A piece on the idea that when tragedy strikes, we make connections between the "why" of how it happened that may not be logical. This is a touching story that ends with guards coming down though and a connection over the most basic part of the human condition, pain.

Sometimes horrible things happen and we don't really know the reason. That's the heartbreaking situation Jane is trying to work through as she tracks down her old boyfriend (from 20 years ago) to find out why he broke up with her. An odd action, you'd think, until you realise that the closure she seeks is something a lot of people seek when something awful happens for apparently no reason. In that sense, Cassie has constructed a great snapshot of human condition and how we respond to grief. Its an emotionally provocative piece that would make a powerful performance.

This intensely involving short piece speaks eloquently of the primacy of human grief. At first, the two central losses at the core of the protagonist’s grief seem unconnected, yet through Jane’s process we understand exactly what these disparate moments mean to her and why both are relevant on the continuum of loss that she is trying to understand. Her monologue near the end is raw and simply heart-breaking. A potent short play.