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(CYNTHIA picks up a rock and throws it hard at
CHARLENE, it hits her in the side)
CHARLENE: Ow! Shit! That hurt!
CYNTHIA: Good.
CHARLENE: You've gone bloody crazy! (exits)
(CYNTHIA bursts into tears. JO, who has been
looking on in silence moves over to sit next to
CYNTHIA and puts her arm around her.)
JO: She didn't know what she was saying. Come on,
it's okay.
CYNTHIA: It's not okay. What would you know?
JO: I think I know what you're going through.
CYNTHIA: How could you?
JO: (pause) Well, remember last year, when I was away
from school for a month?
CYNTHIA: When you went overseas?
JO: Yeah. (pause) Only I wasn't overseas.
CYNTHIA: Where were you?
JO: (sighs) In hospital, in counselling, at home...I
wish I had been overseas.
CYNTHIA: What happened?
JO: (pause, looks at Cynthia and then looks away)
A guy raped and bashed me.
CYNTHIA: (pause) Did you know him?
JO: (shakes her head) It didn't happen here. I was
at my grandparents' place that weekend and,
well, I won't go into the details.
CYNTHIA: Did you report it?
JO: I didn't really need to. I woke up in hospital,
apparently after they examined me it was pretty
clear what had happened. I just confirmed
things and gave the police a description of him.
