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There is a man who is literally tearing my life apart!

Why are you letting him?

Find the dirt, dig it up, and use it.

If you think Miles did something back then,

please, you've got to tell me. I-It could be useful.

"Useful"?! Yes.

We're about to start our custody case.

What's going on? What happened? Sorry.

He's, uh, eaten some cannabis gummies.

Yeah, gummies that he found in your house and put in his bag!

We don't have any gummies in the house.

I gave the last of them to my dad.

Miss Edwards recommends that on discharge,

Theo should reside with the Lamberts

until the next hearing, during which I will hear evidence

on where each child should permanently reside.

You're sick, poisoning a child just to get your own way.

Prove it.

SHE GASPS

LYN: Miss Wilson, Mr Riley, you can see Theo now.

HE SIGHS

Hello, Theo!

Oh, hello! THEO: Hello!

Hello! Mwah!

Give Mummy a big hug!

Mwah! SHE BLOWS RASPBERRY

A super hug! Have you gotten bigger?

I think you might've gotten bigger since the last time I saw you.

What are you building? A house.

A house! A big house!

A big house!

It doesn't look like a house.

There's a big hole in the roof.

That will make the roof nicer.

CHUCKLES Make the roof nicer.

Theo, where's it gone?

Where's it gone? Where'd it go?

Wait, is it in...?

Look! THEO GIGGLES

It's in his ear! Ahh!

More marbles. That would explain a lot.

Theo, will you build some more?

Shall we get it higher? Yeah.

Shall we get it a bit higher? Mine!

LAUGHS Oh! OK.

No, Theo, love. Don't... Don't we remember that we share?

Can Mummy have a go?

You're not my mummy.

Buddy...

Theo...

Of course, darling.

I am your mummy.

Mummy Lucy. Daddy Moles.

Are you not going to write that down, no?

That the Lamberts have been grooming our son

and telling him something that we agreed that we wouldn't?

Come on now, Miss Wilson.

No, you're meant to be acting in Theo's best interests,

so whose idea was it to tell a three-year-old

something that's irreversible about his parentage

without consulting his actual fucking parents!?

I'm terminating contact.

I need you both to leave. No!

We're fine. We're fine. No, we're playing.

We're all playing here together as a happy family. This is...

We've got an hour here with him. Maddie...

No. No, we're staying. No, I'm not moving.

I'm asking you to leave now. Mads, come on.

No, Pete, we have... You need to leave now, all right?

Say goodbye. Thank you. Come on, Mads.

Come on.

SHE EXHALES SHARPLY Hey, Theo.

Little man.

Give Mummy a big, big, big hug! Give me a big hug.

That's it.

Bye, little man.

OK.

MADDIE SNIFFLES

Madelyn, your... mental state

has been a serious issue in the past.

She's just having one of her Maddie moments.

Shh!

SHE INHALES SHARPLY

Lyn Edwards' report, it's brutal.

She's recommending Theo should live with the Lamberts permanently.

No.

What?

The gummies, the aggression, the missed session with David,

and your last meeting with Theo didn't help either.

I'm afraid her reasoning is pretty clear.

It looks bad, but they are only Lyn's recommendations, OK?

There'll be other child specialists advising the court

who will see that you're brilliant parents.

We've lost this already. You haven't.

The most important thing is how you come across in court on the day.

You've got this.

JUDGE: We're here to determine

where Theo and David shall permanently reside.

This is a difficult and unusual situation.

Both parties wish to take both children home with them.

Each side will have the opportunity to make their case,

along with testimony from expert witnesses.

How you doing?

It is my job to assess the evidence presented.

I'd like to open proceedings with Dr Elliot Taylor,

who will summarise his report

into the psychological wellbeing of each child.

ANIKA: Dr Taylor, beginning with Theo, you state,

"He is securely attached to the respondents,

"especially to Mr Riley."

Is that correct? DR TAYLOR: Yes.

Therefore, in your view, removing Theo permanently

from their care would cause significant distress, no?

Actually, it's unlikely to.

When I met Theo, I noticed that he suffered

from very little separation anxiety when his parents left the room,

and that's unusual for a child that's securely attached.

Theo also exhibits some callous, unemotional traits.

These can be inherited,

and they primarily manifest themselves in uncaring

and socially dissociative behaviour.

I see.

So, my respondents' parenting,

which you state clearly has resulted in Theo being securely attached,

plays no role in this?

Oh, on the contrary.

Mr Riley and Miss Wilson are likely to have a positive influence.

Their supportive parenting style

will have lessened any difficult behaviours.

And what was your view of David?

In my opinion,

separating David from Mrs Lambert will cause him huge distress.

I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I give...

..shall be the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.

I chose to give up a career in journalism to take care of Theo

and work part-time.

It was the best decision I ever made.

You miss him, don't you?

Yeah. Very much.

Because it's just you and him, really, isn't it?

Miss Wilson has never invested in the family unit.

What? No.

Do you consider yourself to be a good parent?

I do. Even though you work a lot,

often leaving Mr Riley to do most of the childcare?

We all have to work.

He doesn't. He does.

I thought he'd been fired from his gardening job.

Well, what I mean is Pete works looking after Theo

while I work in a restaurant that I own and run.

So, it's an arrangement on your terms, you could say.

When Theo was one,

did you and Miss Wilson go and see a relationship counsellor?

Yes.

Theo's premature birth was hard for us both.

But there was never any danger of us separating.

So, you'd say it's always been a stable relationship, then?

Yes. I do.

Even though Miss Wilson left your baby at home alone

and walked into the sea,

putting Theo's life and her own at risk?

Your Honour, I don't see how this is relevant to my...

JUDGE: Proceed.

For how long did you suffer from postnatal depression?

Six months.

The first six months of Theo's life?

Yes.

And what form did that depression take?

I was unwell.

You struggled with overwhelming urges

to end Theo's life and your own.

No. Your medical notes state,

"Miss Wilson vividly describes ways of ending Theo's life,

"drowning or smothering him to stop his crying."

That's been taken out of context. I was ill.

I almost died giving birth,

and then that baby was taken from me and replaced with another boy.

This... This whole experience,

in some ways, it's taken us back there.

It's pushed us to the limit.

But she... She is an incredible mum.

She's fun. She's responsible. She's tuned in to all Theo's needs.

We've only known David a short amount of time,

and I think it's clear how much we love him.

Throughout this whole situation,

Maddie's commitment to both boys has been amazing.

If you think you can use this... this awful thing to undermine me,

then you can't be aware of the impact

that these events have had.

I was devastated

that I couldn't bond with Theo immediately.

I couldn't be the mother that he needed, and...

SHE SIGHS

..that made me feel... worthless.

But it wasn't my fault, and I worked so hard to recover

with the doctors, with Pete,

with Theo,

and it made me treasure what I...

what... what WE have all the more.

Being allowed to get to know David,

to make up for all that time that we have lost,

I would put everything into that...

..and it would be just as hard-earned

and just as special.

I know we can provide the loving home

that both boys need right now.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

I swear by Almighty God...

..that the evidence I give shall be the truth,

the whole truth... ..and nothing but the truth.

Right from the start, they said they wanted to keep Theo,

and they only decided to fight for David

after we said we wanted both children.

Well, I mean, their personal drug use is one thing,

but to just leave them lying around for a three-year-old to find

and just help themselves... I didn't do that!

Please!

Continue. Thank you, Your Honour.

He's unemployed, he's in debt,

he's out there assaulting journalists,

and the Cafcass report clearly paints them both

as neglectful parents.

I gave up my career for David, and since he was born,

there's nothing else I've wanted to do.

I made a commitment to my son,

and I don't understand how I could have worked alongside that.

I mean, I think it's very clear

that I love David in a way that no-one else could.

We adore Theo, and we believe, as his biological parents,

we're best placed to care for him.

I-I fell in love the moment I saw my little boy,

and I see... DOOR OPENS

I see, uh...

I see myself in him. Um...

And... And my life would be incomplete without him.

What are you doing here?

I heard you're trying to take someone's son away.

I don't want you here.

I have a grandson I never even knew about.

I'd like to meet him.

No.

You named your son David?

Do you think it's that easy to replace your brother?

WHISPERS: Fuck you.

Uh, I'm sorry. I don't...

I'm Miles' mother.

I expect that's something of a shock to you.

No, he doesn't have a mother.

Hasn't changed.

He was always so angry.

You know what he's like.

I can see it in you.

I couldn't protect my David from him, and now...

..I have no sons.

I know what he's capable of,

and he doesn't stop until he gets what he wants.

Is this really what's best for your boys?

What if you win?

Are we going to talk about it?

About what?

Today.

All the things that woman said,

like you having a brother who died.

A brother called David.

I mean, were they even true?

It's none of your business.

Who are you?

Get out of my way, Lucy. No, no.

HE CHUCKLES

OK. CLEARS THROAT

I'm your wife, Miles.

Please.

No.

You are my wife.

You're a useless wife...

and a suffocating mother to a child that isn't even yours.

You're nothing.

SHE BREATHES SHAKILY

Come to bed.

Is this little presentation to do with you?

You got something to tell me? Nothing to do with me.

JUDGE: A video was sent to Cafcass anonymously last night,

and I believe it has a direct bearing on the interests

of both children in question.

Miss Edwards.

So, what you are about to see

is a video from a security camera inside the Lamberts' house.

ON VIDEO: 'If you can do the game, if you can give me a high-five,

'you get a sweet every time. Up for it?

'Number one.

'Boom! Yes!

'That gets you one sweet, OK?

'Here, eat that.

'Yeah, good boy.

'Number two.

'Boom! Yes, that's two sweets!

'Can you manage that? THEO: Mm-hm.

'Mm-hm. Easy-peasy. And number three.

'Three. Yes!

'Yes, that's three sweets!

'There you go. Oh. There you go.'

LYN: If we look at the time stamp in the top right-hand corner,

we can see that the video was recorded an hour

before Theo was taken to hospital,

seriously ill from consuming cannabis sweets.

The A&E doctor who treated Theo that night

has confirmed that they were the exact same bright yellow.

It must have been one of the nannies.

Stop making a fuss. SHE GROANS

You're embarrassing yourself. Ow. Miles, stop it!

Do you know what?

It's the first time I've felt hope in a while.

We haven't won yet.

JUDGE: This is an extremely complicated case,

and as such, I have to be absolutely certain

that changing each child's family would be in their best interest.

Therefore, in light of today's developments,

I am unable to make a final decision

about where Theo and David should permanently reside.

But, Your Honour, he... he poisoned Theo

and blamed it on Pete.

And I take the allegation

of deliberate poisoning very seriously.

There needs to be a full investigation

into the events witnessed in the video.

In the meantime,

Theo will return to the custody of Mr Riley and Miss Wilson,

and David will remain with Mrs Lambert.

No. H-How's that allowed?

Additionally, I'm ordering that Mr Lambert vacate the family home

until the investigation is complete

and the danger he poses to each child has been accessed.

LAWYER: It was always going to be hard to get you both boys,

even without that video.

Well, then what the hell are we paying you for?

THEO: I want chips! Chips!

You haven't even said the magic word!

Please!

CHUCKLES OK.

Come on, then.

Hello, hi. WOMAN: Hi.

Could I get two small chips, please, with lots of ketchup?

Two chips, lots of ketchup, coming up. Thank you.

There's one. Thank you.

Hey, buddy, these are hot.

Eat them slowly, OK?

Two. That's £4, thank you. Thank you. Great.

Uh...

Lovely, thanks. Thank you.

There you go. Thank you. Is that good?

Theo?

Theo?

Theo?

Theo!

Theo?

Theo!

Theo!

Uh, has anyone seen a young boy?

Uh, brown hair with a yellow raincoat?

Yeah, I did.

He was walking with a man - a tall man with a beard.

Which way did they go? That way.

I thought they were father and son!

Theo!

PHONE LINE RINGING

Fuck's sake, where are you?

Where are you?!

PHONE CHIMES

Please, God, no. Theo!

No! No!

Theo!

Theo! Theo!

Theo!

GASPS AND PANTS Theo! Help!

GASPS AND PANTS Help!

Theo!

HE GASPS

HE PANTS

HE SOBS

Where is he?

What have you done to him.

Tell me, Miles!

Where is Theo?!

Miles!

I wanted you to know what it feels like to lose your boy.

TEARFULLY: Where is he? Theo!

He is MY son, Pete. He is MY son.

He has been with you for three years,

and there's not a trace of you in him.

He is my blood!

If you loved David half as much as I love Theo...

Dada!

Theo!

PETE SOBS

Are you OK?

Hey, Daddy's here now. I... I love you, little man.

I love you so much!

I thought you were gone!

PETE CONTINUES SOBBING

Why are you crying, Dada? No, no. You've done nothing wrong.

You've done nothing wrong, I promise.

Hey, you.

Weren't you supposed to be hiding till I told you? Hmm?

No?

Well, you're lucky that I love you, darling. OK?

We're going to be together so soon, OK?

And, Theo... Theo, one way or another.

One way or another.

THEY LAUGH

OK, watch this. Ah, chooga, chooga, chooga!

Look, you see? Wobbly, wobbly.

Makes the man wobble-wobble.

Yeah, that's it.

So, they said they sent a unit car around

and he's not there,

but they're going to keep an eye out for him.

OK.

Hi, Mummy. Hi, baby.

Are you OK? Yeah.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Good.

KNOCKING ON WINDOW

Can we talk?

Is Theo OK?

Mm. Yeah, thankfully, he thought they were all just playing a game.

I'm... I'm so sorry.

Miles did that to you outside of court.

It's nothing.

Well, if he can do that to you in public,

what can he do behind closed doors? It's not like that.

Then what it is like?

You're scared of him, aren't you?

I remember you so vividly now.

You used to sit for days alone.

I remember thinking,

"This poor woman is in hell right now...

"and nobody's with her."

Why did you send that video to the court?

LUCY SIGHS

I think you should go.

There is a little three-year-old upstairs

who's not going to know you, not really,

not until you leave him.

I want you to go.

You can't stop him!

OK? I know men like Miles.

If you don't give him what he wants, he will take it.

Lucy, you know that one day he will hurt the boys.

Please, will you just leave?

You're not alone, Lucy. Not any more.

LUCY SIGHS DEEPLY

We're in each other's lives now, no matter what.

If you or David ever need anything, just know that you can call me.

Look after my little boy.

SHE GASPS

Oh, my God. GLASS SMASHES

David!

David, where are you?

David!

Where's David?

I thought we could go for a wee picnic.

No. I-I think we should stay here.

David's already in the car.

He said he'd love a picnic with Mummy and Daddy.

You look beautiful.

Come on.

Wrap up warm.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

LINE RINGING

SOUL MUSIC PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS

PHONE VIBRATES

LINE CONTINUES RINGING

OVER PHONE: 'Hi, you've got Maddie's phone.

'Leave a message.'

QUIETLY: Hi. Uh...

Hi, Maddie. It's me.

Uh, listen.

Sorry.

Hey, come here. Stay close, little man.

Mummy! Mummy? Where?

There! Oh, mate, what? You're right!

It's Mummy! She's here to pick us up.

Well spotted, Theo.

SHE SIGHS

Oh, there they are.

Give Mummy a wave!

Hi! CHUCKLES

Say, "Hello, Mummy!"

Hello, Mummy!

Shall we get Mummy a coffee?

Let's go and find her.

SHE YAWNS

AUTOMATED VOICE: 'You have one new voice message.

LUCY OVER PHONE: 'Hi. Uh... Hi, Maddie. It's me.

'I wanted to do this in person...'

EXHALES ..but I just feel like

I won't get another chance, so...

'..I'm so sorry.'

I'm so, so sorry.

MUSIC: 'Violin Tsunami' by Kishi Bashi

'I've been afraid for a long time.

'Uh...

'Miles has always been controlling.

'Obsessive.'

When I was pregnant, he became worse.

The truth is Miles hurts the people he... he loves.

I've always been scared that one day

he would do something truly awful.

So, when your son was left next to me in the ward,

he was there less than a minute, and...

and the nurse came in and she asked me if he was mine.

And I said...

'And I said yes.'

And I wasn't thinking. It was a moment of madness, and I...

I followed my instinct to save my boy.

But then when it was done, like, I couldn't go back,

I couldn't... I could never undo it.

I couldn't... I couldn't go back because...

SHE SIGHS

I'd left him to something better, away from Miles.

And I thought it was the right thing to do.

I'm sorry.

LUCY SIGHS DEEPLY

Then I saw Pete -

Pete with his... his kindness, his devotion...

..and I knew my son was safe in a more loving home

than mine could ever be.

Then I looked at David, so helpless, so tiny, and I just...

..I knew I would protect that child, too, and...

THEO CRIES

..and as long as I kept my secret, then both boys might be OK.

♪ My fingers float the sound

♪ That there will never be The end of us

♪ The end of us... ♪

The one thing I need you to know

is that I have loved and protected David.

'I really have.'

And I promise you I have done that with my whole heart.

Maddie, Miles is here! I don't know where he's taking us.

Lucy! Let's go!

SHE BREATHES UNEVENLY

♪ Mending the rift Of our apathy... ♪

SHE SNIFFLES

♪ I have the answer... ♪

Oh, God!

♪ You will remain, ooh-ooh-ooh

♪ Days on end After the end of the cancer

♪ One day you will follow

♪ At the sound of laughter

♪ One day we'll

♪ Fall in love. ♪

Mummy's gone.

THEO: Mummy's gone!

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out who...

you know, who would do that,

who would want to hurt our family like that.

I mean, I've told you, I...

I think it must have been one of the nannies.

I think it was someone closer to home.

SHE EXHALES AND SIGHS DEEPLY

Come on! Come on!

We're going to go... fly!

Fine... Eh?

Do you want him? Yeah.

Yeah? Yeah. Hi.

You'll have to help me out here, babe,

because if it wasn't David and wasn't the nannies,

then who the fuck was it?

Miles, I've told you.

I don't know!

Tell me! Tell me!

I have done everything for you!

Everything. And this is the thanks I get.

LUCY PANTS

I cannot trust you again until you admit to me that it was you.

You're scaring him. Please!

I fucking know!

I know it was you, so just admit it!

Admit that you betrayed me!

You betrayed us! You betrayed our family! Admit it!

Miles, please, OK? You've got this all wrong.

You know what? OK, fine!

It was me, OK?!

SHE GASPS

David! Lucy!

The truth, finally.

You know, I have lost a family before,

and if you knew what that felt like,

there is no way you would have been so careless.

Hey, just come... come away from the edge

and we can talk about it, please.

It's OK. I'm so sorry, OK? I'll do anything you want.

I don't believe you. Oh, I am...!

I don't believe you.

I believe that you betrayed me to get what you wanted,

and now I have lost my son!

It's OK. I have lost my son, Lucy!

Lucy!

Where are you?

Miles, please.

BREATHES UNEVENLY No, Miles. OK.

I'll give her David.

Maddie - I'll give David to her.

OK? I know it's all she wants, OK?

Sweetheart...

And then you, me, Theo, we can all be together, OK?

As a family. Please, I'm begging you.

Please.

You'd give her David? Yes!

Yeah.

PANTING

SHE COUGHS

Oh, my God.

It's OK, baby.

It's all right. Really.

It's OK.

I will get Theo back.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But I don't need you.

And I don't need David.

Lucy!

HE GRUNTS Run! Run!

It's all right. Oh, David...

THEY GRUNT

LUCY CRIES OUT

No!

LUCY BREATHES RAPIDLY

Will you ever be able to forgive me?

You did everything you could to protect your child.

Are you going to be OK?

Yeah, I will now.

And I told him he wasn't supposed to be here,

and he got really angry.

Um, and then I said I was going to call for help

and... and then he just left.

And, um, then we drove over here

cos we were worried about David and Lucy.

She said Miles was extremely distressed, aggressive.

We were worried that he might try and take Theo again,

or, uh, hurt himself.

WOMAN: When he left, did you see which direction he went?

Towards the coast.

MAN: Thank you, Mrs Lambert. We'll do our best to find him.

MUSIC: 'Calming Storm' by Michael & Michelle

Ready? Shall we run?

♪ My heart is yours... ♪

PETE AND MADDIE: Whoa!

MADDIE SQUEALS ♪ Battered and bruised

♪ For God knows the cause... ♪

You warm enough?

♪ There's a need in my chest For the blood that was lost

♪ For your love was A calming storm... ♪

SHE READS STORY INDISTINCTLY

♪ Be there when I need it most

♪ Those days when the clouds They fall and

♪ I need the water To wash me away... ♪

CHILDREN CHATTER CHEERFULLY

♪ The black dog is close

♪ It's all that you know... ♪

THEY LAUGH AND CHATTER

♪ That life was yours

♪ Deep in my blood I know we were born

♪ To be happy together For the time that it lasts

♪ For your love Was a calming storm. ♪

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