[In the silence he places between them, there's one question that needles Rick's mind the most. He finally turns back to look at her but makes no movement to approach her.]
We don't keep secrets. That's not how we work. Why did it take you so long to tell me? [Likely guilt, but her answer doesn't really matter. Rick doesn't even honestly feel the need to know, and the question when he finally asks it isn't posed as one.
It does, however, release the flood of other questions that moments ago he thought he didn't want to hear answers to. He needs to know under what circumstances he was being made a fool by being cuckolded.]
Is he still here? Someone I've met? [Someone who was laughing behind his hand while the clueless husband reunited with his wife?
The fact that Evelyn says it's over is an iota of comfort, but her joy at seeing her husband again is now marred in Rick's mind by this revelation. Suspicion against Evelyn is unnatural for him, and his doubt in her is painful.] How long were you together? [The last word tastes bitter on his tongue.]
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We don't keep secrets. That's not how we work. Why did it take you so long to tell me? [Likely guilt, but her answer doesn't really matter. Rick doesn't even honestly feel the need to know, and the question when he finally asks it isn't posed as one.
It does, however, release the flood of other questions that moments ago he thought he didn't want to hear answers to. He needs to know under what circumstances he was being made a fool by being cuckolded.]
Is he still here? Someone I've met? [Someone who was laughing behind his hand while the clueless husband reunited with his wife?
The fact that Evelyn says it's over is an iota of comfort, but her joy at seeing her husband again is now marred in Rick's mind by this revelation. Suspicion against Evelyn is unnatural for him, and his doubt in her is painful.] How long were you together? [The last word tastes bitter on his tongue.]