SFX car door slamming, car starting, driving away. MUSIC. CONNIE I didn’t leave anything. I left everything. My boyfriend, the town where I’d spent my college years, the house where I’d lived for 5 years. All my friends and my own job at the University. My entire life I guess was what I walked away from. But all it took was one phone call to make me realize it wasn’t the life I wanted. MUSIC SFX phone ringing. Pick up. CONNIE Hello? JULIANNE Connie? This is your mother. CONNIE Hello. What’s up? You sound worried. JULIANNE It’s Grama. She isn’t well. This morning she was washing clothes in the living room. She can’t live alone anymore. It’s just too easy for her to get hurt. She’s been forgetting to eat as well. We have to decide what to do any soon. CONNIE Can someone move in with her and help take care of things? JULIANNE Well, we hadn’t talked about that. Everyone is willing to take her in of course. And if we needed all the kids could pitch in to pay for someplace for her to go. But nobody could just move into her house. Everyone has big families, Connie. That’s a small three bedroom house. CONNIE She raised five kids there. It’s big enough. JULIANNE Connie, don’t be judgmental. We’re all established. We own homes of our own. Just because you’re still a free spirit doesn’t mean everyone is. CONNIE Fine then I’ll do it. JULIANNE Do what? CONNIE I’ll move in with Grama and take care of her. JULIANNE Hmmm. I hadn’t thought of that possibility. I wasn’t going to ask you to do that. I was going to ask you to come down here and help clean out her house after she moves in with one of us. CONNIE I can still clean out the house. But this way she gets to stay in her own home longer. JULIANNE You don’t know what you’re in for. This disease it gets progressively worse. She’ll get harder to take care of. You won’t be able to handle it alone. CONNIE I want to do this. I can leave tomorrow. JULIANNE I’ll talk it over with the other kids. I’ll call you back. MUSIC SFX driving car.