Sister, Sister1982

Freida Lovejoy Burton:
[all three coming down the stairs] I thought it would be good for Danny, but he hates it.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
He hasn't even given it a chance.

Freida Lovejoy Burton:
Now Caroline, I Know my son. He's been on his best behavior. He thinks you don't like him. It's awful to grow up in a house where you're disliked.

Sissy Lovejoy:
Don't I know it.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
What do you mean by that?

Sissy Lovejoy:
You never liked me.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
I raised you, Sissy. Do you remember what Papa always used to say?

Sissy Lovejoy:
What?

Carolyne Lovejoy:
There's nothing more important in a family of nations than the love and care of your own relations.

Sissy Lovejoy:
Oh, those stupid poems again. He even published a book of them. You knew I wanted to go to Howard University and I needed that money.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
Papa left that $2000 for me to publish that book.

Sissy Lovejoy:
Of course, you always did what Papa want. You never did anything for me!

Carolyne Lovejoy:
When you were a sick child, I cleaned your vomit. I bathed and powdered you. I gave you your first pair of high heel shoes. Was that for Papa? I gave you your first dating dress. I gave you your first ice skates! Was that for Papa, Sissy? [runs into the kitchen]

Sissy Lovejoy:
[following her] Yes, Caroline, it was, like everything. And what was he, Caroline? A Pullman Porter who made some investments, saved a little money. A porter caring for white folks. Cleaning their clothes and shining their shoes and damn pleaded for the lousy tips he got being their servant.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
But he did it all for us so that we can have a better way of life.

Sissy Lovejoy:
Not for me. He never...

Freida Lovejoy Burton:
Wait, wait. We don't have to argue this, we're all grown. Now Cissy and I both have decided to leave this place. We need money and we want to sell this house.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
My house?

Freida Lovejoy Burton:
It's not your house.

Sissy Lovejoy:
It belongs to all of us, Caroline.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
This was your idea, Freida. You had it from the first day you walked through that front door.

Freida Lovejoy Burton:
I don't deny it, but why do you need all this space for yourself?

Sissy Lovejoy:
Caroline, you can move into your own apartment. You can buy yourself a decent car.

Sissy Lovejoy:
This house will sell easy.

Carolyne Lovejoy:
Isn't it a pity that for 13 years you didn't think about this house, when I was here putting my time, my love, my money into this house! [she pickes up a serving dish and sets it on the dining room table]