Page 22 - Student: dazed And Confused

Bang and clink as ice cubes fall into glass. MRS A
takes final drag off fag, lets it out and stubs it

out with a hiss of dying ashes.

MR ATKINS: You're gonna give yourself lung cancer with all
them fags.

MRS ATKINS: With the amount you drink, I'm surprised you

haven't got liver disease already. Diluting it

with ice doesn't make a difference, you know.

MR ATKINS: Well, how else am I supposed to dull your
wailing over your precious son.

MRS ATKINS: At least I care.

(Lights up another cigarette)
At least I think it matters what happens to

him.

MR ATKINS: I care what happens to him. I just can't be

sorry for him yet. He ran away on his own, so
it's his own fault what happens.

MRS ATKINS: (She sounds stunned)

So, if he freezes to death out there or gets
beaten to death, you're not going to take any

responsibility? (Beat) It's you that didn't
find him, you that -

Starts to get upset and begins to cry.