JOLENE Barley. He planted mostly barley there. That where you found her? KATHLEEN She didn''t "find" me. That''s where I was. There''s a flurry of activity as Jolene, keeping busy, goes about getting supper ready for Kathleen. JOLENE Mom doesn''t let Tom plant that field. Do you mom? (To Sarah) You staying for supper? KATHLEEN I have my reasons. SARAH Where else would I eat? JOLENE You never know.
Was she hard to find? KATHLEEN I''m right here you know. JOLENE You are now. That''s cause I sent Sarah to go find you. KATHLEEN I''d have come back. I know my own farm. JOLENE I''m not going to eat with you tonight mom. Sarah''s here so she can stay and eat supper with you. (To Sarah) Haven''t eaten with my own family all week.
SARAH How are they? JOLENE Good. Good. Kaitlyn and Brandon are good. They''re both busy with school and everything. KATHLEEN Kaitlyn''s a very good hockey player. SARAH And how''s Brandon? KATHLEEN Brandon''s a very good video game player. JOLENE Good. Good.
He''s - everything''s good. SARAH How''s Roy? JOLENE (She''s giving up nothing.) Good. SARAH (To audience) Roy''s Jolene''s husband. JOLENE (To aud.) He sure is. Jolene puts something down or hands something to Sarah as if to go. Good luck.
KATHLEEN I''m right here. JOLENE (To Sarah) It''s getting difficult to - (Now to Kathleen) It''s getting difficult to leave you alone for long stretches of time, mom. KATHLEEN It is not. JOLENE Yesterday you were halfway down the road and Tom found you and brought you back in his truck. Do you remember that? KATHLEEN I like getting rides in his truck. JOLENE He told me you said you were going to the rink. KATHLEEN What if I was? JOLENE But you weren''t going to rink, mom. We both know that.
KATHLEEN I was going to the rink. JOLENE But you had no reason / to go to - KATHLEEN I was still going to the rink. JOLENE (Sigh) Anyway. Mom, why don''t you go wash up? I need to talk to Sarah. KATHLEEN (Walking away) About me. A pause as Jolene stops and waits till Kathleen''s gone. JOLENE You got my email? SARAH Your text? The length of three emails? Yes. JOLENE Yeah.
She''s.there''s no way of knowing one hour to the next where she''s at. SARAH I''m here now. I can keep an eye on her. JOLENE I don''t mean out there, I mean in here (Indicates her head). How long you here for? (Sarah doesn''t really know.) Chris stayed in Ontario? (Sarah nods.) SARAH I found her yelling at a storm just now.
JOLENE Uh-huh. SARAH Uh-huh? JOLENE As in, she does that. SARAH Why? JOLENE (Shrugs) It''s new. She''s been doing it a few months. SARAH Months? What''s it about? JOLENE (No idea.) SARAH She''s yelling at dad. She kept calling out "Robert." JOLENE Well if you''d been married to someone for 45 years, you''d probably yell at them to.
SARAH She was.she was pretty angry. JOLENE Yeah. Well. He wasn''t always a picnic. (Another moment.) It''s getting worse. SARAH That''s what you said / in your email.
JOLENE She''s young. SARAH I know. JOLENE It could go on for years. SARAH I''m not going anywhere.