I ’ m not fine . You know how sick I ’ ve been .
TOM
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MARK You ’ ll be fine . You ’ ve been to the doctor . You have medicine- You ’ re okay . I ’ m going and you ’ re coming with me .
OLD WOMAN Oh you silly boy he is not fine . He goes to Dr , Carmichael almost every day . He takes so many pills . His mom cries at night . His dad is very angry . Tom not okay . Tom writes in his journal how he not good .
MARK How would you know any of this ? You ’ re just and old woman who we ’ ve never met until today .
OLD WOMAN
Scio omnes ! Omnia video !
MARK Video ! So that is how you know all this stuff about Tom . You ’ ve been secretly recording him . Probably have hidden cameras in his house . You ’ re sick , twisted .
Mark , I don ’ t think that ’ s what she ’ s saying .
TOM
OLD WOMAN Oh , no . No Video . ( Pantomiming of video recording .) I speak Latin . Scio omnes-ah how you say- I know all . Omnia video- I see all . Tom is very ill . Soon he will die . Pulmenti will cure all . Tom will live .
MARK You don ’ t know what you ’ re talking about . Tom , give me your phone .
I cant .
TOM
MAKR I ’ m calling the police and then your mom . This has got to stop . Give me your phone . Now .
( TOM and MARK Struggle over the phone . It drops to the ground . MARK picks it up .) Come on . Turn on . Turn on . Great . It ’ s broken . You can choose to stay here but I ’ m leaving . ( Goes to exit .)
Tom . I , uh-
TOM
OLD WOMAN I think you should tell him the secret only we few know .
( The Old Woman and Tom share a look of sadness . The word secret stops MARK . He doesn ’ t look back at first .)
MARK What do you know about anything ? He ’ s my best friend . We tell each other everything . Secrets ? We don ’ t keep secrets from each other .