Lies We Tell Page #3

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- Why?

- Put it down!

- It's not yours!

- It's not yours either.

- It's my Amy's.

- It's our Amy's.

Give it back to me.

Give it here.

I built it.

Hey, Donald, Donald,

Donald, mate.

Let's celebrate the way

she would've wanted us to, eh?

Yeah.

It's midnight, mate.

Happy birthday, Amy.

Happy birthday.

[girl screams]

[Shaeen]

Let your abu deal with it.

[woman speaks

foreign language]

Say makeup is vanity.

Vanity is a sin!

Let me deal with it, please.

You never deal

with anything, Zulfikar.

This is where it starts.

And look where it ends.

I'm going to write

a ta'wiz.

Tell her I don't want

any ta'wiz in the house.

Open your eyes, Zulfikar.

The spirit of the devil

lies under your roof.

You're lucky I'm here.

Tomorrow may have been

too late.

- [chanting in foreign language]

- Ammi!

Ammi, she's gonna kill me!

[chanting continues]

- Do something!

- Enough!

Get out and take your sister

with you!

- Get out. Get out.

- Come on, come on.

Looks like you've forgotten

where we come from, Shaeen.

[whispering]

Am I gonna go to hell?

[whispers] No.

Come with me.

Why does aunty

call you the devil?

Because I like playing

with fire.

[birds singing]

[rooster crows]

It's our little secret,

okay? Come on.

[Cinders barking]

Don't worry.

She's only having puppies,

you know.

- She'll be all right.

- [Donald] Here.

[squawking]

[Donald]

Hey, you okay?

You all right? Hmm?

- What, is it stinging?

- Mm-hmm.

Okay,

I got something for that.

Oh, no, no,

it's all right, this'll...

[Cinder whimpering]

Does that feel

any better? Hmm?

You won't tell Amber,

will you, Uncle Donald?

- Of course not.

- She won't let me come back.

[Billy] You want to see these,

Donald!

Well, I'm not going

through that again.

You?

500, 1,000,

one and a half, two,

two and a half...

three, oh.

Here's your cut, Donald.

Rar! [laughs]

I'm gonna give it to you,

Miriam.

Happy birthday.

I'm gonna call you Lucy.

I am.

[whimpers]

But what about Mum?

Don't worry about Mum.

I'll work on her for you.

In the meantime, Uncle Donald

can look after Lucy.

- Can't you, Uncle Donald?

- Oh, yeah.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, sure, yeah, yeah, 'course.

[harpsichord music playing]

It was beautiful.

Thank you.

Ooh, wiggle,

purr like a cat

Wink at a man,

and he wink back

- Now child, see-line woman

- See-line

Empty his pockets

and wreck his days

- Make him love...

- [knock on door]

Have you found it yet,

darling?

Uh, no, not quite.

I can't say I blame you.

At your stage in life, I'd

have done exactly the same.

But if life

in the fast lane

doesn't live up

to expectations,

you do know

you're welcome back.

Hi, Donald.

I've done it.

I'm free.

Donald!

Oh, we found a particularly

interesting video

on Father's phone.

See, by the time we got

back from the funeral,

everything on this just

mysteriously disappeared.

But the IT department

waved their magic wand,

and, lo and behold,

we found it.

Think you might

enjoy this, Donald.

[phone beeps]

Look, look.

It was beautiful.

Thank you.

[phone beeps]

Just pull off here, please.

The number of properties

in our UK portfolio.

Two, the number of properties

in my father's personal name.

And I live in one of them.

Tell me

about this place, Donald.

Well, is it familiar?

Father was absolutely right

to trust you, Donald,

but you have to realize

he's gone now.

There's no one left to

measure your loyalty but me.

I'm going to ask you

a question, and, please,

just for old time's sake,

remember this...

lying to an employer

constitutes grounds

for instant dismissal.

[phone beeps]

Wiggle wiggle,

purr like a cat...

Who is she?

Wink at a man,

and he winks back...

[sighs] Donald, please

don't make me do something

I don't want to do.

Who. Is. She?!

I don't know what

you expect me to say, sir.

[music stops, phone beeps]

Open the door.

[engine stops]

Open it.

Take me to the office,

please, Donald.

[remote beeps]

[keys land]

Donald?

Donald!

What do you think

he'll do with it?

I... I mean, it's just a girl

dancing on a video.

He... he didn't even know

who you were.

Do you think

he'll tell his mum?

Nah.

Nothing in it for him.

Just like his dad,

isn't he?

Well, it's the truth,

isn't it?

Demi Lampross

the great philanthropist.

Why didn't he give you the money

just like he did everybody else?

What for?

It was my parents

that owed money, not him.

Look, he was

a businessman, and...

I was no charity.

Demi and I made a deal.

Receptionist to lawyer.

And then

we'd call it quits.

In fact...

today was the day he would

have given me that owl,

said goodbye...

forever.

[thunder rumbling]

You know I have no say.

What kind of a mother

are you?

What's your problem?

You jealous?

Ammi, please.

We don't need to do this.

I'll stay.

I won't go to London.

I'll stay here.

They said they can give me

my job back.

It's too late, beta.

Your father

has given them his word.

Which one?

What's wrong?

Come here.

[thunder rumbles]

KD.

[knock on door]

It's okay.

She VIP.

We tell Miriam

when she go.

Sit.

Sit down.

Coffee? Tea?

First time you're here.

Gotta have something.

[water pours]

Tell her what we're

not allowed to eat.

I know, but...

Then why feed my child pig?

But we...

Shut up.

Before was before.

When he born,

who know what sh*t

you're gonna feed him,

what sh*t you're gonna put

in his head.

You think changing your name

make you Muslim.

I... I wouldn't do

anything to hurt you.

I love you.

I never gonna

trust you, girl.

Haven't I

been punished enough?

Let's talk about punishment.

Wherever my mother go,

people still laugh at her.

You know why they laugh?

'Cause you lied.

Have you forgotten

what you did?

We made a deal,

a stupid deal.

I was 16.

- So was I.

- I made a mistake.

Okay, KD.

I accept that you made

a mistake.

But you're a man now.

And I am begging you,

please let Miriam go.

I'll tell everyone that I

lied if that's what you want.

Shalwar kameez

really suits you.

Always did.

Want to run away

with me, Amber?

You just don't get it,

do you?

You were

like a brother to me,

my big brother.

And you raped your sister.

With the blessing

of your father and mother,

a thousand people will witness

the auspicious occasion

of my marriage to Miriam.

My fiance and I

would like you to attend.

Stop the bullshit, KD.

You know that what

you're doing is wrong.

I know you're going to hell.

And you're not?

I didn't put my hand

on the Koran and lie.

You know the difference

between you and me?

I know

that I'm going to hell.

You still think you're gonna

deal your way out of it.

This wedding

is not gonna happen.

Your father will regret

sending these out.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Come on, hurry up.

What the f*** does

"technically correct" mean?

It's a forced marriage.

It's not right.

There must be a loophole

or something.

It's the holy Koran you're

talking about, Amber.

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