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(upbeat music)

(horn honks)

- Rush hour in London.

(cars bustle)

When work's over for everyone else,

it's just starting for me.

Aren't we all going through the motions for money?

Aren't we all whoring ourselves for the man?

Of course not, I'm literally whoring myself.

It's different.

Welcome back, I missed you.

I get a rush from this job

that I wouldn't get from a normal job.

I have a number, a place to meet, the hotel bar,

and a name, Alex.

Anything could happen.

- You all right?

- Yes, thanks. (chuckles)

- (clears throat) I'm Alex.

- Hi, I'm Belle.

Would you like to buy me a drink?

- Absolutely.

A glass of wine?

- Whatever you're having.

- Okay.

Um, glass of the same, please.

- The envelope.

Some men find it awkward handing over money,

they want it to feel like a real date,

so it's best just to get it out of the way.

- There you go.

- Thank you.

- And then I'm just over today for the interview,

um, I actually live in Dublin.

- And you're an anesthetist, wow.

- (chuckles) It's just a registrar position.

- And you're staying here?

- Yeah, well, they pay for the room

when you have the interview,

so I thought, make the most of it, why not?

- Can I see it?

(Alex chuckles)

- Now?

- Unless you'd rather not?

- No, no, no, I would love for you to see my room.

- Good.

(romantic music)

- Uh... (chuckles)

So what sort of thing do you do?

- We'll talk about that in a minute.

I'm just gonna use your bathroom.

- Okay.

(door closes)

I am moving to fucking London.

(water runs)

- I always run the tap when I'm in the toilet.

(sighs) Don't wanna ruin the mystique.

Oh, and I never count the cash in front of the clients,

it's only polite.

(upbeat music)

Fuck.

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

Fuck.

Hello?

- Hello, Belle, it's, um, Alex.

Um, I don't know if there's been some kind of problem,

but I distinctly remember telling you to wait in the bar.

- Fuck. - Where are you?

(door closes)

- Hi. - Hey.

- Sorry, it's been, uh, it's been nice.

Thanks for showing me your room,

I'm afraid I have to...

See you later.

- Um, uh...

- [Hannah] Bye.

(door closes)

- Bye.

- Wrong Alex, shit.

Wrong Alex.

- Uh, Belle, I take it?

- I'm so sorry, Alex.

- Mm-mm, uh, good evening.

- I thought you were meeting me in the bar?

- I told you to wait in the bar and I would be in touch.

- Sorry, there was a misunderstanding.

- I haven't got long.

(upbeat music)

I'd like you to put that on,

and then I'll go through what it is I'd like.

♪ Caught between now and a dream ♪

♪ Curious ♪

♪ Spin a weave only to be our self ♪

♪ Mistrust ♪

♪ There's a dark soul hiding underneath your skin ♪

♪ There's a dark place hiding within ♪

(Hannah sighs)

(upbeat music)

- Sorry, I'm such a pillock, I'm still lost.

Are you sure you know where you live?

- No, I'm sorry, you're too late.

I might be able to do tomorrow,

but you know, if you wanna do this job,

the first thing you need to learn is punctuality.

- [Bambi] I'm so sorry.

- All right, bye.

(door buzzer buzzes)

Sometimes I get these emails from women

asking if they should become escorts,

and I'm like, "I don't know, make your own decisions,

"live your own lives."

- Yeah, hello, uh, my name's Kai Felton,

and you will want to hear what I've got to say.

- I have no idea who this bloke is.

- Yeah, well, fair enough,

he's a liberal democrat after all.

- Uh, I'm in a rush.

- Well, I'll be quick.

15,000 for your story, depending on details.

- Look, I'm on my way out,

and I'm not particularly happy about some bloke turning up

and calling me a prostitute.

- (scoffs) Well, I'm sure you like to think of yourself

as a call girl.

- Thanks, I'm sure you think of yourself as a journalist.

(Kai scoffs)

- If you change your mind, I'd appreciate it.

- Yeah, you got the wrong girl, mate.

- The amount is negotiable. - Come on.

In this job, discretion is everything.

I'm a firm believer in having a private life.

- [Driver] Where to, love?

- Home.

♪ And did those feet in ancient time ♪

♪ Walk upon England's mountains green ♪

♪ And was the holy lamb of God ♪

- This is so typical.

- She'll be here in a minute, don't let it ruin your day.

(Jackie sighs)

- Grace our Lord, Jesus Christ,

the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

- [All] And also with you.

- Sorry, Dad.

- I told them you'd be late.

- Parents and godparents,

the Church receives this child with joy.

Following Christ (door opens) means dying to sin

and rising to new life with him.

Therefore, I ask...

You made it.

- Sorry.

- Divine intervention.

Do you reject the devil

and all rebellion against God? (classical music)

- [Man] I reject them.

- I reject them.

- Do you renounce the deceit and corruption of evil?

- I renounce them. - I renounce them.

- Do you repent of the sins

that separate us from God and neighbor?

- [Hannah] Here we go.

- Mm-hmm.

- I repent of them. - I repent of them.

- Do you turn to Christ as savior?

(phone rings)

That's probably him now. (laughter)

- I turn to Christ.

- And thanks to all of you for coming out here today,

even those of you who only just made it. (chuckles)

Oh, no, actually, that's just Hannah. (laughter)

Um, so, for those of you wondering what this is,

what we thought would be nice

is that each of these petals

represents the hopes and dreams for our baby, Ollie.

So if you have any sort of wish or thought for his future,

we'd like you to come over later and take one of the petals

and drop it into the crib.

(indistinct chatter)

(crowd awws)

Okay, everyone, so, enjoy the food and drink

and the decorations.

(applause)

- Did that make you wanna throw up?

- Ben. (chuckles)

I didn't know you were coming.

- We're only around the corner now, aren't we?

- Hello, Blossy.

- Oh, hello, dear.

Oh, look at you, you're so thin.

- Oh, no, I'm not. (chuckles)

- Is this your boyfriend?

- This is my friend Ben.

- Hi, Auntie Bloss.

- Oh, you used to be her boyfriend?

- Yeah, a long time ago.

- I'm just gonna go over there, all right?

Excuse me.

- Look at her, she could be a model, that one,

in one of those catalogs.

- Yeah, she could.

- I don't buy from catalogs anymore.

- No, me neither.

- They're all owned by Jews.

(soft music)

- I seem to find social gatherings harder than I used to.

People talk about two things,

relationships, which I avoid, for obvious reasons,

or work, which I avoid, for obvious reasons.

Who knows, maybe I should've told them,

maybe they'd be fine with it.

- You didn't bring anyone then?

- No.

You know what it's like, Dad, relationships, prostitution...

- Yeah, yeah, of course.

Is there much money in that then?

(Hannah chuckles)

- Do you kiss on the mouth then?

- Yeah, of course.

That's just a myth.

- Well, I can recite the whole of Pretty Woman.

- [Hannah] I said I'm a prostitute, Auntie.

- I heard you the first time, dear.

We've all had our fair share of cock,

it's nothing to shout about.

- Yeah, maybe not.

So how's life in lame counties?

- Good, actually.

How's, uh, prostitution?

- Yeah, same old. (Ben chuckles)

- I'm gonna get going in a bit.

- Why?

- I promised Vanessa I wouldn't stay too long.

(Hannah mimics whip)

(Ben chuckles)

Fuck off, I canceled our wedding,

she's entitled to be pissed off at me.

- And to insist you move out of London?

- You want a lift later?

- No, that's all right,

you're going in the opposite direction.

- (chuckles) I see what you did there.

- Yeah, you like that?

- Nice.

So, come on, they're about to do the thing.

(Hannah sighs)

- Here we go, time to be fairy godmother. (chuckles)

(crowd gasps)

(Jackie sighs)

- I think you just shattered their child's hopes and dreams.

(upbeat music)

- Shit.

Mate, can we go through Central London, please?

(door opens)

- Hi.

- Hello.

Um, I was just returning this.

- Thank god, thank god, I thought I was going mad.

- I didn't know if you'd still be here, they said they--

- I can't really go anywhere without this, can I?

- No.

I'm so sorry, I didn't even know it was in my bag.

- It's okay, I was on my way to the passport office.

- No?

- Yeah, yeah. - Oh.

- No, this is a relief, thank you.

Forgive me for saying this,

but, you're a bit fucking nuts, aren't you?

- No.

Well, maybe, I don't know,

I've, um, I've had a really weird day.

- Do you wanna go for a drink?

(Hannah chuckles)

I've changed my flight til tomorrow, so...

- I don't think so, I've got a taxi waiting.

See you. - Okay.

Um, give me your number. (Hannah chuckles)

Just in case you've stolen something else from me

while we've been talking.

- Hmm.

- Look, you've inconvenienced me, you owe me.

There.

(Hannah sighs)

Hannah, I thought your name was Belle?

- Oh, yeah, that's, (clears throat)

that's what my friends call me,

because that's

my nickname.

Bye.

- Okay, bye.

- Bye.

(upbeat music)

- Well, I just wanted to get your advice, really,

'cause like I said in my emails,

I've been thinking about getting into it for ages now.

I mean, I've done a bit in films,

my brother's friend, in this porn-film thing that he did.

- Right.

- I love your website, by the way,

you're so clever and sorted.

- Well, I should say that, obviously, there are downsides.

Relationships become impossible, you work strange hours,

you lie to people all the time.

- Oh, I do that anyway.

- Well... (chuckles)

- Oh, I've come up with a name,

I wanna be called Bambi,

'cause that's what people used to call me in school.

- Bambi, right, because you're quite doe-eyed?

- No, it's 'cause my mom got shot.

- Oh my god, I'm so sorry--

- No, I'm only joking. (laughs)

- Well, why do you wanna escort, Bambi?

- Money, what about you?

- What about me what?

- [Bambi] Why?

- Well, uh--

- Sorry, ladies.

Can I have a word?

- This is me going to a christening.

- (chuckles) Well, it's out of my hands now.

My editor wants to print the story tomorrow,

that Farringdon's had escorts up to his room,

but, and this is being generous,

I can get you 20 for your side of the story,

all the stuff he likes.

- Have you been following me?

- This way, we can show him for what he is, a hypocrite.

And it'll be all sympathy for you,

all from your point of view.

You know, all the things that forced you into this.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah, people like it, you know,

you're paying your way through university, whatever.

- I've been to fucking university.

- (chuckles) Where you learned such pretty language.

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

- Hi, Belle's phone.

Oh, I don't know, hang on.

Hi, this is Bambi,

I'm taking care of Belle's clients while she's away.

- Look, I'm giving you a chance,

you make me do this, you make me do that.

My editor wants to run this photo of you,

it's coming out tomorrow anyway,

so be in control of it, eh?

You're a clever girl.

- Yeah, sure, that's fine, David.

Okay, see you tomorrow.

(upbeat music)

You all right?

What's going on?

- And we must look forward, not backwards as the Tories are.

The liberal democrats are the only party

who are truly embracing a new Britain,

and I want to lead that party into the next decade.

- When a scandal breaks,

everyone thinks about the celebrity being exposed.

We don't really think about the woman

and what it means for her.

- This government has gotta go straight into the bin.

(applause)

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

- Hello?

- Hannah, it's Alex.

- Oh, hello.

- [Alex] Is this a, is this a bad time?

- Uh, no, no, how are you?

- I'm great, I'm great,

I got that job, decided to move to London.

- Oh, did you? That's great.

- Yeah. (chuckles)

How are you?

- Yeah, you know... (chuckles)

- What have you been up to? (chuckles)

- Um, I went to a christening.

- [Alex] Really? That's nice.

- Not really, I think I pissed my sister off.

- Sisters, fuck 'em.

Send her some flowers, sisters love that shit, yeah?

Florists saved my life a thousand times.

- (chuckles) Okay, maybe I will.

- Um, I was wondering

if you wanted to go for a drink sometime?

- Uh...

(Alex chuckles)

- Well, you got my number now.

- (sighs) Alex, I don't, I don't know.

- Okay.

- Why don't you see if you still want to tomorrow.

(Alex chuckles)

- What? What's going on tomorrow?

- Just ring me if you still want to.

Bye. (hangs up)

(soft music)

(Hannah groans)

(groans)

(doorbell rings)

- Patrick, will you get the paper?

- Yes, love.

Jackie, come and look at this.

- What?

- Your sister.

She got you these.

- He found someone else, unbelievable.

I'm never entirely safe in this job.

So there's no story today,

who's to say there won't be one tomorrow?

It's more than the obvious danger

of walking into a room with a man you don't know,

there's the danger of two carefully-constructed lives

crashing into each other.

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

Hello?

- [Alex] Hannah, it's Alex.

(upbeat music)

- [Hannah] These days,

I can get ready for a client in my sleep.

They like big hair, big breasts,

- This'll give you some idea

of where the incisions would be.

- [Hannah] And a big smile.

- What do you do?

- [Hannah] But you can't fake everything.