Locke Page #9

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DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

...and the baby is very

distressed...

IVAN LOCKE:

And you’re going to carry out a

Cesarian.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Yes, but Ms Maguire says she wants

to wait until you are here.

IVAN LOCKE:

She’s distressed. She’s quite an

odd person I think...

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The doctor takes the strange comment on board, but he’s seen

and heard many things in his job.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Well, we really can’t wait. Where

are you?

IVAN LOCKE:

I’ll be half an hour.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Oh.

IVAN LOCKE:

But if I hit traffic...

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Exactly. So if we are to get her

to co-operate, we need you to speak

to her.

IVAN LOCKE:

Of course. Put her on.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Can you hold the line?

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

He drives. In call waiting he sees ‘Home’. He can’t cut the

call. He waits. Finally a sob down the line...

BETHAN (OOV)

They want to do it now...

IVAN LOCKE:

Let them do it. I’ve said, let

them do it. It doesn’t matter if

I’m not there for the moment of

birth. I will still be there

before morning. It will be the

same day.

BETHAN (OOV)

Where are you?

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m on the motorway. Luton. Let

them do it. Don’t be silly...

BETHAN (SUDDENLY)(OOV)

F*** you!

IVAN LOCKE:

Bethan, your hormones will make you

scream but it’s better to get it

out.

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Bethan is in agony and beyond reason...

BETHAN (OOV)

You know I told them it was one

night. I told them about the room

and feeling so sad after. But the

nurse said if he’s coming all the

way down, he must feel something.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

BETHAN (OOV)

If it was just once and I get

pregnant it’s fate.

IVAN LOCKE:

You’re distressed....

BETHAN (OOV)

I told them I love you. Even if it

was just once.

IVAN LOCKE (SOFTLY)

There’s no need to say that...

BETHAN (OOV)

It’ll be ours.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes...

BETHAN (OOV)

How far away are you?

Ivan suddenly speaks solidly, in his concrete voice...

IVAN LOCKE:

Bethan, I am telling you to let

them do what they have to do. A

baby is something that can’t be

stopped. You have to take all the

practical steps to prepare.

A pause.

BETHAN (SOFTLY)(OOV)

You want me to let them cut me

open.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes. It is the best thing.

A long silence.

BETHAN (OOV)

Ok. I will do it because I love

you.

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IVAN LOCKE:

Ok then.

BETHAN (OOV)

Can you not say it back even once?

IVAN LOCKE:

No I can’t. But I can be there as

fast as the traffic will allow.

Ivan cuts the call. He glares into the rear view...

He drives on. Ten seconds later he takes another call. He

sees the name ‘Home’. Before Ivan can speak...

KATRINA (OOV)

I just found Sean looking through

your pockets. He said you asked

him for a phone number.

Ivan has to adjust, adjust.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

KATRINA (OOV)

Now? At this moment? You need a

phone number.

Ivan is crushed into monotone.

IVAN LOCKE:

I know how it looks but I need to

confirm a stop and go. Tomorrow

there is a pour. It is a big. It

is historical...

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

It is the biggest pour...

The hum of the engine.

KATRINA (OOV)

Can you hear yourself, Ivan?

Silence.

KATRINA (OOV) (CONT’D)

I am falling apart at home and you

are closing roads?

Silence. Ivan is studying himself inside.

KATRINA (OOV) (CONT’D)

Some woman is giving birth and you

are closing roads.

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A pause. Ivan is desperately twisted around inside and can’t

think and resorts to facts...

IVAN LOCKE:

It’s not a closure. It’s a stop and

go.

Silence.

KATRINA (OOV)

Since you told me about this woman,

you have been getting further and

further away from who I know. Or

it might be that I do know. In the

kitchen your footprints go hard and

I have to chip them away. You

leave concrete behind you

everywhere.

IVAN LOCKE:

Katrina, I love you.

Silence. Then Katrina is crying...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I made one mistake.

Silence.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I don’t feel anything for this

woman but I am trying to do the

right thing tonight because she is

on her own and the baby is my fault

and I know how it feels to be

coming out into the world like

this.

Silence.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

There’s someone being brought into

the world and it’s my fault so I

have to fix it somehow. There were

these two bottles of wine.

A long silence.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I would really like it if you would

say that you will wait and I can

come back up and we can talk about

it and that we can fix something

up.

Silence.

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IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I really want to know that tomorrow

I can drive home and talk to the

boys and be at home as normal and

we can go out or something and have

a drink and talk about it. I want

to know that I’m not driving in one

direction. I want to know that I

will be driving back when the sun

comes up.

A pause.

KATRINA (OOV)

Ivan? Let me ask you a question.

Do you still want me to give you

the phone number so you can close

the road?

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

KATRINA (SOFTLY)(OOV)

Goodbye Ivan.

The call is cut. Ivan reacts. He drives on for a long time.

Donal calls and Ivan almost lets it ring off. But at the

last minute he must take the call.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

DONAL (OOV)

I just did something on my own

initiative.

IVAN LOCKE:

You did?

DONAL (OOV)

I found a mobile phone number for

the council guy who signs off the

closures.

Ivan is slowly astonished...

IVAN LOCKE:

Cassidy?

DONAL (OOV)

That’s him.

IVAN LOCKE:

You found his number?

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DONAL (OOV)

I knew you’d need it. I have his

mobile number. You took it over

Christmas in case. I found it in a

drawer.

Even through all his distress, Ivan is overwhelmed,

astounded.

IVAN LOCKE:

Donal. You did that?

DONAL (OOV)

And that’s on two tins of cider.

IVAN LOCKE:

Ok, give me the number.

DONAL (OOV)

07700 900 957....

Ivan chokes on an unexpected emotion. The phone number hits

him hard for no reason. Does he really need this number.

But he repeats...

IVAN LOCKE:

07700 900 557.

DONAL (OOV)

No. 957. Are you writing it down?

IVAN LOCKE:

07700 900 957.

DONAL (OOV)

Are you writing it down?

IVAN LOCKE:

No, it’s in my head...

Ivan cuts the call, then dials the number in his head

quickly, mumbling the digits, trying not to crumble. The

phone rings....

CASSIDY (OOV)

Hello?

IVAN LOCKE:

Mr Cassidy? It’s Ivan Locke from

the Park project.

CASSIDY (OOV)

Who?

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m running the site at Claremount.

We have some road closures

agreed...

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CASSIDY (OOV)

How did you get this number?

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