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"Although miserable and lonely,

remained faithful to her husband.

She just wanted him to return.

So for years and years, Penelope waited

for her husband to come home.

And as the years went on,

she was filled with fear and sorrow.

Are you still listening. Gracie?

"She did not know if Odysseus was alive or dead."

- Night, twinkle. - Night, daddy.

Our father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us each day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins,

as we forgive those who sin against us.

- Are you ready? - Yeah.

Laters!

- See ya. - Bye.

Bye.

"Four corners to my bed,

four angels around my head.

One to watch, one to pray, two to keep my fears away.

Four corners to my bed,

four angels around my head.

"One to watch, one to pray, two to keep my fears away."

So then, uh...

Jen, it's okay.

You can still enjoy your summer.

You'll be okay with the girls?

You'll be good, right?

She always is.

I know.

Look, we're gonna go.

- Be safe. - We will.

Don't worry.

Grace, say goodbye to your mum.

Bye, mum.

Have fun. Behave.

Mummy, why are you putting on lipstick?

You're not going on a date.

Buckle up, girls.

We are the Chelsea girls.

We wear our hair in curls.

We wear our dungarees below our sexy knees.

How long does it take to get to Cornwall?

Another four hours or so.

Boring.

See this girl, she used to get dragged down the stairs

by a poltergeist at night.

Are you reading that dreadful book again, Asta?

It's spooky.

It's gonna give you bad dreams.

It won't. I love being scared.

When I was about your age,

your grandmother packed me off to boarding school.

It was this big dark place. Hundreds of years old.

It was easy to believe in ghosts when you were there.

Did you ever see a ghost?

Oh no, but we tried to.

We would stand in front of the bathroom mirror at midnight,

chanting, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary."

Oh, and we used to play the Ouija board too.

Although, I didn't like that so much.

Why not?

Well, it would...

What?

Oh, everyone would get really carried away

by what the glass spelled out when it moved.

- What did it spell out? - Oh, nonsense,

most of the time.

But sometimes it would say really horrid things.

And one girl, she got really frightened

by what it said about her.

What did it say?

It was, it was really nasty.

Pretty scary.

She got very upset.

Later on, she tried to hurt herself

and had to leave the school.

We got banned from playing it after that.

Not that we wanted to anymore.

Can we play that when we get to the cottage?

- I feel sick. Please, can we stop the car?

Oh my God.

Can you move?

- Mummy? - Yeah.

We have to do that thing we always do.

- What thing? - You know,

thing with the herbs.

Oh, the sage.

Yeah, I packed some of that

in here.

- It's really cool. - Okay.

What does it do?

People say it cleanses houses of bad energy.

- Bad energy? - It's like experiences

and stuff.

Okay, here we go.

Come on, you have to watch.

There we are.

Yeah.

Okay?

There you go.

You have to like do it all around the house

to do it properly.

Don't you think that's really cool?

- No. - Shut up.

Mum!

How did I get in here?

I don't know.

Hey, it's probably riddled with lice, Asta.

I'll get a plastic bag.

Give me that.

What did they say it, it feels like?

They say you feel kind of

full.

The boys in my school say that girls

who get their periods smell of fish.

Maybe.

I don't really think about it yet.

You know, kissing boys and sex stuff.

Do you?

I don't know.

Sometimes I think I should,

but I still don't.

Mum says I will, though.

She says it's like a light being switched on

inside of you one day.

What does your mum say?

She doesn't like to talk about that sort of thing.

What if it wasn't a ghost?

What do you mean?

The Ouija board thing.

What if it was like a demon?

My book says they're different.

Why?

They follow you.

They try and get inside of you.

I'm hungry, mummy.

- How about this? - I don't like fruitcake.

Well, sweetie, you're not the only one here.

Grace doesn't like it either.

No? Oh.

That everything, love.

Yeah, that's everything, love.

Thanks. Come on girls.

Come on. This is the greenhouse.

Good, huh?

I think that in the olden days,

druids used to live here.

We learned about them last term.

Druids?

Yeah, and do you know what they used to do?

They used to sacrifice people.

- Why? - 'Cause they thought

that the blood made God happy

and that it got rid of their sins.

Don't! Please!

Don't leave me.

I can't live without you! I'd die without you!

I don't care. I'm leaving you anyway.

Get out.

Yep.

Grace, you're doing it all wrong.

- Asta. - I'm helping her.

You're throwing your weight around.

The slices need to be smaller.

Oh, she's so bossy, isn't she?

I'm not bossy.

I just know how things are supposed to be done.

Only two days till your birthday.

- Yeah. - Only one more year left

until you were a teenager, my love.

- Mum. - Mm-hmm?

Are you going to invite Daniel?

No, Asta. I told you Daniel wasn't coming.

- Grace, mum dumped Daniel. He was jea...

Let's not be mean about Daniel.

He's still my very good friend.

But it was you who said that-

Yes,

well,

never let someone compromise

who you are as a person, girls.

Remember that.

- Can we have some wine? - No.

You always let me have some.

Hmm. You can have a tiny drop.

- A glass. - A very small glass.

Fairy size.

Perfect.

There you go.

You're going to get drunk now.

- I'm not. - You are definitely not.

This is you.

Whatever.

Oh, I'm pissed.

- I'm wasted. - Asta.

You're so mature.

Okay, my brave girl.

Go and get some firewood.

You having a good time, my darling?

Yes, thank you. Thanks for having me.

Oh, we love having you with us.

It gets a bit boring, just the two of us all the time.

Did you want to call home at all?

Mum won't mind. She's all right.

My dad left my mum.

You know, when I was about your age.

Do you still speak to him?

Well, it's hard chatting on the phone, isn't it?

Yeah.

- Oh my God. - Asta!

Pick that wood up and put it by the burner, please.

- I'm doing it. Oh my God, I saw something.

- What do you mean? - There's something out there.

I saw this thing when I was picking up the firewood.

- That is enough, Asta. - It was a ghost.

Just stop growing and stay like this forever,

- my little one. - Okay, stop.

Okay. Okay.

"In a gloomy, hollow glen,

she found a little cottage built of sticks and weeds

in which a witch did dwell.

A devil in female form,

the succubus specialises in seducing men,

"appearing in dreams and taking the form of a woman."

Asta! Bath's ready!

Coming.

Maybe it's a demon.

Maybe it wants you.

Maybe it followed you here all the way from London.

You won't know it's a demon at first.

They disguise themselves as something different,

like a fox or maybe even a person.

Grace. Listen, sweetheart.

No, listen.

Grace, come on.

Daddy!

We're gonna put it at the front.

To keep it cool.

Okay.

It's perfect.

No, Gracie, that needs to go up there

for it to stay upright.

Right there. You see?

Yeah. Okay.

I'll tell you what, why don't you

get some branches to fill up the gaps?

Oh, and some flowers and stuff.

We'll have a special christening, like a ceremony.

Yeah.

And I think it's really important that it's like attractive

as well as functional.

But like, I wouldn't play any of these games

at home though.

Not anymore. Would you?

- We're not playing something. We're building something.

But still.

Yes, still.

It's gonna be amazing though.

We could even sleep in here.

That'd be cool. Would your mum mind?

Nah, but I don't think we should tell her just yet.

Let's keep it as our thing.

For now, at least.

It's ours.

Have some more ingredients.

That's not much.

I know. It's suppose to be-

- Might need more. - super healthy.

And then we need to get a sprinkle of...

Smells like it a cigarette.

I know. Mum.

Do you believe in past lives?

Do you?

I believe that we were sisters in our past life.

That's why we're friends now

because we're drawn to each other.

I have this memory.

It's like a dream, except it hasn't ever happened to me.

What was it?

I was a lady, all grown up.

- Did you have babies? - Shut up.

Listen, I was a lady by a lake.

And it was morning. It was all misty.

And I was strangling someone.

A boy.

My son.

And I loved him but I wanted to kill him.

And the birds,

they were singing in the back while I did it.

We are the Chelsea girls.

We wear our hair in curls.

We wear our dungarees below our sexy knees.

I met this boy one day.

He gave me 50p to have it off with me.

What's that?

Who's that man?

That's not a man.

It's a demon in disguise. Run!

Wait, wait.

We can't just let him have our fort.

We have to go back.

Come on.

Grace.

- Uh! - Come on.

Damn.

We got him. Come on!

My beads!

It doesn't matter now! Grace!

- My beads. - Come on, we've got to go!

Do you guys wanna go to Trebah Gardens tomorrow?

Yes. That'd be lovely.

Did you have fun today?

Yeah.

Nothing at all to share with your poor old mother?

No, not really.

- You both look a bit sheepish to me. Asta?

What, what did you do today, mummy?

Oh, I read, I sketched a bit.

Do you like being by yourself?

Yeah. Yeah, it's, um, it's lovely.

It's very relaxing.

Hello?

Are you there?

I'm sorry.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us each day our daily bread

and forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

And lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil,

for thine is the kingdom,

the power, and the glory

forever and ever

and ever.

Amen.

I'm at home. I'm in the house.

Everyone's here. Yes, soon.

I, I really do, I, look, stop putting pressure on me.

- No you don't. - I do.

But when could we be together?

I don't know. I, I've, I've gotta work things out.

I just dunno if I should believe you.

No, I promise. I promise, sweetheart.

You won't have to wait forever.

You, you know, this is hard for me too.

I, I think about you every second.

I mean, I, I go to sleep thinking about f-

Is it you?

I go to sleep thinking about...

I've spent a week or two here in Cornwall.

If the weather's good, you can sleep outside

without too much hassle.

This is Sid, Grace.

Nice to meet you, Grace.

- Hi. - Sid has been camping nearby,

but he hurt his head last night, so he's gonna be

staying with us for a while.

- For our whole holiday? - For as long as he likes.

No, really. I don't wanna put you out and-

It's no problem. You're injured.

You can't keep sleeping outside.

- Are you homeless? - Asta, please.

- It's okay, really. - I'm being curious.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

See?

I'm not homeless. Well, not in the way you might think.

Just been travelling around a bit.

What are we doing today?

We talked about Trebah Gardens.

Are we going with him?

Yes.

- Yes? - Yeah.

Wow, look.

Grace, it's cool.

I hope he doesn't tell your mum what we did.

No, he won't.

He wants to be our friend.

Do you think your mom has met him before?

What do you mean?

It's just that she acts like she already knows him.

No, she's like that with everyone.

I guess she kind of likes helping people,

looking after them.

- Like with you. - Me?

Why do you think you're here with us now?

Girls! Come and look at this!

You okay?

It's your big day tomorrow, sweetheart.

- My birthday. - Really?

- Happy birthday. - I'll be 12.

Oh, 12.

- Seems like a lifetime ago. - An eternity.

- Mum. - Yeah?

Tell Sid about what happened when I was born.

No, Sid doesn't wanna hear about that.

No, tell me.

Okay.

Well, we, Jan and I, were living in the Lake District.

No shops, no neighbours, miles from anywhere.

Anyway, the plan was that we would go and stay

with friends closer to the hospital

as I came up to my due date,

but Asta, ever obliging, decided to show up early.

- And that night? - Uh, and that night

while I was in labour, there was an enormous storm.

All the electrics went out.

There were branches flying off trees.

There was trees crashing into the road.

There was absolutely no way to get to the hospital safely.

Were you scared?

I was absolutely terrified.

I thought I was gonna bleed to death

on the living room floor,

but Jan, Jan was amazing.

Jan is, uh, your husband?

Oh no, we never married, but he, he kept me so calm

and he helped me deliver my hurricane baby.

My dad was a hero.

Sounds like it.

Come on, Sid. I wanna play football before it gets dark.

For fuck's sake.

Asta! Grace!

Have you been drawing on the walls?

You're really good at cooking.

Well foster carer taught me.

What about your parents?

I had foster parents instead.

Do you know anything about your real mum and dad?

He died a long time ago.

You must have been very disturbed.

Is that why you live in a tent then?

'Cause you don't have a mum or dad?

I bet that's your mum, Grace.

I'm going to the toilet.

Hello?

Hey, Jenny, hi.

Yeah, we're great.

Hang on. I'll just get her for you.

Grace! That is your mum!

Come say hi!

She's having a wee.

Oh, I think she's in the loo actually Jenny,

but how are you?

I keep thinking she'll leave home.

And then this is what it'll be like.

All the time.

Oh, Jen.

You'll get over this, over him.

And Gracie will be back with you soon.

I know. I know.

You must think I'm pathetic.

Of course I don't, Jenny.

You're my friend.

I think you're brilliant and beautiful

and clever and strong.

26 years.

I know.

Oh, I'm still trying to work it out.

I mean, what came over him?

It's like he was taken over by something

and something that wasn't him.

Maybe the trick right now is not to try and understand it,

but just keep going.

Look, I'm so sorry, but I've got to go, Jen.

Dinner's nearly ready. Ring tomorrow.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, of course. I'm sorry.

Okay, bye.

Goodbye.

You don't have to finish if you've had enough too, Grace.

No, I want to.

See, Grace eats everything on her plate.

- Cooe, Kate! - It's Jane.

- Jane, how lovely! - Hello, darlings!

Oh, I thought it was you two staying.

And I saw your car a couple of days ago.

How are you?

We're good.

This is Grace. I've known her since I was two.

Oh my goodness. Hello, Grace.

Hi.

Mm, sorry. This is Sid.

Sid's a new friend. He's staying with us.

- Good to meet you, Sid. - You too.

Can I get you a glass of wine, Jane?

- Yes, please. - Red, is it?

Oh, lovely, lovely.

You're just in time for pudding.

Oh, am I now?

So what have you lot been up to?

Um, nothing much.

We've just been driving around and playing football.

Oh, well sounds very nice indeed.

Asta, will you get the pudding, please?

So Grace, how are you finding Cornwall?

It's lovely. Very clean.

It's been wonderful having Grace here.

And Sid arrived yesterday.

We are very happy to have him here.

Merry little bunch, indeed.

Who would like ice scream? Sid?

Yeah. Cool, thanks.

You know I do.

- Mm-hmm. I haven't asked you yet, madam.

Sid, there you go.

- Grace? - No, thank you.

- No? - But you love ice cream.

- I don't really want any. It's fattening.

As if you need to worry about that.

Mm, my dad says no one thinks fat girls are sexy.

They disgust people.

Okay.

No ice cream for Grace then.

Jane?

Yes please, darling. Thank you.

Hi, girls.

Thanks.

That was funny, hey?

So he just turned up outta nowhere?

Shh, shh, shh. He's coming back in a minute.

- Kate. - God, okay.

He was camping.

He hurt his head.

Uh, I wanted to be a Good Samaritan.

But you know nothing about him.

Yeah, but he's nice,

isn't he?

Well, yes, but,

anyone can be nice if they want to be seen that way.

Come on, darling.

You have the girls with you.

Have you been, Sid?

To India?

- No. - Oh, you must.

Some of the best years of my life.

I was travelling around with a couple from Cardiff.

I mean, they were lovely people, but quite mad.

She was into Reiki and everything.

In fact, that's how I got into it.

Mm, Jane's a wonderful healer. She's got magic hands.

Show Grace your tarot, Jane.

Ah, well I have actually brought my cards with me

'cause I know you love a reading.

- What's tarot? - She can tell your future

with these special playing cards.

Would you like a reading, Grace?

What would you be able to see?

You'll have to wait and see.

Do it. It's really cool.

I don't know.

You don't have to.

I think all that stuff's rubbish anyway.

No point messing around with it.

- Really? - Not if you don't want to.

Actually, Sid, some of us find that rubbish

a very enriching part of our lives.

Darling, would you mind pouring me

another glass of wine please?

Oh, come on. Telling your future with cards.

It isn't real.

What an incredibly shortsighted thing to say.

What, because you can't see

or touch something, it isn't real?

Because you don't understand it, it's not real?

There are a great many things out there

that are far, far beyond our understanding,

and they're as real as you and me.

And they tell you that themselves, if you just bothered

to listen to or see the signs.

- The signs? - Oh, God, no.

- Yes, the signs, Sid. The signs are everywhere.

In funny little coincidences, in dreams, in weird weather,

strange tragedies, random acts of kindness,

in trees, animals.

It's just hippie crap. Isn't it?

Oh, come trust a man to say that, Sid.

Women are far, far more intuitive,

more sensitive about these things,

always have been, always will be.

Grace?

All right then.

- Come on. - Okay.

Now is there anything you would like

to ask the cards, Grace?

Anything you would like to find out?

Um,

no.

I don't think so.

This is Grace, this is Grace.

Now Grace, you pick the cards yourself.

That means whatever comes out is about you and you alone.

Do you see? Now cut the deck with your left hand.

That's your unconscious hand.

Lovely.

Now pick a card.

Pick a card. Any card.

Shh. Asta.

La lune. The moon.

Interesting.

Now pick another card.

The lovers.

That means you're in love, Gracie.

- It does not. - Shh.

All in good time.

Pick another card, Grace.

Fascinating.

Let it in, Grace.

Jesus.

Keep your hair on, everybody.

It's just a loose nail.

That's all.

You promise you didn't do it?

No, I told you.

Did you?

Of course not.

So, how did it get here?

I don't know.

It was probably here before we got here.

It wasn't.

There's something weird in this house.

Can't you feel it?

Maybe you're the weird one, Gracie.

Is she coming?

- Yeah? - I think so.

This is ace!

- Isn't it wonderful? Sid did it for you.

- Happy birthday. - Thank you.

Happy birthday, darling. Hmm, hmm.

- What are we doing today? - Something special.

The sea! The sea!

Asta, don't drop your Tamagotchi into the water!

So you, um, having a good time then?

Yeah, it's, it's different

from the kind of holidays my family goes on.

Yeah?

My dad says you're supposed to be waited on

when you go away.

That's the whole point.

Not necessarily.

Those two are thick as thieves, aren't they?

Yeah. It's nice.

Should we go see where they're up to?

- All right. - I'll race you.

No!

Hey, Gracie.

Kate, thanks for having me.

We love having you here, but sweetheart,

you should call your mum.

She was dying to talk to you last night.

- Hey! - I don't wanna talk to her.

She doesn't care about me.

No, that's not true, Grace.

It is. He doesn't wanna speak to me.

And she doesn't care at all.

What do you mean?

I thought you'd spoken to your dad.

I haven't. He wrote me a letter.

He said it's better this way.

Like cutting off a gangrenous limb.

That's what I am. Rotten.

Oh, darling, that's awful.

Of course you're not.

It's true. I am.

There's something wrong with me.

- Mother, Mum! - Sweetheart, listen to me.

Mum, I want to go swimming.

I want to, I want to jump the waves.

Make a wish.

Happy birthday, darling.

I think he's gonna come back to London with us.

Sid?

Yeah. I think mum wants him to be her boyfriend.

She does,

but does he?

I think he does.

I think he'd like it.

You know, to come and live with us.

I don't think he'd want to.

Just because you're older doesn't mean

you know everything.

- Come on. - No, we can't.

Why not?

They might hear.

Come here.

Dad?

- Where's your dad live? - My dad?

He lives in Sweden.

But before that he lived in Portland.

- Do you know where that is? - Uh, America, I know.

Before that he lived in Spain.

He's lived all over.

Sounds like it.

It's nice though 'cause he buys me presents.

I get to visit him which means

I'm pretty well travelled for my age.

What does he do?

He's a computer programmer.

Well at least that's what he says.

Me and grace think he's a spy.

Right.

But

it's just a stupid pretend thing, really.

What?

Mm, it's just a silly thing

we made up when we were kids, isn't it?

Why are you saying that?

Because it's babyish.

It's not babyish.

It is, it's the sort of thing you believe

when you're a kid.

We are kids.

Yeah, well I don't believe it anymore. Okay?

Your dad just programmes computers.

Yeah, and what does your dad do?

Running around kissing people that aren't your mum.

Asta, that's not very nice.

Yeah, but it's true.

I don't wanna play anymore.

Yeah, good. We don't want you to.

I saw that.

- Sorry. - How dare you

pick my flowers?

Sorry, I didn't mean to. You London children,

you show no respect.

You walk around as if you own the place.

Well you've no right. I'll tell your mother.

She's not my mother!

All right?

Hi.

I haven't seen you around here before.

Are you, uh, staying in the holiday park?

No, the barn up the road.

Oh yeah, I know. It's nice there.

What, are you there with mates, or?

- One of them. - Where you from?

London. Do you live around here?

All my life, yeah.

It's all right. It's not London though.

What are the clubs like? I'll be they're awesome.

- Uh, yeah. - Yeah?

They're okay.

Do you go like Ministry of Sound and stuff?

- Yeah, sometimes. - Mm, cool.

We don't have any places like that around here.

There are good parties though.

Actually, there's, uh, one tonight, if you fancy it?

How old are you?

Why are you asking?

I don't know.

I'm 19. How old are you?

No, wait, let me guess.

You're really pretty, you know?

- Thanks. - I'm not joking, you are.

Can I buy you a drink?

I, I don't your name.

Kate.

Can I buy you a drink, Kate?

Yes, please.

What do you want?

A G and T please.

A G and T? Like my nan drinks?

All right. Only if I get a kiss though.

Come on.

One G and T, coming up then.

- Where's the ladies? - Right to the bar.

- Wanna come with me? - Yeah, sure.

Yo, you're kidding me, right?

Yeah, I know.

Oh, hi, Gracie. There you are.

You all right?

Of course she is.

Oh please, forgive me.

Please.

Are you praying?

I'm sorry for what I said about your dad.

It's okay.

- Please don't tell my mum. She'll kill me.

I won't.

I'm sorry too.

So does that mean we're friends?

Yeah.

Do you want to come back upstairs then?

In a bit.

Asta, wake up.

- What time is it? - Come on.

Let's go to the woods.

I wanna say a special goodbye to our fort.

Come on. It's gonna be fine.

What's in there?

Just some stuff.

I thought we could have a goodbye ceremony.

Why are we lighting them?

I told you, so we can have a goodbye ceremony.

Light?

Now we have to offer some things to the fire.

Like what?

Oil.

And wine.

To bless it.

The fire is ready.

You'll say goodbye first.

How?

By putting this on.

I don't... Come on.

It's important.

I'll go after.

O Lord Jesus Christ, forgive my sins.

- What's that? - O Lord Jesus Christ,

forgive my sins.

Sage.

To cleanse the air so we can say goodbye properly.

What are you doing now?

Grace?

I don't wanna play anymore.

Jesus Christ, forgive my sins.

Jesus Christ, forgive my sins.

O Lord Jesus Christ, forgive my sins.

- Jesus Christ, forgive my... - Oh, there you are.

What are you doing?

- Hi. - All right?

I saw your light. What's all this?

Who are you?

Robbie. Didn't Kate tell you about me?

I invited her to my mate's party.

There's still time if you guys wanna come now.

When did you meet my mum?

She's a bit young to be her mom.

She's not Kate.

Yes, she is.

Hey, where, where'd you go earlier?

- Don't touch her! - I wasn't, hey,

it was, it was nice earlier.

We, we could have fun tonight.

Come on. I, I like you.

- I don't want to! - Where are you going?

Grace! Grace, come back!

- Kate, Grace, whatever. Come on, don't be a twat.

Grace!

Hey, wait!

Kate!

There you are.

Got ya.

- Grace! - Should call the police.

No, not yet.

- Grace! - Grace!

Gracie!

Grace!

Grace!

Where have you been?

Where the hell have you...

Are you all right?

Where have you been?

Where's that man?

He left.

For the life of the flesh

is in the blood.

And I have given it to you

to make an atonement for my soul.

For it is the blood

that makes an atonement for the soul.

She is not okay. She needs guidance.

She needs help.

She needs someone to look after her properly.

Maybe, yeah, but I, I don't think

you're the one to do it.

- What do you mean? - Nothing.

No, no. What do you mean?

Just that you treat people like these broken things

that need to be fixed.

It's not that easy for some kids.

I'm sorry.

Mum,

where did he go?