SCENE 6
(Now /Artworks-2019)
LINNIE
W-What in the world just happened? I-I-I don't understand what just happened. One minute I was making everyone dinner like I usually did, another minute I don't even have a home anymore. I-I just..I'm still in such disbelief Nora would do this to us, I thought Nora loved us. I used every excuse my head could think of to try and justify her behavior since I don't know if I could take it if I accepted the fact that Nora was abusive. She was the woman that gave me 3 wonderful children. Are you trying to tell me after all these years, our family has been nothing more than a lie?
I-I don't understand what I did to deserve any of this. I've tried the best I could to provide for the family as a father. I'm not a wealthy man by any means, but I had hoped, that Nora could look past that. A-Am I not a good enough father? Was I not a good enough husband? Gosh, I don't know. I've tried to make her happy. I really had. I moved in with her against my will when we fell pregnant because I felt bad for her. I really didn't want her to feel alone, and I didn't know what kind of person I would be if I had just abandoned Nora in her time of need. I really couldn't bare being that selfish to her.
We're almost at Daisy's place now. Oh, I really hope she's home. Sometimes she goes away on business trips unannounced, so we're kind of gambling right now. But I don't have any money for a hotel, and I really don't want to burden any of my friends, especially considering I don't know how long it will take to cool Nora down. I don't think a simple bouquet of roses is going to cut it this time.
I kind of wish I knew where everything went wrong. I find it rather ironic how involved Nora is making our kids feel like a failure. When they were born, she told me she didn't want much to do with them. How they were all mistakes and how we should've used protection. When they were little, she didn't want much to do with them. If she wasn't sitting in jail, she was crashed at a bar or just staring at the TV…not even watching it. Just starting it with a blank drunkenness in her eyes. As if she weren't alive anymore.
Obviously, she doesn't like me very much and I don't understand why. I've tried everything to be the perfect father and husband, but everything I did, it was wrong in her eyes. She told me time and time again how I wasn't the man she was supposed to marry, and how if it weren't for her first divorce, she'd be much happier. She even blames me because she knew I wanted children more than anything, and…oh…you know what….I wonder if that's why she hates me? Because of our children…oh…I-I…I don't…uh well….
I-I-I think maybe…Nora just feels tied down now that we have kids. Oh…oh dear me…what have I gotten myself into?