Ordinary Lies Page #3

Season #2 Episode #2

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Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 12.

Holly losing confidence.

And then... ping, lift opens and Adam and another man exitand head for the car park, they are deep in conversation.

Don’t see Holly. And they are gone.

On Holly... what to do... she exits... round the revolvingdoor... and into the car park... where, ahead...

Adam and his mate are wrapping up, ‘great work today, see youtomorrow mate’ etc... but by now Adam is right near his

car... bleeping it open.

Holly rooted to the spot, unsure what to do, she won’t reachhim in time... she dashes for her car.

Adam’s car pulls away.

Holly sparks her car and makes an elaborate reverse. In her

haste to follow she almost takes out a couple of workers.

They yell at her. She has no time to stop.

She starts her pursuit of Adam’s car.

He indicates left and pulls out onto the main road, in herhaste to not lose him she does the same, which means an

erratic bit of overtaking. She’s driving like a madwoman.

But she manages to keep him in view.

25 INT. HOLLY’S CAR. ADAM’S CAR - DAY 11 25 *

Holly following him. They stop at traffic lights. Which

means, the pursuit gap closes and she has to pull in rightbehind him... Holly tries to mask her face. He is messingaround with his sound system, trying to find a tune on hisplaylist. She watches him.

On Holly, what am I doing?

The lights turn green and someone beeps from behind.

HOLLY:

No.

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Adam glances in his rear view and Holly has to duck out ofview. Adam puts his car into first and away...

26 INT/EXT. SUPERMARKET. HOLLY’S CAR - DAY 11

Adam’s car pulls into the car park of a Morrisons Express

type place. Holly follows, parks at a small distance.

She watches him exit his car and head for the store.

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Right then... here we go...

She checks her appearance. And follows.

Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 13.

INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY 11 27 *

Holly casually walks along the end of the aisles so she can

assess where he is - she spots him, right at the end, near

the frozen meals section... Holly clocks his basket and

realises she needs one too... she quickly tosses a few

things into it from the fruit aisle and makes her way down to

the other end. On Holly... can she do this...

She turns and sees Adam there, looking at the meals but also

texting... she stares at him... he eventually grabs a meal

and tosses it into his basket... looks up and

HOLLY’s massive surprise face.

HOLLY:

Oh my god. Oh my... Adam.

ADAM:

Holly...

HOLLY:

Wow... that’s...

ADAM:

Whoa...

They both kind of laugh. Adam shakes his head, looks at her.

ADAM (CONT’D)

This is crazy.

HOLLY:

I know...

ADAM:

How long’s

HOLLY:

Years. Seven years... I thought

you were living down South... New

Forest or...

ADAM:

Yeah, I moved back... few months

ago... long story...

He rolls his eyes. Laughs again. Assessing her.

ADAM (CONT’D)

You look good.

HOLLY:

So do you.

They smile.

ADAM:

Wow, God, I never thought I’d...

this is madness...

Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 14.

She laughs at him.

HOLLY:

Give us a hug then

He moves in and they embrace. It’s a bit awkward so they

don’t hold it long...

ADAM:

So - do you work live round here?

HOLLY:

Yeah, not far - I’ve got an

apartment...

ADAM:

Right

HOLLY:

You?

ADAM:

Yeah, bought a place, nothing

special - Lapwing Lane.

HOLLY:

Nice. Where you working?

ADAM:

Porter Collins - for my sins.

HOLLY:

Still making a living out of others

misfortune

ADAM:

Hey, ever since I was a little boy

I said, ‘when I grow up I want to

be an insurance loss adjuster’

He smiles. He twinkles. She laughs.

ADAM (CONT’D)

You?

HOLLY:

(tries to throw it away -)

Oh, I’m a manager... this online

sports place -

ADAM:

Wow

HOLLY:

Hundred and fifty staff

ADAM:

Amazing.

Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 15.

HOLLY:

Yeah... can’t complain. It’s a lot

of responsibility, long hours, but

I like it - like managing people.

Making sure I get the best from my

team...

She smiles, exuding fake confidence. His phone beeps, text.

ADAM:

(glances at it -)

Sorry. Gotta be somewhere.

Running a bit late...

She can’t see the message, no indication of what that is or

who he is late for... can’t ask...

HOLLY:

Right. Yeah. Sure.

ADAM:

It’s amazing bumping into you, we

should... catch up or...

HOLLY:

That’d be great. Unless your wife

would think it was weird -ex-

girlfriend alert...

(she pulls an eek face)

ADAM:

(he laughs)

I’m sure she’ll be fine...

Holly’s face drops, ever so slightly...

ADAM (CONT’D)

-especially as we’re separated and

she lives with a guy called Zane.

Holly smiles.

HOLLY *

Shall we swap numbers or... *

ADAM:

Great. Punch yours in there - I’ll *

call you.

He hands across his phone. She puts her mobile number in. *

But then hits call. Shows him what she’s done.

HOLLY:

Then I’ve got yours.

She hands it back.

ADAM:

Good to see you again.

Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 16.

HOLLY:

And you He

goes, replying to that text. We hold on Holly. Chewingaway on whether that was a success or not.

She catches sight of herself reflected in the freezer door.

She’s a different person.

28 INT. HOLLY’S FLAT. HOLLY’S COMPUTER SCREEN - DAY 11 28 *

Profile page.

Relationship status - DELETE.

Recent posts being deleted: Yawning already - delete. Andfurther back - a stream of posts that betray a less confidentand successful Holly [SCRIPT SEPARATELY]

Holly glances at her photo gallery - and they predominantlyfeature Holly looking, well, like Holly. She starts to

delete them...

Leaving just the ones where she looks fun or cool or like sheis having a great time...

Jump to

Job - she deletes old one (’PA to the general manager’) and

instead leaves Manager, Coopers Outdoors - online sports

retailer.

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Jump to

She changes her PRIVACY settings. New posts not in feed.

Jump to

She goes into other online sites of her non work ‘friends’ selects

images of holidays, gigs - nights out (groups ofpeople, so faces not easily identifiable) - and beautifulimages...

And SAVES them to her desktop. She then transfers them to

her new profile page.

She is starting to look fun and cool.

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29 EXT. COOPERS. CAR PARK - DAY 12 29 *

Holly arriving for work.

Across the car park, Ash is arguing with his mum, Kim - fromhere we can’t tell what they are saying but their faces areharsh with one another and their words barbed and sotto.

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