ACT ONE, SCENE SEVEN

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On the right side of the table, three siblings observe the scene; two by blood one by name. the food remains untouched on the plates while two women fight on the left side.

ALBERT what's tortellini?

NATHAN it's a type of pasta.

ALBERT ――why did aunt mary call mom tortellini, then?

NATHAN she was getting creative with the insults ―― wait claire, why are you eating?

CLAIRE because it's a salad.

NATHAN why do you have a salad while we all have whatever extinct animal is this?

CLAIRE because i'm vegetarian.

ALBERT what? ―― since when?

CLAIRE since salads are the only food mom is able to cook.

NATHAN ha! smart ―― i think i'm going to become a vegetarian too.

( DULCINEA throws NATHAN a spoon )

NATHAN ouch! ―― what was that about?

DULCINEA finish your food, weeping boy.

NATHAN but it's so disgusting it might even be poisonous.

DULCINEA ―― that's the point.

ALBERT see what i told you ―― she really wants you dead.

NATHAN father won't allow her to――

CLAIRE your father isn't even here to stop her.

( enter HECTOR )

HECTOR you know what? ―― que os jodan, i'm hungry. ―― son, let me sit next to you.

NATHAN i warn you; eliza cooked the food.

HECTOR and what about i―― oh, god, this tastes like shit.

ELIZA ―― hector!

TIA INGLESA ha! even your husband agrees ――

ELIZA ―― fuck you! i told you to eat shit!

( ELIZA grabs the meat and throws it to TIA INGLESA's face )

TIA INGLESA oh, you shouldn't have done that ――

ALBERT ―― food fight!

NATHAN oh, no ―― it's like father's second wedding all over again.

HECTOR ―― minus the fire.

( a candle falls and sets the table on fire )

HECTOR oh, no ―― it's like my second wedding all over again.

GINÉS children, children. we are forgetting the whole poin――t of, uh, this dinner? ―― lunch? whatever. the point is ―― the point ―― i forgot the point.

DULCINEA and now ginés is drunk ―― this brings back such good memories from the wedding.

GINÉS ――ya me acuerdo, the point is we have a corpse in the living room ――and uh, she was very loved in this family ―― i think? ―― even if one of us killed her.

TIA INGLESA ―― what!

DULCINEA oh, fuck ―― he said it.

HECTOR ――i give up.

( exit HECTOR )

ELiZA this is even worse than my wedding ――

CLAIRE what's going on?

ALBERT ――what are they talking about?

NATHAN i ―― i don't ―― nothing happened, it was an accident.

GINÉS i shouldn't have said that ――

DULCINEA can this get even more dramatic?

( there's a knock on the door, EVERYONE is suddenly quiet )

TIA INGLESA ――are we expecting someone?

GINÉS maybe it's your dead mother ――qué te parece, Dulcinea?

DULCINEA i think you should stop drinking.

ELIZA maybe if we're quite, they'll leave.

( there's another knock on the door )

TIA INGLESA goddamnit ――

ELIZA who's going to open the door? ―― not me.

ALBERT not me!

CLAIRE not me!

TIA INGLESA not me!

NATHAN not me!

DULCINEA not me!

GINÉS uh ―― what?

TIA INGLESA ginés, dear. why don't you go open the front door?

GINÉS claro, cariño.

( exit GINÉS, his voice is heard from behind the curtain )

GINÉS and who the fuck are you supposed to be?

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