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ghost.
    DWIGHT
    Maddie! Aren’t you going to speak?
    MADISON (with disgust on her face)
    What do you want?
    DWIGHT
What’s going on with you?
    MADISON
    You fags make me sick. I hate to call you my brother. Why don’t you all just fall off the face of this earth.
    DWIGHT (calling out her name as she storms off)
    Madison !
     
     
     
     
     
     

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    MADISON
    But Gran, I walked in on him fucking a guy. I think that I could deal with him cheat ing but not this way. I can never trust him again.
    Dadie is best friends with Ella.
    DADIE (who was sitting next to Gran)
    How long have you known him? If my mind serves me correctly you married this man over five years ago.
    MADISON
    Mrs. Dadie…
    DADIE
    You should have known something. When was the last time you two were intimate? Not just sex but intimate.
    MADISON
    About three months ago.
    DADIE
    There is your answer right there. I know that I have flirted with him on several occasions and he never once acknowledged it. That was my first sign that he was gay.
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    Dadie, just because a man doesn’t flirt back with you makes him gay?
    DADIE
    Yes!
    MADISON
    But I can’t trust him ever again.
    DADIE
    There are reasons not to fully trust a person, mostly those reasons come from what you are getting or not getting from him.  I see that you are searching for something more.  You want to be happy and trusting in your relationship.  Personally from hearing your story, you are with the wrong person.  You are there holding on to a dream that you want for yourself.  I gather you have no idea what your Trenity really want from this relationship. 
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    You will go back to your husband and you two talk. Fix it.
    DADIE
    Fix it!? Fix it!? Fix what?  Ella, I wonder do you stop at stop signs? I ain't seen it all but I sure as hell seen a lot of it.
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    Please learn to look past your feelings Maddie....My ex was my best friend and he betrayed me on every end....Why? Because I choose to look past the real person he was.
    DADIE
    Who were you with besides Jefferson?
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    You remember when I was dating Garrett in high school.
    DADIE
    Ella…come on now. Garrett Mitchell? (turning towards Madison) Remember when a person show you who they are…believe them! (propping her hand under her chin and looking at Ella) Garrett Mitchell. That was a laugh.
    MADISON
    I don’t know what to do. I am pissed and confused at the same time.
    DADIE
    You already know the answer. The question is how long you will continue to fool yourself. I’ve been there, witnessed all of the small signs and tried to reason them away, confronted my so–called husband with my concerns and got called every name under the sun. It also turns out everything I was called and accused of simply described what he was about and doing. Yes men will be men, and people will make mistakes, but along with that should come remorse and genuine desire to improve the situation. No matter how much you hope or trust, you won’t change this guy. Rather than be pissed and confused, be happy you’ve learned before you are more emotionally and financially committed.
    MADISON
    Gran, did you tell Grandfather everything?
    DADIE (interjecting)
    She didn’t.
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    My granddaughter asked me. No, I didn’t but I believe that if you are trying to build something strong with someone…yes.  I say this because when I was dating Garrett, someone who did not tell me the truth, I had no idea that he had been raped twice in high school.
    DADIE (mumbling under her breath)
    You can’t rape the willing.
    GRANDMOTHER ELLA
    This was a problem because it affected our relationship.  It ruined his self-esteem, changed him as a person, and sex was extremely difficult.  The relationship was so bad that he couldn't do anything. But to make matters worse, my mother got sick and I started to look for some help.  My God-sister stepped in to help me.  When she did that, Garrett cheated. I found