MY HATCH POCKET JOURNAL - BILLY COY (ebook reader 7 inch TXT) 📗

MARCO’S OFFICE (Another day – At the hospital)

Marco is seated in his chair while bent over: his forehead is resting at the edge of the table and his hands are hanging freely down; it’s like he’s asleep. And that’s what Sabrina thinks when she walks into the office so excited; she comes in ‘burning’ to tell him something.

Dr. Sabrina

You won’t believe this doctor…

On seeing him that way: as described above, she smiles and walks up to him. But at the side of the desk, before she gets to him, she sees a pistol on the floor; that is when she grows worried and looks suspicious. She slowly bends over and picks up the pistol; she holds it at the edge of its


handle, loosely and scared, and it slips from her and falls back on the floor; she in shock moves back.

Dr. Sabrina

Ah…

Looking so frightened, she stealthily walks close to Marco while looking scared and steadily at him.

Dr. Sabrina (Calls carefully) Marco…
On seeing blood on the desk coming from the side of his shot head, she
gets more scared. She doesn’t realize that she’s also, already stepping in blood that is on the floor, dripping from the desk.

Dr. Sabrina

(Screams aloud)

Oh my God, Marco!

She hurriedly turns him over, by pulling him back into his chair, by his shoulders; Marco’s body falls leaned back into the chair, with its head lifelessly hanging sideways. The body has blood flowing from its mouth, nose and the head part where it was shot. On seeing this, Sabrina immediately, in shock, moves backwards while putting both her hands on her mouth. She starts to cry and her eyes are dilated. That’s when she instantly looks down and also sees the blood that’s on the floor and the blood-shoe stamps of her shoes on the floor.


Dr. Sabrina (Screaming) Oh my God!
She runs out of the office crying. CURTAINS ROLL OVER


SCENE FORTEEN CURTAINS ROLL AWAY: IN MRS. JERKINS’ ROOM
Mrs. Jerkins is seated up in her bed and Letisha is sitting beside the bed
on a stool. They both look so happy and are conversing.

Mrs. Jerkins

I can call what the doctors tell me about my condition, bull! I’m paralyzed now, but I know I’ll walk again someday.
She then, all of a sudden coughs three times continuously. Letisha
touches her on her shoulder, in a comforting and consoling way.

Letisha

With God all things are possible mother.

Letisha keeps her hand on her mother’s shoulder; she’s touching on her in a massaging way.


Mrs. Jerkins

Though it took me up to this day, in this condition that I’m in, to start believing
in God, I’m so glad it has not been too late.

Letisha

When one is still alive mother, it’s never too late to do anything.
Mrs. Jerkins (Smiling amusedly) Thank you, Letisha.
Mrs. Jerkins spreads out her arms and she and Letisha hug. At the same
time, Maria walks in looking sad; she straight away walks to her mother’s bed while she (their mother) and Letisha finish hugging.

Mrs. Jerkins

Baby what’s the matter? You don’t look fine.

Letisha reaches for Maria’s hand and holds it in hers, in a compassionate way, while looking up at her.

Letisha

Sis…?


Maria

(Sadly)

Dr. Marco is dead.

At once, in shock, Letisha lets go of Maria’s hand and she (Letisha) and her mother speak in unison.

Letisha and Mrs. Jerkins

What! Maria
(Sorrowfully and low) Yes guys.
Mrs. Jerkins

(So concernedly/starts to cry) What happened?
Maria

Sabrina found him dead in his office two days ago; it seems he committed suicide. And, nobody knows why yet.
Mrs. Jerkins

(Crying)

It’s obvious, he was not okay.


Letisha is crying silently too.

Letisha

Mother!

Letisha hugs her mother; they embrace. Maria is crying silently too. CURTAINS ROLL OVER


SCENE FIFTEEN

CURTAINS ROLL AWAY:

IN MRS. JERKINS’ ROOM (It is night and the lights are off)

Mrs. Jerkins is lying awake in her bed. She looks sad; she’s looking up at the ceiling.

Mrs. Jerkins

Lord, if you give me one more chance to put my feet on the ground, it will be my last medicine.
Mrs. Jerkins starts struggling to get out of bed; she first waves aside her
bed-covers and starts struggling so strongly to get off the bed. She pulls herself on the bed; she touches everywhere she can get support. She’s sweating and tiring, but not giving up; she’s determined to achieve her goal. She’s in a lot of pain too; she just moves her legs with her hands because they are lifeless. In a twist, as she tries to step down on the floor, she falls off the bed and crashes on the floor.


Mrs. Jerkins

(Painfully/determined)

Lord, I maybe down but I’m not out.

She’s in pain; she begins to cry as she struggles and endeavors to get up from the floor; she holds up on the bed for support; she gets a strong grip on it and starts pulling, herself up.

Mrs. Jerkins

(Forcefully/whining)

For my children lord, I’ll walk again.

When she has sort of stood up, with the grip coming from supporting herself on the bed, with her still lifeless feet barely gripped on the floor, she tries so hard to firmly place them (her feet) on the floor.

Mrs. Jerkins

(Crying/whining)

To you is the glory lord. Help me walk again father.
She struggles to get her feet firm on the floor, and when she finally does
it, she painfully and slowly by slowly lets go of the bed and stands upright, with no support from the bed. When she’s finally standing upright on the floor with no support from anything, she starts giggling.

Mrs. Jerkins

I did it lord, I’ve made it…


No sooner does she finish her words, her legs start shaking from her weight and then she falls back on the floor.

While on the floor, she’s so infuriated; she angrily slaps the floor twice while speaking in a blaming way:

Mrs. Jerkins

(Whining) Why lord…? Why?
There’s a short pause, she then begins to move strongly again.

Mrs. Jerkins

(Strongly/determined) Crying over my past failures won’t
progress me, the future holds more water lord.

As she says all that, she’s struggling to get off the floor; this time not getting support from the bed. Supported by her hands touching the floor, she slowly but strongly and determinedly places her feet firmly back on the floor while barely still down on the floor and she then cruises up in a split and energetically stands back upright on the floor.

Mrs. Jerkins

(Hissing)

I am no loser lord.


She right away, but slowly, takes the first step of walking, then another and another and another and finally she’s walking comfortably and firmly. She walks about in so much joy and excitement, screaming in joy:

Mrs. Jerkins

To God is the glory! To God is the glory! She then begins to jump up and down in joy.
Mrs. Jerkins

Oh… yeah…

She then falls down on her knees, puts her hands together while looking up at the ceiling and she praises the lord. Tears are running down her eyes.

Mrs. Jerkins - Continues

(Sadly/crying)

If I had known before father, I wouldn’t have taken long to believe in you. Thank you so much father!
CURTAINS ROLL OVER


SCENE SIXTEEN CURTAINS ROLL AWAY: IN THE WAITINGROOM
It’s only Mrs. Jerkin’s children there. They’re all sad and crying silently.
Maria and Peter are seated in the couch and Letisha is seated alone in the smaller sofa, just next to the couch where her siblings are. They all look nervous. Peter looks smart this time around; his beard is well trimmed, he’s putting on clean and fine clothes and his shirt is tucked in; the shoes too are classy. His hair is short and well combed. He looks a fine gentleman, sober and stable.

Maria is in Peter’s embrace crying so profusely, and Peter is really trying to comfort and console her. Meanwhile Letisha is just looking on in tears and she’s lost for words.

Maria

(Whining)

We left her fine last night. What could have gone wrong?
Peter

(Consolingly)

We can’t tell. Less just wait for the doctor’s report.
Maria

Oh, our mother’s going to die Peter.


Letisha is angered by Maria’s statement: she gets up at once and screams at her.

Letisha

Will you shut up and begin acting like our elder sister!
Maria doesn’t just take it from her kid-sister; she right away gets up
angrily too and confronts her while pointing in her face with caution.

Maria

(Yelling)

You of all people shouldn’t be talking to me that way Letisha!
Letisha

(Yelling)

And why is that?

Peter hurriedly gets up too and stands in between them, to avoid a physical confrontation.

Peter

(Calmly/sadly)

Guys stop it! Mother is in there fighting for her life.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sabrina comes around looking so sad and teary. Peter sees her first.


Peter

(Sadly/calmingly)

Here comes the doctor.

They all then turn and see the doctor; and then Maria rushes to her (the doctor) first.

Maria

(Tense/eagerly)

Sabrina, what’s wrong with my mother?

Her siblings too walk sadly and calmly towards the doctor. Sabrina silently and sadly looks at Maria and tears start running down her eyes.

Maria

(Screaming loudly/angrily/knowingly) What’s wrong Sabrina?
Dr. Sabrina

I am sorry guys. We tried all we could… Mrs. Jerkins has passed on.
All Mrs. Jerkins’ children look so broken down; they cry more. Maria is
most affected; at once, after hearing that her mother has passed on, she cries out aloud and begins moving around in protest and moaning.

Maria

No, no, no… mother…


Letisha is completely lost for words; she just sits back in the sofa and cries on, so painfully and silently. Peter is in tears too; he goes after his seemingly at ‘loss of sanity’ elder sister and tries to confine her. Meanwhile Sabrina is just standing back looking on, crying silently too.

Peter

(Calmly/sadly) Maria.
He strongly holds her by her hand and then holds her into his strong
embrace as she remains moving in a sort of protesting way.

Maria

(Screaming loud)

Our mother is dead Peter! She’s gone for good…
Peter

(Consolingly/crying)

No Maria, she’s probably watching over us now, and she wouldn’t want us to miss her so much, because she will always be with us.
Maria calms down; she hugs her brother too and remains in his embrace
crying silently. They all remain crying… CURTAINS ROLL OVER


SCENE SEVENTEEN CURTAINS ROLL AWAY: IN THE CHURCH
Everybody is seated and the priest is giving a sermon. Mrs. Jerkins’
closed coffin is resting on a table in front of the