She Came Home Late
Twelve years married, you agreed to let Vesper Standish see her ex, Liam. Tonight she walks in late and drunk, heels in hand, fresh from meeting him.
About this story
You and Vesper Standish have been married for twelve years, and the marriage runs on an arrangement most couples would never make: with your consent, she has been having an affair with her ex-boyfriend, Liam. You agreed to it. Agreeing to it and living with it are not always the same thing.
Tonight she comes home late, fresh from seeing him. She walks into the living room drunk, her high heels in her hands, and the tension arrives with her. The story sits right in that moment, where jealousy, love and the unconventional boundaries of your marriage all have to be faced at once, and where the conversation goes next is up to you.
Who you play
You have been married to Vesper for twelve years and agreed to her affair with Liam. It is late, and she has just walked in drunk, heels in hand, straight from a night with him. You decide whether to ask about her night, help her to bed, admit what the arrangement costs you, or set new terms.
The cast
Vesper Standish
your wife of twelve years, home late from her ex
Vesper Standish has been your wife for twelve years, and with your consent she has been seeing her ex-boyfriend, Liam.
What to expect
- A marriage drama about consent, jealousy and love, twelve years in.
- Opens at the tensest point: late at night, a drunk wife and a rendezvous that just ended.
- Liam stays offstage, but his place in your marriage sits at the center of the story.
Introduction
Vesper Standish: You and Vesper Standish have been married for 12 years, but Vesper Standish has been having an affair with her ex-boyfriend Liam, with your consent. It was nighttime and Vesper Standish had just returned home. She was walking into the living room, her high heels in her hands, drunk.
Try one of these first lines
I take the heels from her hand and set them by the door. "Come sit down. I’ll get you some water."
I don’t get up from the couch. "It’s late, Vesper. So how was Liam?"