2ND SCENE

(Dingdong is on the phone)

Dingdong:Come here—the head of our legal department just called.He said,you scammed the son of our
boss.He wants to sue you.Is this true?Hay….dex!what have I been telling you—Dex,you stole money from
these people, that’s a crime you know?and of all the people that you would scammed it had to be the
son of our boss

Enrique:Bryan,i didn’t steal anything —I was scammed too

Dingdong:so why are you in hiding?

Enriquie: because they’re hunting me down

Dingdong: of course!what do you expect?!

Enrique:I shouldn’t pay for it—I was just a promoter,not the producer

Dingdong: didn’tyou atleast verify if the event was legitimate?

Enrique:I had no idea the event was a scam

Dingdong:Well, you’re ignorance doesn’t make you victim—it just make you stupid!

Enrique:okay!... fine. I’m stupid.

Dingdong:And irresponsible, you’ve been this way ever since

Enrique: irresponsible!here we go again! Don’t worry,Bry— I’llpay back what I owe you,I won’t forget it

Tatay: what’s going on here ?

Dingdong:you keep on track on everything!—this isn’t that money

Enrique:then what?

Dingdong:thisbis about your recklessness, you’ve wasted so many opportunities!if you finish you’re
thesis ,you would’ve graduatd from collge!—then you would’ve gotten a nice job —but what did you do?
whom did you choose?A girl?

Enrique: she’snot just any girl,she was my family

Dingdong:then what do you call us? Aren’twe your family?

Enrique:what “family” are you talking about?you all left me—ever since mom died, it’s like you all died
with her

Tatay:dex!

Enrique:dad had the community council,alan and cha got married,and you?married to your job—and
me?i was just a kid ,you all forgot about me,and aira she was my only family

Dingdong:so where is she now? Where’s aira?where?!Dex,grow up!stop fucking up your life,stop fucking
up other people lives,you fucker!
Enrique:you mean stop fucking up your life?fuck you!

Christine:Dex! Don’t talk back,your potty-mouth ,Dex!

Enrique:yes! You’re lives are all so perfect right?right cha?why don’t we talk about how perfect your
womanizing husband is

Christine: don’t lay on this to me!

Enrique:no!! we’ll talk about it,so they’d know I’m not the only loser here—her husband , he’snot
working abroad

Mulach: he’s here in pinas?

Enrique:yes!,and I caught him with another woman

Mulach: you’re husband is here?huh?

(Susugod si mulach pero pipigilan ni christine)

Christine:kuya,stop it!

Mulach:he can’tdo that to you

Enrique:he can!she lets him get away with it

Mulach:Cha,what the hell?we told you many times,that guy is a jerk, you’reso stubborn!

Christine:okay…okay…that’swhy I didn’t want to tell you,because it’s my fault,I got myself into this,I have
to see it through

Dingdong:even if he keeps making a fool out of you ? that’s nonsense,why do you put up with it?

Christine: because for my children—because I don’t want them to lose their father —and I didn’t tell
you, because I didn’t want dad to worry—because he’s sick

Enrique:no, he’s not

Dingdong:shut up dex!

Enrique:I overheard him and jun earlier—isn’t that right dad?

Dingdong:huh?what,jun?Dad?...Is that why you didn't want to see a doctor?

Tatay :No...

Mulach :Bry,you don't understand...

Dingdong : No, wait...you knew about these ate?-you were making a fool out of us?

Mulach:It's not like that, Bry- Dad doesn't have cancer-the initial findings were wrong

Dingdong :Then why didn't you tell us immediately?-Were you ever going to tell us? It doesn't look like it,
it surely doesn't
Mulach : Dad and I talked---

Dingdong : Oh...so you discussed this? just among you? or just you?

Mulach : Bry!

Dingdong :Dad, when you called to ask for help for the store-did you already know you didn't have
cancer?-So you used it as an excuse for me to help ate-And you took advantage of it!

Mulach: Bry! I didn't ask dad to ask you for money!-Dad...didn't I tell you not to?

Tatay: Umm...I only wanted to help the store, I want you and your siblings to help each other out.

Mulach : Dad! do you know how it feels like to be a charity case?-I wish you saved me some ounce of
dignity-1, will you believed me when I said that I could handle it.

Dingdong :The store wouldn't have ended up that way if you had managed it properly

Mulach : You are so full of yourself! You are so arrogant...and I am so stupid, because I believed you
sincerely wanted to help out.

Dingdong: I was just helping, yet I'm still the arrogant one...Wow!

Mulach: You think that all anybody wants from you is money?!

Enrique : You only help us to rub in the fact that we didn't amount to anything, but you did. You're
perfect right?

Dingdong: Why are you talking it against me that I've achieved something in life? why? is it my fault? that
unlike you and ate I chose to stay and study? Is it my fault that worked hard to get what I have? is it my
fault that have the means to help you? Huh?-Do you even know what I went through? What I had to give
up just to help you? No! because not one of you asked me if I was okay!-You, ate, when you worked
abroad to pursue you're dream of becoming a dancer, you didn't hear any complaints from me, when
had to assume your responsibility for the store,I set aside my own dreams,no problem! Why? because
no one would be left at the store-You and Mom were both gone-l just wanted to be a good daughter, just
wanted to be a good sister-To the point that I couldn't even be a mother to my own son, but when you
returned, it's like nothing happened-You're still the favored one, but that's okay because it was my
decision to leave the store, you know why? because dad told me that you needed the store more,
because you had a wife and kid, because you had family, and me? I don't-You, all of you, you are all that I
have, you are my only family, but why is that you always make me feel that I'm the enemy? not a sister,
not a family (nag walkout)