Day #25 - "Daughter's Daughter"
ADELA: Sam.
SAM: Hey, Adela.
ADELA: You still recognize me? It’s been a while.
SAM: A real long time, yeah.
(Pause.)
SAM: How you been?
ADELA: Oh, don’t start with that nonsense.
SAM: I’m sorry?
ADELA: What are you doing here? After all this time?
SAM: I… I thought I should stop by and see you.
ADELA: You saw me ten years ago. You saw so much you got sick of me.
SAM: That wasn’t it.
ADELA: Oh, yeah? Then what was it that sent you off?
SAM: Adela.
ADELA: Well, what’s got you back now? I got nothing for you anymore.
SAM: Adela… Rosie sent me a picture. Of the baby.
ADELA: She… she did?
SAM: Yeah.
ADELA: I don’t even know how she could find you to send it.
SAM: Adela, it was the first I knew about it.
ADELA: Well, wasn’t like I knew you would want to hear.
(SAM takes the picture out of his wallet.)
SAM: She’s… she’s beautiful, Adela.
ADELA: Yeah, she is.
SAM: I like her name. Rosie wrote it on the back. Ch—Chantal? Is that how you say it?
ADELA: Yeah.
SAM: Where’d she come up with a name like that?
ADELA: Sam, what do you want?
SAM: What do you mean?
ADELA: Just tell me what you’re after so I can send you on your way.
SAM: Adela, I— I want to see her. The baby.
ADELA: Now you want to have something to do with this family?
SAM: Rosie sent this to me.
ADELA: Didn’t much matter when she was a kid.
SAM: But she still wrote to me. She wanted me to come.
ADELA: You think you can just waltz back in here like nothing ever happened?
SAM: No! I know I don’t deserve that.
ADELA: Then what do you want?
SAM: I want to see my daughter’s daughter. Like she asked me to. That’s all.
(Pause. ADELA considers.)
ADELA: If that’s what Rosie wants, I guess.
SAM: I’ll leave right after if that’s what you want.
ADELA: Be back here at six tomorrow. Rosie’s bringing the baby over for dinner.
SAM: I won’t be late.
ADELA: You’re ten years late. Don’t do it to us again, Sam.
SAM: I promise.
ADELA: I’ve heard that before.
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