OKSANA. So Seka says to the schmuck – you got any money? And he goes – no, you know I haven’t. But I’ll pay it all back. Seka says – you won’t pay back shit. You owe me twelve grand, right?
ANDREW. Right.
SEKA. You’ve got fuck all.
ANDREW. I’ll pay it back.
SEKA. «I’ll pay it back’. Say that one more fucking time.
OKSANA. And Seka just looked at him then.
ANDREW. Seka said Maronov owed him fifty grand. He said he’d let my twelve grand go if I went into Oskol, and I found Maronov, and got Seka’s fifty grand, and brought it back to him.
OKSANA. Seka took out a hundred, a fifty, and a ten, and gave it to him. For fucking what?
SEKA. Bus fare.
ANDREW. And if he won’t give me the money?
SEKA. Kill him.
ANDREW. How?
SEKA. I don’t care how. Stab him. Have you got a knife?
ANDREW. Are you fucking serious? You mean stab him to death? Right?
OKSANA. Seka picked up a flick-knife from the table. Touched the blade. Winced.
SEKA. It’s OK. Oksana’s gonna go with you. I don’t want you running off with the money.
OKSANA. Me? With him? What the fuck for?
SEKA. Yeah. Bus trips forty roubles, I checked. Enough there for two return tickets.
OKSANA. Seka, are you fucking nuts?
SEKA. Any other questions, darling?
ANDREW. If I remember, Oksana got thrown out last semester, so she’s only in the dorm with Seka’s permission cos he’s bribed the super. So if she steps out of line, it’s back to the village and she’ll die of boredom. Or maybe marry some fucking mechanic and see how that turns out.
SEKA. Get me the money by tomorrow.
OKSANA. Seka said to get the money by tomorrow. Then he left. Bastard. And this guy’s just staring at me. Aren’t I the lucky one? Bastard. Bastards. Fucking freak. Go and die in a fucking hole.
ANDREW. Come on. Calm down. I’ve got it worse than you..
OKSANA. Calm down? Calm fucking down? Are you fucking crazy? You touch me, I’ll tell Seka. Fucking idiot.
ANDREW. And she started crying. Sitting there sobbing while I got my stuff together.
OKSANA. He walks around the room, packing up his shit, and I think the main thing is not to cry in front of him-
ANDREW. Then off we go down the hall. All the girl’s heads poking out of the doorways, no fucking clue what was up.
OKSANA. If he thinks I’m a whore, he’s in for a fucking surprise.