Ordinary Lies Page #12

Season #1 Episode #2

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TANYA:

It goes back.

TRACY:

I don’t want the money.

TANYA:

You’re not getting it.

97 INT. POLICE STATION - INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 18 - 07.30 97

Tracy and Tanya sitting with two DETECTIVES in an interview

room, she has a duty solicitor with her.

She is clearly giving a full ‘confession’.

Tracy presenting with confidence, putting a brave face on it.

But under the table her foot taps nervously.

98 INT. JS MOTORS - RECEPTION/SHOWROOM - DAY 18 - 07.45 98

Workers arriving, preparing for their day. Rick comes dashing

in brandishing his blackberry - wide eyed with news

RICK:

Oh my god, who’s seen this

Reactions - what?

RICK (CONT'D)

Viv - arrested for smuggling drugs

Reactions - amazement.

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RICK (CONT'D)

She’s in a Dominican Republic

prison

EMMA:

Dominican?

AMELIE:

(truly amazed)

Ziggy was right

People dive to their computers, smart phones and so on...

Mike clocking this, comes out

EMMA:

(hand over mouth, upset)

This can’t be true

GRACE:

She wouldn’t do this

MARTY:

I thought she was in Ibiza.

MARIANNE:

Tracy said she was ill

MARTY:

Where is Tracy?

FAT JASON:

She must have been in on it

GRACE:

(hears him)

She wouldn’t do that - neither of

them would

EMMA:

- she’ll have been set up

FAT JASON:

She swallowed them - you wouldn’t

get me swallowing drugs

GRACE:

About the only thing you wouldn’t

swallow - you fat get

All hell breaks loose, people yelling at each other, taking

sides with or abusing Jason.

MIKE:

(calls for calm)

Alright, alright, SHUT IT.

They quieten down.

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MIKE (CONT’D)

We don’t know the circumstances, we

don’t know the reasons, so let’s

hold the speculation...

BETH:

Me and Mike have spoken to her

parents and they’re beside

themselves - so is Tracy

FAT JASON:

(sotto, to Pete)

She was in on it

Grace shoots him evils.

MIKE:

We-don’t-know-anything. And until

we do, let’s get back to work -

He goes.

There is a sense of shock, amazement amongst the team.

EMMA:

(really upset)

She wouldn’t do this

BETH:

People have secrets, do things they

live to regret

As she says this Beth glances pointedly across at Marianne,

who turns and walks away -

RICK:

(to the guys as they go -)

I wouldn’t mind but I gave her ten

Euros I had left from Crete - and

all the time she’s Pablo Escobar

99 INT. POLICE STATION - WAITING ROOM - DAY 18 - 08.45 99

Tracy, Tanya and Robbie waiting. No one says anything. Just

waiting. Terrible atmosphere.

TRACY:

They’re gonna bang me up aren’t

they, I know they will -

TANYA:

Stay strong.

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Her mum pulls her close and we stay on Tracy’s face, a young

woman who has made a serious mistake

Hold on her fear and regret, until

A DETECTIVE enters. Face unreadable.

DETECTIVE:

Miss Shawcross

100 INT. POLICE STATION - INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 18 - 08.55 100

Tracy and Tanya are back in the interview room with the two

Detectives and ANOTHER MAN.

DETECTIVE:

Tracy, this is Dotun Aziz from our

Serious Organised Crime Unit

Tracy nods, terrified.

DETECTIVE AZIZ:

Hi

TRACY:

Hello

DETECTIVE AZIZ:

Tracy, as I’m sure you know drug

smuggling carries a sentence of up

to fifteen years in prison.

Tracy nods.

DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT'D)

And it’s only through sheer luck

you aren’t sitting with your friend

in the Dominican Republic - or

lying in hospital because one of

those bags burst -

He stares at her, tough faced.

TRACY:

I know...

DETECTIVE AZIZ:

But the point is you’re not, you’re

sitting here and you came of your

own volition. Which we appreciate.

Hold on Tracy, shaking. Tanya clasps her hand.

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DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT'D)

At this moment in time there is

insufficient evidence to charge you

with any offence. Therefore you’ll

be released and are free to go.

However, should further evidence

come to light in the future... You

will be re-arrested.

Relief from Tracy and Tanya.

DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT'D)

Also, we’ll be using the

information you have given us to

set up a surveillance operation on

Jimmy Carlton -

She nods her understanding.

DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT'D)

And if he’s arrested and it’s taken

to court, the evidence you have

given today will be called upon.

Do you understand?

She does.

DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT'D)

You’d be prosecuted if you refused

to testify, is that clear?

She does. The thought fills her with dread.

DETECTIVE AZIZ (CONT’D)

Is there anything you’d like to ask

us?

TRACY:

...what about Viv? Can you help

her? Can you get her home?

DETECTIVE AZIZ:

I’m afraid she’s out of our hands -

if she co-operates she might get a

reduced sentence, serve time back

home, but their system is

notoriously slow so... don’t hold

your breath.

On Tracy, heartbroken. Tanya clocking this

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102 INT. VIV’S PARENTS HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 18 - 16.25 102

Tracy and Tanya sitting opposite Janice (who looks terrible,

on the booze again) and John.

A holiday programme babbles in the b/g on TV (or is mute but

we see the images, the irony).

Tanya pulls a LARGE ENVELOPE from her bag and slides it, very

matter-of-factly, across the coffee table.

Janice and John look at one another. Then Janice reaches

forward and peers inside the envelope.

It’s full of BANK NOTES.

TANYA:

We want to help. It’s for your

flights. For Viv’s lawyer.

JANICE:

You can’t afford this.

TANYA:

It’s from savings.

Complete lie and everyone knows it. Tracy turns away.

TANYA (CONT'D)

I know you’ve been off work and

things have been hard

JANICE:

We’re not destitute.

Tanya loses her confidence slightly.

TANYA:

...when Viv’s case goes to court,

there’ll be fees, you’ll be

expected to pay it.

JANICE:

We’ll manage.

TANYA:

It could run to thousands

JANICE:

We don’t need charity.

TANYA:

It’s not charity, it’s

JANICE:

We can’t accept it.

JOHN:

Yes we can.

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JANICE:

John

JOHN:

We accept it.

John stares hard at Tracy - and it’s all in the unsaid. He

knows what this money is and why they are offering it. And

he hates her for it.

TANYA:

You’d do the same for us.

Tracy can’t meet JANICE’s eyes. It’s horrendously awkward.

There is a long awkward terrible silence.

103 INT. JS MOTORS - BETH’S OFFICE - DAY 18 - 17.00 103

Work is carrying on as best it can, despite the earlier

bombshell. We hold on Marianne at her desk.

She is staring at the VIV NEWS STORY on her computer.

Hold on her face.

Then, she slowly stands.

And we follow her as she walks out of her office, across the

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