
the other heterae were the only women who knew how to read, write, do
business, and own property.

MAYA: Amy, marriage isn’t just about property! What about the children?

AMY: I read a recent study which showed that human beings are not
naturally meant to be monogamists for life. We’re meant to be serial
monogamists! We’re supposed to have enough natural affection or our
sexual partner to raise a child to a survivable age, traditionally around
seven years. And then the chemical passion goes away, you know, the
“seven year itch,” and biologically, you’re both supposed to move on. Of
course, our society’s a little more complicated, and I’d say the purpose of
marriage these days is to save up money for college tuition. But anyway,
fucking around is the way human beings are supposed to be, and marriage
is actually a socioeconomic institution, contrary to our biological nature.

MAYA: Whoa! Okay. So you want me to just break up with Perry and
prostitute myself?
AMY: No. I don’t think it’s for you. But, theoretically, it’s not a bad idea, so
long as you are making a conscious, free choice, and no children are
created in the process. And you don’t screw up any other marriages where
there are children, especially college-bound children.

MAYA: That’s ridiculous. You don’t think prostitution is, like, by its
definition, demeaning?

AMY: No. Not if the prostitute doesn’t perceive it to be demeaning. In fact,

it should be pretty empowering.

MAYA: Empowering?

AMY: Yeah, like “girl power”!

MAYA: Shut up Amy. Let’s get some Chinese food!

(Black out.)

SCENE THREE

Simon’s voice in the darkness: “Then what happened?” Pause. A phone rings. On
stage, there is only one small area, spotlighted on AMY, upstage left. She is
wearing a green tank top, a little too tight around her belly, and a tight black
mini skirt. She is holding a giant red cell phone from the nineties.

A woman’s voice on a megaphone, the smok-ified voice of the actress who plays
MAYA, answers the phone:

WOMAN: Hello?

AMY: Hi, my name’s Amy Nguyen. I saw your ad in the Village Voice. I’m
calling to ask about your agency. I’d like to work with you. Are you taking
interviews today?

WOMAN: D’ya wanna work tonight? We can pick you up around 6. Where
d’you live?

AMY: Uh. I live on Prince Street and Broadway.

WOMAN: Nguyen. This is your first time working with us, isn’t it? Is your name
Asian or something?
AMY: Yeah, I’m a Vietnamese-American.

WOMAN: Great. You’ll be doing great here. Our Asian stopped working for us
yesterday. But she had been making big runs all month. I can pass on
some of her clients to you.

AMY: Uh, thanks. Do I have to bring anything?

WOMAN: Well, you better bring your supplies. Wait up, Nguyen. Is this your
first time?

AMY: No. I mean, I’m not like a virgin or anything.

WOMAN: Have you done this type of work before? You better not be naïve
about this shit. Are you a cop?

AMY: No, I’m not a cop.

WOMAN: Yeah. (Chuckles to herself.) I know you’re not a cop. (Chuckles some
more.) B.Y.O.C.A.L.: Bring Your Own Condoms And Lubricant. Your driver’s
name is Mark. He’ll meet you on the corner of Prince and Broadway at
three PM sharp.

AMY: Three PM? That’s like in an hour.

WOMAN: Well you better hurry up then. Don’t show up late.

AMY: Okay…

(Click. Tone.)

This is so weird. This is so not me. What kind of underwear should I

wear?

(Takes out from the darkness: some pink flowery underwear, some lime
green granny panties.)

No, not this. Or this. Or this.

(Finds a white lacey bikini.)

This is probably my best bet.

(Black out.)

SCENE FOUR
Moby music plays with the sounds of swishing cars. All is dark except the video
screen: cars at night in NYC, driving by the different districts of the city. Finally,
the camera turns onto AMY in the back seat of a car, still in her green shirt and
black miniskirt, looking nervously ahead.

On stage, the actor who plays SIMON is spotlighted, downstage center. He is

dressed as a pimp-driver, standing menacingly over the audience with his hands
on the wheel.

DRIVER: So you’ve never done this before.

(On screen, the video image of AMY shakes her head: “No,” says the video AMY.)

DRIVER: Are you ready for this?

(Video Amy nods: “Uh-huh.”)

DRIVER: You’re not a cop or anything?

(“No” shakes Video Amy’s head.)

DRIVER: (Chuckles to himself.) I know you’re not a cop. (Chuckles again.)

Here we are. 16F. Just ring on the doorbell. You got it, ladybug.

(Door slams. Pause. Door slams again. Enter AMY in her spotlight, upstage right.)

DRIVER: How was that?

AMY: (Confidently.) Not so bad.

DRIVER: Good. I knew you’d get the hang of it. You look like the part, you
know. And I always say, looks are everything.

AMY: What do you mean, asshole?

DRIVER: I mean, you’s a hundred times more voluptuous-looking than that

other Asian chick, whatshername, Miss Thin Lin. I didn’t like her. But you,
you got curves, and that’s good.

AMY: Thanks.

DRIVER: So did you like it this time?

AMY: I guess so. Didn’t hurt as much. He was a short little old man. Really
nice, actually. Gave me a Sangria and crackers with chevre. We talked a lot
about Weber and the failures of the Bolsheviks.

DRIVER: I mean, did you fuck?

AMY: Yeah, and he paid me three times the rate as a tip.

DRIVER: That’s a girl. You just go and talk them silly first. Hey, how’s about
you share a little bit of a wealth. You know, I’m supposed to charge a
percentage.

AMY: Fuck no, bitch. You drive.

DRIVER: Okay, ladybug. Have it your way. But when this is over, you’re going
home on the subway.

AMY: With pleasure.

(Black out. Sounds of subway.)

SCENE FIVE

Back in Amy’s Room. The lights are on. Maya is lying on the rug with Amy’s big
red cell phone. She is crying, hysterically. Enter Amy, through the door.

MAYA: Where have you been, Amy?

AMY: I’m sorry. I was out with some of my friends.

MAYA: Again?

AMY: Yeah, I’m sorry to keep you up worrying about me. Are you okay?

MAYA: No! Perry broke up with me!

AMY: Oh, I’m sorry my love. What happened?

MAYA: It doesn’t matter. I don’t want to talk about it.

AMY: Okay. Well, to be honest, I think Perry was a womanizing prick

anyway. I brought you some Chinese food.

MAYA: I don’t want Chinese food. I’m on a diet.

AMY: You’re always on a diet, but you’re already dead skinny, just the way
Cosmo Girl likes you.

MAYA: I’ve got big thighs.

AMY: No you don’t. Did Perry say that? Do you know why they call it
Cosmo Girl and not Cosmo Woman?

MAYA: Because Cosmo Woman sounds like a fat alien?

AMY: No, because it’s all a Y-chromosome scheme to kill women, totally
eliminate them from the world. You see all the pictures in the magazines?
All 12-year old girls, dead ones. Our society’s facing a dangerous
extinction of women, death by dieting via a mind-control tool called the
media. That dead French Parada girl is inducing you to commit suicide –
this is the great famine of womanhood, these bitch models fuck up their
hormones and never reach puberty, it’s a tragic plot by the males who
control the fashion industry.

MAYA: Whatever, they’re like ninety percent gay.

AMY: Precisely. And why do you think they’re gay?

MAYA: ‘Cause they like men?

AMY: No, because they don’t like women. They want to make us skinny
and boobless like their pre-pubescent boyfriends. But that kills the woman
in the girl. Do you know modeling has one of the highest rates of job-
related mortalities?

MAYA: That’s a shame. I was considering that. Alright, pass me the Chinese
food. (Puts it on two plates.)

AMY: No, that’s okay, I don’t want any.

MAYA: But you always want Chinese food! Whatsamatter?

AMY: I guess I’m sort of trying to lose my belly.

MAYA: You mean you’re going on a diet?

AMY: No, it’s different.

MAYA: How is it different?

AMY: I’m doing it to acquire power, not to give it away.

MAYA: What are you talking about?

AMY: Okay, so the reality is, in this world, the better-looking you are, the
better you’ll do in life. And unfortunately, we individuals don’t get to
define what the standard is for being good-looking.

MAYA: Okay…

AMY: But I want the power that comes with being good-looking. It’s a very
practical tool, for seduction, whether in the business world or the
entertainment industry or anywhere. So, I figure I have two options: either
I work my ass off persuading people in a grand popular movement to
change the standard of good-lookingness to fit my body, the natural body
of woman, or, I can go to the gym and change my body to fit the standard.
Realistically, the latter is far more efficient.
MAYA: Hold up a sec. How is what you’re doing any different from a diet?

AMY: Maybe it’s not. But I am fully aware of the health consequences of
my actions, and I am making a conscious and free choice to do the thing
that gives me more power. I’m not being bitched around by Cosmo, okay?

MAYA: But you are. And you’re sacrificing your womanly individuality, you
hypocrite.

AMY: I’m not. There is no individuality, Maya Wang. That’s an ideology, a

mere superstructure of our times. There’s people who have power and
then there’s people who don’t. I’m gonna be one of the people who do.

MAYA: Sometimes ideology helps people who don’t have power gain power.
Amy, what’s really going on? This doesn’t sound like you.

AMY: You’re right, Maya. I have a little bit of a confession to make.

MAYA: Uh-oh. What’s up?

AMY: Well, remember that conversation we had like two months ago
about prostitution? So I decided to test my theory out. And, for the last two
months, I’ve been working as a prostitute.

MAYA: Whoa! Holy shit. What did you say?

AMY: You know what I said. I made a free, conscious choice. I don’t regret
a thing.

MAYA: Did you get yourself checked for STD’s?

AMY: Yeah, like four times. My doctor thinks I’m nuts. Whatever, better
safe than sorry.

MAYA: I love you, Amy. I’m sorry I don’t pay my share of the rent. And I use
your phone, and make you do everything.

AMY: It’s not about you, Maya, though I think you should really get a job.
Be a waitress or something. That’s what you actresses are supposed to do.
Anyway, ladybug, I’m proud of my choice.

MAYA: Okay. Fine. I support you, Amy, in your free, conscious decision.
Anyway, I have a confession too.

AMY: Yeah?

MAYA: I’m pregnant. Two months pregnant. And I don’t know whose baby it
is. And I told Perry. And he dumped me! (Begins to cry again.)

AMY: Oh, Maya darling! Don’t cry! It’ll be alright! You can still get an
abortion.

MAYA: No! I’m going to keep it!

AMY: With what money?

MAYA: I don’t know! But I can’t kill a cute little baby. Especially my cute
little baby. One day, it’s going to grow up, and come back, and thank me
for giving it life, in spite of everything.

AMY: In the mean time, what are you going to do to feed it? Clothe it?
Send it to college?

MAYA: I’m not. I’ve already contacted an adoption agency. There’s this
really sweet couple from the Upper East Side who’ve been together for
eighteen years, but they can’t have kids, and they desperately want a
sweet Jewish or Asian baby.

AMY: That’s sweet, Amy, but do you have any idea what you’re getting
into? After seven more months, you’re not going to wanna give it up. It’s
going to be too painful. And what are you going to do when you’re getting
close to that time? I don’t know anything about babies or prenatal stuff.
And I have so much on my plate already, with school and my new job. How
are we going to pay for the medical fees? How do you expect me to take
care of you?

MAYA: I don’t, Amy. Don’t worry, I have it all planned out. The Agency has a
nursing home in California, on the beach. They’ll feed me and take care of
me for the rest of my time in labor, and after the baby’s born, I’ll get a
really big check. Like twenty thousand dollars.

AMY: So basically, you’re selling your body for twenty thousand dollars.

MAYA: No! I can’t believe you’d think that about me! It’s not about the
money for me, obviously. I’m doing it for the love of this unborn child. For
me the sacrifice is only nine months, but for him it’s his whole life!

AMY: Well maybe you should be a little more about the money, Maya.
What about your love for me? What about all the things I’ve sacrificed for
you? You still owe me like five thousand dollars worth of rent, not to
mention food and other random shit I buy you. I’m your best friend and
you treat me like shit. I think you should stop this nonsense, and think
about getting a job and paying off your insane credit card debts. And
maybe after that, you should think about going back to school.

MAYA: Don’t patronize me, Miss Amy “Valedictorian” Ngyuen. You think
you’re so smart because you go to some fucking Ivy League school. But
you’re nothing but a fucking whore.

AMY: Fine. Go and have your stupid baby. See if I care.

(Starts walking out the door.)

And there’s a letter for you in the mailbox.

MAYA: Where are you going?

AMY: For a walk.

MAYA: It’s five AM.

AMY: Like you care.

(Exit AMY. Slams door.)

(Maya opens the door, takes out a letter from a mailbox behind the door, and
slams the door.)

MAYA: Dear Maya Wong. This letter is to officially congratulate you on

making the cast of <<American Sisters.>> We tried to call you but your
line is perpetually busy. We will begin rehearsals this Thursday, and in a
month, we will begin our travels down the East Coast and California. All
the shows are already booked. You will need to provide your own travel
expenses until the end of the season when you get your paycheck,
pending on the success of the show. This is a great opportunity for you to
make it on Broadway and beyond. Hope you are as psyched as we are. See
you Thursday. Affectionately, Lilian Schumer. Production Manager. If you
have any questions, call us during working hours at 212-555-5555.

(puts down the letter)

Oh my God.

SCENE SIX

Pitch dark except for a small spotlight middle stage right. Maya is reclining on
some kind of bed, under a white sheet. Only her head is showing above the
sheet. SIMON’S voice plays on a megaphone: “Thank you, Miss Wong. And then
what do you think happened?”

MAYA: Well then, I met the birth parents, and they were adorable.
Benjamin and Deborah. Benjamin was a venture capitalist. Deborah was a
ballerina and painter, and she was looking forward to being a stay-at-
home mom. She volunteers as an art teacher in an elementary school in
Riverdale, and she also teaches dance to at-risk youth in the Bronx.
Benjamin is very successful, and he really loves his wife. The couple met
in college, and have been together for eighteen years, but Deborah has
this condition that she got during her adolescence; basically her hormones
didn’t do what they were supposed to, so she can’t have children. And she
has osteoporosis. Poor woman. Anyway, the couple was so happy to meet
me, and they told me that I was a strong and selfless woman to do what I
 was going to do. They told me one day, they would tell their child about
me, and tell him, you, that I was a great woman.

(VOICE: “And then what happened?”)

MAYA: Huh? I don’t know. And then. Well, the couple was really sweet and
fantastic. And then I signed the papers. I signed them! Okay. I signed
them, and I gave them to you. And then I gave birth to the baby, which is
you!

(Opening film of baby’s birth plays on movie screen.)

You were such a sweet baby. So small, and vulnerable. I loved you so. I
know I had to be strong and make that sacrifice. I mean, for me it was nine
months, but for you, it’s a whole lifetime. And even though you wouldn’t
have your real mom, or know your real dad, I know you’d be okay. I mean
we’re living in America at the end of the Millenium, some people would
give an arm and leg just to be born here. How can I deny you that? A
whole sweet lifetime with those sweet folks? It’s worth the sacrifice. And
they were such nice people.

(The lights turn on. It is revealed that MAYA has been lying on a hospital bed. A
NURSE, played by the actress who plays AMY, is dressed all in white
except for a little green scarf around her neck. )

NURSE: There, there, ladybug. You need to get up now. Drink this. It’ll make
you feel better.

(Hands her a pink tea cup full of tea.)

MAYA: Amy? What’s going on? Where am I?

NURSE: I’m Aspasia Nguyen, your nurse. You just woke up from a very
successful abortion, Miss Wong. You may put on your clothes now. Dr.
Solomon will come check up on you in a minute.

MAYA: What?

(A knock on the door.)

SOLOMON: Knock knock.

MAYA: Who’s there?

(Opens the door.)

SOLOMON: It’s me, Dr. Solomon.

MAYA: Oh, Simon! You’re a doctor now?

(Black out.)