DIALOGUE

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Dialogue

 

Setting: A Starbucks in a small town in the future for both women. 

 

Sandra Bloom: “Oh isn’t it nice to be away from your husband and child for just a few minutes? I love them both, but they can really stress me out!”

 

Ekwefi: “I know what you mean. Okonkwo just gets on my last nerve sometimes. That is when he is ever around, which is not much.” 

 

Sandra Bloom: “I hear you sister! Edward was gone during most of our marriage until he got sick. Now he is home all of the time and I can't get a break. I don't know which was worse, him being a travelling salesman and gone all the time or him being at home now all of the time.” 

 

Ekwefi: “Did you think your life would turn out like this? I know that I did not. When I was a young girl growing up in a small village, I was considered the most beautiful girl in the village. In fact I already had a husband. But I fell head over heels in love with Okonkwo. I even ran away to marry him even though I was wife number two.”

 

Sandra Bloom: “That sounds a lot like my story. I also grew up in a small town and was thought of as quite a beauty and a good catch. But I didn’t immediately fall in love with Edward. In fact I had a serious boyfriend who Edward fought with over me. But in the end, I stayed in my small town and ended up marrying Edward. I'm glad I did because I have my son, William. Sometimes I think I should have had more children but we did not. 

 

Ekwefi: “I did give birth to many children. But sadly I only have one son that is still living. Do you ever regret the life that you chose?”

 

Sandra Bloom: “I don't regret the life I chose because Edward always made me laugh and I love being a mother. But my life was not exactly what I thought it would be with Edward being gone so much. Do you regret the life you chose? 

 

Ekwefi: “Sadly, I do regret leaving my village and family to marry Okonkwo. He seemed so strong but in the end his strength turned into meanness. I wonder how my life would have been different if I had stayed with my first husband.”

 

Sandra Bloom: “I guess we will never know how different our lives could have been. But it sure has been an interesting ride.”

 

Ekwefi: “Yes it certainly has!”