ROGER The Hendersons said you seemed “distracted” at the bridge club. I told them you were tired. From the ironing.

She smiles. Not the porcelain smile. The real one.

Roger pulls her up. They collapse on the floor. The Master watches from the shadows, then extinguishes the red light. Taboo vanishes overnight.

EVELYN I’ll do better.

ROGER What is this? Some kind of party?

EVELYN (whispering) If you let me fall, you finally see me. If you pull me up, we go back to the doilies. Choose.