Next Of Kin Page #3

TO FINANCE SUCH A TRIP?

-WELL, NOW I DON'T KNOW...

-YES, OF COURSE.

-GOOD.

I'D LIKE YOU TO KEEP A DIARY

WHILE YOU'RE AWAY.

HAVE YOU EVER KEPT ONE BEFORE?

-NO.

-IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WRITTEN.

YOU CAN SPEAK I INTO A TAPE RECORDER.

PRETEND YOU'RE TALKING

TO A STRANGER,

TELLING YOUR THOUGHTS

TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW.

THEN, WHEN YOU RETURN,

WE CAN ALL LISTEN TO THE TAPE

AND DISCUSS IT. OKAY?

-SURE.

-HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF WHERE

YOU'D LIKE TO GO?

-MY NAME IS PETER.

I'M 23 YEARS OLD

AND I'VE LIVED AT HOME

ALL MY LIFE,

WATCHING MY PARENTS

DISLIKE EACH OTHER.

FOR A WHILE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS

A PRETTY EXCITING THING TO DO.

BUT IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO,

IT'S ALL BEGUN

TO GET ON MY NERVES.

SO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING INSTEAD

IS SPENDING A LO OF MY TIME PRETENDING,

JUST TO GET MY MIND OFF THINGS.

LATELY THOUGH, MY MOTHER HAS

CAUGHT ME AT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I THINK IT REALLY BOTHERS HER.

SO ONE DAY, WE ALL WENT TO SEE

THIS FAMILY THERAPIST,

AND WITH HIS ENCOURAGEMENT,

I DECIDED TO TAKE THIS LITTLE TRIP.

SO HERE I AM.

LOOKING BACK ON OUR SESSIONS

AT THE CLINIC,

I'VE COME TO REALIZE SOMETHING:

I ENVY THERAPISTS.

IT MUST BE REALLY EXCITING

GETTING INVOLVED

WITH ANOTHER FAMILY,

TRYING TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

WHAT CAN BE MORE SATISFYING

THAN GIVING DIRECTION

TO OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES?

IT MUST GIVE ONE

A REAL SENSE OF PURPOSE.

FOR 23 YEARS,

I'VE BEEN RAISED

AS MY PARENTS' PRIDE AND JOY.

BUT THAT'S GOTTA END.

I WANT CONTROL NOW.

HELLO... IS THIS

THE DERYAN RESIDENCE?...

YES. UH...

THIS IS GOING TO COME AS

SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE TO YOU,

BUT... I'M YOUR SON...

NO, NO. NO, I'M NOT JOKING...

YES, YOUR SON...

BEDROS?

YES... WELL, I'D...

I'D LIKE TO MEET YOU.

-WE' WAITING SOMEONE.

-I KNOW.

-BEDROS!

-BEDROS!

BEDROS. BEDROS.

-BEDROS.

-YOUR HAIR USED TO BE DARKER.

-DID IT?

-AS BLACK AS YOUR MOTHER.

-YOU'RE SO SKINNY.

IT USED TO FILL MY FINGERS.

SKINNY LIKE YOUR GRANDFATHER.

DON'T YOU THINK, GEORGE,

HE LOOKS LIKE HIS GRANDPA?

-MORE LIKE HIS UNCLE.

SO YOU KEEP YOUR NAME,

HEY, BEDROS?

-YEP.

-YOU'RE PROUD OF IT.

-OF COURSE HE'S PROUD.

-YEAH, BUT SOME CHANGE THEIR NAMES.

-NOT OUR SON.

-BEDROS...

ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE US?

-YOU BET.

( praying )

WE THANK FOR THIS MEAL

AND THE RETURN OF OUR SON BEDROS.

GOD, HE GIVE HIS SON JESUS

TO BE KILLED TO PAY FOR SIN.

AMEN.

-AMEN.

-SONYA, BEDROS...

BEDROS, WELCOME.

( Armenian )

-IT USED TO BE YOUR FAVOURITE.

-I DIDN'T HAVE TEETH THEN,

DID I?

-I MASH IT.

I MASH IT LIKE PUDDING.

YOU ATE IT ALL UP.

YOU NEVER MAKE A MESS.

YOU WERE SUCH A GOOD BABY.

WASN'T HE, GEORGE?

-HUH? HUH.

-YOU NEVER CRIED.

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SCARED

OR YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU NEVER CRY.

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