Scene Eight

Later that night. FAT JORGE and FLACA are in the middle of a confrontation in the lobby. FAT JORGE drinks. The remainder of the cast witnesses it from different spots on the stairs and the lobby.

FAT JORGE:

Don’t look at me like that.

FLACA:

Like what?

FAT JORGE:

Like I’m the only bad guy here. Like you’re not a traitor too.

FLACA:

(trying to take the bottle from him) Fat Jorge, you’ve gotta stop drinking—

FAT JORGE:

You betrayed me. And the kids.

FLACA:

I took an oath.

FAT JORGE:

You also took an oath with me.

FLACA:

I tried to keep you guys as well, because I couldn’t choose. Maybe that was my mistake—

FAT JORGE:

I would have joined too if you’d told me to.

FLACA:

No. I thought about it. And now I see I was correct in not telling you. You don’t have what it takes—

FAT JORGE:

(throwing the bottle on the floor, where it smashes to smithereens) No! I’m not the crème de la crème!

BILL O’NEILL, with JUAN’s help, takes the children away from their parents, off-stage. FLACA goes to her room. FAT JORGE stays in the lobby. CALLADITA starts to clean up the glass.