(MRS.
HO and MOCHA TCHOKHA ROSE are talking in the backroom of
Panera
Bread. As she speaks, MRS. HO
moves a squeaky toy to entertain her
grandchild.)
MRS. HO
What brings me here?
I like to watch my investment.
MOCHA TCHOKHA ROSE
You’re not planning to exert any control, are you? Because I can take my writing
elsewhere. There are more
platforms than Plays: Short and Strange.
MRS. HO
Don’t threaten.
You are right that becoming a grandmother makes me care less
for things of this world.
MOCHA TCHOKHA ROSE
Why are you here?
(MRS.
HO sets the car seat firmly on an adjacent chair.)
MRS. HO
Have you seen my son?
Have you seen Westward?
END OF “DISSOLUTION, PART III.”
