TYRES SCREECH, WOMAN SCREAMS
SHE GRUNTS I'm so sorry,
'I'm pregnant with a married man's child,'
It's not yours, Sam,
Is that your wife? - Yep, That's Jen,
TASHA: 'Uh, what does she do?' JACK: 'Interior design,'
'It's Daddy's ex-wife, again,'
This needs to stop, No more Jen coming to the house,
Have you seen a woman?
I left my baby with her, - You left your baby?
Have you been to see her since your chat?
No, Can I ask where you're going?
Taking Emily away from this shit show,
You're taking her? No, you're not,
SHE SCREAMS, CRASHING
JACK: 'You forced me when you said that you'd take Emily,'
THEY GRUNT
SHE GRUNTS, HE GROANS
HORN BLARES
TYRES SCREECH, HORN BLARES
CRASHING, TYRES SCREECH
TASHA: 'It's not your fault, Jen,'
JEN: 'Thank you for trusting me,
'Something good came out of it, though,
'You have Emily,'
MONITOR BEEPING
TASHA: 'When I first held my daughter in my arms,
'I knew I'd do anything for her,'
Jack!
'But I had no idea what that really meant,
'But it's not enough to love and nurture her,'
Stay still!
'I must protect and fight for her,'
HE GRUNTS 'Lie and steal for her,
'Kill for her,
'Die for her,
'Cos that's what mothers do,
'We banish monsters,,,
',,whatever it takes,'
Mummy, look,
Wow! That looks amazing,
We should put these on, - Yeah,
There we go,
WOMAN: # Happy birthday
BOTH: # To you
♪ Happy birthday to you
♪ Happy birthday
TASHA: # Dear Lucy
♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪
Whoo! Yeah, APPLAUSE
Everyone's clapping for you,
Thank you, - You're welcome,
- Can I get the bill, please? - Yes, of course,
OK, Give me your hand,
Nice to see you,
I'll have the rent tomorrow,
But the rent isn't due tomorrow, It's due today,
It's been a slow week,
I have to eat, Same as you,
Tomorrow, I promise,
Can I use the computer again?
I'll add it to your bill,
JACK: 'I'm Emily's dad,'
And I killed her,
That's my truth,
I can't bring her back, I know that,
But I can try to be a better person,
I can be,,,
,,,the kind of dad that she would be proud of,
And what does that look like for you?
Making amends to the people I've hurt,
My wife, Jen, - Your ex-wife,
The love of my life,
Yeah, I know, I know,
She'd probably be much better off without me,
I should probably just leave her alone,
It'll be hard,
What about your current wife?
I understand you're still married,
Tasha,
You know, I really hope that wherever she is,,,
,,,she's managed to find some peace,
KNOCKING ON DOOR Just a minute,
Come on, keep brushing,
And all those nooks and crannies cos of all that cake,
KNOCKING CONTINUES I said just a minute,
MAN: Sorry,
Good work,
EMILY: Story time! Story time!
Oh, well, which story is it that you want tonight?
Could it be this one?
- No! - This one?
- No! - Or could it be this one?
- Yay! - Again?
All right, Shh,
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess,
"And she had a beautiful dress
"and beautiful hair and a beautiful smile,
"and her name was,,,"
HAYLEY: Jen?
This is the one, right?
You don't think it's too much?
- But you look amazing, - I'm not 21 any more,
Thank God, I mean,,, your hair,
They were chunky lowlights,
You looked like a tiger,
Not sure you can talk with that scarecrow bleach job,
Uh, OK, thank you (!)
Well, like I said, glad that we're not 21 any more,
Could we try s,,,? Hi?
Hello, Can we try something a little less fussy?
PHONE RINGS
Sorry, I should,,, I should get this,
Yeah, RINGING CONTINUES
- Yeah, - Hello?
That's not possible,
I'm gonna call you back,
You should have told me,
Johnny said it wasn't confirmed until the official appeal today,
You still should have told me,
It was three years ago, Jen,
HAYLEY SIGHS You're with Connor now,
OK? Who loves you completely,
Everything that Jack put you through, it's in the past,
You've got a whole new life now, Does it really matter?
Of course it matters,
Let,,, Let me help you,
Just,,, No, no, I just need a minute,
I think this is our best one yet,
Yeah, Um, I better get getting the flags off,
If I was a princess, I would live,,,
in this tower over here, right at the top with you,
And if I were the princess, um, I would,,,
I would live right here with you,
Yeah, if that's what we wanted to do,
But unfortunately, we're not princesses,
so I do have to go to work,
- Mm-mm! - I know,
Do you wanna trash the castle? - Yeah! Let's do it,
TASHA: Gah!
EMILY GIGGLES
SAM: 'He was found guilty
'of death caused by dangerous driving,
'I mean, I thought he had years left,'
Yeah, his lawyers got the sentence reduced
for time served on appeal,
Some technicality about the exact cause of the crash,
Uh, OK,
So, um, what do we do now?
'I don't know, Do you know where she is?'
I wish it was that easy,
Are you not in touch?
'Listen, I've got her email, but she doesn't respond,
'She's completely off grid,'
Maybe he can't even find her,
No, If he wants her, he'll find her,
'Maybe she needs to start thinking about other options,'
Wait, what do you mean?
Emily is his daughter,
'No matter what he's done or,,,'
No, no, no, Wait, Jen, He's a psychopath, OK?
He's,,, He crashed a car with Emily in it
to try and hurt Tash, yeah?
He can never know,
I'll let you in to my secret plan after work,
We can come back here and get,,, an ice cream!
- Yay! - Yeah?
What's wrong, Mummy?
Lucy, we're gonna play the,,, the hiding game,
Run, - OK, Mummy,
TASHA PANTS
SOFTLY: Shh,
TASHA BREATHES HEAVILY
Lucy! No!
Sorry, - No problem,
SHE EXHALES DEEPLY
It's OK, Everything's OK, I just got a fright,
EMILY: Did I win?
Sort of, CHUCKLES SOFTLY
Let's go to work,
Now, who could be my cleaner's assistant?
DOOR CLOSES
Hey,
GIRL: Uncle Jack! - Ooh, you're giant!
All right, guys, give him a minute,
He's literally just walked in,
I missed you so much, Oh!
DISTANT CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER
Are you sure this is OK?
It's just that I can't be in that house that Emily,,,
Yeah, Don't be ridiculous, You're my brother,
You've already been to hell and back,
Stay as long as you need to,
All right, dickhead, THEY CHUCKLE
DISTANT CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER
Johnny, what news?
Well, dig deeper, Johnny,
No, no, she can't have disappeared
off the face of the Earth,
GATES WHIRR
Wow, Thank you,
Ah, doesn't this house look like a castle?
Mummy's gonna make it all sparkly,
- Mm-hm, - Come on, Whoops,
The owner's not gonna tell us off cos the owner's never here,
What's over there? TASHA GASPS
Look at that! It's a real-life moat,
Wow! Isn't that cool, like the one we made this morning?
One day, we'll have our own castle,,,
with a proper moat to keep all the baddies out,
Ah!
- Wow! - Wow,
All right, I'll leave you to it,
Shout if you need me, - Mm-hm,
That was Giles in our family law department,
He'll apply for the restraining order tomorrow,
He's pretty sure it'll sail through,
Maybe we're going too far,
I am gonna do whatever I have to to keep you safe,
He wants to get to me, he will, He's clever,
Am I not clever myself?
He's just a man, not some kind of scary monster,
I feel sorry for him, actually, His kid is dead, and he did it,
That's a terrible thing, - Yeah,
Yeah, it is,
And he lost you, which makes him an idiot
but makes me the luckiest man in the world,
He can't hurt you, I'm not gonna let him,
What happened before, it's done, over,
This is our time, our future, and,,,
,,,we're gonna be OK,
So, we're gonna be smiley and not make much noise,
INTERCOM BUZZES
TASHA EXHALES
Hi, - Hey,
You brought your daughter with you,
I couldn't afford the childcare this week,
Again,
She won't be a bother, I promise,
Come on, let's go,
Eftase i katharistria,
Why don't you go play?
If that's OK, - Of course,
SOFTLY: Come on,
Could you,,,? Just for a minute,
Listen, Tina, - Tasha,
Tasha, Yes, of course, Sorry, um,,,
My wife wanted me to have a word,
We're really pleased with your work, very good,
It's just that, um,,,
we'd prefer someone who doesn't bring their children with them,
We have enough going on with our two,
How can such small people make so much noise, right?
She's not making noise,
Please,
I-I know it's not ideal,,,
,,,but there's not really anything else I can do,
That's a shame, I mean, um,,,
if that's the case, I will have to ask the agency
to find someone else, TASHA EXHALES
We'd be really sorry to lose you,
Hang on,
Good luck,
Thank you,
Just do in here before you go, huh? It could do with it,
Yeah, of course,
- Sweetheart, you didn't need,,, - They're not from me,
Shakespeare, I googled it,
"Let me not to the marriage Of true,,,"
I know the quote,
It's from my wedding vows,
16 dozen, I'm guessing that's just not a random number,
No, a dozen for every year we were married,
He cannot do this, I've already called Giles,
Maybe I need to call the police, Don't, OK? They're only flowers,
They're not only anything, Jen,
He has crossed a line, - Connor, please,
Can't you see this is what he wants, a reaction?
Don't give it, - I have to do something,
No! No, you don't,
All right? All you need to do is be there for me,
That's all I need,
He is a nice guy, and he's good to Jen,
But,,,?
No "but", He's perfect for her,
Right, But,,,
OK, it's maybe not the same for her as it was with you, but,,,
It wouldn't be, would it?
Me and Jen, once in a lifetime,
I'm glad you finally realised,,,
though a bit late,
HE STUTTERS
What about Tasha? Any news on the divorce?
Johnny's got an investigator on the case, so,,,
Trust me, till you're divorced, you'll never be free of her,
That's not really the point, though, Hayley,
She's Emily's mum,
SOFTLY: I know,
I know, and,,,
that torturing yourself is not gonna bring Emily back,
Yeah, I know that, Thank you,
I'm just saying you've paid your dues, The judge agreed,
Look, Hayley,,,
,,,I can't pretend that Emily never existed,
I'm not suggesting that, I,,, DOORBELL RINGS
Hang on,
SHE SIGHS
I'd like to speak to Jack, please,
Yeah, he's not really up for seeing anyone right now,
With all due respect, Hayley, I don't really care how he is,
You must be Connor,
SHE SIGHS Hayley's told me about you,
Could you give us a minute, Hayley? I'd appreciate it,
HAYLEY: You don't have to do this,
No, it's fine, Go and check on the kids,
You know, when I, uh,,, when I first got together with Jen,
she used to refuse to sleep at my house
or let me sleep at hers,
We'd spend the evening together,
We'd be,,, We'd be intimate,
but then she'd ask to leave or ask me to leave,
Made excuses about having to get up early for work
or that she,,, that she snored,
Got to the point we almost broke up over it,
I didn't think she was into me,
Thought she was just stringing me along,
And every night, she told me she relived the crash,
the crash you caused,
the moment she realised you had it in you to kill,
And it took me months to put her back together again
with-with love and care,
But eventually, we had a night where she didn't scream,
then another,,,
until she slept soundly every night, until last night,
until you sent her those flowers,
Why?
I asked you a question,
Why?
She's not coming back to you,
She never wants to see you again,
So why can't you let her be happy, hm?
CONNOR CHUCKLES
Contact her again, and you're going back to prison,
JACK: Thank you,
For looking after her for me,
HAYLEY: Do I need to call Jen?
CONNOR: No,
Leave her alone,,,
,,,you freak,
HAYLEY SCOFFS
Oh, God, Are you OK?
She dreams about me,
This is half,
Get you the rest by the end of the week,
It's the last time, I promise,
I'm expecting a payment,
Could I use the computer just to check my account?
Could be there already,
If it's not, you can use it to look for another room, Hm?
PHONE DIALLING
SAM: 'Hello?'
'Sam, What does good behaviour even mean?
'I mean, what are the terms? Can he leave the country?'
Hey, l-look, it's,,, it's absolutely fine, OK?
He's not gonna come after you, all right?
He doesn't know where you are,
'I don't even know where you are,'
He has money, you don't, That's the difference,
You can do anything with money,
Hey, listen, if you're short on money, I can help,
No, SHE SIGHS
No, it's not that,
Can you tell me where you are?
Cos you can,,, you can totally trust me, You know you can,
Well, I definitely can't tell you now, He'd get it out of you,
'I really think it'd be better if I was with you guys,'
Sam, we didn't work before,
There's no reason that we'd work now,
SHE SIGHS
How was Jen? About him getting out?
Has she seen him?
'Sam?' - Yes, uh,,,
I don't know, No, I don't think so,
She's cool, though, right?
Uh, she's,,, I mean, she's pretty shaken,
Shaken like "we can't trust her" shaken?
Look, we,,, It's fine, It's totally fine,
I've actually,,, I'm in the middle of work right now,
so do you think you could pass the phone on to Em, please?
It's Lucy now,
And, no, She's asleep,
Well, can you tell her I said hi?
In-In fact, can you tell her that I love her? Please,
Sam,,,
I was as good as a dad to that girl for two years,
All right? I can't just forget that,
I'll tell her,
'And send me your number, in case I hear anything,'
No,
'Fine, Well, check your emails, then, OK?'
Look, I'm gonna keep tracks on him, and, um,,,
I'll let you know if there's anything to worry about,
OK,
Thank you, Sam,
I'm sorry I'm dragging you into all this again,
Yeah,
PHONE BEEPS
- Hello, - Mm,
Hey, I am, uh,,, sorry I'm late,
Contract renegotiation pushed me right to the wire,
That's OK, Don't worry,
Are you OK?
Yeah, Yeah, I'm fine,
Uh, all these last-minute changes, unnecessary stress,
H-Hey, look, I'm sorry if I was weird about the flowers,
Uh, I think I overreacted,
You're right, It's better just to ignore him,
Well, understandable,
I have some,,, fairly hefty baggage,
But that's all it is, Baggage?
History? PHONE RINGS
Exactly, It has nothing to do with us,
This could be work,
Sorry, Hello?
TASHA: 'Jen, have you seen him?'
Of course I haven't seen him,
He doesn't know, right, about Emily?
'Jen, he can't,'
I'm not in contact with him, and I don't plan on being,
My fiance's got a restraining order,
Well, that wouldn't stop him,
Look, I can't talk,
Sam said you're wobbling,
This has nothing to do with me,
You're in this, Jen,
- I didn't ask to be, - 'Yeah, well, neither did I,'
I'm sure you wouldn't want your new, rich husband
finding out about any of this,
No,
It's our secret,
'You made sure of that,'
Good,
PHONE BEEPS
SAM: See you tomorrow, - See you tomorrow,
It's all right, it's all right,
It's all right, DOOR CLOSES
I, uh,,,
,,,I heard you worked here,
Yeah?
What do you want? DISTANT SIRENS BLARE
How is she?
Really?
Look,,,
I'm just trying to find a way to live with everything,
All right? And I don't know if it's possible,
I don't know if I even have the right to try,
but I think it starts by doing the right thing by Tasha,
- That's messed up, - Please,
She doesn't want anything from you,
But she wants a divorce, right?
And I want it to be done properly,
I want her to have half, - No,
She doesn't need your money,
Doesn't she?
And then she never has to see me again,
Ever,
So,,,
if you could get her to call me or email, whatever she wants,
I'm not your fucking messenger boy, all right?
What, do I need to make it worth your while, Sam?
You can't buy everyone,
That's if you even know where she is,
Ah,
I suppose if you two had made a go of it,
you wouldn't still be here, would you?
Fuck you,
All right? Go,
Look,,,
,,,if I could have died in that crash instead of Emily,
I would choose that in a fucking heartbeat,
All right? In a heartbeat,
But I'm still here,
And so's Tasha, and,,,
,,,and she can't run away from what happened forever,
The best thing you could do is leave her alone,
Yeah, and I will,
Once everything's done between us, I will,
So, you know, give me her phone number
or an email, and,,,
Please, Please leave,
Now,
It's all right, It's all right, I got it,
HE EXHALES DEEPLY OK,
Hey, Come on, give us a smile,
It'll be an adventure,
I don't want to go,
It'll be fun, You'll see,
OK, we're gonna play the Powerpuff game,
which is the running one,
First to the car wins ten points, Not now,
OK, Let's go,
Hey!
You still owe rent!
I'm calling the police,
How about this one? This could go on the list,
What's wrong with the one we've got?
I got that years ago, Picture it, Summer's evening,
glass of Champagne, toasting marshmallows,
Jen? Jen?
On the list or not?
Uh,,,
- You OK? - Yeah, sorry, Um,,,
Whatever you want, - Yeah?
Hi,
Lucy, um, lost this comfort thingy, this little turtle,
She's going nuts without it,
Um,,, she thinks she might have left it here,
Well, I was just wondering if I could have a look,
I'll be two minutes, no more, - Sure,
Sure, Go for it, - Thank you,
All good?
Yeah, You saved my life,
OK, pickle, we're gonna play a game,
We're gonna play the hiding game,
We're not gonna make
a single sound or a single movement, OK?
And if we win, both of us get an ice cream in that boat,
If we lose, neither of us gets an ice cream,
So can I count on you? Pop down here,
OK, Pop your legs here,
You got the rabbit here as a cushion,
Now look at me,
What we've got to do to win the game
is not make a single noise and not a single movement,
Can you show me that?
Are you OK? You're looking a little peaky,
Are you sure you wanna play the game?
Yes,
On the count of three,,,
Three, two,,, one,
OK, The game's started,
SHE EXHALES DEEPLY
SHE EXHALES, ENGINE STARTS
Now quiet as a mouse,
Passport,
Oh,,, CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY
Thank you,
Excuse me,
OK, Thank you,
VOICE OVER POLICE RADIO
Good job, monkey-moo,
Mummy, I want to come out,
Can I come out yet?
No, not yet, pickle,
MAN SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
Shit,
Mummy, I want to come out,
SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
Mummy, - Lucy,,,
TYRES SCREECH Hold on!
SHOUTS IN OWN LANGUAGE
Hold on,
PHONE CHIMES
- Hey, CONNOR: 'Hey, where are you?'
Oh, those nightmare clients wanted an on-site,
But they're late, - 'Are you back for dinner?'
I don't know, Depends how long this takes,
'OK, Call me when you're on your way back,'
I will, Love you, Bye,
I thought you weren't coming,