Ordinary Lies Page #6

Season #1 Episode #2

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BETH (CONT'D)

There’s something about her, I

don’t trust her... she’s got a

shifty face

MIKE:

I know... for a woman getting the

sort of action she’s been getting,

you’d think she’d look happier

They laugh again. And then...

MIKE (CONT’D)

Oh sh*t.

CCTV monitor shows a RANGE ROVER pulling in.

BETH:

What is it?

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MIKE:

Alison, and the kids

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On Beth, rallies. She already knows they are back together

but pretends otherwise

BETH:

When did she come back

MIKE:

Last week (

rising to go out)

I was going to tell you -

BETH:

It’s fine

MIKE:

No, I was. I should have. I just

wanted to find the right time -

BETH:

Mike, it’s fine.

40 EXT. JS MOTORS - CAR PARK - DAY 13 - 17.25 40

Mike heads out as his wife, ALISON - attractive, 40, someone

who has grown used to money and a certain lifestyle - heads

across with the kids, RUBY, 15, and LUKE, 8.

MIKE:

What you lot doing here?

ALISON:

Thought we’d take you for dinner

They kiss/peck.

ALISON (CONT'D)

Are you ready to leave

MIKE:

I can be (

to his son)

Hey, kiddo - how’s school?

And across the way, Beth leaves the office. She waves

casually at Alison as she makes her way to her car.

Alison oblivious to the fact that Beth has slept with her

husband. And Beth having to watch this show of familial

affection. Mike aware of this, feeling super awkward.

MIKE (CONT’D)

Okay, well, give me five minutes...

41 INT. JIMMY’S FLAT - BEDROOM - NIGHT 13 - 21.00 41

BAGS of drugs sit on the table in Jimmy’s flat.

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Tracy pacing, can’t sit still. She looks wretched.

TRACY:

What am I gonna tell her mum and

dad? How can I tell them she hasn’t

come home...

JIMMY:

You need to sleep.

TRACY:

We told them we’re coming back

later tonight, to give us time to

come here - but they’ll be

expecting her home. In two hours,

they’ll be expecting her through

the door. What am I gonna say?

WHAT AM I GONNA TELL THEM, JIMMY?

She’s feral.

JIMMY:

I don’t know

TRACY:

She’s over there on her own. She’s

all on her own.

Tracy sobs, Jimmy holds her, needs this like he needs a hole

in the head. Over her shoulder he says

JIMMY:

You’d better ring them.

42 EXT. JIMMY’S FLAT - BALCONY - NIGHT 13 - 21.15 42

Standing on the balcony of Jimmy’s flat, looking across the

night time city scape, Tracy is on her mobile...

Hating the words she is saying, but trying her best to sound

casual and credible

TRACY:

I know it’s a bit weird, I said so

myself, but... she just liked this

guy and wanted to stay a few more

days so...

(they are going bananas)

Yeh, to be honest, I think she was

scared to ring you, scared of your

reaction so... I know, but that’s

why I said I’d do it...

(more bananas)

Well, yeh, of course, call her but,

you know, she might not... I’ll

call her if you like... tell her

you’re not happy...

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All the time, in the b/g Jimmy is listening. Tracy pulls a

‘this is going badly’ face.

INT. JIMMY’S FLAT - BEDROOM - NIGHT 13 - 22.00 43

Hard cut to silence. Tracy sitting with her head in her

hands.

Jimmy enters, holding a tatty bag. He moves towards her and

places the bag beside her. She looks inside FIVE

THOUSAND POUNDS.

Tracy’s face, this is a lot of money. But even so.

JIMMY:

Harvey Nics, DKNY, can have

whatever you want...

This should thrill her, doesn’t.

TRACY:

I can’t go home. I can’t do it,

can I stay here tonight He’d

rather she didn’t, see just a flicker of this. But JIMMY

Course.

EXT. ESTATE - DAY 14 - 06.30 44

Early morning. Tracy heading across the estate where she

lives. She has her wheelie suitcases and small holdall.

It’s quiet, no one around, and yet she still feels paranoid,

like she is being watched.

EXT/INT. TRACY’S HOUSE - FRONT DOOR/HALLWAY/TRACY’S 45

BEDROOM - DAY 14 - 06.40

Tracy arrives home. Tentatively opens the door.

TRACY:

Mum? Robbie?

No reply. Palpable relief. They’re still in bed. She

slides inside, looking at her house afresh. Home - the place

she should have stayed.

She heads through to her bedroom. Locks the door.

Then fishes into the holdall and produces the CASH - payment

for her work. There’s bundles of it in twenties.

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She thinks where to hide it - scans the room, nowhere looks

safe enough. Eventually she removes a drawer from the chest

and stuffs the cash right down the back, then replaces the

drawer. You wouldn’t happen upon it.

Tracy sags on her bed. Just lies there reliving the events

of the past twenty four hours, when...

TANYA:

Baby! You’re back

She startles her.

TRACY:

Hiya.

Tracy manages a big fake smile. They hug.

TANYA:

How was it, did you have a great

time?

TRACY:

Yeh, good.

TANYA:

You look fantastic, you’ve caught

the sun. Viv enjoy herself?

TRACY:

Yeah.

TANYA:

Bet you got up to all sorts. I’m

not even gonna ask, I don’t even

wanna know...

Her mum laughs. Tracy’s insides drop. She feels sick to her

stomach. There’s no way she can keep up this lie. She sees

her JS Motors work badge on the side and her heart sinks.

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INT. JS MOTORS - RECEPTION/SHOWROOM - DAY 14 - 07.55 47

Workers streaming in, Marty still quite alone follows Pete

who’s talking to Kathy and Marianne - the usual morning

arrival. In amongst this we find Tracy, headphones on,

hoping to be ignored.

She is scanning NEWS SITES on her mobile, scrolling headlines

super fast to see if the story has broke...

It hasn’t. Some relief.

But then... Emma appears.

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EMMA:

So come on, give us all the gory

details...

TRACY:

(suddenly goes into a big

act)

Two words - A Mazing. I don’t

think I slept. Seriously, maybe an

hour, I’ve never partied so hard in

my life, and the men... it’s lucky

you didn’t come with us or you’d be

thinking twice about marrying

Jez... how I’m gonna get through

today I’ll never know.

EMMA:

Well you’d better sleep. I don’t

want you wussing out on my hen

night. Where’s Viv?

48 INT. JS MOTORS - MIKE’S OFFICE - DAY 14 - 08.45 48

Tracy standing in Mike’s office.

MIKE:

Ill? She has a week’s holiday and

she comes back ill?

TRACY:

Some kind of food poisoning. Must

have been a dodgy kebab.

MIKE:

A dodgy kebab? I have been on wild

holidays you know, I do know the

drill - has she over done it?

Tracy just shrugs. That’s all she is giving him -Mike

relents, what can he do?

MIKE (CONT’D)

So when can we expect her back?

If only Tracy knew. Only just holding together

49 INT. JS MOTORS - SHOWROOM - DAY 14 - 11.30 49

Sales forecourt. Marty and Fat Jason are working their magic

with customers on the forecourt. Emma is busy on her

computer.

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