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I ordered him a taxi. It was a… an awkward goodbye. PATRICK:
She couldn’t look me in the eye. We had this weird… hug at the front door. I wanted to tell her… I wanted to say something, but I just couldn’t find the words.
ANGELA:
It was only when I was tidying up the living room that I noticed what he’d left behind. It was on the coffee table next to the empty bottle of Jamesons. He’d carefully torn the photo. Leaving just my dad. His smiling face. The secret in his eyes.
PATRICK:
You see. Pictures, they’re only frozen moments in time. And they have these clean edges that hold life’s secrets at bay. But the truth’s not like that, is it? Life’s not like that. It rips and it tears. And it leaves a great bloody mess behind.
ANGELA:
The secrets that bring us together.
PATRICK:
Secrets that tear you apart.
BLACKOUT
Secrets was first performed as part of Terra Nova Productions Arrivals 2 at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, from 11-14 March 2015, followed by a tour of Northern Ireland. Angela was played by Melissa Dean. Patrick was played by Robert Bertrand. Secrets was written by James Meredith and directed by Andrea Montgomery with a score by Anthony Toner. theincubatorjournal.com