(Lights come up on stage. An old police precinct with a few desks. Officers in uniform mill around. To the left of the stage we see Officer Benjamin on the phone in his office. The audience hears a womans voice on the other end of the receiver. She is not on stage )
Woman: The Mafia!
Officer Benjamin: M’am who did you say took the money?
Woman: The mafia. SHIT. Y’all have me out here screaming on this phone. Ya’ll want them to kill me for snitching?
Officer Benjamin: Ok calm down ma’am. I’m just trying to get the story straight
Woman: What the fuck you don’t understand? I already told you. I said the Mexican Mafia took the fucking money
Officer Benjamin: Hold on, hold on. Let’s backtrack here. I’m sorry but I’m not understanding.
Woman: uggghhh I swear. Do you not understand my English or something? The MEEEXIICCAAAANNNN MAAAAFFFF...
Officer Benjamin: M’am, M’am I got that part but what I’m not understanding is how the Mexican mafia got a hold of your card in the first place. Did you travel to Mexico?
Woman: No
Officer Benjamin: Ok were you associated in any way with members of the Mexican mafia?
Woman: What you mean by associated?
Officer Benjamin: M’am did you have any contact, physical or verbal, with members of the Mexican mafia?
Woman: That depends what you mean by members
Officer Benjamin, agitated : Ok now M’am I’m really gonna need you to stop playing dumb with me. I’ve been nice and trying to keep calm here but now I’m getting a little annoyed. I’m not stupid so...
Woman: Sir, I never called you stupid sir. Now you’re just puttin’ words in my mouth. This why people can’t trust y’all for real. Cause yall lie! Ya’ll lied on OJ now you lien on me. next you gonna say I...
Officer Benjamin (stands, visibly angry): M’AM IF YOU DON’T SHUT THE HELL UP I’M GONNA...
Woman: OH YOU GONNA WHAT? SAY IT. SAY IT I DARE YOU TO SAY IT. MY COUSIN BENNY IS A LAWYER IN
ALPHARETTA I GOT HIM ON SPEED DIAL RIGHT NOW PLEASE SAY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TO ME OVER THIS PHONE THAT I KNOW IS BEING RECORDED PLEEAAASEEE DO IT. PLEEAASSEEE
Officer Benjamin holds the receiver away from his face and takes an audible deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
Officer Benjamin: M’am I...
Woman: PLEEAASSSEEEEE. I WILL CALL BENNY RIGHT NOW PLEEEAASEEE TELL ME WHAT YOU ABOUT TO DO TO ME..
Officer Benjamin slams phone down. Knocks off the files from his desk.
Officer Benajmin: GET THESE GOD DAMN FILES OFF MY DESK SHONDA, DAMN IT!
Officer Benjamin paces around his office. Visibly agitated. Shonda, his secretary, sheepishly comes in his office.
Shonda: Umm do you want the files back on your desk or...
Officer Benjamin interrupts, yelling: NO SHONDA I WANT THE FILES ALL OVER THE GOD DAMN FLOOR. OF COURSE I WANT THEM ON THE DESK. JESUS!”
A young officer walks in the office
Officer Henry: Any luck this time around?
Officer Benjamin stares at him and doesn’t respond.
Officer Henry: Did you find out any new information besides that it was the Mexican mafia?
Officer Benjamin: DOES IT LOOK LIKE I GOT ANY NEW DAMN INFORMATION BESIDES IT WAS THE MAFIA
HENRY? DO I LOOK LIKE A MAN WHO EXPERIENCED ANY TYPE OF LUCK OR SUCCESS TODAY? LETS GO OUT FOR FUCKING ICECREAM HENRY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I CRACKED THE CASE WIDE FUCKING OPEN. GET THE HELL OUT MY OFFICE. IDIOT
Henry exits the office. Under his breath whispers: I was just asking.
Officer Benjamin: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY HENRY? WHO HIRED YOU?
Officer Benjamin exits his private office into the main office space. The officers stop and stare. Shonda sits at her desk, petrified.
Officer Benjamin continues yelling to no one in particular. The officers in the precinct try to avoid eye contact.
Officer Benjamin: WHO HIRED HENRY? WHOEVER YOU ARE YOU ARE FIRED. YOU’RE FIRED FOR MAKING THE WORST MISTAKE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GOD DAMN PRECINCT. SHONDA WRITE THIS DOWN. BY THE END OF THE DAY I WANT A REPORT ON MY DESK OF WHO THE HELL HIRED HENRY AND I WANT THEM FIRED. (officer Benjamin turns and looks at Henry) IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING I BETTER NEVER SEE YOUR DUMB ASS ANYWHERE NEAR THIS PRECINCT AGAIN. I DONT EVEN WANT YOU IN MY DAMN COUNTY HENRY. IM DEAD ASS SERIOUS. officer benjamin slams door of his office shut. BETTER NOT SEE YOUR ASS AROUND HERE HENRY.
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