Cruel Summer

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(dramatic logo music)

(moody atmospheric music)

- Julia!

Don't let him get away!

(woman pants)

(teenager groans)

(moody orchestral music)

(dark orchestral chord)

- [Woman] I know all about

Sarah.

Why have you not told

me anything about Sarah?

Do you know what, I'm

just so sick and fed up

of your f***ing lies all the

time!

You're just always lying

to me, all the time!

- Listen.

- No.

I don't wanna hear

anything anymore, alright?

No!

F*** you!

F*** you, just get out

of my f***ing house!

- [Man] Well, f*** you!

(knocks)

- You alright, Danny?

Can we come in, love?

You all set, then?

- Excited, son?

- [Mom] We need to do something

about this mop of yours son.

- Long hair will help me

stay warm during cold nights.

- You're not climbing

Mount Everest, Dan.

- I have to be prepared

for all eventualities,

especially when dealing with

such unpredictable environments

in which there will be no

one but myself to depend on.

- I don't doubt that you're

prepared, hon.

Mr. Precaution, aren't you?

Here, take this.

(melancholic piano music)

I've put my number in on

speed-dial.

Press that one, then that one.

If you want to take a picture,

you press that one, okay?

This is for that sleeping bag

you want.

- That's not for arcade games.

It's for that sleeping bag,

okay?

- [Danny] Yeah.

- Forgetting something?

- Thank--

- Thank you.

- [Mom] Now give your mom

a kiss.

- Come on.

Grab your stuff.

I'll drop you in town.

Yeah?

- Yeah.

- The f***ing cheek of it,

though.

- Look, she ain't worth you

getting all heated up over.

- [Man] She's saying I shagged

that f***ing Sarah Reynolds

or whatever her name is, as if

I'd shag that, she's hangin'.

- I thought you did?

- No, I didn't,

that's what I'm saying.

- [Woman] Yeah but to be fair,

you have been f***ing around,

though, with other girls.

- Yeah, but...

Whose side are you on anyway?

- Yours, obviously.

Look, will you sit down?

You're making me nervous.

(man sighs)

What, you gonna cry now?

- No, obviously not, I'm just

pissed off.

- You're too soft, Nick.

- What're you talking about?

- You doted on Lisa,

hand and foot,

and you're just gonna let

her dump ya just like that?

- Yeah, well I can't get

back with her, can I?

She says it's over proper

this time.

- I'll f*** her up for ya,

if you like.

Never did like her.

What did you see in her anyway?

She ain't all that.

- [Nick] Don't know,

she's, well, she's clever,

not like the usual rats

you get stuck with.

(sighs)

- You think she's

little-miss-f***ing-perfect,

don't ya?

You don't know her at all.

- [Nick] Oh, and you do, do ya?

- Well, I know she's not

as sweet

and innocent as she makes out.

- What're you talking about?

- Don't worry.

- No.

Tell me.

- Well, you know that she

said that you were her first?

You know, that she was a virgin?

- Yeah, she was a virgin.

(woman chuckles)

What're you f***ing laughing at?

If you know something, tell me.

- Come on.

She'd been with lads before you.

- [Nick] How many?

How many?

- F***ing hell, I don't

know the exact number!

- [Nick] Well who, then?

- Well, I don't know.

I don't know all their names.

But I know for a fact that

she f***ed that spastic kid.

Danny Evans.

- Who?

- Danny Evans, you know,

from the school?

Everybody knows.

- That's a f***ing lie,

that's bullshit!

When's that supposed to

have happened?

- [Woman] Like, last summer.

What, she didn't tell you

about it?

- What, that she f***ed a mong?

No, she didn't.

- Look trust me, mate,

she's a slut.

- F*** off, you're a slut.

- How am I slut?

Look, I'm trying to help

you here.

F*** sake.

- Okay, okay.

Do you know where he lives?

- Who, Danny?

- Well, obviously Danny, yeah!

- [Woman] Why?

- Julia, stop f***ing me around.

If you know where he lives,

then tell me.

Now do you, or do you not?

- Yeah, I do.

- [Nick] So, tell me.

- No.

- I said, f***ing tell me.

- Look, why do you care?

She didn't know how to

treat you right anyway.

- Oh, and you do?

- Yeah.

I do.

- [Nick] F*** off.

- Sometimes, Nick,

I f***ing hate ya.

I f***ing hate ya.

Why was Lisa and those other

girls good enough for you,

but I'm not?

- F*** off.

Come on.

- F*** sake.

(door slams)

- Are you coming or what?

F***ing hell.

- Fine.

(door slams)

(clock bell tolls)

(upbeat music)

- Yeah, but what I see

is that it's, you know,

a new start for all of us.

No, I don't, I don't, I don't.

Yeah, no, I know but...

No, f*** sake, no, I don't want

to buy it.

What, Calvin?

Yeah, no, he's doing fine.

Well, I've enrolled him into

the school down the road, but,

well, to be honest with you,

he's not really been here.

No, he's been out all the time.

(moody electronic music)

- Do you have that stock

bag in extreme green?

- Um, no.

Sorry, mate.

All our stock's out.

- You might have one out

the back.

- We don't, sorry.

Would you like to take

advantage of our offer on

insect repellent?

- Diethyltoluamide.

You may know it as DEET.

First introduced during

the Second World War

and used extensively

during the Vietnam War.

It's a known hazardous

material to fresh-water fish.

I shouldn't risk it.

- [Cashier] Okay, that's 18.99,

please.

- I'm going camping at the

Calton Lake.

- That's nice.

18.99.

- It's for my

Duke of Edinburgh Award.

It's only bronze at the moment,

but I'm going to get silver,

probably next year.

- That's awesome, mate, but

you still need to pay for this.

And I do have other

customers to serve.

Thank you.

Excuse me, your change?

(door bell rings)

F***ing idiot.

(somber atmospheric music)

- Yes, bruv, what you up to?

- Guess.

Packet but sh*t and that,

you good?

- [Nick] Yeah, yeah.

- Party was good the

other night, wasn't it?

- What's that Claire

girl saying?

She been talking about me

and that, yeah?

- Who's this Claire?

- Bennett.

- You shagged Claire Bennett?

That's f***ing hanging,

how did that happen?

- Got her in me home,

one thing led to another.

- Mate.

- What you want anyway?

- F*** all, just tryin' to find

this kid.

- Why is that?

- Nick wants to f*** him up.

- Yeah but he's a

f***ing pedophile, Julia.

- What?

- Yeah, his name's Danny.

- Blatant pedophile, but

gets away with it because

apparently he's a bit simple in

the head.

- Well, what's he done?

- All sorts.

You got a little sister,

don't ya?

- Yeah.

- [Nick] How old is she?

- Eight.

- Eight?

F***ing hell, mate, you

better keep her locked up.

Julia's little sister seen this

kid hanging round her school

before half-term, ain't she?

- Yeah and she's the same age

as yours.

Look, he needs sorting out

before he does it again.

- What, again,

he's done it before?

- Yeah.

A couple of years ago, right,

this little girl was missing

around here, police find her

in the woods tied up, she...

Well, she'd been raped,

you know.

Never found out who did it,

but they knew it was him,

if you know what I mean.

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