[BREATHING]
[BABY CRYING...]
[...AND CRYING...]
[...AND STILL CRYING!]
[BING BONG!]
Welcome to Monday!
- Have they gone in already? - Yeah. Half an hour ago.
- Did you call hospitality? - Oh. I thought you were doing that!
MAN: So that's the point I was making about people knowing where they fit in.
The other one might be busy but, ultimately, you would get by.
[GENERAL CHATTER]
[VOICES BECOME DISTANT]
[PHONE RINGING]
[LOUD HEADPHONE MUSIC]
Mr. Pitman's office.
Kelly.
Kelly!
Phone.
Hello? Fuck!
Dude, I know. [LAUGHS] I know.
Is she getting any cravings yet?
[LAUGHS]
She's starting to look massive! Do you think it's his?
No way is it!
A boy, I think. But she wants a girl.
Phil's gonna go ape when he finds out!
Did you see him at the wedding?
That kid is gonna be totally fucked up by the time it's sixteen.
[LAUGHS]
Vanessa, there is absolutely no difference between the ground and the instant.
Well, you go and buy it then!
It's cheaper. It's instant. And it's fine!
Is this really about the coffee, Vanessa?
Oh, because that's the most important thing in your life right now.
Apart from Jeremy Kyle. Maybe he likes it ground!
- Excuse me. Could I have a cigarette? - Yeah. Sure.
[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]
Cora?
Hello.
Rose.
- Oh, hey! - Thought it was you!
So... how's things?
- Fine. - Good!
- Everything's... OK? - Yes.
Oh, that's good.
- How are things with you? - Oh, everything's fine, thanks.
Can't complain.
Doing some "DIY"?
No. I was just looking.
Birthday present? Leave it to them, that's what I say.
Mine spends so much time in the garage he might as well sleep there.
So you're not at work today?
- I left early. - Oh, right. Right...
So... you are back at work now then.
Well, I'd better be getting on. I've got to pick up Sebastian.
They grow up so fast, don't they?
Well, it was nice to see you. You're looking really well.
We should all get together again soon. Give me a call?
- I will. - OK. I'll see you around.
[KEY TURNS IN LOCK]
["BELL" PHONE RINGS DOWNSTAIRS]
[BLACKBERRY RINGS IN KITCHEN]
[FRONT DOOR OPENS...]
[...AND CLOSES]
[OFFICE PHONE RINGING]
[STEAM HISSES FROM A CAPPUCCINO MACHINE]
[KELLY LAUGHS]
[KELLY'S LAUGH AND CHATTERY VOICE SWIRL THROUGH CORA'S HEAD]
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?"
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?"
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?"
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "So fucked up."
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "So fucked up." "So fucked up."
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "So fucked up." "So fucked up." "So fucked up."
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "So fucked up." "So fucked up." "So fucked up." "Do you think it's his?"
[ECHOING VOICES] "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?" "So fucked up." "So fucked up." "So fucked up." "Do you think it's his?" "Do you think it's his?"
[RINGBACK TONE]
Daniel? It's Cora.
Yes, it has.
Oh, not much. I'm just on lunch at the moment.
No, in the office.
I told Mum ages ago. She didn't tell you?
So how are you, anyway?
And how's... Susan?
I know. Well, I thought I'd just ask.
Well, I can understand why.
How are the twins, anyway?
Yes, she's into all that, isn't she?
That's nice.
[SAD MUSIC]
OK, bye.
'Night!
[BLACKBERRY RINGS IN KITCHEN]
[RUMBLING THUNDER]
[RINGBACK TONE]
WOMAN'S VOICE: Hello?
[HEAVY RAIN]
[BABY CRYING IN DISTANCE]
[HEAVY RAIN]
[RUMBLING THUNDER]
[HEAVY RAIN]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[TICKING GETS LOUDER...]
[...AND LOUDER...]
[...AND LOUDER]
[BABY CRYING]
[BABY CRYING ECHOES INTO DISTANCE]
- [LOUD HEADPHONE MUSIC] - Thank you!
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
[RUMBLING THUNDER]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[BLACKBERRY RINGS DOWNSTAIRS]
[BABY CRYING]
[KETTLE BOILING]
- MAN: All right, sweetheart? - KELLY: Oh, you're so impatient!
- What are you doing? - You wanted a coffee.
- Two sugars, please.
[KELLY GIGGLES]
- Thank you. See you later. - Bye!
[FLY BUZZES]
[LIVING ROOM DOOR OPENS]
CORA: Come in.
- CORA: Do you want another one? - MAN: Whatever you're having.
- CORA: There's nowhere you need to be tonight? - MAN: No.
CORA: Sit down.
Cheers.
So Van's an interesting name.
You know, I have European relatives. Danish, I think.
Distant cousins, possibly.
It's all right. I'm not expecting anybody else.
Do you want money?
That's not what I meant.
There's that look again.
What look?
The one from before.
Do you smoke?
Sure. Do you want one of mine?
I must confess - I don't usually do this kind of thing.
So why are you?
Oh, girls just wanna have fun and take what you can get, and all that.
Sorry.
I don't know what I'm saying.
Then don't say anything.
[CLOCK BLEEPING]
[ECHO] Cora? Cora!
- Thought you'd left us there for a moment. - Sorry.
Have you got that proposal?
Yes.... I'll bring it in.
- Mr. Pitman. The proposal you wanted. - Thank you, Cora. Oh, one moment, please.
[MUMBLES] Mistakes here...
- Is everything all right? - Yes.
Sure?
Is there anything you need to talk to me about?
You know, if anything was wrong. If you're not happy here.
No, I'm fine. Really.
Well, all right, then.
[DOOR OPENS]
[LOUD HEADPHONE MUSIC]
[WATER FROM TAP]
[MUSIC SWITCHED OFF]
[MUSIC SWITCHED ON]
[DOOR OPENS]
[CLOCK TICKING]
What?
Shit!
How's work?
- As good as that, eh? - It's fine, mum.
What do you do now?
Office job. I told you.
I lose track.
Busy?
- Are you in charge of anyone? - Not really.
What happened about that... "thing"?
What "thing"?
Wasn't there some sort of promotion "thing"?
Yeah. It didn't work out.
Oh. Never mind.
I hear you spoke to Daniel.
- I'm going up to see them in a couple of weeks. - I'm sure you'll all have a lovely time.
How's Dennis?
Who knows?
- Younger model, huh? - Watch it, lady!
Well, you don't do yourself any favours, do you?
Well, nobody does me any so why should I care?
Are you staying for lunch?
If you're inviting me.
I haven't got much in.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hello? - [MAN'S VOICE]
Oh... hi, Bernie!
[GIGGLES] I'm fine.
Can you finish this?
But you haven't eaten anything.
I had a big breakfast.
[MOBILE PHONE BEEPS]
CORA: No, it would just be for a couple of days.
I don't know. Take them to the Sage, or something?
I wouldn't.
I wouldn't!
There are plenty of hotels.
She doesn't have to see me.
I can meet them in town.
So you don't want me to come up?
But that's ridiculous!
Daniel...!
Daniel...
[FLY BUZZING]
[CLOCK BLEEPING]
My grandma used to feed me when I was small.
We stayed with her a lot after Daniel was born. My dad would take us for the weekend.
Sometimes the entire week.
- Where was your mother? - She was...
She was somewhere else.
Grandma used to boil me an egg and turn the inside out into a bowl.
She'd heat up the bowl so the egg didn't get cold.
I remember asking her why the strips of bread were called "soldiers".
She said Grandad looked like that during the war.
Is she dead?
Why did you ask me that?
Yes, she's gone.
Dead.
Yes. Dead.
How did she die?
She had a stroke.
Mum wanted to put her in a home afterwards but my nan was having none of it.
She'd lived through the Blitz so thought she could survive anything.
Then one day we went round to her house because we hadn't seen her in a while.
And there she was on the kitchen floor... with the radio still on.
You cried.
I think everyone needs to cry sometimes, don't they?
The stupidest thing is the next day I saw a fox.
And it was just strolling along in broad daylight.
It stopped and looked right in my eye before running off into the woods.
And all I can remember thinking is...
...what if that was my grandma?
Maybe it was.
Do you want one? It's instant but drinkable.
Green tea.
Don't reboil the water.
So you never told me where you lived.
- Here and there. - What does that mean?
It means things change.
That must make things difficult.
For who?
- Everyone needs somewhere to settle. - Does it need to be made of stone?
So you move around a lot like a traveller?
- Not like a traveller. - Like what then?
Am I the one supposed to do all the work here?
The tea will be ready.
Strictly speaking, you should steep the teabag for seven minutes...
...to maximize the release of antioxidants.
I don't drink the stuff.
- You should. - So people tell me.
I just wish they'd let me poison myself with the caffeine.
You never told me what line of work you're in.
Why do you need to know?
I don't.
I just like to know who I'm fucking.
Thank you.
Everyone has a place within the order of things.
What?
People.
Their lives.
They're all intertwined. Connected.
Each serving a specific purpose.
Continuously shaping the face of the world...
...and impacting on each other's existences.
Except they don't see it.
The world is what it is.
We're here and then we're not. That's the end of it.
You look at it from the wrong perspective.
I look at it from my perspective.
You should look at the world around you.
Really see it.
Observe it with a detached awareness.
And not run off into the woods.
Have you ever done that?
I've tried to.
What did you see?
Only things I didn't want to see.
What's wrong?
[COMPUTER BLEEPING]
There have been...
There have been one or two "holes".
Recently.
[OFFICE PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
Yes.
Oh.
What, now?
Sure. OK.
CORA: Well, I'm hard-working, passionate and loyal.
In my last job I developed a system that resulted in significant savings...
...but certain circumstances led to my departure and now I'm looking for new opportunities.
Yes, I have supervised staff in the past.
And I hope that I'll eventually grow into a position of such responsibility.
I think it's important that management are understanding of employees' needs.
I appreciate an environment where supervisors make personal connections with their staff.
But I believe there's room for personal relationships in the workplace.
They just have to be...
..."handled" discretely.
Yes, I pride myself on my level of discretion...
...especially in such a male- dominated environment.
No, if I were to cross the line I would want something in return.
I don't know. It depends on what's on offer.
Given the right circumstances I can be very proficient.
So...
How do you want me?
[ROLLING THUNDER]
Daniel, it's Cora.
Pick up the phone.
I know you can hear me.
Pick up the phone, please!
CORA: Why do you look at me like that?
I like watching beautiful things.
Sorry.
We know nothing about each other.
- It's better that way. - Why?
Because it is.
What do you want from me?
Only yourself.
Someone died.
And it was my fault.
[FLY BUZZING]
[SWARM OF FLIES!]
[WINE BAR CHATTER]
- MAN: Do you have any investments? - CORA: No.
MAN: Sometimes I think that if you're careful with your money...
...and you make the right investments, you can't go wrong.
Even in this climate.
In fact, recession is often the best time to make a few quid.
Certainly in the investment banking world.
Listen, if you ever change your mind about investments...
What did you say your name was again?
It's Kelly.
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[BEDCLOTHES RUSTLE]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
I love you.
[CLOCK BLEEPING]
[BLACKBERRY RINGING]
[CAVERNOUS SOUND OF BABY CRYING]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[TICKING ECHOES, GETS LOUDER]
[TICK...]
[TOCK...]
[TICK...]
[TOCK...]
[TICK...]
[TOCK...]
[TICK...]
[TOCK...]
[TICK!]
[DOOR DOWNSTAIRS CREAKS OPEN]
[SWARMING FLIES]
[ECHOING VOICES] "So Van's an interesting name."
"Everyone has a place within the order of things."
"We know nothing about each other."
"Everyone has a place within the order of things."
"It means things change."
"So Van's an interesting name."
"Everyone has a place..."
"So Van's an interesting name."
[INCOMPREHENSIBLE VOICES]
[INTOLERABLE NOISE]
"Everyone has a place within the order of things."
[NOISE STOPS]
[KNOCKING ON FRONT DOOR]
Cora?
[CORA'S MOBILE PHONE RINGS]
[BLACKBERRY RINGS BEHIND DOOR]
[RINGING ECHOES TO SILENCE]
[BREATHING]
...WILL RETURN
[FLY BUZZES]