Flumes Vol. 3: Issue 1 Summer 2018 | Page 57

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HARRIET:

They buy you things!

[Harry stares dumfounded at Harriet]

HARRY:

That’s why you went out with a married man? Because he bought you things?

HARRIET:

Well, yes! Plus I was in love with him. Or in love with all the attention he showered over me.

HARRY:

But you’re so beautiful, Harriet. You shouldn’t settle for being someone’s number two. You should be somebody’s number one. You’d be my number one.

HARRIET:

Aw, thanks Harry. I am starting to really like you. You’re ever so nice.

HARRY:

I don’t want to be ‘nice’. Nice men never get anywhere.

HARRIET:

Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re here. With me. Aren’t you?

HARRY:

I guess. But just look at us! We’re hardly great catches for people are we?