Purim Spiel, Part 5

Int. Kitchen, Israel - Day.

Ehud and Lally are having coffee.

            Ehud       
למה באת?

            Lally
לעשות ניחום אבלים.

Lally takes a sip of coffee.

לא רציתי לשלח אותה לבד.

            Ehud
למה ? כי זה התנחלות?

            Lally
 לא. כי זב בית שיבה.
        (Beat.)
כל אחד מתאבל בצורה אחרת

            Ehud
אך אני לא מתאבל - זה מה שמפריע לי -אני לא מרגיש - אני לא מרגיש כלום.

Lally gets up and puts her hands on Ehud's chest.

            Ehud
מה את עושה?

            Lally
אני נותנת לך את המרץ החיובי שלי.

            Ehud
מה? עכשיו גם את עושה סמים?

            Lally
אל תצחק.
        (Beat.)
Ehud crumples into her arms, crying.

Ext. Porch, Israel - Night.

Sarah is smoking a cigarette. Ilana comes out. They share a cigarette in silence.

Ext. House, Israel, Day.

A cab is waiting. The entire family is gathered outside. They all exchange hugs with Sarah, but not with Lally, who only exchanges hugs with Ehud. Ehud carries the luggage to the cab. The rest of the family goes back inside, leaving Sarah and Lally to wait by themselves while the cab-driver helps Ehud load the bags.  Once the bags are loaded, the cab-driver gets inside the cab. Ehud holds the door open for Lally and Sarah. He hugs Sarah. She gets in, leaving Ehud and Lally together.

            Ehud
נסיעה טובה.

            Lally
אולי תבא לבקר.

            Ehud

חשבת שבגלל מה שקרה, אני אחזור אלייך, ופתעום הכל יהיה מושלם, כמו באיזה  מין סרט הוליווד כזה?

            Lally
לא. חשבתי שזה יהי כמו "פורים שפייל" - חלום מתורף, שנעלם למקום האשליות.

(She gets into the car.)

אך קיויתי שטעיתי.

She slams the door. The car drives away.

Ext. Zenut Rehabilitation Facility, New York- Day.

            Lally and Sarah walk into the lobby. Music is playing. The patients are performing a congo line around the nurse's station.

            Sarah
    Mom, I think I might need rehab.

            Lally
כוסאמק!
        (Beat.)
    For once I wanted to be able to lord it over your grandmother that I was having sex while she wasn't!

            Sarah
         (brightly)
    Maybe she didn't have sex.

Lally looks at her.

            Sarah
        (defensively)
    Well, its possible.

            Lally
    She's in room 105.

They look for the room and enter.

Nanny, dressed as a chassidic rebbe, with a hat and false beard, is straddling Enrique, the male orderly, who is on his back. He is dressed in bridal clothes. Nanny holds the same toy whip in her hand.

            Nanny
    You've been a bad Jew, Enrique. A very bad Jew.

She whips him. In the middle, she looks up and sees Sarah and Lally.

            Nanny
    What? We're just getting ready for Yom Kippur.

Beat.

Blackout.