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...coming up

on the concrete steps.

Clumsy idiot.

I even tore my dress.

I doubt it will get

all the dirt out.

I was hoping you might

have a plaster.

Do you have a plaster?

Could you help me

with a plaster?

I'm not touching you.

Shut the door

on your way out.

I might at least

clean myself up.

I've been traveling

all day.

Sink's over there.

Get away from it.

I don't know

how to stop it.

It just started

making a noise.

Just leave. Now.

Well, it's dark.

Where would I go?

Out!

Maybe your neighbor

has a sofa.

You're not to go

over there.

Then where do I go?

I don't care.

You can't stay there.

One night.

See how

the colors change?

I hadn't realized

how hungry I was.

It's liver,

your favorite.

You have no idea

what I like.

It's what

you used to like.

I can look after myself.

I learnt that much.

I've got a business

to run.

Did I hear you say,

a business?

You're upstairs.

I'm happy

to take the sofa.

Upstairs.

You look well.

I was.

You have one

new message.

New message.

I'm here.

Where the f*** are you?

If he's touched you,

I'll break his neck.

- Hello?

- I'm looking for someone.

What's the name?

I've got a picture.

Uh..

- I'm sorry.

- Have a look.

I am.

My wife.

- She's here.

- Not here.

On the estate.

I'll ask my wife.

Have you seen her, love?

No, no.

Me, neither.

Sorry.

Is, um..

Is there a name?

Just in case.

Hmm..

Touch me.

You asked me to stay.

You're hurting me.

Ahh!

Oh!

My foot.

You've broken my foot.

- Out!

- Don't.

No, Carl, I don't..

Uh, I don't

deserve this.

I don't deserve this!

Out!

Carl.

Carl.

Carl!

Before you say it

I'm leaving now.

You look like a clown.

I've got an

appointment..

...someone special.

I wouldn't think

anyone's that desperate.

Not like that.

There hasn't

been anyone..

...not since

you went away.

What do I care?

I've got my own

to think of now.

A girlfriend?

- And one on the way.

- Mm.

I'm happy for you.

Maybe I should

take you both out.

My treat.

It's a bit late

for that.

I told her

you were dead.

I'll pick my

case up later

when you're not here.

That's alright?

Carl?

Carl?

Is everything okay?

Oh, she didn't turn up.

Then that wasn't you

and Kitty-Kat that

passed here last night?

No, I was

in all evening.

And you didn't hear all

that banging and bashing

in front of the door

early this morning?

This morning?

When I came down,

they'd gone.

I'll be late for work.

Carl?

Hello, Carl.

Maureen.

I was wondering

if you were around late

last night.

No.

Uh, it's just one

of the clients said

she saw someone

moving about

in the roses.

Oh. A fox?

No, she swears

it was a man.

I was thinking,

it's probably best

if we keep the key

to the side door

in the office from now on.

Just to be

on the safe side.

Why are you still here?

Who said you

could smoke?

Will you sit down, Carl?

I've something

to tell you.

What?

A new beginning, I hope.

Might take a few days

to clear.

I won it..

...on the lottery.

I want us to make up.

I was thinking.

I might go and visit

my sister in Canada.

We've started

talking again.

Do you remember

your cousin, Casper?

You once made a pact

you would do down

Niagara Falls

in a wooden barrel.

Remember?

Used to obsess you,

those men in barrels.

Forever hiding

yourself away

in small spaces.

"I'm just practicing for

the falls," you'd say.

I doubt you'd both

get in one now.

We could even

go first class.

An adventure.

Is there no way

to start again?

After all this time.

But I haven't

had any time.

All my time

has been taken away.

Well..

...I don't have much of it

left myself.

The oncologist says

it's in my bones.

Where's your medication?

No, I don't need it.

There's no pain.

Not yet.

I don't believe you.

Look, if it'll make you

hate me any less

why don't you ring

the consultant?

Here, Dr. Burman.

He won't lie.

Maybe you're not

the only one

that's allowed

to change.

How long have you

been here now, Carl?

Uh, about a year,

uh, just over.

Have you stayed

anywhere else?

No, this was the first

place I got.

Your downstairs neighbor,

Mr. Prempeh

recalls hearing--

Loud music,

dancing and voices.

Voices. Plural.

- Yes.

- Yes?

Yes, plural.

My mother was staying.

- Dancing?

- Uh, no.

- I -- I was dancing.

- While she was?

- Watching.

- Uh, complaining

actually.

She doesn't like music

and she wanted me

to turn it off.

Is your mother

still staying?

Uh, no,

she left this afternoon.

- Not from London then?

- Isle of Wight.

- Did she stay long?

- Three or four days.

Three or four?

Four.

Did either of you leave

the flat that night?

No.

Thank you.

Silly me.

I left it

on the bedroom lamp.

So..

...I'll say goodbye.

If that's what

you want.

Is that what you want?

Carl.

I think I might have

missed my last train.

I've been through

all of your shirts.

None of them

is missing a button.

They've arrested

someone.

The husband.

Well, it's always

the ones that are closest.

Denies it, of course.

He says she left

the nightclub

with another man.

So they've checked

the CCTV.

It seems the cameras were

either fake or broken.

So they've put

the word out

for someone

with a mobile

who might have

taken pictures.

The husband's

a drug addict.

What more do they want?

Sawing a girls legs off.

Can you imagine

the mess?

I was thinking about

Ca -- Canada.

- Wh --

- I can't hear you.

Uh, about Canada.

I -- I'd have to get

my passport renewed.

Just like that?

Is -- Isn't that

what you were suggesting?

Last I heard you were

starting a family.

I thought she

could come.

You'll have some

explaining to do.

You told her

I was dead remember?

I'll sa -- say

it was a joke.

You never had

the wit for jokes.

Does she have a name?

Rose.

What does Rose do

with herself I wonder?

Works with dogs.

Walks 'em.

She's a dog walker.

You don't like dogs.

And is that who

you were with?

Rose?

Yes.

Stayed the night,

did she?

Yes.

But you didn't think to

tell that to the police.

Well, we'd, we'd

had an argument and..

...I thought if..

...I said she was here.

They might think

she was the poor

dead girl.

Yes.

Did you have

a drink, Carl?

Did you have

a little drink?

Why don't you come in

where I can see you?

Come in,

little woodpecker.

Out of the compound

and down

the street they were.

Everyone had an eye

for Jonah.

But that was before

we came here.

Always you think

something

will be better

somewhere else.

But things are never

what you imagine.

You don't want it?

He's being polite.

He's already eaten.

Then leave it.

It's okay.

The police were here

askin' questions

about that poor girl.

Oh, you don't want

to read about it

but you do, don't you?

You can't help yourself.

Cut her up into bits.

Threw her away

like a piece of rubbish.

Right here in one

of these flats.

No.

They've arrested

someone.

Not any more, they let

the husband go.

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