Alice Page #2

You're not gonna let someone

stick needles into you?

- I think he mostly uses herbs.

- Well, what you need is to take it easy.

Don't exercise so much. Have breakfast

in bed. Watch Good Morning America.

Dr Yang, please.

Please sit.

The doctor will see you now.

Come in.

Please sit down.

Take coat off.

What is trouble?

I feel... just achy and

tired. My back, particularly.

I've been to a number of doctors

and they can't find anything wrong.

Problem is not back.

Problem is here, here.

Really? Cos, you know,

it feels like my back.

My back stiffens sometimes

so that I can hardly bend it.

Stop talking about back.

Nothing wrong with back.

Well, do you think it could be

that I'm exercising too strenuously?

Maybe lifting the children wrongly?

Gee, what is that? That's

the strangest-looking thing.

- Please stare at centre of wheel.

- What are you trying to do with this?

Please stare at centre

and breathe deeply.

Deeply. Very deeply.

If you're trying to hypnotise me,

Doctor, I hate to see you waste your time.

Please. Please, Mrs Tait.

Rest eyes upon centre of vortex.

Yeah, but, see, the thing

is, I'm a very poor subject.

Really. It's been proven. A stage

entertainer once tried, a very famous one.

And I went right up on stage.

There were, I guess,

about 12 volunteers.

I was the one who failed

to go into a trance.

See the wheel spin.

- I'm sure you know, Doctor...

- Concentrate.

...there are two categories

of people, you know?

I...

You know, not everyone

can be hypnotised.

I fall into the...

Now, tell me what you see.

- Penguins.

- Penguins?

What about penguins?

They mate for life.

Yes? You think penguins are Catholic?

The man... he kisses me.

Who is man?

I wanna know him better...

...but I don't dare.

Please explain.

My feelings are... too scary.

I never had these feelings before.

Never?

Oh.

Once. There was a young man once.

- Not husband?

- No.

Feelings for my husband are different.

What are deepest feelings for husband?

I love him, but I...

But what, Mrs Tait?

Please tell husband.

Husband here in room.

You see him? Tell him.

But what, Mrs Tait?

I'm the wife, you know.

I take care of the kids...

...I host the dinner parties,

arrange the social schedule...

...try to look pretty so your

friends can admire your taste.

I've become one of those women who

shops all day and gets pedicures.

But I wanna be more.

There's more to me.

- You have children to raise.

- I can still raise the children.

I wanna do something with

my life before it's too late.

- Do what?

- I don't know what. There's lots I can do.

Every time I ask you to be

specific, you become tongue-tied.

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