Bodyguard: (Step forward) Sir. (wait) Sir, the leader of ______ will be arriving in half hour's time. Please be prepared. (wait) Sir. (shrug him gently) Please wake up, it's near noon. (shrug him roughly)
Bodyguard calls Mafia Leader awake a few more times, then reach under his nose with trembling fingers.
Mafia Leader lying on the floor, motionless.
Bodyguard: Men, come here now! Sir - he is not right.
Doubles/Bodyguards, daughter and right-hand man rush over to Mafia leader.
Right-hand man: Sir, Sir! (checks if Mafia Leader is alive) Call the ambulance - no shit we can't - okay get someone now wait this can't be it's impossible-
Bodyguard: He is dead.
Orphan walks out slowly from _____ and stands at DSL of stage with a smile on her face.
Everyone starts to mourn.
Daughter: Father? Father, what happened?
Right-hand man: Sir, please, wake up, we cannot do without you.
Daughter: What happened to you? Father!
Right-hand man: This is impossible. There was nothing wrong, no medical problem, nothing. He was invincible, he was never wounded before.
Daughter: (facing RHM, demanding) Everything was fine yesterday, my father is not the age to die. He couldn't have just gone away like that, someone must have set him up, someone must have killed him-
Right-hand man: No one predicted this...No one.
Pause.
Daughter: They why did he die? It’s not right. After dinner last night we...
Sudden revelation.
Daughter and Right-hand man slowly turn to face each other.
Right-hand man: After dinner last night–
Daughter: –I had a dream.
Right-hand man: (pause) And so did I.
The stage becomes dull, dark. Everyone looks down on the ground, silent for 5 secs.
Bodyguards, Mafia leader remain in position.
Daughter and Right-hand man hold hands, walk to the front, and sit at the edge of the stage.
Daughter and Right-hand man: (Softly, in a trance) What happened last night? What happened last night? Last night? Last night? What happened? What happened? (Keeps repeating, getting softer)
Orphan: (The story behind everything. Include: I have avenged for my parents death, the part about manipulating…) The next time you have a nightmare, think again. Maybe it's not coincidental. Maybe it wasn't by chance. Maybe you really are, on the edge of death.
Because for all you know... It could be me.
