MAMA. You said you wanted to (Standing a minute.) do my nails. JESSIE. I can't. It's too !at (Taking a small step backward.) . MAMA. It's not too late! JESSIE. I don't want you to wake Dawson and Loretta when you call. I want them to still be up and dressed so they can get right over. MAMA. (As jessie up, Mama moves in on her, but They wake up fast, Jessie, if they have to. They carefully.) don't matter here, Jessie. You do. I do. We're not through yet. We've got a lot of things to take care of here. I don't know where my prescriptions are and you didn't tell me what to tell Doctor Davis when he calls or how much you want me to tell Ricky or who I call to rake the leaves or ... JESSIE. Don't try and stop me, Mama, you can't do it. MAMA. I can too! I'll (Grabs her again, this time hard.) stand in front of this hall and you can't get past me. (They You'll have to knock me down to get away from struggle.) me, Jessie. I'm not about to let you . . . (Mama struggles with jessie at the door an in the struggle, Jessie gets away from her and:) JESSIE. 'Night, Mother. (Almost a whisper.) Uessie vanishes into her bedroom and we hear the door lock just as Mama gets to it.) MAMA. (Screams.)Jessie!(And pounds on the door.)Jessie, you let me in there. Don't you do this, Jessie. I'm not going to stop screaming until you open this door, Jessie. Jessie! Jessie! What if I don't do any of the things you told me to do! I'll tell Cecil what a miserable man he was to make you feel the way he did and I'll give Ricky's watch to Dawson if I feel like it and the only way you can make sure I do what you want is you come out here and make me, Jessie! Jessie! Stop this! I didn't know! I was here ding again.) with you all the time. How could I know you were so
MAMA. (Standing a minute.) You said you wanted to do my nails. JESSIE. (Taking a small step backward.) I can't. It's too !at . MAMA. It's not too late! JESSIE. I don't want you to wake Dawson and Loretta when you call. I want them to still be up and dressed so they can get right over. MAMA. (As jessie up, Mama moves in on her, but carefully.) They wake up fast, Jessie, if they have to. They don't matter here, Jessie. You do. I do. We're not through yet. We've got a lot of things to take care of here. I don't know where my prescriptions are and you didn't tell me what to tell Doctor Davis when he calls or how much you want me to tell Ricky or who I call to rake the leaves or ... JESSIE. Don't try and stop me, Mama, you can't do it. MAMA. (Grabs her again, this time hard.) I can too! I'll stand in front of this hall and you can't get past me. (They struggle.) You'll have to knock me down to get away from me, Jessie. I'm not about to let you . . . (Mama struggles with jessie at the door an in the struggle, Jessie gets away from her and:) JESSIE. (Almost a whisper.) 'Night, Mother. Uessie vanishes into her bedroom and we hear the door lock just as Mama gets to it.) MAMA. (Screams.)Jessie!(And pounds on the door.)Jessie, you let me in there. Don't you do this, Jessie. I'm not going to stop screaming until you open this door, Jessie. Jessie! Jessie! What if I don't do any of the things you told me to do! I'll tell Cecil what a miserable man he was to make you feel the way he did and I'll give Ricky's watch to Dawson if I feel like it and the only way you can make sure I do what you want is you come out here and make me, Jessie! ding again.) Jessie! Stop this! I didn't know! I was here with you all the time. How could I know you were so
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