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a fighter pilot, that would be so hot to sleep with you and pretend I’m an Iraqi farmer and you got shot down behind enemy lines and I take you to like my barn or whatever and blow you till you’re strong enough to fly us both away to one of those islands with over-water huts. Anyway . . . coke makes me horny, so I hope you change your mind. Amen.
    Charlie       Amen.
    Emma       Myron?
    Myron
does another line of coke.
    Emma       Myron, stop sulking. You’re being a big baby. Come on! A toast.
    Myron       To Charlie . . . the first fighter pilot I’ve ever met. You’re a brave soul, my friend. May you live long enough to realize that you matter. May your neck remain untangled, your feet gravity-bound to our imperfect planet long enough to discover that you are not alone. For even in your lonesome existence, there is love, there is compassion, there is a genuine desire on behalf of these kind strangers to see you discover something that makes your life worth living. Charlie.
    Emma       That was so beautiful.
    Kim       Wow, that was pretty.
    Charlie       Thank you.
    Emma       Cheers.
    Myron
drinks his full drink.
    Myron       Now . . . I think we should all go around the room and tell Charlie about the darkest moment in our own lives, so he won’t feel so alone in his sadness. Emma, why don’t you go first? Why don’t you tell Charlie the reason you can’t go back to London?
    Emma
stares daggers at
Myron .
    Emma       What are you doing?
    Myron       I just think he might benefit from your story.
    Emma       How dare you? Are you that fucked up? Are you really that fucking pissed that you’re gonna break my trust in you?
    Myron       We’ve all got our skeletons. I just think if you really wanna help Charlie as much as you’ve advertised, you might consider sharing some of your own pain.
    Charlie       I really don’t want to know.
    Emma       You’re doing this because I won’t marry you. You know how badly I need to stay in this country, but even that’s not enough to feign a marriage to you; because you’re disgusting.
    Myron       We don’t have anything but an exercise ball to give you for your birthday, Charlie. So I thought we might give you the gift of knowing that you’re not alone. Emma claims to wanna save your life. Well if she really wants to help you, I think she should share a piece of her life. Something that happened to her . . .
    Charlie       I don’t need anything for my birthday.
    Emma       I am not a fucking exhibit! You know you really are a fucking asshole, Myron. You really are. You’re a selfish, self-serving alcoholic! How about that? Why don’t you tell Charlie some of your secrets? Give him that present. Maybe you could tell him the real reason you were fired from that high school? Why don’t you be his friend and share your miserable fucking life.
    Myron       OK, I’ll go first. I was fired from being a teacher for doing drugs with my kids at a high school cast party. Emma, your turn.
    Emma       I don’t want a turn.
    Charlie       Why are you doing this? Don’t do it for me.
    Myron       Well, if you’re not gonna tell them, I guess I’ll have to . . .
    Kim       Myron back the fuck off!
    Emma       Why are you doing this to me?
    Myron       For Charlie; it’s his present . . .
    Charlie       I don’t want a present, Myron.
    Myron       Charlie, Emma left England . . .
    Emma       You gave me your word. You swore on your life.
    Myron