I hope this falls under the "confrontation". ___________________________________ " Susanna opened the suitcase. A quick glance around the room, to see what she can take as a souvenir without feeling like a thief. ... " - It doesn't work, you know. I won't leave. - You must leave, you are packing... - I'm packing because YOU are making me to do so, but you know it as well as me: it cannot work. - Susanna, dear... - I got it! You can make me wait a little, so that I can say him goodbye... It wouldn't seem so unnatural... - You cannot wait: if you meet him once more a dialogue will follow, and he'll force you to stay. You must leave now, before he's back. - But it is not a natural thing for me to go this way... I won't leave. - Susanna! This is my story, the plot requires you to leave! - Of course I'll do whatever you write, but you know as well as me that my leaving won't fit to the Susanna character YOU created... and you are going for realism, coherency and so on, aren't you? - But this means I have to change the plot, and the final scene, and the whole thing! ... Okay, let's go back to the writing... " Susanna opened the suitcase. A quick glance around the room, to see what she can take as a souvenir without feeling like a thief. Her eyes stopped on the little photograph on the closet. She took a deep breath, closed the empty suitcase and put it back under the bed. ..." ________________________________________ As usual any correction is more than welcome... (as a non English speaker I'm only willing to learn how not to ill-treat too much the English language)