catherine lines

How are you

Okay

How are you feeling about everything

About “everything”

About dad (beat)

What about him?

How are you feeling about his death?are you alright?

Yes, I am

Honestly?

Yes

I think I’m some ways it was the right time if there is ever a right time (beat) do you know what you want to do now?

No

Do you want to stay here?

I don’t know

Do you want to go back to school

I haven’t thought about it

Well there’s a lot to think about how do you feel?

Physically? Great except my heart seems kind of unhealthy I wish there were something I could do about that

Come on Catherine

What is the point of all these questions (beat)

Katie some policemen came by while you were in the shower

Yeah

They said they were checking up on things here seeing how everything was this morning

That was nice

They told me they responded to a call last night and came to the house

Yeah?

Did you call the police last night?

Yeah

Why?

I thought the house was being robbed

But it wasn’t

No I changed my mind (beat)

First you call 911 with an emergency and then you hang up on them-

I didn’t really want them to come

So why did you call?

I was trying to get this guy out of the house

Who?

One of dads students

Dad hasn’t had any students in years

No he was dads student now he’s he’s a mathematician

Why was he in the house in the first place?

Well he’s been coming here to look at dads notebooks

In the middle of the night

It was late I was waiting for him to finish and last night I thought he might have Ben stealing them

Was he stealing them?

Yes. That’s why I called the police-

What is this man’s name

Hal. Harold. Harold Dobbs

The police said you were the only one here

He left before they got here

With the notebooks?

No Claire don’t be stupid there are over a hundred notebooks he was only stealing one but he was stealing it so he could give it back to me so I let him go so he could play with his band on the north side

His band?

He was late. He wanted me to come with him but I was like yeah right (beat)

Is Harold Dobbs your boyfriend?

No!

Are you sleeping with him?

WHAT! EUGHHHH! NO! HES A MATH GEEK!

and he’s in a band ? A rock band?

No a marching band he plays trombone yes a rock band

What is the name of his band

How should I know

Harold Dobbs didn’t tell you the name of his rock band

No I don’t know look in the paper they were playing last night they do a song called imaginary number that doesn’t exist

(Beat) I’m sorry I’m just trying to understand is Harold Dobbs

Stop staying Harold Dobbs

Is this…person…

Harold Dobbs exists