Five Minutes of Heaven Page #2

Stop it, Mummy! Stop it!

You could have stopped him

with a milk bottle or something!

Please, Mummy! Stop it, Mummy,

please? Please?

Why didn't you? You killed him!

You killed him! NO! Ssh!

NO! NO!

..NO!

'Never knew why that picture

of a cat was there,

'and the other one. Don't know

what happened to that one.

'I mean...?' What the f***?

Sorry, what did you say? What?

Did you not just say something?

Was I talking to myself?

It gets me a good seat. I've had

no-one sitting next to me for years.

One on one. For f***'s sake.

I mean, for f***'s sake.

Would you turn back?Are you wanting me to turn back?

I'd love you for it. I think

I should get you there first,

don't you?

I can take you back when I've gotI'd rather eat my two

f***ing feet than you get me there.

Jesus, I mean...

Do you want me to call them?

I can call them.

No, you go on. You do your job.

They said to get you there.

And what? And what? Well, I know

you have to get me there,

that's why you're driving me there.

I mean did you say

you wouldn't get me there?

You mean they mean I wouldn't

get you there, that's why you

have to get me there? Is that it?

It's something like that.

No, you drive, you do your job.

Do you mind? I don't want you

getting in trouble.

I mean, Jesus,

I'm in trouble, I can't have you in

trouble, then we'll never get back.

HORN BLARES:

So that last one you did, Alistair,

the Kazakhs, sorry, no,

the Cossacks...

Kosovans. Kosovans.Aye, Albanian and Serb they are.

Aye, that's the one!That worked out quite nicely.

So,

did they show it in the end then?

They did, about six months ago now.

I was looking out for it.Actually, I didn't see it myself.

I was in South Africa at the time.

'Swanning around the world

talking about your feelings.

'A ticket to paradise.'

For killing a man! I mean, where

would he have been without me?

making egg cartons

like the rest of us. Aye, not him!

He can make a living telling

the Pope and the Queen,

the Dalai f***ing Lama

how it feels to kill a man.

How it feels, the suffering I have,

the burden I carry.

'Why should you get women in pastel

shades and rosy perfumes

'giving you tea and buns and wine

from f***ing Chile, just so's

you can tell them how it feels

'to be putting three bullets into my

brother's head? 12 years for armed

robbery, membership and murder.'

F***! Jesus Christ!

Sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

You made me jump!What do you think it does to me?

I'm one f*** of a lot closer to me

than you are!

So is this another one of your

counselling things, Alistair?

No. Well, kind of.

It's a programme

about reconciliation.

My own, in fact. It's my own.

I'm to meet the brother

of the man I killed.

Is that where we're going now? Aye.

Have you not met him yet? No.

No, not since the day.

Well, did you ask for this?

That was never

going to be my call, Ray.

I don't have the right

to ask anything from him.

So did he call you or...?

No, the programme people,

they approached him.

Then me.

I said I'd be I'd be willing t-to,

you know.

If it's a meeting he wants I'd be

willing t-t-to do it, to see him.

I'd do anything to...

You know, to...

Did you do time for it, Alistair?Aye.

There was no release date

but I did 12 years.

You could have stopped him!

Why didn't you stop him?!

You could have stopped him!

Can you stop the car?

Can I get you anything?

You want some water?

'He was only a wee boy at the time,

you know.'

And is it just the brother

you're meeting?

Aye.

Aye...

It's...

His father died eight months later.

A heart attack.

A broken heart, the family said.

His brother, Daniel,

it was an overdose with him.

After that, his mother, she died.

It's what happens.

It's often what happens.

To the family, you know.

It's the part people

don't understand, don't realise.

What happens after.

RADIO:
'Paddy Barnes

'with a bronze medal

in the Olympic Games

'after losing in his semifinal bout

'against Chinese world champion,

Zou Shiming.

'The defeat was comprehensive,

by 15-0.'

You OK?

Carry on?

Aye.

Is it good pay you get?

It's not bad.

Are you thinking of it?

Aye, why not?

It looks comfy.

Would I need a driving licence?

There's always

a snag somewhere, eh?

'She's been staring at me

for 33 years, do you know that?

'What it's like?

'Your mother blaming you

for 33 years?

'Three bullets went into his head.

You'd know that, though.

'Did you know another one

hit a picture of a cat on the wall?

'It wasn't me

who broke that picture,

I never got the blame for that one,

'and if it wasn't me who broke

the picture on the wall,

it wasn't me who killed my brother.

'I didn't kill him

like she said I did. It was you.

'It was you in the car

arriving at her house

'and shooting three bullets

into her son's head,

'making her grieve the way she did,

blaming me the way she did.

'Well, I'm the one

in the car now, visiting you.

'I'm the one in the car now.'

I'm the one in the car now.

Is this it? This is it.

Yes, it's Paul here.

We're just coming in now.

..Yes, he is.

Right.

Jesus, will you look

at this place?

Joe, hi! How are you?

Aye, good! Good.

You've made good time, well done!I was just sitting in the back.

This is David, Michael's assistant.Pleased to meet you.

Hi. Come on inside

and we'll find Michael.

It'll be grand.

Michael is this way, Mr Griffin.

Mr Griffin is stepping

into the house.

It's an interesting staircase.

You sort of expect Bette Davis

to come sweeping down it.

I could move in here.

It's yours for one day, at any rate.

We've set up a room

for you upstairs to relax in.

Come in and meet the crew. Aye.

Joe, you know Stephanie, don't you?

They didn't tell me you'd arrived.

It's good to see you.

Aye, you too.John, video technician.

Pleased to meet you. Hello.Martin, camera. Hello.

'Well, here you are, pal.

A fully signed up member of the

celebrity circuit of Life's Victims.

'Men in love with donkeys, twins

stuck together by their bollocks,

'elephant women who can't get

out of their chairs, and now you.'

I know, it's all a bit, you know...

But they're all lovely people,

and they're very experienced

at this sort of thing.

Fiona'll take you upstairs. Yeah.

OK, this way.

So, did you get that

poor old toaster sorted out?

When we last spoke on the phone,

were you not sorting out a toaster?

Oh, aye.

Here we are.

Isn't it gorgeous?

Can I smoke? Um...yeah.

Over there on the balcony.

Now, what can I get you? Tea or

coffee? Tea would be nice, aye.

Yeah? Milk, sugar?

Aye, milk, two sugars. Thank you.No problem.

Joe...

How are you?Yeah, good. Aye, I'm good.

Thank you so much for coming.That's OK, aye.

How are you feeling?Aye, I'm OK. I'm OK, aye.

Everybody looking after you? Aye.

Good. I know it's going to be

a difficult day for you.

But we will do everything we

can to make sure it's, you know,

it goes the way you want it to.

So, if there's anything you need,

any questions,

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