No Light and No Land Anywhere Page #3

Hold on just a minute.

- Hello.

- Can I help you?

Yes, I'm so sorry

to bother you.

I'm looking

for a man called John

who I think did some work

at your house the other day,

and I was just wondering whether

I might be able to find a way

- to get in touch with him?

- [coughs]

- I know it sounds strange.

- It does. Yes.

Um, I haven't been able

to get in touch with him

through his family,

'cause nobody really knows

where he is.

There was a man

through the handiwork agency...

- Yeah?

- That did do some work for me

several days ago.

Why don't you come in

and I'll look for the...

I think I have the card

in the other room.

And then he went upstairs and

put them in all the bedrooms.

And I believe he put a new one

in that hallway up there.

- That's good.

- And for safety reasons, I...

because I get

a little bit dizzy now

every once in a while

from my allergies,

a separate banister

on this side of the stairway

and then this side.

[device hisses]

[indistinct chatter on TV

continues]

Is it out?

Let it out slow.

Let me see...

let me see how high you can...

[breathes deeply]

What are you doing?

You have to breathe...

Let it out slowly.

Okay, one more time.

No, can you...

deep... deep breath.

That's not very good.

Here's that number.

Do you have something

to write this down?

I have my phone.

I'm all ready.

- Okay.

- Thank you so much.

[panting]

[ambient tone]

Hi, this is John.

Please leave me a message,

and I'll get back to you.

Bye.

Hello, this is Lexi.

If I have the right number,

that means I'm your daughter.

I'm calling

because I'm in Los Angeles,

and I'd like to see you...

to meet you,

so please call me back.

Okay.

That's all. Bye.

[somber music]

[birds chirping]

All right, buddy.

I'm gonna set you down.

Your ball. Get your ball.

- All right.

- Go!

Now I'm gonna get you out.

Come here.

Okay.

Oh, what do you got there?

Can I see it?

[children chattering]

[humming]

[humming continues]

[dog barking in the distance]

[breathing deeply]

[gentle music]

Hush, little baby

Don't say a word

Papa's gonna buy you

A mockingbird

And if that mockingbird

won't sing

Papa's gonna buy you

A diamond ring

And if that diamond ring

turns brass

Papa's gonna buy you

a looking glass

And if that looking glass

gets broke

Papa's gonna buy you

a billy goat

[groans]

Hush, little baby

Don't say a word

Papa's gonna buy you

A mockingbird

[chuckles]

That's me.

That's my mum.

You can't see her much there.

This is right before he left.

My mum sort of fell apart

after that.

I don't think she ever really

took to motherhood.

And there he is.

Hi.

Are you Lexi?

Yeah.

- Tanya?

- Yeah.

You've been spending

a lot of time at my house.

It's a little weird to come home

to somebody in my kitchen.

Yeah, I can see that.

It would have been nice

if you had introduced yourself

to me.

- Of course.

- Asked permission

if you could be spending

every day in my house

- while I'm at work.

- Yeah, I-I...

Rather than sneaking

behind my back.

Yeah.

Sorry.

Did you get what you came for?

Well, I assume

you came for something,

so what do you want?

You know what I want.

You said you wanted

to meet me. Here I am.

I mean,

you got what you came for.

I don't... I don't know

what you want from me.

I don't even think

that you should be here.

I think you should

get your stuff,

and then you can be on your way.

Really?

I can be on my way?

[scoffs]

I can be on my way?

I'm your sister.

Did you know I existed?

Did you know you had a sister?

You knew that I existed.

You knew that I was over there.

You knew

that I was there with my mum

looking after me

without my dad.

You knew that, and

you didn't get in touch with me.

You didn't write me a letter.

You left me

to come over here to find you.

I was a f***ing kid.

You were not

a part of my childhood.

You were a part

of my existence.

And I clearly have

my f***ing hands full!

Is that really all

you've got to say to me?

I mean, what...

how difficult can it be?

He said that he had

no contact with you.

That your mom just

took you and left

and that we didn't

have any idea...

I didn't know anything

about you or where you were.

Oh, come on.

All I want to do

is f***ing meet you

and talk to you.

All I want to do

is try to speak to you.

All I've been trying to do

for the last f***ing month

pretty much

is look for you

and look for my father

and look for my f***ing family.

No, let's just brush her

under the f***ing carpet

like the same thing that's been

happening for the last 40 years.

I'm the one

who's traveled here.

I'm the one

who's come all this way.

I'm the one

that was over there

while your dad was just having

fun over here with your mum

and taking you all out

to the f***ing shops.

Oh, yeah, we had

so much f***ing fun.

Or whatever you were doing.

You're being subversive

and sneaking

into my house

when I'm not here,

and then you come

to tell me that my life

was so much better

than yours,

and you just want

to cry in front of me?

No, that's not

what I'm saying.

And tell me that you

had a sh*t life

and I had a good life?

That's not how it was.

That's not how

it worked out.

And that's a really

f***ed-up thing to do.

And I think

you should leave.

I don't think

that you should be here.

- Really? Is that it?

- Yeah.

- Is that it?

- Yeah, that's it.

I don't think

that you should be here.

I'm not exactly

proud of myself.

But I did try.

You can say that for me.

I know I f***ed it up.

[sighs]

'Cause you just want

to f***ing get rid of me.

Let's be honest.

Yeah.

[inhales deeply]

Oh, God.

[inhales deeply]

[sighs]

That went well.

Yeah.

That's why

I don't open my mouth.

Oh, God.

Will you say good-bye

to Ethel for me?

Because...

I don't want that

to be the last thing she hears.

[chuckles]

[door creaks open]

[door closes]

[sobs quietly]

Ah, sh*t.

[sighs]

[somber tone]

[cell phone beeps]

This is John.

Um...

Yes, we can meet.

Certainly.

That would be great.

I'm working in L.A.

I can text you

the address if you like,

and, um, yeah,

let's get together.

Okay.

Look forward to it.

Cheers.

I see him

before he sees me.

I panic a bit

because he's smaller

than I thought he'd be.

I'm about to run

when he lifts his head

and sees me.

And he can't stop

the huge smile

that comes to his face.

Same with the tears

that fill his eyes.

I walk slowly towards him,

and we're speechless.

But it doesn't matter.

He pulls me into a hug,

and I feel it.

This is my father.

He loves me.

It doesn't matter all the years

he didn't contact me.

He's loved me all along.

He says, "I want to take you

somewhere special."

And we get in his car,

and I know that I'm safe.

He'll take care of me.

He talks about making up

for lost time...

all the things he wished

he had seen me do.

I watch him closely.

I see his face in mine.

Everything bad

just floats out the window.

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