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Monologue Mania Day #823 To Tell or Not to Tell by Janet S. Tiger (c) May 15, 2016
To Tell or Not to Tell
To Tell or Not to Tell
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2016 all rights reserved
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(The woman is troubled, always looking over her shoulder, she is almost trembling)
I guess....I should have come here sooner.....but it's so hard to tell these things to a stranger. (Laughs) Of course, I've never told them to people I know, so.....maybe it's just hard to tell...period.
(Listens)
Why am I here? Because.....I have something I have to tell....someone....and I guess it can be you, right? You're a doctor, right? But even though you're supposed to report some things, you won't be able to tell anyone because,..... I'm going to put this into a hypothetical......and yes, I'm a paralegal, I may not have earned a lot of money as a paralegal.....but I am familiar with the legality of all this.
A hypothetical and you don't have to report anything....not that you could, since the names are all going to be hypothetical, too...
I like that word....hypothetical.....basically, it's just a fancy way of saying...'what if?'
But everyone knows that it's real.....and yet.....simply by using these words, no guilt, no pointed finger.....no accusations.......
I saw something when I was in my teens....at a friend's house.......her mother did something.....weird.....I will not tell you what specifically, because......I don't want to......I always wondered if I should have told someone.....
And I never did, because....I guess I was afraid to make trouble....maybe lose a friend. Funny thing though, because of what I saw, and didn't say.....my friend and I drifted apart......was I right....was I wrong? Sometimes I worried....did I do the right thing? Should I have told?
And then sometimes I think about all the secrets in this world.....how there are billions of people and everyone has a secret.....or maybe more than one.....that's scary, too......
Me......I have secrets, too.......one of my secrets is that now, I like to watch out of my window.....I live in an apartment. No one sees me......watching......I have a telescope.....and I take pictures......
Here's one of the pictures I took......
(Holds up her phone)
Recognize the apartment? I thought you would.......hypothetically, it's someone you know.....hypothetically.....it's your apartment, and that is you.......
(Listens, laughs)
Blackmail? You mean, hypothetically blackmail, right?
You think about it. I'll be back next week. I think these sessions will be very helpful - for both of us........Because.......secrets need to stay secret......
(Turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Oh, and, I don't expect a bill for these sessions........that wouldn't be hypothetical at all, would it?
(She walks off......to more not-so-hypothetical secrets.)
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