Between the Sheets Read Free Page A

pay for my son to be here. Don’t you forget that. I pay… we pay for our son to be in the same room with you every day. I have every right to be here.
    TERESA
    Please.
    MARION
    Do you think this is easy for me… to be in the same room as you?
    TERESA
    No. I don’t. But you—
    MARION
    How long have you been seeing him?
    Beat.
    Answer the question.
    TERESA
    Marion.
    MARION
    Don’t do that. Don’t use my name.
    TERESA walks to her desk.
    TERESA
    This has nothing to do with me.
    MARION
    It has nothing to do with you?
    TERESA
    This is between you and him.
    MARION
    How can you say that? It has everything to do with you.
    TERESA
    I—
    MARION
    You are fucking my husband!
    TERESA goes to her purse. She pulls out her phone.
    What are you doing?
    TERESA begins to dial. Her hands shake.
    Put that down.
    TERESA turns away.
    I’m serious.
    MARION moves closer to her.
    Put down the phone.
    TERESA
    (into the phon
e) Hi!
    MARION grabs the phone out of TERESA’s hand and throws it against the blackboard.
    The phone shatters into pieces.
    TERESA freezes.
    MARION
    I don’t care if this is your job… I don’t care if this is where you work. I will go to the principal, the parents’ board… I don’t care who I have to speak to. You will be out of here so fucking fast—
    TERESA
    This doesn’t concern my job.
    MARION
    You better believe it concerns your job. You are sleeping with a student’s father.
    TERESA
    They would have cause for concern if this involved a student but it doesn’t.
    MARION
    You think the school wants to know that you’re fucking—
    TERESA
    I am great at my job.
    MARION
    I don’t care if you’re the best goddamn teacher in the universe… I will make your life as difficult as I possibly can. Do you understand me?
    TERESA
    I—
    MARION
    How long have you been seeing him!?
    Beat.
    Answer the question or so help me god I will—
    TERESA
    A couple of months.
    Beat.
    MARION
    A couple?
    TERESA
    Yes
.
A couple.
    MARION
    So… what? Since December, January—
    TERESA
    Since Sept— Since the end of September.
    Beat.
    MARION
    Who else knows about this?
    TERESA
    No one.
    MARION
    You haven’t told anyone?
    TERESA
    No.
    MARION
    You haven’t told any of your girlfriends?
    TERESA
    No.
    MARION
    Family? Roommates? Co-workers? Does anyone here know?
    TERESA
    I said no!
    MARION shakes her head in disbelief.
    MARION
    (quietly)
He should have known better.
    TERESA
    He’s—
    MARION
    He’s old enough to be your father.
    TERESA
    He’s not that old.
    MARION
    Oh, yes he is.
    TERESA
    Well… I’m not that young.
    MARION
    No?
    TERESA
    No.
    MARION
    How old
ar
e you?
    TERESA
    Twenty-eight.
    MARION
    Oh god.
    MARION covers her face with her hands.
    Beat.
    She turns to TERESA.
    When were you last together?
    Beat.
    I know it’s been in the last week.
    Beat.
    Where do you meet?
    Beat.
    Where do you meet him?
    TERESA
    I have never been to your house, if that’s what you’re asking.
    MARION
    How do I know that? How do I know that you’re telling the truth?
    TERESA
    I don’t know how you know that.
    MARION
    I want you to tell me.
    TERESA
    I am. I am telling you! What… what do you want me to say?
    MARION
    You stood there minutes ago and you lied to my face. How the hell am I supposed to—
    TERESA
    Why are you asking me anything if you’re not going to believe me?
    MARION
    You have been deceiving me for months.
    TERESA
    I have not been deceiving you.
    MARION
    No?
    TERESA
    No! He…
    She stops herself.
    You should be talking to him.
    MARION
    I want to hear it from you.
    TERESA
    You should be asking—
    MARION
    I want to hear it from you. Where do you meet?
    Beat.
    Do you meet him here?
    TERESA
    What?
    MARION
    Do you meet my husband—
    TERESA
    No!
    MARION
    You’re sure?
    TERESA
    Yes. I’m sure. I would never—
    MARION
    You would never what?
    TERESA
    I would never do