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have three hundred and fifty metric

tons of wet concrete being

delivered to our site. We have two

hundred trucks from all over the

f***ing country descending on us...

IVAN LOCKE (CORRECTING)

Three hundred and fifty five metric

tons, two hundred and eighteen

trucks.

A disbelieving pause.

DONAL (OOV)

It’s a joke. Is it?

A pause.

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IVAN LOCKE:

I have no choice.

DONAL (OOV)

Is it a bereavement?

Ivan never lies. Silence. A long pause.

DONAL (OOV) (CONT’D)

Ivan, what the f*** has happened?

IVAN LOCKE:

I need you to just do this.

A long pause.

DONAL (OOV)

Ivan, I hate myself even hearing

myself even saying this, but if

someone’s died like your mother or

someone, could you not go wherever

you have to go after twelve

tomorrow when the concrete is

pumped?

Ivan drives...

DONAL (OOV) (CONT’D)

You know what I’m saying. Whoever

is dead is not...you know...they

won’t be any different between now

and midday. Dead people stay the

same.

IVAN:

No one is dead. Donal, I need you

to do this, ok? I need you to be

there with enough stuff and the

right heads when the sun comes up.

DONAL (OOV)

Holy f***ing Mary. I’m a f***ing

concrete farmer. Did you ever see

me read anything written down on

paper.

IVAN:

You’re ok. You know how to run a

pump, you know how to run trucks

back-to-back and turn trucks back,

you know how to test for slumps.

DONAL (OOV)

I’ve never even shovelled on a pump

this big...

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IVAN:

It’s the same but more of it. You

just do the same but for longer.

Check it, slump it, send it back if

it’s piss and pump it if its right.

A long pause.

DONAL (OOV)

What did Gareth say?

IVAN:

I haven’t spoken to him yet.

DONAL (OOV)

He’ll f***ing...

IVAN:

I know...

DONAL (OOV)

He’ll go f***ing sideways and

around the houses like his arse is

on fire.

IVAN:

I know.

DONAL (OOV)

Ivan, it’ll be the sack.

IVAN:

I know.

DONAL (OOV)

Jesus, you’re the best foreman I

ever f***ing worked with and the

best site manager. What the hell

is it that’ll make you risk the

sack?

IVAN:

I need you to do this for me Donal.

Start rounding up some cowboys then

call me back. I’ll be on the road.

He cuts the call. Ivan is a strong practical man and he is

facing a crisis which is unfamiliar, but some things he can

keep control of. Men like Donal he can handle. He drives

some more but ten seconds later the phone rings...

IVAN (CONT’D)

Ivan Locke.

BETHAN (OOV)

Ivan?

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IVAN LOCKE:

Where are you?

When Bethan speaks she sounds scared to death and in pain.

She’s mid-forties, middle class...

BETHAN (OOV)

I just got admitted. I’m in the

labor ward. It’s called Bailey

ward.

IVAN LOCKE:

Did they say how long?

BETHAN (OOV)

I’m five centimetres.

IVAN LOCKE:

What does that mean?

BETHAN (OOV)

Dilated.

IVAN LOCKE:

I know but what does that mean?

How long?

BETHAN (OOV)

They just left me. I’m on my own.

IVAN LOCKE:

Is there a bell?

BETHAN (OOV)

A what?

IVAN LOCKE:

I don’t know, a buzzer or something

to get a nurse.

BETHAN (OOV)

They just put their head round.

They said it could be hours.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

Are you ok?

BETHAN (OOV)

I need the lavatory...

IVAN LOCKE:

Tell them. Tell them.

BETHAN (OOV)

There’s no one here.

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IVAN LOCKE:

Is there a bell?

BETHAN (OOV)

They don’t have bells. What do you

mean?

IVAN LOCKE:

When they put their head round the

door, tell them you need the

lavatory.

BETHAN (OOV)

It’s like a pain I’ve never had.

Right inside all the way up to my

chest.

IVAN LOCKE:

Have you talked to anyone about

pain?

BETHAN (OOV)

What do you mean?

IVAN LOCKE:

Stopping the pain. Have you

decided.

BETHAN (OOV)

They said ‘let’s see’.

IVAN LOCKE:

Just have whatever there is.

Seriously.

BETHAN (OOV)

What?

IVAN LOCKE:

I don’t know. For the pain.

Because f***...

He stops.

BETHAN (OOV)

You were there when your wife gave

birth.

IVAN LOCKE:

Don’t think about that, get them to

give you everything. If they ask,

just say I want everything.

A pause.

BETHAN (OOV)

What did she have?

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A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

Who?

BETHAN (OOV)

Your precious wife.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

I can’t remember. The thing they

put in your spine.

A pause.

BETHAN (OOV)

Were you there?

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

BETHAN (OOV)

And you’ll be here...

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

BETHAN (OOV)

Because I’m really in pain...

She begins to cry. Ivan drives on through the night.

IVAN LOCKE:

The traffic’s ok. Just tell them to

give you everything for the pain.

I’ll be there in an hour and a

half. If anything happens, just

shout as loud as you can.

BETHAN (OOV)

It’s cold and all the windows are

open.

IVAN LOCKE:

Tell them to close the windows.

The traffic’s ok. Go to the

lavatory. I’ll be there.

She begins to sob and we hear a whimper of pain.

IVAN LOCKE (SOFTLY TO HIMSELF)

(CONT’D)

F***.

A pause.

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BETHAN (OOV)

Have you even told your wife that

someone is having your baby?

He drives....

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m about to do that. I have a list

of things I have to do tonight

while I’m driving.

BETHAN (OOV)

So I’m on a list.

IVAN:

Yes. Tonight, yes.

A pause.

BETHAN (OOV)

Do you love me?

A long pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

That’s a question you’re asking

probably because of the pain or

something. How could I love you?

The call is cut. Ivan drives on. He speaks softly to

himself as he glances in the rear view mirror and sees his

own eyes...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

So. Hell.

He must concentrate on the road. He flicks through his speed

dial numbers and finds ‘HOME’. He is about to call but the

phone rings....

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Ivan Locke.

GARETH (OOV)

It’s Gareth. I spoke to Donal.

This had better be more than good.

IVAN LOCKE:

Hello Gareth...

GARETH (INTERRUPTING, FURIOUS)(OOV)

Speak to me only about the morning.

It is apparent Gareth has already heard the news but Ivan

confirms.

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IVAN LOCKE:

I won’t be on site for the pump

tomorrow.

GARETH (TO HIMSELF)(OOV)

This is not happening.

IVAN LOCKE:

The truth is tonight I’m going to

become a father.

A long pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

She’s in London. I have to be

there.

GARETH (OOV)

Ok, ok, ok, let me read you

something. Ivan. Are you

listening? Yeah? Good. It’s from

Mr Dean in Chicago. ‘Good luck

tomorrow with the pour. We have

just had it confirmed by CGO that

this will be the biggest single

concrete pour ever made in Europe

outside of nuclear/military

projects. I know the day is in the

safest of hands. Best wishes,

Mitchell.’ That’s Mitchell Dean

himself. The President of the whole

f***ing company. Did you hear that

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