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17.<br />
EDWARD (CONT'D)<br />
I was not my mother, I wasn’t my<br />
family, I was me... a secret me. I<br />
knew one day I’d leave, and come back<br />
as a visitor... sort of a lonely<br />
feeling, but I felt for the first time<br />
that I really existed - in myself, not<br />
as part of something and I felt...<br />
impatient, excited. Does that make me<br />
sound a brute?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
You’re always so kind to her. My<br />
parents just pretend to be brain<br />
damaged, and I’m just awful to them.<br />
EDWARD<br />
I don’t know why my dad didn’t tell us<br />
all long ago. I mean, Flo...<br />
FLORENCE<br />
He didn’t want you and the twins to<br />
think she was strange or different. He<br />
wants everything to seem normal and...<br />
EDWARD<br />
I know... Florence, look...<br />
He stands, comes round to her side of the table.<br />
EDWARD (CONT’D)<br />
I love you, you’re so... I mean, I<br />
need to kiss you.<br />
She stands, they are close, they begin to kiss.<br />
FLORENCE<br />
I love you too... And I... I...<br />
EDWARD<br />
What is it darling?<br />
FLORENCE<br />
Nothing. I love you. That’s all it is.
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