Extract 3: After the police had decided to give the emergency food boxes to that who was supposed to be a criminal.
Michelle: What is all this?
Walid: I am asking myself the same question?
Michelle: It is written “support aids”.
Walid: They are sending us aids.
Michelle: What will we do with all that? What do they contain?
Walid: I don’t know, open them.
Michelle: Why don’t you open them?
Walid: What is the difference?
Michelle: If there is no difference, open them yourself, I am afraid they might have done something with them.
Walid: What could they possibly do?
Michelle: I don’t feel comfortable.
Walid: Coward.
Michelle: You are a coward. Do you think you can fool me or provoke me to open them? Why do you always try to be sarcastic about everything to show that you are relaxed?
Walid: Unbelievable how stressed you always are. Calm down we are just discussing …we will both open the boxes.
Michelle, after a short silence, starts laughing.
Walid: Why are you laughing?
Michelle: Nothing but you reminded of my twin sister.
Walid: You have a twin sister!
Michelle: yes.
Walid: Why did you remember her just now?
Michelle: Because you look like her…you have a strong personality but it is easy to talk to you. When you told me that we both can open the boxes, I remembered her because we always used to do things together.
Walid: I am sure you bought the same clothes and wore them together.
Michelle: Definitely.
Walid: I think it must feel strange to have a twin sister. Shall we open the boxes?
Michelle: On one condition, we open them at the same time, together.
They come closer to the boxes and open the first two.
Walid: What do you have?
Michelle: Rice, lentil and cereals, what about you?
Walid: Milk, tea, sugar and coffee.
They continue to open the boxes.
Michelle: Whisky, wine and water.
Michelle: Here there is jam, chocolate boxes and biscuits.
Walid: …
Michelle: What do you have…why have stopped answering? Walid…
Walid (as if he woke up from something): yes.
Michelle: Why are you surprised? What is in the box?
Walid: Weapons.
Michelle: Weapons!!!
Walid: Come see, there are two small bombs, a machine gun, a new gun and some bullets.
Michelle approaches slowly to check out the content.
Michelle: I am sure they sent these by mistake.
Walid: I don’t think so.
Michelle: how come?
Walid: because there are 3 types of bullets. This is for the machine gun, this is for the new gun and this is for my gun because it is rare, there aren’t too many of it in the market.
Michelle: What do they mean?
Walid: I don’t know.
Michelle, upset of what she has seen, goes to eat.
Michelle: I am hungry, would you like to eat?
Walid: yes.
She gets us a Tupperware and puts it in front of him and goes to get a fork and a knife. Walid looks at the Tupperware for a long time.
Michelle: What is wrong?
Walid: I remembered something about my mother.
Michelle: Your mother?
Walid: Yes, when you took out the Tupperwel.
Michelle: Tupperware not tupperwel.
Walid: Tupperwel.
Michelle: As you want.
Walid: My mother likes these things! She really pays attention to them. Every time she would give me a box, the first thing she would say ‘don’t forget to bring back the Tupperware’. What does this word mean?
Michelle: This is a trade mark.
Walid: Why aren’t all boxes called Tupperware.
Michelle: They are not only boxes, there are plates, serving plates, boxes for coffee for olives, oil, salt and pepper. Be careful, when someone gives you a box and doesn’t ask you to bring it back, it wouldn’t be Tupperware, it would be something cheap.
Walid: What is the difference?
Michelle: Tupperware are original boxes, they last longer. And by the way, the remaining ones are recycled products, and by the way you can’t buy them form a magazine.
Walid: Then is it done?
Michelle: you call the company, they send you a sales person and you select the product from the catalogue.
Walid: but I see them in supermarkets.
Michelle: Boxes like these would an imitation. You could find in supermarkets original boxes such as Plasvale or Curver. They have supplementary products to Tupperware, like garbage bins, laundry bags and many other things.
Walid (joking): no kidding! They have supplementary products?
The two look at each other and laugh.
Michelle: Would you like to drink anything…they sent us wine…it looks good…wait a second until I find it. (goes to look among the aids).
We see the chief of police walking towards the coffee shop. He goes in and directly meets with Michelle.
Chief of police: Don’t worry, I am here to negotiate.
Michelle (carefully): Walid. (Then goes to him).
Walid: What are you doing here?
Chief of police: I am here to talk to you.
Walid is confused.
Chief of police: If you don’t believe me, you can search me; I am not carrying any weapons.
Walid: You don’t want to take me in?!
Chief of police (smiling): Usually we negotiate before taking people in.
Walid: This is what ‘usually’ happens.
Chief of police: Do you have anything we can drink.
Walid: no. what do you want from us?
Chief of police: Nothing, I am here to talk to you and leave.
Walid: go on then.
The chief of police sits at the table with them and pours himself a glass of wine and drinks while he is talking.
Chief of police: I want to tell of an incident that happened to me. You sure know Peter Pan.
Walid: the story?
Chief police: Is it a story? No, I am talking about the film. I once got a new film for Peter Pan for my son to watch. They decided after twenty years to do sequel of the movie and they was called ‘Hook’s return’. I was happy when I saw it, and to be honest I was really excited to watch it. When I got home, I called my son and sat to watch it with him. Do you what the story is ABOUT?
Walid: No.
Chief police: I will tell you and pay attention to what I am saying. Naturally, after twenty years, Peter Pan grew up and was named Peter Boming and according to the film, he became a lawyer and totally forgot what had happened to him in the past, as if he lost his memory. However, ‘Hook’ didn’t forget him and wanted to get his revenge. He thought of an idea and decided to leave his imaginary world and go to the real world of ‘Peter Pan’. ‘Peter Pan’ grew up but ‘Hook’ is still of the same age. Hook went and kidnapped his children. He left him a note directing him to where his children are. After that, ‘Peter Boming’ finds himself obliged to go back to never land, where he once again meets his friends who convince him and remind him of himself and he comes to get back his children. (To Walid) are you able to understand?
Walid: Understand what?
Chief of police: I have a question for you, why did ‘Hook’ behave in this way?
Walid: To revenge ‘Peter pan’?
Chief police: Exactly, but there is one important small detail we have to pay attention to.
Walid: What is that?
Chief of police: I see that ‘Hook’, for the past twenty years during which he was away from ‘Peter Pan’, his traditional enemy, got bored! He stopped fighting anyone, he wanted a justification for his existence and for him to be in conflict, ‘Pan’ had to be with him. Bear in mind that ‘Hook’ loves ‘Peter Pan’. I love you!
Walid: a very important confession!
Chief of police: I am very confused right now. All I wanted to tell you is to consider me as ‘Peter Pan’ and you ‘Hook’. You have surely noticed that we have given you all the time in this case, we don’t usually do that, but we will try to think of a way to get us out of it with the least damages. But this might take a long time, what is important is for you to have everything you need, and if you want anything else, let me know. You just have to stay where you are until we find a solution. I don’t think you have too many options, so let us remain cool and in agreement with each other. Most importantly stop this unjustified blood shed. (looks clearly at the ammunition box) looks like you have prepared yourself very well, had I not come in just to talk to you, I would have seized all these weapon and taken you in (He stands up and takes a sip of the wine). I will ensure you get better wine than this one.
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