01x03 - Episode 3

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Look, it's daddy's ex-wife, again.

Agh! What the hell!

Jen, I need you to go.

Ooh, it's a ducky.

She had pouches of toddler

food, in her cupboard.

You thought you saw Jen.

Jen! What the hell do you think

you're doing with my child?

It's not yours, Sam.

I saw Sam outside the

house and again at work.

You followed Jack?

If he didn't think something

was going on between us before,

- I'd say he might now.

- I'll let you get back to Sam.

I'm gonna be gone for three nights.

- Emily's already been collected.

- What did she look like?

The woman who took my child!?

Here.

Right. Here.

Jen! Who verified her?

Who verified her as

a carer for my child?

Let's have a look.

Jack did.

Okay. Okay

- Wait.

- Mrs Warrington, wait.

Last week?!

Last week, and you didn't think

to tell me, her mother, to check?

That's not Nursery

procedure, Mrs Warrington.

Jen! Jen, are you in there, please?

I need to get hold of Jack Warrington.

No, no, no. Someone has taken our child.

Tasha!

Lola!

Lola, I need to know where Jack is.

A number for him in New York.

Where he is? Oh, is

everything all right?

No, it's Emily. Something's

I just need to get a hold of him.

His mobile isn't working and I

Sorry I don't have

time to get into this.

I understand, I just need to

tell you about the situation here,

- because it seems you aren't aware

- The situation?

Please sit down, Tasha, seriously.

Jack isn't here.

- I know he's not here. He's in New York.

- No,

Jack isn't here anymore.

He isn't with the company.

He doesn't work here.

What?!

What are you talking about?

Of course he works here.

No, he quit two weeks ago.

It was a bit of a thing. And

he took a few clients with him,

pissed a lot of people off.

Okay.

Okay.

He just quit?

- Left, yeah, resigned.

- Why?

And you don't know a phone in

New York, or a hotel anything?

No disrespect, Tasha, but

are you sure he's even in New York?

Jen Warrington.

- Through there.

- Thank you.

Where's Emily?

- You can't just barge in here.

- Where the f*ck is she, you mad b*tch?

Is that him?

It's on mute, but I

would really appreciate it

if you could stop shouting in my face.

- This is my place of work.

- I really don't give a sh*t.

Where's my daughter?

Emily.

Emily?

Tasha, please stop! Okay!

Look, I know you're upset

and clearly this is

very difficult for you,

but Emily is not here, okay?

Jack asked me to collect her for him.

Oh, he has her?

Where is he?

He's quit his job, did you know that?

I think he's in some kind of trouble.

No, he's not in any kind of trouble.

Actually, I think he meant

to leave that job a while ago.

Oh, he told you that, did he?

He was planning on leaving?

What is going on? Where is he?

Jack collected Emily

about half an hour ago.

Okay, so he's not in New York?

Okay. It seems I am caught in

the middle of something here.

Jack told me that he discussed

the terms of the

separation with you, and,

- you agreed to

- What the hell are you talking about?

Okay. That doesn't

appear to be the case.

- I'm really sorry, I can't do this.

- No, no, no, no, no.

Jen, you need to tell me

what the hell's going on here!

I'm going home and you should too.

This is not at all appropriate, okay?

- You need to talk to him.

- I can't.

- He's changed his number.

- No, he hasn't.

Yes, he has.

Why is he doing this?

- I still think that you

- I don't understand.

Everything was fine this morning. I

I'm sorry, Tasha,

but I really don't want to

be involved in this, okay?

Oh my god! This is

because of you, isn't it?

This is because of

whatever you think you heard

between me and Sam the other day.

This is exactly what

you've been waiting for.

- You did this to get him back.

- Oh my god.

Of course I ha

You know, if Jack found

out something was going on

between you and Sam, that's

between the two of you.

Excuse me.

Come on, Jack! Let me in!

Jack?!

Jack?!

Emily?!

Hello?

f*ck!!

Hello, ma'am. Is everything okay here?

Can I ask if you're the house owner?

Yes. Yes, this is my house.

Okay. We've been alerted

to a possible break in

via your home security

company. Is there a problem?

There's no problem, my

husband changed the code

and I'm just about to

reset it, but thank you.

Ma'am, would it be

alright if we just took

- a quick look inside the property?

- Yeah, sure.

Wait, is that normal?

All part of the service.

I smashed the door.

It's a long story but

my husband and I

We're having problems and

God this is really embarrassing but

He changed the locks and the alarm.

Right. Have you got any ID ma'am?

Proof of address? Driver's licence?

I don't have a driver's licence

but I'm sure I've got

something upstairs though.

- Can I?

- How about I come along with you?

My husband covers the bills.

I had a baby last year, I

haven't gone back to work.

If you've got a mortgage

statement, that'll be fine.

Yes. Yes, yes, I have that.

Is there a problem?

No. Um, I don't know. I

I'm not on the mortgage statement.

My name's not on it. Uh, but

What does that mean?

I know that he put me on it last year.

- I've just spoken to your husband.

- Oh, you have?

Yes, the security company

connected me to Mr Warrington.

The good news is he's not

going to be pressing charges

for the criminal damage to the door.

However, you are going to have to

vacate the property now, with us.

I'm sorry, what?

You can't stay here.

But I live here.

No, sorry. I live here. I'm his wife.

I know I'm not on the form, but, I'm

I have rights, don't I?

Seems he applied for an

occupation order yesterday.

Legally you can't be here.

No, no, no. No, sorry

He's got my child.

He's got my daughter. I

I don't know where they are.

- Is he the child's legal father?

- Yes.

He has parental

responsibility as much as you.

Do you have any concerns

over your baby's safety?

Could she be at risk from your husband?

No, no, nothing like that. It's just

Tah-dah. The spare room.

Thank you so much for this, Sam.

- I appreciate it.

- Honestly

It's the least I can do.

I can't believe he's doing this.

Yeah.

What did they tell you?

- The police?

- Yeah.

- That I'm screwed.

- Oh, yeah?

And what did they tell you to do?

Go see his family tomorrow

Okay. Are you gonna call first?

No. I'm not giving anyone else

the chance to hangup on me.

If I'm right in front of

them, they can't ignore me.

Right.

I can't afford to let this

go down the legal route.

I don't have any savings or money or

What are you talking about?

- Jack's loaded.

- Yeah, he is.

And what, you don't

have a joint account?

No. I didn't want anyone to

think that was why I was with him.

You

Okay.

Okay. No, okay.

How're you getting there?

Do you need me to drive you?

He thinks we're having an affair,

Because of the stalking thing

Oh.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Yes.

Um, did you mention anything to him

about us?

Us in the past?

No. Did you?

No.

Okay, good

because there was no us, Sam.

It was one time, when we were drunk.

Yeah.

So, I didn't mention it.

The point is I can't show up with

you if they're in that headspace.

Oh god, I know, I'm sorry.

This is a lot to deal with.

No, it's fine.

Listen, I know this

is really bad, and I f*cking

hate that I have to do this,

- but I can borrow some money?

- Yes.

Yeah.

And I'll get one of the guys

from the office to

to drive you.

Thank you.

- I won't forget this.

- It's okay.

And I'll pay you back. Okay?

Sure.

Don't worry.

- Just here is fine.

- Okay.

Thank you.

- I'll be 30 minutes max.

- No problem.

Ah.

Okay.

Best get the boss.

Hayles! Incoming!

Right, well, I think you should

probably leave, don't you?

He's not here and we'd said

we'd stay out of it so

I need to speak to him.

I'm sure he'll call when he's ready.

As far as I can tell, he's

well within his rights

you've made your bed.

- Sorry, my bed?

- Yeah.

He told us

about your boyfriend.

Sam isn't my boyfriend.

Okay,

not sure it's any of

my business, but sure.

Hayley, I need to see my daughter.

I'm sure Emily's fine.

You know how good Jack is with her,

besides that will all

be sorted out soon, so

What will?

The divorce, mediation, whatever.

The divorce?

Yeah.

Hayley, this is ridiculous.

I'm sorry but

How can he? We haven't even

I think we all know you've

had problems for a while now.

Jack said as much the other week

but that's besides the point.

I'm sure someone will

call in the next few days.

In the meantime,

it's best not to get too emotional.

Oh god, the water works

Tasha, you'll forgive

me if I don't buy it.

You are such a f*cking b*tch Hayley.

You think it's endearing

but it's not, it's ugly.

I hope something like

this happens to you one day

and when it does, I hope that you

come to someone like me for help

and when you do, I hope

they f*cking ruin you!

Well

That's some real mother of

the year stuff right there.

Get off my property,

before I call the police.

f*ck off me.

How about that one?

Hard no.

That's a certified ten, mate.

Nah. She's got the crazy eyes.

f*ck off.

Oh, feisty.

I'm serious lads, I am not in

the f*cking mood, so f*ck off.

Can I buy you a drink?

What? f*cking what?

You wanna f*ck me, show me the world,

whack me in a huge f*cking house,

stick a kid inside me

and then break my legs

like f*cking 'Misery'.

No.

Yeah, didn't f*cking think so.

f*ck off, you sh*t bag.

Hello?

Who is this?

It's me. I just need

to talk to you, please.

Just five minutes of your

life, and then you never have

to see me ever again. I promise.

f*ck, Tasha. Go home to your family.

I can't, I don't know where they are.

You're all I've got right now.

Let me in, let me in, let me in

- Jesus christ.

- Let me in, let me in, let me in

You can come up if you just shut up.

How much have you had to drink?

I'll make coffee.

I'm sorry Jen,

I am, about everything.

About what I did to you.

Your husband.

Your house. Your life.

I just didn't think.

No, sorry, you're right.

That was a lie; I did think.

I knew exactly what I was doing,

I was okay with hurting you because

you weren't real to me.

You weren't a person with feelings

and hopes and plans.

And that's unforgivable.

But I came here to tell you that if

this is about you and Jack,

if that's what this is, then

I want you to know, that

I will go so easily

Really, I will. I'll

leave you guys to it. I just

I need you to tell me where he has her.

Please.

I need to see Emily.

You're drunk, Tasha, and I

don't want to get involved.

I don't owe you anything.

I didn't even want Emily,

I didn't want a kid.

I'd booked an ab*rtion.

I didn't plan for any of this.

I was so young, I

didn't have a career. Still don't.

No means to look after her, but

the point is I did and she is the

best thing that ever happened to me.

You have everything I ever wanted.

We wanted.

Three miscarriages.

The first was the worst.

She even had a name.

We had our whole lives mapped out.

And then I kept losing them.

A dull ache,

blood, weeks and weeks of waiting.

Hope and then trying not to hope

and then doing it over and over again

until honestly, you're not sure

why you're doing any of it anymore.

I should hate you.

But, you want to know the truth?

I'm tired.

I'm just so f*cking tired of

trying to make life happen.

I could fill an arena, Tasha,

with all the things I want, but

I'm old enough and

weathered enough to know that

you can't change the way things

are through sheer will power.

I'm not a bad person.

But I'm not your friend either.

Look, I don't know

where they are Tasha

but I will try to find out.

Okay.

Right now, I just want

you out of my house. Okay?

Of course.

Thank you.

Thank you.

For what?

Changing my life, kiddo.

For f*ck.

Sam.

Hey.

Look, I've done some digging.

I spoke to Hayley this morning.

The thing is she thinks

he's at Whitsford which

I know that can't be true because

that would've been the

first place you'd check.

What? What's Whitsford?

You don't know what Whitsford is?

I have no idea what

you're talking about.

He never told you about the second home?

The holiday house

the whole time you

I suppose things did move

rather quickly, didn't they?

Well, Whitsford is in Surrey.

It's bigger than the

London place, garden, pool,

it's actually very beautiful.

- Sounds very nice.

- It was.

It was going to be our forever home.

Okay, so he's there, is he?

It would certainly seem so.

Excuse me, can I borrow your pen?

Sure.

Thank you.

Here's the address.

Do you have any way of getting there?

I will figure it out.

Thank you Jen, so much.

Tasha, wait.

When you get there,

what are you going to do?

Do?

I mean are you gonna see her

or are you gonna take her?

If I see her,

she's coming home with me.

I'm sorry, that's the honest truth.

I understand.

But then you'll leave the marriage?

Yes.

Do you have a way of getting there?

Thank you for doing this.

I really appreciate it.

You don't need to thank me.

There's not much point in me giving

you an address you can't get to.

You didn't tell anyone I

was driving you, did you?

Oh no, of course not.

Good.

When we get there,

I think we should wait

a bit before we go in.

What do you mean wait?

Until it's dark, until he's asleep.

Tasha, I thought you

wanted me to talk to him.

I told you I'd help bring him round,

I didn't say I'd help

break into his house.

He's not gonna just hand her over.

You said yourself, he's

terrified of losing her.

I think we go in there, get her and

you can soften him after the fact.

Reassure him that

I'm on the level with this.

I'm not going to disappear.

And you are on the level with this?

He'll still be able to see her?

sh*t.

Hey, this is Tash. Leave a message.

Uh

This is it.

We should probably leave the car,

walk the rest of the way.

I've been thinking

Maybe I should go in alone.

I mean, I'm the one who

knows where the spare key is,

I know the lay out of the house,

where she'll be if she's there.

There's a nursery on the first floor.

You can wait here.

I'll bring her to you.

I'm just not sure how

he's going to react

if he finds you sneaking

around his house, Tasha.

If it's me, it's different.

I swear to god if this is a trick

if you warn him

I'll f*cking fight

this to the bitter end.

I just don't want a situation, Tasha.

Not if we can avoid one.

Okay.

I'll wait outside.

I won't come in.

What if he's not here?

He's here.

Creature of habit.

Stay put.

I'll go in and find her and I'll

bring her back out here, meet you.

Don't go far.

Oh, sh*t.

Emily! Emily!!

Emily! Emily!!

f*ck! Jack, open the f*cking door! f*ck.

Jack, if you don't open the

door, I'm gonna break it down.

Emily!

She's gone.

Alright, she's gone.

Look, I never wanted to hurt you,

alright, that was never the idea.

She's magical, you know

Emily.

You've made a beautiful little girl.

Perfect.

So, you see I can't let

you take her from me.

And honestly, Natasha

All of this was for her.

Our marriage. All of it was to

ensure that legally I'd be her father.

Jen and I should be together.

You're a wonderful young woman, Natasha,

but what I felt for you was never love.

This wasn't the ending I'd planned,

by the way, it's a bit bleak.

I'd hoped for a smoother transition

but you forced me

when you said that you'd take Emily.

There's a line, all right, I'm

not gonna let you cross that line.

And also, you've had been lying to me

for quite some time, haven't you?

Spying on me,

bringing another man into my house.

Yeah.

Don't think I don't know

history when I see it.

I know you were together.

Right, so here is

what's going to happen.

You are going to walk

away from this marriage.

You're not gonna try and

fight it because you'll lose.

My resources far outweigh

yours as you've seen.

Besides, you're young.

You can walk away and start again.

Here's what you'll get in exchange:

I will pay you a healthy maintenance.

Nothing outrageous but it'll be fair.

You will get to see Emily on

birthdays and special occasions

and holidays,

until she is old enough

to make her own choices.

And in return for this access,

you will have to give up any

bid for permanent residency.

Do you understand that?

She lives with me.

That's it, that's the offer.

I can hear the cogs turning.

All right, I'll make it simple, shall I?

If you try and fight me on

this, and I win, which I will,

I'll make sure you get nothing, okay?

Nothing.

You've had a very busy

few days, haven't you?

Leaving Emily with strangers,

causing a scene at my place of work,

at my ex's place of work.

You know my sister

had to call the police, don't you?

You broke in here too.

I had to defend myself.

Jen will back me up.

No Court will ever believe you.

They'll see you as an unfit mother.

I'll drag you through the filth.

Do you understand?

I'll make sure you'll never

see Emily unsupervised again.

Okay.

What was that?

Okay.

I'll

I'll do it, I just obviously need more.

More?

Yeah, I'll sign whatever, but

I need half.

Half of everything?

Jack

I've read up on this,

spouses get half by default

unless there's a pre-nup,

which there isn't.

I'd have to write a letter to the judge,

explaining why, if I

took any less than half.

I think it's there to protect people

- in coercive relationships.

- I see.

- Good for you.

- Hmm.

Well, I'm sorry to see you boil

our daughter down to numbers,

but if you want to sell her

for half then, yeah, fine.

I'll go along with it.

She's worth much more to me anyway.

I know.

I know.

f*ck!

f*ck! f*ck!

You're not taking her!

You're not f*cking taking her!

You're not gonna f*cking take her!

You don't take her!

- Jack!

- You don't win!

Do you hear me?!

f*ck!

Pick up you b*tch, pick up.

f*ck!