CHRIS and JOHN enter)



CHRIS

we could not find her anywhere

honey, what's wrong?



ELLEN

Kim was here

the one who had to tell her was me



JOHN

oh, my God, it's my fault



CHRIS

I knew we were gone too long!



ELLEN

no, I think it's exactly what I had to see

there are some things that you left out all right

she wants her husband to go to her place tonight



CHRIS

that's not how things were, I just promised her



JOHN

it's the same to her



ELLEN

don't explain

there's nothing you can say

it's like she went insane

she tried to give away

her own child



JOHN

she wants her son to be an American boy



ELLEN

don't you see, she still thinks she's married to you

you must tell her she's not, she must hear it from you

'course it only depends if it's true



CHRIS

please don't doubt me Ellen: you're my wife

lots of guys came back and had no life

I had you



ELLEN

you can say what you want but she's borne you a son

in your nightmares the name that you shouted was hers

you've been with me two years and not shared things you've done

don't hold back

let me see

is it her now

or me?



CHRIS

let me tell you the way it was

back when I was a different man

back when I didn't have a clue who I am

the feelings locked behind a dam

that kept me there in Vietnam



there in the shambles of a war

I found what I was looking for

Saigon was crazed, but she was real

and for one moment, I could feel



I saw a world I never knew

and through her eyes I suffered too

in spite of all the things that were

I started to believe in her



so I wanted to save her, protect her

Christ, I'm American, how could I fail to do good?

all I made was a mess, just like everyone else

in a place full of mystery that I never once understood!

I wanted back a world I knew

the story of my life began again

with you



ELLEN CHRIS

it's all right now, I'm with you oh Ellen, I should have told you

we'll get through this, we'll will you ever trust me again?

[pull through

all I want all I have

in my life in my life now

is you is you



(CHRIS and ELLEN decide, against JOHN'S advice, to go to KIM'S club

to convince her that their only possible choice is to support her and TAM

in Bangkok. KIM has returned to the Club and lies to the ENGINEER,

telling him that CHRIS is overjoyed and will arrive later that evening to

take them all to America