ROSIE: I just love surprises.

She slowly lifts the lid and stares at the contents, then suddenly drops the box, spilling photos, letters etc. and starts yelling for the nanny. She moves nervously around the room.

ROSIE (yelling to off stage): KELLY! KELLY, ARE YOU STILL THERE! KELLY GET BACK HERE! KELLY!!

VINNIE drops to his hands and knees and starts quickly collecting the fallen articles and putting them back in the box.

VINNIE (on hands and knees collecting photos): Now don’t get excited. I was going to give them to you. I was going to give them all to you. Simms doesn’t want them so I was going to just hand them over to you.

ROSIE: Who is Simms! I don’t know this man! I have never heard of this man! (To off-stage.) KELLY!

VINNIE: Not on a long-term basis maybe.

ROSIE: Not on any kinda basis! Now get outa here!

VINNIE: Just a fling. Just a one-night stand in a Motel 6 on the edge of Azusa!

Long pause.

ROSIE: Now who is going to believe that? Who in the world is going to believe something like that? After all this time.

VINNIE: It’s all right here. Pictures don’t lie.

ROSIE: Take a look. Take a long hard look at that face. (Referring to photo.) Does that even remotely resemble someone we know?

VINNIE (looking at photo): It was a long time ago.

ROSIE: Pick all this shit up and get outa here. Now!

VINNIE slowly rises with shoebox and contents.

VINNIE: I was going to give it all back to you. You can burn it if you want to. I was gonna trade you straight across.

ROSIE: Trade me? Trade me for what?

VINNIE: I had this idea in my head. I had it all cooked up. I was gonna get another Buick. Just like the one I had. You remember that Buick?

ROSIE: No.

VINNIE: You remember me driving with one hand on the wheel and the other one on your knee?

ROSIE: No, I don’t.

VINNIE: I was thinking maybe we could still run off together.

ROSIE: Run off? I’m a married woman, Vinnie! Where’re we gonna run off to now?

VINNIE: I don’t know. Mexico maybe.

ROSIE: Oh Jesus, Vinnie. Give it up! Everything has already happened! It’s already taken place. This is it. There’s no “running off” anymore. It’s a done deal. You’re in your little hell and I’m in mine.

VINNIE: It’s not done!

VINNIE suddenly grabs her and pulls her violently to him. He tries to kiss her but she pushes him away. They stand apart. Pause.