Beck

15th March

"How could I love you? What have you ever done for me?"

"Everything! By doing nothing I've done you everything."

"That's not the same."

"I . . . I just wanted you to be safe."

"By lying to me? By telling me to hide in the shadows?"

"No, no by making sure my father doesn't find out. You know what he'll do to both of us if he does."

"Is your father's blessing, more important to you than me?"

"No! You know that!"

"Yes, but do you?"

"Yes – no – yes – I-I'm confused. But I'm telling you-"

"Tell me this. While you're wearing fancy dresses and bossing everyone around like the princess you know you are, I'm waiting. Hours, I've waited every night for you to keep your promise but every time . . . you never show."

"No, no please."

"I'm sorry . . . but I can't. I just can't do it anymore."

" . . . You once said you loved me . . ."

I looked down at my script and smiled.

"I still do."