1.18: The Beginning of Summer
Meanwhile, back at the Carr House, Mrs. Carr and Sophia were putting the babies to bed.
Mrs. Carr: It wasn’t a mistake, it was necessary. Even the painful break-up.
Sophia: Just like you and your husband.
Mrs. Carr: Yeah, sometimes I think I lost years with him, but without those years I wouldn’t have my babies, so I can’t regret them.
Sophia: I know, they’re beautiful babies.
Mrs. Carr: The one good thing Francisco Carr Sr. gave me. What’s weird is, ever since these two were born they haven’t felt like his at all, not the way the others did, they’ve felt like ours. Almost like they were the beginning of us.
Sophia: Maybe they sort of were, I felt connected to them even before they were born. But I thought I’d be stepping over a line if I said I felt like they were ours.
Mrs. Carr: It’s better we both felt it rather then said it, until now that is. Suddenly it just feels like it’s time to move forward.
Sophia: Meaning?
Mrs. Carr: Stay here tonight, stay with me.
Sophia: In the middle of this mess with the Day Care parents? Is that a good idea?
Mrs. Carr: Sophia, this isn’t about them. It’s about you and me. Having to go under the gun about you and me today made me think about us, seriously think about us. And I realized my marriage, has really come down to a just a piece of paper. In the way that really counts, it’s already over.
Sophia: But I thought you didn’t want to make yourself out to be a liar, about us being lovers I mean.
Mrs. Carr: That was fear holding me back. I was afraid of my children losing their father, but then I realized their father was gone a long time ago. I was holding on to a ghost and holding back on the real thing. And I wondered why. I never felt connected to Francisco the way I feel connected to you. So what’s the point in fighting the next step? I want you and I’m asking you, do you want to stay with me tonight?
Do I really need to show you what happens next? Nah, I don’t think so. They’ll keep that private. B)
