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SCREAMING Stop!

The hell are you taking her? I'm so sorry.

We were just trying to find you.

'I'm starting to feel like some sort of crazy stalker now.'

I'm Emily, by the way.

MAN: Who's your new friend?

Er, she's a new mum. She's great, isn't she?

WOMAN: This is a very worrying escalation.

'She's a good kid.'

SCREAMING 'What if she's not wrong?

'What if she turns out to be violent, more aggressive?'

Ow! Tonight is about the return of Laura Conroy.

LAURA LAUGHS Hello, Thomas.

'I mean, it was years ago.'

'Tonight's gonna be a lot of fun.'

I'd spent my whole life looking for her.

I never left a room without checking that she wasn't in it.

And then...

..there she was.

Finally.

On the surface, she was plain, just quite unremarkable...

..but underneath, there was someone else.

Trapped inside a life she didn't choose...

..and bursting to get out.

HOUSE MUSIC PLAYS

CHEERING

LAUGHTER # Fever

# Fever

# Fever... # Mwah.

LIFT BELL DINGS

THEY LAUGH

DISTORTED: 'It's on your head.' THEY LAUGH

SHE LAUGHS

Whoo!

THEY LAUGH

Whoa! Shh!

MUFFLED: Coming through. THEY LAUGH

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

We're in!

MUSIC: 'I'm Sorry' by Brenda Lee

# I'm sorry

# So sorry

# That I was such a fool

# I didn't know

# Love could be so cruel

# Oh, oh-oh, oh

# Oh-oh, oh, yes

# You tell me

# Mistakes

# Are part of being young

# But that don't right

# The wrong that's been done

# I'm sorry

# Please accept my apology

# But love was blind

# And I was too blind

# To see... #

Good morning.

Is it possible to order some breakfast

and charge it to the room?

Amazing. Thanks.

Oh, and, erm... can I settle both rooms as well?

That's "Laura Conroy".

Conroy, yeah.

All right, I'll get your bag.

HE SIGHS

Laura?

Laura?

HE SIGHS

PHONE RINGS

RINGING CONTINUES

Oh, give it up already.

Hm...

PHONE CHIMES Thank you.

ON PHONE: 'Laura, it's me. Where are you?

'Did you even stay at home last night?' Oh.

'Can you, er, give me a call and let me know that you're OK, please?'

SOFTLY: Sorry. 'Don't forget, we've got the meeting

'with Eliza's behavioural team at ten.

'Call me back when you get this, OK?'

"Call me back..."

Whoops (!) 'Message deleted.'

SOFTLY: Laura. Laura? Hm?

Come on. Wake up.

Wake up. LAURA SIGHS

Come on. Come on. We need to go.

Oh, no. I can't. I can't.

Fine, suit yourself, but if I were you,

I wouldn't wanna be here when he wakes up. Huh?

SOFTLY: Oh, God. Oh, God, no.

Come on. MUFFLED: Oh, no!

Come on.

Come on. Move your arse. I can't believe this.

What have I done?

Come on.

Look, there's reasonable doubt.

That's what your lot are always banging on about.

I was in bed with my ex!

There's no real proof you guys actually...

There was a condom wrapper on the side.

OK, so there is that, yeah. I don't how this has happened.

I've just... I've never blacked out, never.

Do you think someone spiked my drink?

Look, I think it's been a while and you're a bit out of practice.

You were tanning that tequila. Come on.

Thank you so much for choosing to stay with us, Mrs Conroy.

Oh, it was my pleasure. Erm...

Actually, I think I might've left my bracelet in the room. Mm-hm?

Is there any chance I give you my number

in case someone from housekeeping finds it?

Yes, of course.

I'd go back up and check again, but my friend's not feeling well.

There you go. Great.

LIFT BELL DINGS

It was the last present I got from my mum

before she passed away, sorry.

I'm so sorry. My condolences.

No, I just, erm...

I can't believe I've been so careless with it.

I'll make sure housekeeping have an extra good look for it.

I appreciate that. Thank you.

WOMAN: Come on, Daniel. It's rude to stare.

How many times have I told you?

They won't let me settle my bill or yours. Why?

Cos apparently, you paid for everything last night.

Oh, God.

And Rob must have got home to an empty house as well.

Shit. Oh, shit! What? What?

Erm, Eliza's behavioural meeting. Shit, shit!

I'll, erm... I'll call you. Yeah.

Have they gone? They've gone?

They didn't see much point in hanging around.

Hiya, sweetheart.

Rob, I am so sorry.

Where were you? LAURA SIGHS

I looked like an idiot, trying to cover for you.

They were here to discuss our daughter's mental health...

Yeah, I know. I know. ..for Christ's sakes!

I just... SHE SIGHS

I drank way too much last night, and then this morning, I was a mess.

I was a mess this morning. It's no excuse. Unforgivable.

A heads-up would've been nice instead of an empty house.

I passed out. HE SCOFFS

You passed out? Yes!

Where did you stay?

I crashed at Emily's.

So, how was it? How did the meeting go?

Daddy, I can't find the episode I want.

Can you help? Yeah, in a minute, Eliza.

Just give us a second.

PHONE RINGS They wanna reschedule.

It'll have to wait till I'm back from the States. Daddy?

It's not the best start, though. Just give us a second, sweetheart.

I thought you were gonna have a quiet night,

soak in the bath, get some rest.

I was, I totally was. PHONE PINGS

And then I thought I should show my face at this work do, so...

Is this how it's gonna be when you're back at the office?

What? RINGING CONTINUES

Was Tom there?

The whole firm was there. Why are you even bringing him up?

It's the first night, you haven't even started yet,

and it feels like I've gone back in time to this whole thing with...

Rob, I've had one night out. It was one night! Daddy!

One night out? Yes, I...

Daddy! Eliza! We don't hit in this house.

Go to your room!

SHE SIGHS

Don't take your hangover out on the kid.

Right, so, she hits you and I'm the arsehole?

Yeah.

It's funny, innit?

You pretend you're so in control of your life,

but you don't choose your parents, do you?

Who they are.

What's inside 'em.

What's inside us as a consequence.

It's down to luck.

Something for the hangover.

Thank you. Elliot's asleep.

I let Eliza have some extra screen time, so...

..if you wanna have a kip. Rob?

HE SIGHS

If it makes you feel any better, I'm angry with me too.

When did we get so old that a night out

needs more recovery time than minor surgery?

You miss it?

The immortality of youth? Yeah.

SHE CHUCKLES Yeah, I do.

The days before, er...

You knocked me up and put a ring on it?

Before all this.

WHISPERING: I love all this.

It's the reason I get up in the morning.

I mean, granted, those hungry little humans

don't give me much choice, right, but...

..I love our life, Rob.

I do.

LAURA LAUGHS FAINTLY

SHE SIGHS

You OK? Mm.

Sure?

SOFTLY: Yeah. Mm.

THEY GIGGLE

SHE SLURS, LAUGHTER ECHOES

THEY KISS

INTERCOM BUZZES

'Hello?'

It's me. DOOR BUZZES

I want to help you, Emily, but I don't know what you're up to.

Did you spike them drinks last night?

She... She was...

She was drunk and wanted to get a hotel, so we did.

You need to start being more straight with me.

Why is this story so important to you?

Because people need to know the truth.

Everything you've told me so far about Laura checks out.

But the other girl...

..I've no trace.

I tried contacting her parents to track her down.

They're both dead.

SHE INHALES

That's tragic.

You said that you know both of them.

Introduce me to her.

You can't.

She won't to talk to you.

She doesn't trust journalists cos no-one's ever believed her.

I would.

But you need to give me more than just your version of events.

What if I got Laura to talk to you?

Yeah. It's a start.

But, Emily, for this to work, you need to trust me.

No more dodgy stuff, or you'll get us both into trouble.

ELLIOT GIGGLES, ELIZA LAUGHS

D'you fancy a takeaway...

Shh. ..for dinner?

If she sees us watching, she'll stop playing with him.

AS DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: In a rare display of affection,

the older sibling seems to enjoy the company of the baby child.

THEY CHUCKLE

I wish you weren't going away again.

Especially with everything like it is with Eliza.

We just need to keep reminding ourselves that she's seven.

Not being an only child any more is a big adjustment.

But whatever this phase is, it'll pass.

Hopefully, the new nanny'll ease the load,

and I'll back before you know it.

Why don't we put the kids to bed early tonight,

have a nice dinner, maybe even candles?

Candles? Wow.

You must be feeling bad about last night.

It's just you're going away, aren't you?

I just wanna make it special.

DOORBELL RINGS Not it.

HE GIGGLES

Oh, hi. Hiya.

Come in. You ready?

Sorry?

For what? You know, the massages, facial.

Weird whale music.

The spa trip!

We booked it last night.

You forgot? Yes.

Yeah, sorry. Erm...

Is there any chance we could do it another day?

I really wanna spend some time with Rob before he flies out tomorrow.

N... No, I don't think the spa trip can wait.

SOFTLY: Tom sent it to me.

Shall we...?

I am so sorry. I won't be long, I promise.

It's our last night. I know. I know.

It's just... she doesn't seem to have many other friends, all right?

I can't just bail on her. She's been so good to me.

I get it. I just...

..wanted some proper time with you before I go.

Yeah, I know. Me too. It's not gonna be like this forever.

Things will calm down soon.

We can still have dinner together.

We'll get a takeaway on the way back, yeah?

Fine.

I'll be as quick as I can. OK.

HE SIGHS

Come on. This place has an amazing...

CHILDREN'S VOICES ECHO

HE SCREAMS

Do you think a hot stone massage might help you relax?

Tom's got photos of me in bed with him.

You could inject Valium into my eyeballs, I still wouldn't relax.

Well, we're not gonna sort anything out with you in this state.

Are you sure I can't tempt you in for a swim?

No, I'm, er... I'm fine here.

Come on. It's a heated pool. I don't swim.

I could teach you if you want.

I said no. Sorry.

I promise I won't let you drown.

SHE CHUCKLES

I need to tell Rob.

Whoa, whoa, hang on a minute. Now, just think about this.

I'll have a sauna, then we can ask them to bring the afternoon tea out.

Afternoon tea? It's knocking on dinner.

I'll be quick.

WOMAN: Your afternoon tea, ladies.

Enjoy. Oh, thank you.

Shall I be mother? I hate it when people say that.

Sexist bullshit.

Would you please stop watching the clock?

Sorry.

I promised Rob dinner to make up for...

Shagging your ex?

They're not the exact words I used, no.

But I do... I need to tell him.

Look, the Tom thing's simple.

Rob leaves for the States tomorrow, right? Yeah.

You invite Tom round,

you figure out what happened last night

for your own peace of mind,

agree to never speak about it again and move on.

You don't think I should just come clean?

Well, only if you want your kids

to spend every other Christmas in someone else's house.

SOFTLY: Don't say that.

What if he finds out some other way?

Who's gonna tell him?

You must have lied to Rob before, surely?

What? No! No.

Really?

You've never hidden anything from him?

No bodies under the patio?

No.

Look, Rob never needs to know.

And if you fess up just to clear your own conscience, well,

that'd just be monumentally selfish.

And that's not you.

You're not the type to ruin someone else's life

just to make things easier for yourself.

Finger sandwich?

Right.

There we go. Invited Tom round.

Great. So, I do need to get back.

Are you serious?

Well, you don't mind, do you?

We came here to have a nice time, and... all you've done

is talk about yourself and your own problems,

and now you wanna go?

Do you even know why we booked this place?

My brother's death.

The anniversary?

I told you about it last night.

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

No, I... I don't remember anything from last night.

No, honestly, it's fine.

You go, now we've sorted your Tom problem.

I mean, we both know that's the only reason why you came.

Course it's not, Emily, I... No, go. Honestly.

Get back to your happy little family.

No, Em, I...

Emily?

SHE BREATHES DEEPLY

THUD

SHE YELLS ANGRILY

Emily, what's...? Don't.

Look, I'm fine. Please, just go. Your hand!

Come on, let's get you cleaned up.

Ah!

Oh! Ow. Sorry.

Look, I didn't do this on purpose,

I'm just really upset about my brother.

Course not.

OK?

I'm really sorry that I didn't remember about your brother.

Was it recent?

You don't have to talk about if you don't want to.

It was a few years ago.

From the moment he was born, it was like...

"..he's your brother, Em.

"Make sure you look after him."

But I couldn't.

PHONE RINGS

Sorry.

It's just every time I feel like I'm getting my life back together,

it just... hits me like a train.

He should be here.

It should be me in the ground, not him.

Hey, come on, you can't say things like that.

It's true.

Why should I get to live when he doesn't?

That's the point.

The point is...

is Florence and everyone else that loves you.

Everybody leaves eventually.

Brother, husband... parents.

You've still got me.

I'm really sorry I didn't see you were struggling.

I was just too wrapped up in my own drama.

Yeah, you're the worst.

Shall we take a look?

Yeah. You should get back to Rob.

No, I'm not leaving you like this. Oh, I'll be fine.

I'll just go home and drink till I pass out. Stop it now.

You're coming home with me. No, I can't.

It's your last night with Rob.

No argument. Rob'll understand.

Got that? Yeah.

Let's make the table nice for Mummy, put it over there.

PHONE RINGS Dad, your phone.

Yeah, I can hear it. OK.

RINGING STOPS Oi...

Let's see who it was, eh?

'Hi, Mrs Conroy. This is Jade calling from the Arlo hotel.

'Just to let you know that we found your bracelet

'after you left this morning.

'We'll keep it in the safe for you, you can pick it up anytime.'

Do you wanna explain to me why the Arlo hotel...?

Erm... Emily wasn't feeling too good,

so she's just come back to stay, if that's all right.

No, I'm fine on my own. I can just grab a cab.

No, please, stay.

It's the least we can do after Laura crashed at yours last night.

That's where you slept, right? Emily's?

I don't know about slept, more like passed out. Yeah!

Well?

It's not a difficult question, Laura.

What happened was... It's all right, Em.

Erm...

..the spare bed's made up, if you wanna go up.

HE SCOFFS, EXHALES

WHISPERS: I'll get out your hair.

Rob... The hotel called.

They found the bracelet you lost last night.

I've been sitting there...

trying to think why you would lie about something like that.

In my head, I... I keep thinking...

..were you with someone?

What?

Were YOU with someone?

Well, I mean, yeah. I was with Emily. I...

I was embarrassed, Rob, cos I got such a state,

and I knew you'd be pissed off with how much it cost.

I don't care about the money.

I want you to be honest with me.

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, Rob.

I... I don't know what the fuck is going on with you.

I'm trying to support you, Laura.

You can't keep... I'm trying to give you...

OK, I messed up. I'm messing up.

You just keep throwing it back in my face.

THEY ARGUE OVER EACH OTHER

Oh! Hey, little one.

I heard voices.

Oh... Well, that was just the telly.

It's a bit loud, isn't it?

Why don't we get you back to bed, and I'll go tell Mummy and Daddy

to turn the volume down?

Maybe if you were about more... One night out...

Come on, little one.

..then I wouldn't need to, I wouldn't have to, would I?

And then I'm the paranoid one?

MUFFLED ARGUING CONTINUES

There you go.

You lied.

Sorry? About the voices.

MUFFLED ARGUING CONTINUES

It was Mummy and Daddy.

Was it about me? No, sweetheart.

No. It wasn't your fault at all.

They love you and your brother very much.

Even when they get cross and shout.

Daddy doesn't shout much.

But does Mummy?

Does it frighten you when she shouts?

If you ever get scared by Mummy's temper,

you can always talk to me, anytime.

Because I get it. I used to get shouted out a lot.

Were you naughty?

Sometimes, when I got a bit older.

Why?

Because sometimes, people see you as one thing...

..and they treat you a certain way, and eventually...

..you stop fighting it.

But you're perfect.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

How about I go down...

tell Mummy you want her to come up and tuck you in,

give you a kiss good night?

Would you like that?

OK. I'll go straight downstairs and tell her.

Pinky promise?

Pinky promise.

Night, sweetheart.

Has Rob gone to bed?

He's got to pack for his trip tomorrow.

Are you OK? How's your hand?

Yeah, it's all right.

It's a bit sore.

I can talk to him, if you want.

And say it was my idea to crash at the hotel.

Wouldn't explain why I lied.

I don't understand how they got Rob's number.

You must have accidentally given them his instead of yours

when you paid for the rooms.

Another drunken mistake.

I honestly don't mind if you wanna throw me under the bus.

I mean, that's the easiest thing to do, right?

You've got an amazing life here, Laura.

Beautiful family.

I'd hate to see you throw it all away for a moment of madness.

Do you want the spare room? I can sleep down here, if you like.

No, no, you take it.

Don't think I'm gonna get much sleep.

Oh, I, erm... checked in on the kids.

Both out for the count. Slept through the whole thing.

Small mercies, eh?

Thank you.

Night, Laura.

Eliza, I've asked you five times now to go upstairs and brush your teeth.

Can you stop ignoring me?

Eliza!

Good morning, everyone.

How's things? Hm!

LAURA SCOFFS

Eliza. Eliza, I know you can hear me,

so if you keep ignoring me, you're gonna lose

all your screen time for the rest of the day.

In a minute. No, now, please.

Have you made up with Rob?

Well, he left this morning without saying goodbye,

so there's your answer.

Have you tried calling him?

Eliza, will you just stop ignoring me?!

Stop shouting! You're ALWAYS shouting at me.

OK, let's just take a minute.

Look, look, why don't I take Miss Eliza to school?

No, you don't need to. No, I don't mind.

Look, I wanna catch Flo at the gates anyway

after Satan drops her off.

You just need to take a minute.

None of this is her fault.

I know. I know, I'm sorry.

Sorry, Eliza. Come here. Give me a hug.

Eliza?

Stop...

Eliza, come here, don't...

LAURA SIGHS This is ridiculous.

Come on, you. Up those stairs and brush your teeth.

Look... just give Rob some time.

You need to focus on what you're gonna say to Tom.

Daddy! I'm gonna have a word with Daddy,

and then you can talk to him, OK?

Hi, sweetheart. Hi. Sorry.

Erm... We'll go this way.

One minute, OK?

I'm so sorry to disturb you at work like this.

She was just really upset after what happened with Laura this morning.

I didn't know what else to do.

What do you mean, what happened with Laura?

She told me how you guys left things.

Look, I think she's taking it really badly, Rob.

I'm just worried that... if you go on your trip tonight

without putting things right, she won't be able to cope.

She needs you, Rob.

I think you need to go home.

I had this very fixed idea of who she was in my head.

Built up an image of a woman that I hated

with everything that I had.

And I knew I was right to.

And I'd bet my life on it.

But the more time we spent together, the more I started to wonder...

..maybe I'd got it wrong.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hi. Come in.

Cheers.

Er... Right, so, do you want a cup of tea or something?

No, just a water, please.

It's just tap. Oh, that's fine, that's fine.

TAP RUNNING

Cheers.

Look, I'm glad you asked me over.

I've been wanting to talk to you about the other night. Yeah.

Do you know what happened?

No! I was gonna ask you the same thing.

If something did happen,

I would hate for you to think that I took advantage of you or...

I don't, it's fine. I don't.

When you got upset, I was just trying to comfort you.

I wasn't trying it on. Upset?

Yeah, something about a Jamie someone?

I don't know, erm, you weren't making much sense,

but I swear, I didn't use that to get you into bed.

Why did you send Emily photographs of me?

What photos?

Photos of me in bed?

I didn't know I... I-I don't remember doing that.

No, me, neither.

I'm so sorry.

I'm deleting 'em now.

Laura...

I've not been able to stop thinking about you.

Tom, don't. Please d... Can we try again?

SHE SCOFFS

No, Tom!

I love my family, you know...

You and me, we're in the past, right? You know that.

Don't you miss it?

The life we had?

SHE SIGHS

Is all this really enough for you?

SHE SCOFFS

Well...

Oh, Tom. You...

Rob. Rob.

Erm... Long time.

Good to see you. Tom...

Is this what the other night was about?

Were you with him?

Did you fuck him?

Did you fuck him?

I don't... I don't know.

Don't know? I can't remember.

Answer the question. Rob...

Shut the fuck up, Tom.

Well?

I don't know. Maybe. I can't remember, Rob.

I'm so sorry. I should go.

You should stay.

Maybe?

Our marriage...

..our family, our family means so little to you,

you would throw it away for a maybe?

No. Fuck you.

Laura... Could you just go, please?

I can't leave you like this.

Tom, can you just go, please? Please.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

Fuck!

Yeah, I tried calling him, but he didn't answer,

and he's in the air now

so I'll have to try him again when his flight gets in.

Hm. Listen, Flo's at her dad's for a couple of nights,

so if you need me to come over, help with the kids...

'Oh, thank you. No, it's fine.

'Ellen, the new nanny, starts tomorrow,

'so I need to clean the house.'

And before you say anything, yes, I do need to.

Hm. All right, well, the offer's there if you need it.

Thank you. 'You take care, now.'

And good luck with the nanny. Thanks.

DIAL TONE

ESSEX ACCENT: Oh, hiya. Is that Ellen?

'Yes, this is Ellen.'

Yeah, I hope you don't mind. I got your number from the agency.

We've both registered there. 'Oh, is there a problem?'

Yeah, erm...

Look, I know you're due to start work with Laura Conroy tomorrow.

Erm, I know we don't know each other, but...

I used to work with her, and, well,

if I'd have known what she was really like,

I'd have never taken the job.

'Oh, no. You're joking?

'I had a mum last year who was a total nightmare.

'I can't go through that again.' Yeah.

'Thanks for being so honest.' Oh, that's all right.

Yeah, gotta look after each other.

Hey, Flo. What are you doing out here on your own?

Is everything all right? Just waiting for Mum.

Oh, are you? Oh.

I was just on the phone to her, she didn't say she was here.

Florence? EMILY SIGHS

Florence, I've been waiting for you in the playground.

We need to go, we're already late. Oh, hiya.

Hi. Come on! Kids and their phones these days.

Come on!

Sorry, who are you?

I'm... I'm Florence's mum. Isla. Hi. And you?

Laura. Erm... Sorry, I thought Emily was her mum?

Oh, no. That's... That's our nanny.

Well, was our nanny, till she quit on us with no notice.

PHONE RINGS

Er... I-I'm sorry, I need to take this. Erm... Hello?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're coming now. Yeah.

Yeah, we'll be there soon. Bye-bye.

Sounds perfect. Flo's at her dad's for a couple of nights.

She's getting way too... I wanna catch Flo at the gates anyway.

EMILY'S VOICE ECHOES, LAUGHTER

Why have you been pretending to be Flo's mum? Who are you?

Liam, it's me. I think she'll talk.

It's all gonna come out! Don't answer the door to anybody.

Just hope to have a quick chat with you, Catherine. Catherine!

'How did he find me, Mum? What if Rob finds out?'

'You can trust me.' 'I feel like I'm going slightly mad.

'Like everything's suddenly falling apart.'

ROB: 'I don't know what's wrong with you,

'but you're scaring the kids.'

ELIZA: 'Mummy?'

'It's important you tell the truth.'

Hello?

'Nothing bad happens when you tell the truth.'

SCREAM