"WORDS OF FAREWELL" Part3 

Helen: (softly) Are you any better than he? .... I.... I don't have anywhere else to go... no house... no home... nowhere...
Bill: Nina has a small apartment that she owns. She could let you live there... I will rent it for you.
Helen: When did you see James? When did he tell you all these things?
Bill: I ran into him a couple of days ago.. .just before I came to see you... and he told me that he was finished with you. He said that you were crazy.. and that he didn't want to be involved with you anymore. He said that he had had his last date with you... that was it!
Helen: And what happens if I say no? What will you do then, my sweet? Of course, this isn't for you to decide, is it? Only James can answer this for me, right?
Bill: I guess so.... But it would be a catastrophe...... a disaster ..... for all or us it you
refuse to leave!! James says he has doctors that will examine you.... and they'll say that you are
out of your mind... that you don't know what you are doing... or saying!
Helen: What are you saying?? You are a swine for even thinking such things!! He could never do that!!
Bill: I know it sounds ridiculous, Helen, but it seems to be very easy to convince the authorities that a lonely, drunken woman belongs in an asylum and not on the streets. Believe me, honey, James has this all thought out... I was even almost convinced that what he was saying could really happen to someone!! James is a great talker, that's for sure!
Helen: (Laughingly) I don't believe you for a minute! Not one word of this can be true! You... of all people!! You're just jealous of us, that's all! You're just trying to get me into bed, aren't you? That's all you want, isn't it??... just get me into bed!! You swine!!! You cheap, no good swine!!
Bill: Helen, please listen to me... Please! The doctors will be here within the hour. They have documents.. sworn statements... everything! James said that he had tried to talk to you many times, but that you would just go off on one of your tantrums... acting crazy!! He said you just would not listen! He claims that you're ..... you're insane, of all things! Please... Please go with me to the apartment I have for you. If you don't, they'll send you off to the asylum... the nuthouse!! Do you want that to happen??
Helen: (Musingly) That's why they were going to have this big "celebration" for me today. A big going-away party! James really told you all these things?
Bill: Yes, believe me. He practically forced me to come here and tell you what was going on.
Helen: Well, thanks for coming around, old lover. You have been most sincere about this whole thing... I appreciate that..... but, I'm not going anywhere! James must call me soon!! He has to be here in person, to back up all these things he has supposedly said about me! He must be here!!
Bill: I'm afraid that they don't need James here to say anything more, my sweet. It's just a matter of a simple physical exam now, don't you see? They have all the facts they need already.
Now, your only hope is to go with me to Nina's apartment. It's a nice place, really it is. Please.. let's go now.
Helen: Oh, Bill! Bill! Tell me the truth! Am I really ...... really.... crazy??
Bill: I'm so sorry, Helen, but we can't argue with James' allegations.. I know you think you love him.... but it's madness... it leads nowhere....

(Bill and Helen sit down on the couch)

Helen: (misty eyed) You know, I can't imagine now, why I even lived here. But... what else could I do after I left you?..... Well, this is the end of it, isn't it my marvelous Ex? You played a very good joke on me, to be sure!......... Is the apartment far from here?
Bill: No, it's only a couple of blocks away. We can walk.. Helen: Oh, my gorgeous flowers!.... I almost forgot them. I must take them along..... Bill: Do you want to take anything else? Some memento... or something?... Helen: No! Nothing! Nothing at all! Let's just get out of here.... Now!

(Bill turns out the lights and they leave the room. It has grown dark.
Shortly after they leave, a shrill screech of tires is heard outside.... there is a short pause... the sound of a car speeding off into the distance.... then.... silence.)

The Curtain Falls

"WORDS OF FAREWELL" Part 2
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