Keeping Rosy Page #2

I've got a baby here and she's

really burning up.

'OK, if you could just let me have

that number you're calling from.'

Can you not help me? She's really sick.

'I'm afraid I must have that number first.'

BABY WAILS:

God. Shh, shh, shh, sshhh.

It's OK.

Hi. All right?

You remember your Auntie Charlotte,

don't you?

Oh, two kisses now, eh?

You look f***ing terrible, you do.

A nice pad, though, eh, Char?

Oh, my God, look at that view!

Come on, love, let's have a look.

Are we all right going out, Char?

Yeah. Come on, kid, let's have

a look.

Oh, my God!

It's gorgeous, isn't it?

Whooooo!

We're in London for the weekend.

Ah.

Let's have a look.

Well, she's all right.

I don't understand.

She was burning up before.

Yeah, well, babies get temperatures

all the time, it's no big deal.

I'm sorry, I didn't know what else

to do.

Well, even know-it-alls like you

can't know everything, eh, Char?

She's beautiful, isn't she?

She is, yeah.

Ah.

Little pudding.

There you go.

Ta.

So, she... She had cancer?

Yeah, breast cancer.

How old was she?

What, and she had no other family?

No, not that I know of.

So, you've decided to take

the kid on?

Well, it was the least I could do.

I wish you'd contacted me sooner.

It just happened so quick,

we didn't even have time to tell

the authorities and whatnot.

I was worried she'd get taken

into care.

Right.

You want to stay clear of the

Social.

Be careful, yeah?

Thanks for the clothes.

That's all right, they were just, you know,

sitting in a cupboard, doing nothing.

It's a great help.

And it means a lot.

Um...I stink, can I borrow

your shower?

Yeah, but don't go using

all the hot water, young lady.

Yeah. You girls think money

grows on the bloody trees.

What are you up to?

I'm playing with my sister.

She's not your sister,

she's your cousin.

I want her to be my sister.

Why's that?

So I can play with her every day.

I think Rosy would like that.

Sh*t.

Hi.

Hiya. I saw you drop your box.

What? You know, on telly.

The old CCTV.

Can't tell you how much I love

this flat, Char.

It's amazing.

Are you all right?

Um... Yeah, yeah.

I've, um...

I've, I've left something at work,

I've come all this way home.

Can you just mind Rosy for a bit

longer while I go and sort it?

Oh, you are joking, aren't you?

We've come all this way to see you.

I'll be really quick.

Oh, it's fine.

It's not like I'm not used

to you running off, eh?

Look, OK, tonight, when we get back,

I promise we'll sit down and we'll

have a good drink and a natter.

Right.

Stop by the chippy on the way back,

yeah? Yeah!

DOOR SHUTS:

PHONE BEEPS:

PHONE RINGS INSIDE

RINGING CONTINUES

RINGING STOPS:

DOOR OPENS:

Can I help you?

I didn't mean to barge in, I'm...

I live in the new apartments and...

I've been having trouble with

vandals.

Right. Well, I thought you might

have the CCTV footage.

What building would that be?

Westhill Tower.

OK, let's take a look.

Sorry about this place, eh?

Throw these flats up,

don't bother sorting out security.

They haven't even built us

an office yet.

I can't give out footage to

anyone except the police.

Oh. But I tell you what,

you report it to them,

and I'll see if I can get a picture

of the little bastards.

Great. I'll do that.

Thank you.

CAR LOCK BLEEPS:

RADIO:
'..naturally in middle age.

'Described as revolutionary,

'it can help thousands of women in

their 40s and 50s who are currently

'unable to have children.

'River police have recovered

the body of a young woman

found floating in the

Thames at Erith.

VOLUME INCREASES 'The unidentified woman

is believed to be Eastern European,

'and officers suspect

her death may be linked

to illegal sex trafficking

in the capital.

'In other news, a Metropolitan

Police spokesman

has admitted that it acted

unlawfully by failing...'

RADIO OFF:

PHONE RINGS:

ENGINE STARTS:

LIFT:
'Doors closing.'

'Going down.'

Cor, about time.

Roger's been waiting ages,

he's found your vandals on the CCTV.

She's beautiful.

Just like her mother.

I need to put her down.

Hey, good girl.

Hey, there's a good girl.

LAUGHTER IN OTHER ROOM

Yeah. I suppose you were

born a stone's throw away

from the Stretford End.

My old man supported them,

didn't he?

Here you are, sit down, Char.

Roger's having Stacy's.

You were so long, I had to give her

a sandwich and put her to bed.

It's only fishcakes.

Oh, don't bother me,

I am Hank Marvin.

One fish is bigger than the other,

so I'll give you more chips, right?

Is this the only vinegar

you've got, Char?

Yes, sorry.

And you forgot the gravy. No,

actually, down here in civilisation,

we don't do gravy on chips.

Oh, right.

Well, in that case, I better get us

a drink to wash it down with, eh?

Nice try with Westhill Tower.

Unfortunately, I spent a year

manning a checkpoint in Basra.

Kind of teaches you to remember

where you've seen a car before.

So, then, seeing as it's

so posh down here,

I thought we better make it

champagne.

What's this? Drinking the evidence?

What? Nothing.

Here, give it here.

You'll do someone an injury.

You don't mind, do you, Char?

There's loads of bottles in

the fridge.

No, it's... I just don't want any.

Oh, come on, sis.

No, really, I'm fine. Right, Rog,

pour Char a glass, will you?

Come on, you should be celebrating,

you've had a payoff.

Wow.

That really is something to

celebrate.

INAUDIBLE:

I was out with this mate of mine,

terrible he is,

can't handle his drink at all.

We've had, what, seven, eight pints,

and he has thrown up all

over himself.

Jesus! Seriously, right there in

the middle of the pub,

he is all over the place.

He's going, "Oh, my wife's going to

kick me out," you know,

"She said if I come home like this

one more time we're finished."

I said to him, "Chill out, pal.

"When you go home, have a 20 note

in your hand and say some geezer

"threw up on you and gave it to you

for the dry-cleaning."

So, he goes home, wife takes one

look at him, tries to chuck him out,

he goes, "No, no, no, no, no.

"When I was on the train home,

some geezer threw up on me,

"gave me a score for the

dry-cleaning."

She goes, "But you've got 40 quid

in your hand."

He goes, "Yeah. The other 20 quid is

from the geezer that shat in my pants."

You... You're full of sh*t.

No, straight up.

So, um...

So, what's the deal with

these vandals then, Char?

What? You know, the vandals.

What's been going on?

Oh, something went on in

the car park a few days back,

but I found it all on CCTV.

Oh, here you are,

let's have a look, then.

We can do if you want.

What do you reckon, Charlotte?

No. No?

No, you're right.

Save it for the police.

Let's have some more of this.

I know what you dodgy southerners

are like, eh?

Trying to take advantage of

young defenceless women.

No, no, you can trust me.

Yeah, right.

No, seriously, in a bad situation,

I'm the kind of guy you can rely on.

What do you want?

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