DesperateToFight

Act one

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(It is an apartment what they called as Studio .everything is there (i.e.; bed, a
dressing table very near to the bed, the kitchen and small chairs) typical
Ethiopian single ladys home, tidy and everything is under control. The only
messy thing in the room seems to be the womens hair who is sitting in front of
the dressing table mirror, very depressed and annoyed. She is in bare foot and
in a night pajama)

Marta

- (hurriedly stands and goes to the nearest wall and listen) Can you
hear them? Cant you hear them? Come on? An old deaf can hear
them from 10 km distance. I am not sure either this condominium is
built out of stone or paper. You know what - - -It is like sitting in bus
with your neighbors you can feel their breath - -- and they can hear
you thinking. It is always like this, they can hear me thinking and I
can hear them kissing, touching at each other, make love - - - everything is transparent! Transparent as water!

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(Irritated, gets back to her seat)

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- A Marta - My neighbors - - - they are noisy as hell!! I dont know about hell, but
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I know whatever they do is loud as hell, and it is driving me crazy!!!!

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They are loud when they eat, they are loud when they talk, and they
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sound - - - they are even loud when they love each other. - - - - you
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hear, they have started it already - - - that is how it is! It sounds like an
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argument? - - - I dont know why but it starts when she stopped

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talking to him - --he begs, begs and begs then she continue to blame

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him and he carry on begging, she warn not to be touched - he begs,
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she offense him - he begs, she cries - - -he begs - - he always beg.

They are always like this .The nagging and the begging activity slowly
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grows, grows and grows and - - -end up with their stupid piercing bed
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sound. After that, all I can hear is their noisy bed and her begging. I
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dont understand them. I dont understand myself! But I understand
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there is a little, little, little devil in me who push me to pray for this
couple to fight for real. Yes! I want them to slap and knock each
others head off, scream, throw things at each other, smash that
earsplitting bed, and blow up this building.

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(She Hits, pushes, throw things of her tidy room. The room gets messy. She

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organized i.e. comb her hair, - - - -and so on)

finally gets relieved and lay dawn on her bed)

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small ashes! And from that particular ash I want my man to grow as

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fresh as I always dream. The man I can stick to - - - to the end of my
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life, as every woman can be able to attach their body and soul with the
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same, same, same one man to their entire womanhood. Like my
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neighbor. - - -- I want to get wedded to that newly ash- grown man. I
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(Marta gets up from the bed, goes to the dressing table and make herself

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(Mimicking her mother)

Listen to me Marta! You are not a child anymore! Three divorces is not an
honor for women. People are talking about you! They say you are allergic to
marriage, relationship, men - - -- whatever is normal. You better get a husband
and start thinking about children and settle dawn!!You have to prove them
wrong!!"
Whenever my mama said to me that, my answer is the same.
"Oh! That is a blessed idea, will you pleeeeeeeeeeese find me one
"What? A husband? Are you serious? Do you really accept a husband who I
will bring for you?"
Why not? I brought my self three headaches and it didnt work out? Lets give
it a try?"
There is nothing to try? After all, you are not Elizabeth Taylor. Do you know
Elizabeth Taylor got married and divorced eight times?!"
"I cant see a problem with marrying and divorcing eight men. If she can love
them she can definitely hate them. - - -If she can marry them she can definitely
divorce them. Who is Elizabeth by the way?"
Marriage is a serious and continuous relationship! It is not a bus stop where
you can get on and drop out whenever you want to"
I know my mother wouldnt let me go until I say "I surrender!" so ,I let her to
search a life time husband for me, after all I am tired of searching ! I have
searched three times and found three men whom I was blindly in love with. My

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problem is - - - my problem? As much as I can love them madly I can also hate
them extremely. Like the bus stop - - - I have reached my destination so fast.
With men? Oh!!!! I reach to the end very quick. I cant wait lifelong. I love
them real. I hate them real. When I hate, I fight. A real fight! Not the calculated
fight like my neighbors have had which usually ends up with love and bed
squeaking. When I fight, I fight to the end of the world - - - to divorce!!!

(Puts on some lipstick)

My mother is a very desperate woman. After we have that discussion on
searching my new husband, yesterday she called to announce that she found the
perfect man.
"Perfect?"
"Yes! I have a background check on this man. He is very rich?"
"Rich?!!!!"
"He is a father of six children from two marriages!"
"Rich eh?"
"Dont worry! Both of the mothers of his children are died. The children are
grown ups. The most interesting part is that - - - all the children are male"
So? Who do you want me to marry? The children? Or the father?"
"Of course! The father!! It is your fourth marriage for Gods sake? There is

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"Well - - - thank you for helping me find my perfect man mama - - - let me
think about it?"
"What is there to think about? - - - remember my daughter this is your last
chance! <Time is not plenty as men> - - - and this is your last night to think."

Marta so this is my last night to think!!!

(She goes to the window and gazes - - - -and abruptly starts to talk)
Marta are you kidding me? A father of six? (Laughs) Hahahahahahahah - - marry a father of six boys? And live together with seven boys? - - -Oh! The
earth must smash into the hell first. - - - A two times widower? The world must
change in to ashes before that could practically happened to Marta- - - - and
perhaps this building must blow off - - - at least these two stupid couples must
fight a real fight .real fight like world war II.
(She remembers something and laughs)
Shibiru! You know shibiru? He is my first husband? - - - hahahaha (continues
to laugh) living with him was like living in the World War II. He was always in

? - - - ambush - - -when ever he found a shadow of another man around me he attacks

AAAAAA ( ) - - -have you ever seen a man who always attacks? shibiru was an attacker .He
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(She goes to her bed and lie dawn, pretend to be sleep, a man that she
mentioned shibiru enters)
Shibiru (suspecting something) where have you been?
Marta I suppose to ask you the same question? Shibiru, you come home late
in the mid-night and you ask me where I had been? I have been here
the whole day and night waiting for you. Where have you been? - - - do
you want something to eat?
Shibiru Dont change the subject!!!You just came in - didnt you? - - -just
few minutes before I did.
Marta please dont start!
Shibiru tell me! Did you go to that son- of a bitch? Did you tell him that you
miss him?
Marta who?
Shibiru Your first choice?
Marta (doubtfully) my first choice?
Shibiru come on! You told me that I was not your first choice?
Marta I have already married to you. Does it really matter?
Shibiru Yes! It matters! It matters when the women you love - - -the women
you call your wife tells you that you are not her first choice. It hurts!
Marta I chose to marry you!
Shibiru but I am not the first choice?
Marta It doesnt matter to me.
Shibitu do not keep telling me that. It matters to me.
Marta - what do you want me to do then?
Shibiru Nothing!
Marta - thank you! Can I bring the dinner now?
Shibiru I have already eaten and drank!

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Marta I can see that youre drunk!

Shibiru I drank because I am angry at your first choice?
Marta you can drink in the name of all the men in the world. But dont blame
me I have something to do with them.
Shibiru you have something to do with your first choice!
Marta Yes! He was my first boy friend!
Shibiru you see? You still think he is the first.
Marta - because that is the truth!
Shibiru Tell me one true thing!
Marta - what?
Shibiru Do you still love him?
Marta - I know my answer will give you a very good reason to drink for the
coming hundred years. Forget my first choice! He is married. Just go
to your bed!
Shibiru How do you know he is married?
Marta - I heard. He got married three weeks ago.
Shibiru who told you?
Marta - that also matters eh?
Shibiru when did you see him last?
Marta when we got separated, two years ago!
Shibiru then how do you know he got married?
Marta - I know!
Shibiru how the hell do you know, if you are not seeing him? Or are you
asking people around how he is doing?

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Marta No! He sent me an invitation card?

Shibiru why?
Marta To ask me attend.
Shibiru and?
Marta I did not go?
Shibiru why?
Marta - why? Because I cant stand seeing him getting married.
Shibiru you see - - - you still have feelings for him.
Marta I dont know!
Shibiru of course you know! I want to know!
Marta - I cant tell you more. The more you know the more you go jealous.
The more you are getting jealous the more I get headaches.
Shibiru - I am not jealous!!
Marta - then why do you insist to know?
Shibiru Because, - - - - because I think communication is important for our
marriage. Transparency is important.
Marta transparency is what puts me in to an interrogation. If I kept my mouth
shut, I could have saved energy. Or should I tell you lie?
Shibiru transparency is truth!
Marta - truth is that you are not my first choice?
Shibiru do you also know where he leaves?
Marta - who?
Shibiru you first choice for Gods sake!!?
Marta - You can find his address on the invitation card.
Shibiru give me the card!
Marta I throw it away!
Shibiru where did you throw it?
Marta - in the garbage bin! Why?
Shibiru I will go and visit him!

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Marta what? Are you going to fight?

Shibiru why should I fight? I dont need to fight as long as he is honest with
me. But I am going just to ask him.
Marta Ask him what?
Shibiru I will ask his name.
Marta - You dont need to go. His name is Yohannis! That is the end of our
discussion and your visit plan.
Shibiru - are you his first choice too? That is what I want to know.
Marta what if I am?
Shibiru Then why would he marry that woman?
Marta - for the same reason I married you.
Shibiru and why in the name of st.marry was that?
Marta I am sick and tired of your suspicion. How long do we have to live
like this?
Shibiru - A hundred and thousand questions are out there, hanging on the air.
All my questions must get answers before I go to bed. I cant go sleep
uncertain.
Marta - then go and refer FAQ.
Shibiru who is he?
Marta - FAQ? (Laughs) hahahahaha! You can find frequently asked questions
about me on every night discussion we have for that last one and half
year.
Shibiru I dont understand!
Marta - (furiously) I dont understand you! - - - good night! (She goes to her
bed and He walks towards the door) - - - - what are you doing? Where
do you think you going?
Shibiru to that garbage bin!
Marta - Are you out of your mind? (Hurriedly goes out)They are in the middle
of their honey moon sleep and I am in the middle of nightmare!

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Marta - life with shibiru was an example of torment. I couldnt stand him any
longer. I throw shibiru out of my life. Divorce! Which was a
relief!!???ohfffff!

(She curiously walks to the wall and listen)

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times. She is a liar. She just wants him to beg. She knows he will. I
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know he will. She has to complain first and pretend that she will leave
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Marta Any ways! After I got separated with shibiru, I have made up with

yohannis! - - - - yohannis is a very handsome man, the man I once
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up. His marriage didnt go well too. He was alone and I was alone,
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hopeless! He was not the same old Yohannis I know. And I think that
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is because he is proud! - - - Yes! He was very proud that I begged him
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in to marriage. He was proud because he didnt pay a dowry; he was
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proud because I make him proud. Yes! It is all my fault!

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Marta are you not going to kiss me hello?
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Yohannis - I am tired!
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Yohannis I am tired of every thing!
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Marta - what about your life?

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Marta - what?!!You want to end it? You want to end your life?

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Yohannis No! It is not my life I want to end!?

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Yohannis I want to end it!

Marta - I dont understand what you - - Yohannis it is us!

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Yohannis Yes! We need to end this - - -this - - - what we call marriage!

Marta what?

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Yohannis - I have a confession to make.

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Marta - What?

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Yohannis okay! Forget the confession! I want a divorce!

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Marta - why?

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Marta - I wont get mad! Tell me the truth! - - - Is there another woman? Are
you going back to your ex-wife?

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Yohannis You will get mad if I tell you the truth!

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Yohannis I didnt want to leave you, I just want it to end peacefully!

Marta come on! Tell me why?
Yohannis - I dont love you.
Marta - You dont - - -- what?

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Yohannis - I thought I liked you .but I dont!

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Marta - you dont like me?

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Marta - Not even a little?

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Yohannis we will see!

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not forget that you left me for another man.

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Marta - and heart breaking!!! Ohahahaha (she cries out)

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Yohannis - (Trying not to give in) those real or fake tears?

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Yohannis - Fine, Marta forgive me for trying to be nice.

Marta - Nice? You call this nice? Rejecting me, telling me Im a traitor
Yohannis - Thats not what Im saying.

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Marta - Then what are you saying?

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Marta - What if no one likes me that way?

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Marta - Yohannis? Are you sure you couldnt be that someone special?
Yohannis - I dont know, Marta. Lets give it some time. Right now, Im tired,
hungry and confused.
Marta would you like something to eat?
Yohannis - if it is okay with you!

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Yohannis can I have my last kitiffo! I love it when you do it!

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Marta - (burst in to cry) hahahahahaha!

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Yohannis what? Did I say something bad?

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Marta No!

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Marta would you like me to stop crying!

Yohannis Yes! Of course!

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Yohannis of course! Why not? You still are my wife!

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Marta - can I kiss my husband?

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Yohannis I think so! One last goodbye kiss (They kissed. it was very
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Marta - Is it okay if I look you up sometime?

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Yohannis - I dont know. I dont know anything right now. But one things for
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Marta - Whats that Yohannis?

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Yohannis you can keep the house!

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Marta - (slowly releases him and goes to the door and open) leave please!!

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Yohannis I will come tomorrow! To discuss the divorce! (He tries to give a
goodbye kiss, but she refuses)

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Marta That is how my second marriage ended! I thought I would die without

yohannis but I moved on. Moved on and keep living in this same house
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wait a minute! No! He is not home. She is crying, but I cant hear him.
Did he leave her? - - -No! He was home few minutes ago! Why is he
silent? I hate when men go silent. Something is not normal when men
shut up! He has to speak! He has to beg before she starts to cry. He
must say something. There must be something - - - - something - - - a
word or two - - - an Utter!
(Gets back from the well and think)

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family. His parents named him million because they want to see him a
millionaire. And he work very hard to meet his parents dream. I loved
him when he told me the number of boyfriends/girlfriends we have had
and the amount of money we have accumulated in the past must not be
counted in to our new life. I love the idea that we have to start from
zero. I respect him when he told me he didnt care that I am divorced
two times. He made me believe that we will have a bright future
together. I admire him for that. I admire when he convince me marriage
ceremony is nothing but a waste of resource. I admire him when he
persuaded me children are nothing but a waste of money. So I agreed
not to have child until the right time comes. He even moved in with me
and told me house is nothing but a luxury, so what we needed to do
was save money - - -God knows how long one can wait? But we have
waited two years. Then I got fade up with idea of suspending
everything to future and stop living in the present!

(Million gets in to the house and sits in front of Marta)

Million okay! Think, think and think. There must be something else you
bought!
Marta No!
Million - I gave you a thousand birr and you brought me an 800 hundred and
53 birr and 80 cents receipt. Something is missing here.
Marta yes! I think I bought something and forget to ask a receipt.


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we go bankrupt!
Marta - I dont really remember where and why - - Million - You should remember. Relax now! - - -think! - - -think of the
cosmetics shops that you went through.
Marta I didnt go to cosmetic shop today! I went straight to the supermarket
and bought some food stuffs - - Million where did you go after that?
Marta - I took a taxi and came home direct.
Million we agreed to use buses! Okay! Go on - --You took a taxi and paid for
your transportation - - - are you sure you get your balance?
Marta I did not pay. I came with my neighbor Meseret, she paid for all of us.
Million That is very good. Then where did you spend the one hundred 46 birr
and 20 cents!
Marta I dont know!
Miollion you must know! I could have shop myself; if I knew you are unable
to manage your finance correctly! I insist that we should set up a
proper book keeping system in this house.
Marta - Everything is getting expensive! Maybe that is why - Million The receipt does not show youve paid extra, but lost money!
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Million - we are only two. We cannot eat more than a thousand birr food in a
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Marta why not?
Million why not? Because we plan to eat a thousand! That is why! And it is
all in the paper!
Marta what if we eat thousands? What if we eat millions? What if we eat
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Million - calm dawn honey! We can eat the whole world in the future, but for
the time being we cannot afford to spend more than a thousand for
something that only changes in to waste!
Marta everything is a waste of time! You are a waste of time!
Million easy mar! You are getting edgy. Let us calm dawn first - - - - take a
deep breath!
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Million Ohfffffffff! - - -very good! - - - Now we can discuss everything like
grown-ups. I know money topic does not give you an ease, but can you
at least try? Just think of the future - - - -!
Marta how?
Million I know you are fond of spending money on useless luxuries. Its
okay! That is a humans feeble nature. I am here to help. I am coaching
you to concentrate on your affordable needs! I have to cleanse you
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Million come on! A little bit sacrifice wont hurt. You deserve better than
this entire artificial world honey.
Marta - Money is artificial!
Million but it can buy you non- artificial things.
Marta - For instance?
Million for instance? Hmmmm - - - land, people - - -I mean you can buy
human resource.
Marta - You can buy the universe, but dont ask me the receipt. I dont have
the receipts, I dont have the money! So what? What do you want me
to do? Hang myself!?
Million I need a financial report on your shopping!!
Marta what is this? accountants office or something? All I bought was a
stupid wall clock and I am sentenced to inspection death. Get off
Million!
Million you bought a wall clock?
Marta - Yes! You see that on that wall?
Million why? Was it in our plan?
Marta NO! And I dont care!
Million you should have told me earlier. All our discussion was a waste of
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Marta you told me money is everything a million times.
Million do we really need that clock?
Marta Yes!!!
Million why?
Marta it is that clock which tells me time is up!
Million what time?
Marta time to broke- up!
Million what is that suppose to mean?
Marta I cant take this anymore million! I want a divorce!
Million Think twice before you mention things like that. It may back fire on
you!
Marta why?
Million because you wont get a penny out off me! I know you like to earn a
living out of divorce.
Marta - what?
Million - Last time you get a house. Now you want my money?
Marta I want you and your money out of my life
Million dont say I didnt warn you!
Marta Dont say I didnt warn you to get out of my face greed!!
Million Think about it Marta! Getting a divorce is costly these days! How can
you pay for a lawyer? You spent all your money on wall clock!
Marta - (screaming at him) get out of my house!!!!
Million (stands and walks towards the door) I need the receipt of the wall
clock by the way! (He goes out)

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