Hard Love
Motti Lerner
2003
Scene Eleven
She is sitting silently. Zvi looks out the window and lights a cigarette.
Hannah:
I don’t think smoke’s very good for the baby…
Zvi:
Sorry. (He puts the cigarette out.)
Hannah:
I don’t understand, Zvi. Don’t you want this baby?
Zvi:
Of course I do.
Hannah:
Well, I can’t see it…
Zvi:
I want the baby. I want you. There’s nothing in the world I…
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