KAREN:
I GUESS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT I'M FINALLY HAPPY. I'VE BEEN REALLY UNHAPPY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, MY ADULT LIFE. I DOUBT YOU'VE BEEN AWARE OF THAT. I KNOW OUR LIVES HAVE LED US APART, YOU, ME AND IVY, AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT AS CLOSE AS WE...AS SOME FAMILIES -
BARBARA:
YEAH, WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOM, WHAT TO DO ABOUT MOM -
KAREN:
- BUT I THINK AT LEAST ONE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT I HAVEN'T WANTED TO LIVE MY UNHAPPINESS IN FULL VIEW OF MY FAMILY. BUT NOW I'M...WELL, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY. AND I'D REALLY LIKE US TO MAYBE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER.
BARBARA:
YES. YES.
(KAREN WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND BARBARA.)
OKAY. YES.
(THEY SEPARATE.)
- KAREN CONFIDES IN HER OLDER SISTER AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL.
FROM 'AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY' BY TRACY LETTS, 2007
