[Lights rise on a little girl. She holds a teddy in the crook of her arm and kneels at the side of her bed. There is a distant yelling and door slamming heard from down the hall. The little girl responds with slight facial twitches, but it is something that she is used to. She clasps her hands and bows her head.]
LITTLE GIRL:
Dear Lord, Thank you for the food that I put in my belly today. The Mac and Cheese was good. Also, thank you for Teddy, I love him. [She gives her teddy a quick kiss on the head.] Thank you for Mommy and Daddy not fighting until I got into bed. I like it better than when I'm out there. But, Lord? Do you think that you can make them stop? It scares me alot sometimes. Right now is a bad fight, so, can you please protect Mommy from him? I know that she's not the best Mommy. I know that the pills she takes aren't good for her. I know she's bad, but she's my Mommy. Will you please send Daddy's angel down to protect us...Once we're all protected he can go right back, promise. Mommy tells me that you're a mean, awful man that doesn't love us.That's why you took daddy away. I don't believe her...Is that wrong of me? [A giant banging of a door is heard and the fighting gets louder.] Lord, can you please make all of this stop? Thank you, Love always, Exes and Ohs. Emma.
[Emma pulls back her covers and crawls into bed. She places Teddy under the covers next to her and tucks them around him. She kisses him on the head. Emma puts her head on her pillow and snuggles into the blankets. There is a particularly loud bang and Emma pulls the covers over her head. Lights fade with the noise of the fight still going.]
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