Hostage, John L. Newman

“This scene takes place on the front porch of our family home after a funeral. One of my cousins is holding the wife of another cousin ‘hostage’ in a conversation that she clearly had no interest in. She seemed caught between wanting to leave and wanting to be polite. Should she re-enter the house where it was hot and full of people, or should she remain on the porch in this one-sided conversation?”
—John L. Newman