Daily Dialogue: Hearts in Captivity

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Daily Dialogue: Hearts in Captivity

Lorena

You’re awake now. Splendid.

Annie

Who are you? Wh-where am I?

Lorena

You, my dear, are in a world of shit, I’m afraid. I’m also the last face you’ll ever see.

Annie

What? Why?!

Lorena

Natural selection. We both want to live, it’s our right for having a pulse. However. Part of the rhythm of my pulse drive me to the lives of others, then I take them.

Annie

You’re going to kill me?!

Lorena

How preceptive.

Annie

Help!! Somebody please!!

Lorena and Annie

HELP!!

Lorena

No one can hear you here. The store’s closed.

Annie

“Store?” We’re… We’re at my… job?

Lorena

The backroom. Isn’t it nifty?

Annie

Wait… You’re…

Lorena

Yes?

Annie

You’re the woman I’ve been seeing across the street the last month.

Lorena

The woman you’ve been ignoring the last month. Rudely. So. Rudely. It hurts, you know. Being ignored. By someone like you. As beautiful as you.

Annie

You’re fucking crazy! Help!!

Lorena and Annie

HELP!!

Lorena

Why, because you have burn scars? Because someone couldn’t like someone who looks like a used candle? How wrong you are, Annie. It’s our imperfections who make us who we are and forces the beholder to find the true beauty. You are a shimmering sliver of ice, unable to be held by anyone unprepared. I’ve prepared for a month.

Annie

Let me go, please.

Lorena

Not until you love me.

Annie

What? People will be here in the morning, then you’re gonna be in trouble.

Lorena

How long have you worked here? I don’t know. Really. I’m not that kind of gal. I’d rather find out about you the old-fashioned way.

Annie

Leave me alone, you bitch.

Lorena

Seriously, how long have you worked here? Months? Years? How many times have you been in this room? What’s that? This is your first time? Why is that? Because it’s so out of the way? How many of your coworkers feel the same way? How many bosses?

Annie

I can beat you and open the door.

Lorena

You can try. Living in the city, with so many men willing to take advantage of a defenseless woman, I chose to take a boxing class. I don’t want to, but I’ll break every bone in your body to keep you here. And I’ll break your jaw to keep you from screaming. Your choice, of course. I’m willing to listen in this relationship.

Annie

I have a cat–

Lorena

With a friend of mine. Told him that I was housesitting and suddenly found out that I was allergic. Friends are great, aren’t they? No questions, not even when aiding a kidnapper. Unknowingly.

Annie

I just wanna go home.

Lorena

And you will. We will. When you love me.

Annie

But I’m not gay!

Lorena

Neither am I.

Annie

What? Then why–

Lorena

You’re the only woman I want to spend my life with, Annie.

Annie

But why?! We don’t know each other!

Lorena

Why do trees know when to stop growing?

Annie

What the fuck are you talking about?

Lorena

I’m just pointing out something that is unexplainable. Like my feelings for you. I don’t know why I love you–

Annie

You love me?

Lorena

Yes. And I don’t know why. I’ve had a month to figure it out, but the only thing I’ve learned is that it doesn’t matter. The emotion is the thing.

Annie

That’s sick. You’re sick.

Lorena

Then I’m your sickness.

Annie

I’m gonna get out of here.

Lorena

When you love me.

Annie

And when I get out–

Lorena

When you love me.

Annie

–I’m gonna kill you.

Lorena

You can try. If you fail, I’m gonna snap your neck. I have no problem with taking care of you when you’re paralyzed. My little Superman.

Annie

Do you realize how crazy you are?

Lorena

Do you realize how wrong you are?

Annie

How am I wrong about you being crazy?

Lorena

You’re wrong about not loving me.