SAM'S SKETCHBOOK
SOPHIA IS AT HOME. THE PHONE RINGS AND SOPHIA ANSWERS.
SOPHIA
Hello?
AMBER
Hi Sophia, It’s me, Amber. Can you come over? I need to talk to you and it’ s kind of private.
SOPHIA
Okay. I’ll be right over.
SWITCH TO FRONT DOOR OF AMBER’S HOUSE. SOPHIA RINGS DOORBELL. AMBER ANSWERS THE DOOR.
AMBER
Thank you for coming over. Come on into the kitchen. Would you like tea?
SOPHIA
That would be lovely.
SWITCH TO KITCHEN OF AMBER’S HOUSE. SAM’S SKETCHBOOK IS LYING ON THE KITCHEN TABLE. SOPHIA SEES IT AND NEARLY BOLTS FOR THE DOOR BUT DECIDES TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE HER MEDICINE. AMBER PUTS A KETTLE ON THE STOVE.
AMBER
Please sit.
SOPHIA SITS DOWN AT THE KITCHEN TABLE ACROSS FROM THE SEAT WHERE THE SKETCHBOOK IS. AMBER SITS DOWN AT THE SEAT WITH THE SKETCH BOOK. AMBER POINTS TO THE BOOK.
AMBER
Have you seen this? Have you seen Sam’s sketchbook?
SOPHIA NODS SILENTLY AND GRIMLY
AMBER
I thought you might have. He’s quite the artist. I was cleaning his room when he was at school this morning and I thought I would have a look through his sketchbook and see if he’s done anything new lately.
AMBER OPENS THE SKECTHBOOK TO THE PAGE OF SOPHIA POSING NUDE WITH THE CELLO. SHE PASSES IT OVER TO SOPHIA
AMBER
This was one I hadn’t seen before.
SOPHIA LOOKS AT AMBER. SHE WAITS FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP. SHE CANT BRING HERSELF TO APOLOGIZE THOUGH. THE KETTLE ON THE STOVE WHISTLES. AMBER GETS UP TO GRAB THEIR TEA. SHE TALKS AS SHE POURS TEA.
AMBER
At first I thought, well maybe he just imagined you nude to draw you like that like that. It’s possible. A horny teenager with access to the internet. But he got your pubic hair just right. How did he manage to guess correctly how you kept your pubic hair? So many different options and styles for women nowadays. And it’s not the kind of topic that comes up in polite conversation. Then I thought, ‘well maybe he saw it accidentally that day at the pool.’ But you were wearing a one piece bathing suit. You always wear one piece suits. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen you in a bikini. But I have shared a changing room with you a few times. And I did notice your pubic hair. Not in a lesbian way. I was just curious how you keep yours and how it looks on you and would it look good on me if I kept mine that way.
AMBER RETURNS TO THE TABLE, SHE PLACES A CUP BEFORE SOPHIA AND PLACES THE OTHER CUP AT HER OWN SPACE THEN SITS BACK DOWN
PAUSE
AMBER
Did you pose nude for my son, Sophia?
SOPHIA NODS. SHE IS FRIGHTENED BUT STILL CAN’T CLAIM TO BE REPENTANT.
AMBER
Did you fuck him?
SOPHIA
No.
AMBER
Did you suck his cock?
SOPHIA
No.
AMBER
Did you give him a handjob?
SOPHIA
No.
AMBER
Did he go down on you? Or finger you?
SOPHIA
No.
AMBER
Did you kiss?
SOPHIA
Yes.
AMBER
Tongue?
SOPHIA
Yes.
AMBER
How about your tits? Did he touch them?
SOPHIA
Yes.
AMBER
Anything besides touching them?
SOPHIA
He kissed my breasts.
AMBER
(ANNOYED)
He kissed your breasts? Does that mean he sucked your tits?
SOPHIA
Yes.
AMBER
Did you give him a tit job?
SOPHIA
What do you mean?
AMBER
Did you let him rub his cock between your tits until he came?
SOPHIA
No
AMBER
No man has ever asked you for a tit job? You’ve got big tits, Sophia. I find that hard to believe.
SOPHIA
I used to do it for Liam. Neither of us called it a tit job though.
AMBER
So what’s the plan? Are you divorcing Liam and running away with Sam?
SOPHIA
No.
AMBER
What’s up with you and Liam? Trouble in the sack?
SOPHIA
I suppose. Not much magic. I guess I’ve felt neglected. And lonely…
AMBER
And horny?
SOPHIA
Yes.
AMBER
So you’ll just fool around with a teenaged boy until you get caught. That’s the plan?
PAUSE. SILENCE.
Well, Sophia, you got caught.
SOPHIA
You must hate me.
AMBER
I’ve always been a terrible misogynist. I’ve never thought much of the sisterhood. It’s not that I really hate women, I just don’t ever fully trust them. And if you never really trusted them, it doesn’t sting quite so badly when they betray you. (Pause.) Women’s only redeeming quality is that the men can be much much worse.
AMBER TAKES THE SKETCHBOOK BACK AND LEAFS THROUGH A FEW PAGES
AMBER
Even my darling son, Sam. It’s not like you’re the first woman he asked to pose nude for him.
AMBER PASSES THE SKETCHBOOK BACK TO SOPHIA. THE PAGE IS OPEN TO A SKETCH OF AMBER STANDING NUDE WITH THE CELLO