01x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

It's high-end furniture, light
fittings. That sort of stuff.

So this is like a party?

Launch. Stress-inducing
nightmare.

Take one of these before bed.

It's going to help you sleep.

You're Ria, aren't you?

I'm getting evicted.

-I didn't do anything.
-Yes, you did. You're the only person who knows.

I'm having a chat with Anna.

Anna was the old
cleaner, remember?

You have no idea what
happens in this house.

Ria, don't trust this woman!

I was the one who
encouraged you to meet him,

which is why you'll come and
stay with me in the guest house.

BIRD CAWS

{\an8}Fran?

{\an8}Fran?

{\an8}What is it? What's happened?

{\an8}What am I looking at?

{\an8}Mike.

{\an8}What?!

{\an8}It's a photo of you and
Mike. You posted it.

{\an8}-Are you sure that's him?
-Yeah, it's him.

{\an8}Oh, my God.

{\an8}-Why is he there?
-Er...

{\an8}I have no idea.

{\an8}He's walking past us...?

{\an8}Er, I don't know.

He's a guest?

He's the... bloody second cousin
of the guy standing there,

for all I know.

Um...

This... this is a...

...a business awards,
maybe, years ago.

Where?

The Satellite, is it? The
Saturn? That hotel that's on...?

-Don't know.
-It doesn't matter.

Is he a waiter?

No, he told me he was a plumber.

Well, maybe he was a waiter
before he was a plumber.

Maybe he was just a... a
lying piece of sh*t, Ria?

-This is...
-Well, what is it?

Well...

What?

Cardiff is a small place, Ria.

Wow.

Do you have any idea how many of
these events I've got to go to?

FRAN SCOFFS

Where'd you find it?

You posted it, last year.

You think, what...?

That I knew him or something?

Ria, if I had anything to hide,

do you honestly think that
I would put that online

for the whole world to see?

-No...
-No.

I've done everything to
try and keep you safe.

Half of which you
don't even know about.

What? What does that mean?

OK, listen to me.

And, please, please,
don't be mad, OK?

But after you were attacked,

I was really, really
worried about you.

I went to university
with this... guy.

He's a police
officer, detective...

-I told you I didn't want...
-He's not in the police any more.

He does private work now.

I asked him to look
into everything, OK?

He's come back to me
first thing this morning.

He's found her.

Who is she?

Gemma Rice. Mike's sister.

-What? No.
-Yeah.

ECHOING: - My friend's
going to warn her off.

GEMMA: - I know who you f*cking
are! I know who you are!

...it's enough to scare
her, keep her away.

-Um, it's... it's definitely his sister, yeah?
-It is. It is.

Hey. Hey, hey. Hey.

Hey. Listen to me.

Don't let this woman...

...don't let this
man, this dead man,

ruin your life, Ria.

Don't let that happen.

Yeah? It's time to move on and
it's time to live now, Ria.

All right?

-Yeah.
-Come here.

We're going to do this together.

BIRDS CHIRP

WATER LAPS SOFTLY

SOFT MUSIC PLAYS

FOOTSTEPS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Hello?

FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE

BREATHES RAGGEDLY

DOOR HANDLE RATTLES

Fran?

MUSIC PLAYS

MUGS CLINK

Hello!

Tea time.

Ah! Oh...

-This came for you.
-Oh! Thank you.

Right.

PEACOCK CALLS

Who's it from?

My friend, Sharla.

Aw!

Very thoughtful friend.

Yeah.

Most people don't
send cards any more.

I do, of course,

old fart that I am.

I jot down... every birthday,

every address, and put
it in my wee black book.

But it's all text and emails
and "me-mes" nowadays.

RIA LAUGHS

What have I said now?

Sorry. Um, I think
you mean memes.

Oh! Is that what I mean?!

So, are you all settled in?

Um, yeah, I think so.

-Bit different to my old place.
-Mm.

It's just...

What?

Anna?

You keep doing that
- calling me Anna.

Oh...

Do I?

Yeah. I don't... I
don't mind, though.

Anna was Fran's old
cleaner, wasn't she?

Wouldn't know
anything about that.

No, um, Fran mentioned
her when we first met,

and you've mentioned her before.

Were you close?

Do you know why she left?

Derek...?

I... I...

OK. OK. OK.

-I'm sorry.
-No.

Sometimes...

-...I get confused.
-No, it's OK.

It's OK.

-I forget things all the time.
-Yeah.

You're OK.

You're OK!

OK!

-Have you seen this?
-Yeah.

They've been thick as
thieves for weeks now.

HE SCOFFS

Don't look at me -
he's your father.

PHONE RINGS

Oh, it's Simon.

Answer it.

Answer it!

Hello?

Hi.

Yeah, what time is it there?

Ah...

Er...

Are they?

Er, well, I'll go and check and
then I'll call you back, yeah?

Mm-hm.

Yeah. I love you, too. Bye.

He wants to know why the
cameras are off again.

Just tell him they're not working
- you have to call someone out.

HE CHUCKLES

What's he going to do, fly home?

Listen, stop worrying.

You can turn them
back on when I leave.

MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES

RATTLING

BREATHES SHAKILY

BELL RINGS

-FRAN: - Ria?
-WHISPERS: sh*t.

-Yeah?
-Was that the door?

Yeah, yeah. I'll go get it now.

Oh, I'll get it, but
I'd love a coffee.

Yeah. Did you come into
the guest house earlier?

Excuse me?

Um, ju... Sorry, I thought
I heard someone coming in.

Oh, it's probably Derek.

He's always fixing
something or other.

Either that or he was
in your knicker drawer.

Ah...

Oh, wow!

-Good morning.
-Good morning!

-Flower delivery.
-Oh! Oh, thank you!

Ria, I need a word.

-FLORIST: - Enjoy!
-I will. Thank you so much.

Oh, my God, they're huge!

An apology, from Simon.

He'll miss the opening.

He won't be back till next week.

So there is that.

Going to be OK?

Do you know where my charger is?

Yeah, it's on your desk.

God, I'm going to be so late.

Will you need me to move out?

-Pardon?
-When Simon's back.

No, of course not.

No, I told you, you could stay
for as long as you needed.

And I mean it.

What you CAN do is
get rid of them.

Yeah, I'll chuck them out.

Oh, you wanted a coffee.
Sorry, I'll go...

No, it's fine. I'll
get one when I'm out.

-Actually, I was going to ask...
-Yeah?

...if you fancied giving me
a hand today, at the studio?

Er, what about the cleaning?

Cleaning can wait.

Yeah. Yeah, of
course I will. Yeah.

Um, just, uh, need to
put the sheets in dryer.

I'll be in the car.

I'm getting emails
every ten minutes.

She's driving me nuts.

Guest lists, catering, music.

Isn't that her job?

It isn't a real
job, is it? Events?

PHONE RINGS

I'd love to get rid of her,

but she's a friend's
daughter and a good client.

Oh...

There she is. The drip
that never dropped.

-Hello.
-Hi.

Hi.

Hey, Sharl. I'm at work. I
can't really talk right now.

Are you coming Thursday, yeah?

Yeah, yeah, I'll be
there. Yeah. OK. Bye-bye.

...DJ over here, and
then drink station here.

OK. Uh, when you say DJ,
what do you mean by DJ?

Oh, very, like,
chilled out, low-key,

more, you know, Lana
Del Rey, less YMCA.

OK, fine, whatever, just
make sure, they're...

You know, put them over
there, out of the way.

Shouldn't they be further back?

Just cos you don't want,
like, traffic by the door.

She's not wrong.

OK.

That is... Fran.

-I've got to take this. I've got to take this.
-OK.

Sorry, I shouldn't have
said anything about the DJ.

It wasn't my place.

Oh...

It wasn't a bad idea.

Um...

Ria, listen, how would
you feel about...

...taking on some
extra responsibilities?

Like...?

Er, what do you mean, sorry?

Be my assistant?

THEY LAUGH

It, er... It would be
part-time at first.

You'd still need to clean,

you know, until I could
make other arrangements

but you'd have more money
coming in. Career path.

Maybe some... travel
in the future, maybe.

Probably not Positano.

But what do you think?

-Yeah.
-Yes?

-Definitely, yeah.
-OK.

Er, when do you
want me to start?

-Yesterday.
-OK.

Yeah. I need all hands on deck
for that launch on Thursday

cos I don't trust that
shower of sh*t in there.

Oh, um, I've... It's
Annette's drinks on Thursday.

-Annette?
-Sharla's mum, she's retiring.

Pretty much raised me after my mum,
so it's really important that I go.

Mm.

But I can make it work.

OK, great.

Send me your bank details
and a copy of your passport

and we'll get you
on the payroll.

-Great.
-OK.

What do you want me to do?

-Yep.
-Appreciate it. Thank you.

RIA, FAINT: I shouldn't have said
anything. It wasn't my place.

INDISTINCT CHAT

Hello.

The wanderer returns.

-I was all set to split a flapjack with you this afternoon.
-Oh.

No. Just been in the
studio with Fran.

Very swish.

Well, she's offered me
a job as her assistant.

Going to be a PA.

-That's, er, wonderful news.
-Yeah.

Almost out of my overdraft
for the first time in forever.

Maybe I can start saving now.

What, you're not
happy for me, are you?

Delighted.

KNOCK ON DOOR

How much longer for all this?

Not long.

There's too much
here, I know that.

Just takes time,
that's all. I'm on it.

SAFE BEEPS

Fancy a curry later?

Er, yeah, yeah, maybe.

We could get a takeaway, if
you don't want to go out.

Er...

Or I could just sit in the
corner and f*ck myself.

Eleri and the kids
are back tomorrow.

Two weeks, you said
they were away.

She's had another
falling out with her mum,

changed her flights, so I'm
picking them up in the morning.

-Thank you for telling me.
-I'm telling you now.

I only found out
myself last night.

So you won't be coming
on Thursday, then?

It's a work event.
I'll be there.

Mm.

Oh, come on, don't...

Don't be like that.
Don't ruin it now.

These past few days have
been bliss, haven't they?

Please don't do that.

Why won't you tell her about us?

HE EXHALES

I can't do that to the kids.

Not yet.

People separate.

People with kids.
Happens all the time.

Yeah, and it ruins families.

It destroyed mine.

You know, when my dad
found out about my mum...

-Christ's sake, I can't listen to this again.
-Yeah.

Hey...

We've got it good, haven't we?

Maybe when the kids are older...

He talked about it again.

Taking early retirement
and slowing down.

I could just about manage

when he's on another
continent every other week.

I can't have him in this
house, Richard, 24/7. I can't.

You know what he's capable of.

Please.

If...

...there was something
I could do...

There is.

There really is.

PHONE BEEPS

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

WOMAN: - Don't hang up.

Who's this?

Hello?

Who's this?

It's Gemma.

Mike's sister.

BIRDS CHIRP

MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY

sh*t.

Still live here.

Oh, my God, you look
incredible, Fran.

Do you want to travel together?

I don't want to lie or
be dishonest or anything,

but I was going to pop in
to Annette's drinks quickly.

On the way, just to pop in a
card for, like, ten minutes.

Yeah.

You should show your face.

Almost forgot.

-Is that for me?
-Yes.

I wouldn't get too excited
but, go on, open it up.

Don't you like it?

I love it. Thank you.

It's for your assisting duties.

Now, I really am leaving.

I won't be late.

Good.

PHONE RINGS

-SHARLA: - Ria, where are you?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm on my way.

-You're late.
-Yeah. Bye.

Derek?

Derek? What are you
doing down here?

She was right there.

Who was?

That poor girl.

Derek, who are
you talking about?

Are you talking about
Anna? Is that it?

Derek, where is she?

I don't want to go into a home.

Nobody's saying that, are they?

Please, don't let
them take me away.

No. No, no, no, no, no.
Nobody's taking you away.

PHONE BEEPS

SOFTLY: Oh, sh*t.

Um...

Why don't you go upstairs
and have a sit down?

Um, I've got to go, but we can
talk about this in the morning.

OK? Come on.

What's all this chitchat?

There's bubbles and
glasses over here.

Franny babes, can I
borrow you for a second?

Don't call me babes, and
definitely don't call me Franny.

Sorry. Um, soz.

Sh. It's just too much.

UPBEAT POP MUSIC

Whoo! Oh, my gosh,
you look amazing.

Oh, shut up.

Hello.

They're all wrecked.
Came straight from work,

And I can't stay for long. OK?

You literally just got
here. Come say hello.

Mum, look who it is.

Ria! Hello, my love.

Look at me - I'm retired!

CHEERING

I know what you're thinking.

"She don't look a day over 30."

-Here you are.
-Dream on, dreamer.

You all remember
Ria from school.

Jacket potato, cheese and beans.

And a dandelion and burdock.
Every day, without fail.

-Yeah.
-You boring sod.

Yeah, that's me. Annette,
can I get you a drink?

Bacardi and Coke.
Cheers, lovely.

-OK, yeah.
-I'll come with you.

Bit overdressed, isn't she?

What?

Look at you. New job, new house.

Face like a slapped arse.

-Yeah, I think I'm going to quit.
-You what?

Yeah, it's just not working out.

What, you been sniffing
glue? You're not quitting.

What you going to do, go back
to cleaning some bogging hotel?

Where you going to live?
On Annette's sofa again?

Something happened?

-Boats, your round.
-Wahey!

What? No. Oh, for f*ck's sake.

Ugh. Just ignore him.

BARTENDER: - All right,
girls? What are we having?

Bacardi and Coke.

Uh, yeah. Three, please.

AUDIO DISTORTS

Ria!

Ria!

Wait!

Ria, stop!

Wait! Ria!

Ria, I need to talk to you.

ENGINE STARTS

Open the door.

Ria!

CHILLED ELECTRONIC MUSIC

-Hi.
-OK?

You remember my sister, Helen?

Yeah.

Rare night off for Mum.

Cheeky. I'll regret
it in the morning.

HELEN CHUCKLES

Sorry, this is my husband, Marc.

Yeah, nice to meet
you. Rhian, was it?

Er, no, Ria. Ria.

Marc works in finance.

Yeah, CFO. Boring as it sounds.

Of course, I do
all the real work.

CEO of the house.
No days off for Mum.

What is it you do?

Oh, Ria is Fran's cleaner.

Eh, no. Assistant now, actually.

Oh. I thought you
were the cleaner.

You do go through them, Fran.

Oh, excuse me.

Hi.

You OK?

Hi. How are you?

INDISTINCT CHAT

So did you know
Fran's old cleaner?

-Oh! Which one?
-Yeah.

-Anna, is it? Anna?
-Oh, yeah. We liked her, didn't we?

She had a bit of
something about her.

-Oh, yeah.
-A bit of spunk.

-Do you know why she left?
-Oh, no idea, no.

One day she was there,
next she was gone.

My sister-in-law,
we love her dearly,

-but she does tend to blow hot and cold.
-Yeah, yeah.

Um, do you have
a number for her?

-For Anna?
-Yeah, just because, um,

she's just got some
stuff at the house,

I just need to return it to her.

No, I don't tend to stay in contact
with my sister's old cleaners.

CHUCKLING

No, of course you don't. Um...

See you. I'm going to
just go to the bathroom.

She was nice.

You thought Anna
was spunky, did you?

-What?
-Hm?

Hi. Thank you so
much for coming.

-Hello.
-Hello.

You could have told me.

Your wife.

She said she wanted to come
last-minute. I couldn't say no.

Well, you could have called.

I didn't know if we were
still talking, Fran.

Well, we're talking
now, aren't we?

HE SIGHS

Your father's been
down the cellar again.

With Ria.

Look...

She's been a nightmare
since day one.

I've told you that.

Look, I don't know. What
do you want me to do?

Just put her on a plane.

Listen, it'll be OK.

All right? It will.

-Hiya.
-Hello.

-Seems to be going well.
-Yeah.

I just got a bollocking

cos, apparently, it's not
the wine she signed off on,

even though it absolutely is.

How you can handle being her
assistant, honestly, I could never.

Yeah, it's a bit like
managing a teenager sometimes.

Yeah, no sh*t, babes.
The mood swings?

Well, that'll be all the pills.

What?

Oh, come on, she's always
on something. She has to be.

Are you talking about Fran?

LAUGHING: - What? Right,
OK, the other day,

I had a headache, and she was
like, "Here's some co-codamol."

And Mum, she hates flying,
she's terrified of it,

and the doctor wouldn't
prescribe her anything.

Anyway, Fran was like,
"Here's 20 Valium."

Is she serious?

CHUCKLES

Yeah, well, she did give me
Diazepam this one time...

-See? -Mm.
-Mm.

Um, can I ask you something?

-Mm-hm.
-Um...

Do you know what this means?

What is it?

I think it's like a
code or something.

"Lonely girl lost."

Ooh! No, you know
what it could be?

-Mm?
-Um...

What3words.

You know, it, like,
links to your location.

-Hold that.
-Yeah. Oh, yeah.

-Yes, um...
-Show me it again, babe.

Yeah, What3words,
of course it is.

"Lonely girl lost."

"Lonely... girl..."

Oh, yeah.

Oh, it looks like
a train station

in Antwerp.

Isn't that in Spain?
Is it in Spain?

PHONE RINGS

-Um, we've got to go back.
-Why?

-Fran.
-Fran. Oh, go on.

Her Majesty calls!

THEY LAUGH

I should have let
him go years ago.

I... didn't have the heart.

You know, I thought it
would help to keep him busy

but, what with all
the falls and...

...you know.

If it makes you feel better,
it's a really nice place,

Richard said.

-Mm.
-Costs a fortune, I know that.

What's it called, the home?

No idea.

Where is it?

It's one in... Lisvane?

It was the old
teaching hospital.

-I think.
-Right.

Any plans for your day off?

Um, seeing Sharla.

Well, I thought we
could pop into town,

do a little bit of shopping.

Um... I've really
got to see Sharla.

She's having trouble... in work.

I'm so sorry.

Can you make sure you
clear this up, please?

Sure.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Oh, hi. Um, I was
looking for Richard.

It's Eleri, Fran.

Oh, hi, Eleri. How are you?

Thank you so much for
coming last night.

Is Richard available, please?

He left his phone at home.

He's busy taking
care of his dad.

Of course, yes.

Could you ask him to give me
a call? It's a work thing.

Is it?

A work thing?

Really?

I want you to stay
away from my husband.

Do you understand?

Eleri, we work together.

Do you think I'm stupid?

No.

Now that Derek no longer
works at the house,

there's no reason for him
to be there every day.

Is there?

INDISTINCT CHAT

Derek.

Hiya.

It's me. Ria.

Are you OK?

I want to go home.

I know.

Derek, I'm going to help
you, I promise you, OK?

But I just need to show
you something first.

Um...

Does this mean anything to you?

It's a train station in Belgium.

Do you remember Fran and Richard
ever talking about it or...?

HE MUTTERS

I want to go home.

I know, I know. It's OK.
You're OK. You're OK.

Come on.

-Yeah?
-Yes, I thought you'd appreciate that.

Listen, um...

...there's a room
upstairs in Fran's house.

She said it was Simon's
office, but I don't know.

What?

That poor woman.

Who?

You keep saying this, and I...

Are you talking about Anna?

It's OK. You're OK.

Just... Sorry, I've just got one
more question, OK? I'm sorry, but,

um, did you ever
send Anna a card?

Like a Christmas card
or a birthday card?

Cos you told me that you do
that, that you send cards.

It's here somewhere.

There you are.

OK, I'm just going to...
take a photo of that.

Thank you.

- WOMAN OUTSIDE: - ..and
we have a full schedule

of activities every day.

Ah, here you are.

We'll keep you busy,
won't we, Derek?

What do you think, Dad?
It's, er... it's nice, aye?

You've tricked me.

No, this is a really
nice place, Dad.

This isn't my home.

I want to go home!

-Dad, come here.
-So take me home.

-Come here. Just calm down.
-Just take me home.

I need to go home. I
don't want to be here!

TEARFUL: - Take me home,
please, take me home!

BELL CHIMES

We're closed, love.

I'm looking for Anna.

Who are you?

Um, I'm Ria. Just a
friend from school.

Just looking to
get back in touch.

Do you know where
I can find her?

I haven't seen my daughter
in almost ten months.

Nobody has.

OK, just... Well, I'm... I'm
working with her old boss, Fran.

Francesca Sharp.

-You'd better come in.
-Thank you.

When she first started,
everything was great.

It was towards the
end of lockdown,

and she'd had financial trouble.

Well, we both had.

This place closed overnight.

She's a beautician
by trade, see?

She's got her own
space downstairs.

Anyway, that all
went away, didn't it?

And Fran really helped her out.

How?

Well, gave her a
job, for starters.

Cleaning at first.

And then she started doing
odds and ends, you know,

admin stuff, that kind of thing.

And it weren't long before she
ended up moving in with Fran.

She had a little
guesthouse, I think.

She even went on
holiday to Dubai.

And I thought, "Yeah, good on
you." You know, "You deserve that."

But a month later,
she went again.

Three months after
that, she went again,

and I said to her, "Where's the
money coming from?" You know?

Eventually she told me Fran
was paying for everything.

Flights, accommodation,
spending money.

What? Why would she do that?

That's what I wanted to know.

I couldn't get a
straight answer.

Anyway...

...soon after that...

...they fell out.

And about the same time, she broke
up with that guy she was seeing,

and it all went to sh*t.

About a week later,
she went for a walk.

And, er...

...she never came back.

I went to the police,

you know, filed a
missing persons report,

and I'm doing everything I can,

but nobody's heard
from her or seen her.

It's like she vanished
off the face of the Earth.

And my world stopped.

Her phone's not been used.

And her credit cards.

And about three weeks ago,
it was her birthday, and...

...nothing.

Did you speak to Fran?

HE SCOFFS

She said she'd do everything
she could to help but, er...

...they're just words.

You want my advice?

Run.

Get out.

Get as far away from
that woman as you can.

Do it now.

Oh... Um, sorry,
have you got sugar?

Yeah.

LINE RINGS

Hi, this is Ria.
Please leave a message.

PHONE BEEPS

Hi. It's me.

Er, I'm going to order
some food in a bit.

Let me know if
you want anything.

You've been gone a while.

Hope everything's OK.

OK, bye-bye!

KNOCKS

INDISTINCT CHAT

DOOR OPENS

Oh. Hiya.

I thought you were
going to be Domino's.

You definitely didn't say anything
to the council about the flat?

I already told you.

OK, well, tell me again.

And whatever you say,
I'll believe you.

I didn't say anything to anyone.

Why would I?

I think it was Fran.

There's this room in
the house. This...

This weird room and...

...it's all got something to do
with a train station in Antwerp.

Ria, you actually sound insane.

Yeah, I know, but...

All right, listen to me, right?

The cleaner before
me, Anna, she's gone.

What do you mean, gone?

Look at that. That's
Anna and that's Mike.

-I don't want to see it.
-I know, but why are they together?

And then look at the
back. It's a crypto key.

How do you know that?

I just googled it
and it just came up.

But Anna's dad was saying that,
um, she was always back and forth

to Dubai and that Fran
was paying for everything.

Why would she do that?

PHONE RINGS

Is that her?

No, I think it's the
police. Can I, um...?

Yeah, use the bedroom.

Thank you.

KNOCKING

Er...

Yeah, they said that, um...

...they closed
the investigation.

And that there's a... a
coroner's inquest next year.

OK, so... what does that mean?

They're definitely not going
to charge me with anything.

Fran was right.

So, like, that's it?

Yeah, for now.

See, I told you, everything's
going to be all right.

EXHALES

Yeah.

Who was the girl in the pub?

Er...

No-one.

Just a girl.

I was trying to
make you jealous.

Did it work?

Yeah, it did.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

Pizza's arrived. I got
one of them big dips...

I can't go back to
that woman, Lee.

Stay here.

Stay.

Stay with me.

What?

Whose necklace is that?

Sharla's necklace. Why's...
Why's Sharla's necklace here?

Oh, we was just hanging out.

Are you sleeping with her?

HE LAUGHS

What? No.

-No, we didn't.
-Yeah, you are.

-Ria, we didn't...
-She's my best friend.

Yeah, I know. We haven't...
We didn't sleep together.

-She's my best friend.
-Honestly, I swear, like...

-Ria, I didn't.
-Leave me alone. Please leave me alone!

SHE SOBS

SIMON: - Ria!

Will you come and join
us for a glass of wine?

Simon. Um...

I thought you weren't
back till next week.

Oh, I managed to move
some things around.

I've been away far too long.

Um, sorry, I'm really tired.

Come on.

You can't say no to some duty-free
wine and a big Toblerone.

I won't take no for an answer.

Great.

Sit down.

Go on.

So, Ria...

...Fran tells me that,
er, you've been squatting.

Can't get rid of you
for love nor money.

Mm?

HE LAUGHS

I'm pulling your leg!

Ah.

Good surprise?

Good surprise.

Hmm! Cheers.

Cheers. Mm.

HE LAUGHS

Have you noticed...

...how loud this one
is when she drinks?

Oh, it drives me stir crazy.

Ha!

My little camel, aren't
you? Glugging away.

Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug!

PHONE RINGS

Oh, I didn't tell you
about the flight, did I?

Oh!

There was this child, this ogre,

didn't stop screaming
the whole bloody way.

You know, kids shouldn't
be allowed in business.

If I had children,

I'd stick them all at
the back of the plane

and be happy about it.

-Welcome to the real world, I say.
-PHONE BEEPS

What, am I being unreasonable?

HE CHUCKLES

Do you remember that time we flew
to South Africa for Helen's wedding?

We had this, um,
little sh*t opposite.

What was he, four, five?

Er... I remember.

Oh! I can't begin
to tell you, Ria,

that between that little twat

and Fran's glugging,

it's a wonder anyone
made it out alive.

Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug!

Need the loo.

Huh. Wine's not that bad, is it?

No. Huh.

What are you doing?

Leave me alone!

Come back in the house.

I met Anna's dad.

Why don't you come back inside and
we can talk everything through?

No, I'm not going back in there.

Simon's gone to bed.

I don't care.

I don't trust you.

I'm not asking you to trust me, Ria.
I'm asking you to come back inside.

KEYS JINGLE

You took my car keys.

Please.

Go on.

Come and sit down.

I really wanted to believe you.

That that photo with Mike
was what you said it was -

a coincidence.

But just...

I just knew deep
down it couldn't be.

Now I know it wasn't.

LONG EXHALE

Did you report me
to the council?

Report you for what?

You know what.

Was it you?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

OK.

I really trusted you.

You just... You used me.

Nobody used you.

What happened... to Anna?

Where is she?

Did you keep her in that room?

Simon's office.

Why did you keep
sending her to Dubai?

Where is she, Fran?

I think you're getting
a little carried away.

And... I think...

...you collect
broken young women...

...and you make them need you,

and then you use them.

And Mike was in on it, too,

only I don't know how,
but he was. I know he was.

This is all in your head, Ria.

I've done everything
in my power to help you

and there's not an ounce
of gratitude, is there?

What do you want?

I want the truth.

OK.

I think that you've had too much
wine, and I think you're upset.

No, don't... Don't...
Don't do that. Don't.

I want you to tell
me about Mike...

...and Anna...

...and the prescription
drugs and, er...

...whatever the f*ck it
is you've got going on.

-You're scaring me.
-Stop lying!

-About what? Why would I lie?
-Because you can.

Because you've got
money and power

and I'm just a cleaner.

DISTORTED: And you...
You're... f*cked.

I don't know, I don't know.
Just tell me the truth.

Tell me the truth.

What truth, Ria?
There is no truth.

OK... OK, the truth is
that you're not very well.

You've become obsessed
with me, my life...

- DISTORTED: -
..everything I have.

No, no, don't. No! No!

No! Just tell me. Please!

DISTORTED: Please! Please!

Simon! Simon, please come down!

DISTORTED: Please help me...

BIRDS TWEET

CAT MEOWS

Fran?

Are you there?