Never Let Me Go Page #4

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and apparently

he's doing

very well on it.

Apparently

he's in better shape

than some after

their first donation.

Good old Tommy.

I'm not surprised.

Are you surprised at me?

I expect I look

a bit broken, Kath.

It's okay.

I don't think

I'd want to survive

my third donation, anyway.

You hear things,

don't you?

What kind of things?

Oh, you know.

How, maybe,

after the fourth donation,

even if you've

technically completed,

you're still conscious

in some sort of way.

And then you find out

that there are more

donations, plenty of them.

No more recovery centers.

No more carers.

Just watching

and waiting.

Till they switch you off.

I don't think

I fancy that.

Is it the end

of the day already?

Do you know,

it's funny,

I think I've thought

about you every day

for the last few months.

Hoping I'd see you again.

Do you know,

I felt sure

that I would.

Seemed impossible

that I'd complete without

seeing you one last time.

It's not

the last time, Ruth.

They offered me a bed.

I was planning on

staying the night anyway.

Well.

I always knew

you'd be a good carer.

Your donors

are very lucky.

Look, I was lying

awake last night

and I suddenly had

an idea that we'd take

a trip together.

Where to?

I hadn't much thought

of where, just a trip.

Although

a place

did spring to mind.

One of the boys

on the other floor

was talking about it.

It's near the

Kingsfield Recovery Center.

Is it the boat?

The one left

on the beach?

You've heard

about it, too?

I heard.

One of the carers

who worked there.

And do you suppose,

if we're driving

all that way,

that we could

call in on Tommy?

Told you I'd been

keeping tabs on you.

Have you seen him?

No, not since

The Cottages.

No, neither have I.

How will

we find him?

His carer said

he'd be waiting outside.

Look, there he is.

Do you think

he's recognized us

through the glass?

No, no, no.

Let's not get out.

Ruth's

in the car.

Oh, right.

Hey!

Hi!

Hi.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm good.

Look at your hair.

Oh, yeah.

My hair.

I can't quite believe

that I have you both here.

Does it feel to you

that we're back

at Hailsham again?

Like no time

has passed?

No, it doesn't.

No, it doesn't

at all, does it?

It really doesn't at all.

It's really weird.

But a good weird, I think.

I don't suppose you both heard

that Hailsham was closed?

The only schools left now,

you hear

they're like battery farms.

Like Morningdale.

I'm sure that's

an exaggeration, though.

Are you sure

we're going

the right way?

It's locked,

it looks like.

No one said

anything about this.

No one said anything

about a locked gate.

Ruth, just relax.

It's okay.

Can walk through here.

Wow.

Hey, come on.

I wonder if that's what

Hailsham looks like now.

Do you ever hear, Kath,

about any of the students

from Hailsham?

Sometimes, yeah.

I heard that

Amanda completed

on her first donation.

I think that happens

more than they ever tell us.

Hmm.

Yeah, there was this

guy at my care center

who was always really

scared of completing

on his first donation.

But it was all fine.

And he's just

come through

his third one now,

and he's completely

all right.

It's funny,

I don't think...

Well, I know

I wouldn't have been

a very good carer,

but in a way

I actually think

I'm quite a good donor.

That's what

we're supposed to be,

isn't it?

I'd like you

to forgive me.

I don't expect

you to.

Forgive you

for what?

For keeping you

and Tommy apart.

Should have been

you two together,

I always knew it.

As far back

as I can remember.

It wasn't just

because of the rumors

about deferrals.

It was because

I was jealous.

You had real love

and I didn't,

and I didn't want to be

the one that was left alone.

It's the worst thing

I ever did.

And now I want

to put it right.

I don't know

how you can

do that, Ruth.

I can

if you two

get a deferral.

It's too late

for that, Ruth.

Way too late.

It's stupid to even

think about it.

It isn't too late.

Look, you'll see,

both of you.

I wanted to do this trip

because I had something

that I wanted to give you.

It's Madame's address.

That's who you apply to.

That's who you have to

go and see.

How did you

get this?

It wasn't easy,

but I've had years

to think about what I did.

And years to try and work out

a way to make it right.

---GMJL correction dans ta face!---

Thank you!

I started doing

them when we were

at The Cottages.

The day after

we went to find

Ruth's Possible.

I realized that

if I was ever going to

apply for a deferral,

then I'd have to

show them something.

And I've done

hundreds of them

over the years.

They're wonderful.

What? Really?

Yeah.

Well, thank you.

I have never

showed anyone

them until now.

They were my secret.

Just like you

and those

porno magazines.

You remember that?

Yeah.

Ruth said

you didn't understand

what I was doing.

No, I don't think

she understood

what you were doing.

She thought

you were looking

at the dirty pictures

in order

to find out about sex

and to find out what

you were missing out

on or something.

I knew.

I knew you were looking

for your Original.

I used to have

these huge urges

to have sex sometimes.

And sometimes

they'd be so powerful,

I just thought

I'd do it with anyone.

So I thought that

had to tell me something.

Something about

the kind of person

I was modeled on.

It's stupid,

but I guessed the magazines

would be the most likely

place I'd find her.

You know those urges

are natural, don't you?

You know all of us had them.

You know that now, right?

"From Basrah we sailed,

"day after day,

night after night,

over the sea,

"visiting island after island

and land after land,

"selling or bartering

our goods at each.

"One day,

after some weeks of sailing

out of sight of land,

"we saw an island in the sea

with such fair greenery

"that it appeared

like one of the

gardens of Eden.

"At once

the captain made towards

this delectable land

"and, when the anchor

had been cast

and the ladder lowered,

"allowed his passengers

to disembark."

Don't stop.

Ruth got it right.

Right street,

right door, everything.

We have to decide

which of my drawings

we're gonna take.

Just take the best ones.

Maybe six or seven of them.

You have to help me.

Yeah, I know.

So, we'll just go there.

Mmm.

Next week.

I'll take you out

for lab tests, I'll sign

you out for the whole day

and we'll visit Madame

on the way back.

We're going to do it.

I thought you should know.

You're going to apply?

Yes.

Good.

Madame?

Sorry.

We didn't mean

to startle you.

We were at Hailsham.

I'm Kathy.

This is Tommy.

We're not here to

give you any trouble.

From Hailsham?

We just came

to talk to you.

And I brought you

some things.

Some things

you might like

for your Gallery.

Come inside.

Please, wait here.

Look, it's Hailsham.

Kathy, it's Hailsham.

That's exactly

how I remember it.

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