Sunshine on Leith Page #5

It's a recruitment agency

for health care workers.

So I put my details in

and they came back with an offer.

- Florida?

- Yeah.

And you never said anything.

Well, you said

I should make up my own mind.

Come here.

That's great, your news, darling.

Thanks, Mum.

Yeah, I'm looking forward

to working with you, mate.

So long as you're up for a laugh.

Thank you.

- Hiya.

- Your name?

- If you make it out to Rab.

- Rab.

No. Robert.

- Robert.

- Yeah.

- OK.

- Can I ask you a personal question?

If you were to fall

out with your partner

and you wanted to cook something

really special to win them over,

anything in this book

you'd recommend?

Are we talking simple but sweet

or seriously impressive?

I was hoping for bloody miraculous.

Escallops of veal and Marsala.

It's a classic.

Veal?

Veal.

Veal?

OK.

You forgot your book.

Are you kidding me?

17 quid?

I could fly to Italy for 17 quid.

It's like he's been

lying to me all this time.

- Have you thrown him out?

- He's on the couch.

Should be in a kennel if you ask me.

And Liz is moving halfway

round the world for a new job.

- Where's she going?

- Florida.

Florida? I'd love to go there.

My family's falling apart.

I feel like it's my fault.

Jean, I'm sorry,

I couldn't help overhearing.

Harry, I'm just being stupid.

Aye, you are being stupid if

you think any of this is your fault.

Come here. Come on. Come on.

- It can happen in any family.

- Come on. Come on.

Mary Queen of Scots,

born 1542, died 1587.

Her third husband

murdered her second husband,

her cousin tried her for treason

and her son stole her throne.

It's true. If she was alive today,

she'd be on the Jeremy Kyle Show.

So you listen to me, Jean Henshaw.

Whatever happened is not your fault.

You have done nothing but work yourself

into the ground for your family.

You've been letdown,

messed around

Told to get your feet

back on the ground

When you should have been loved

- Should have been loved

- Loved, loved

- You should have been loved

- Should have been loved

You've been ripped off, written off

Told an act of kindness

makes you soft

When you should have been loved

- Should have been loved

- Loved, loved

- You should have been loved

- Should have been loved

But all your detractors

underestimated you

'Cause they don't know you like I do

Aye, it's been rough

You've put up with stuff

Times when we thought

you'd had enough

When you should have been loved

- Should have been loved

- Loved, loved

- You should have been loved

- Should have been loved

And anything new

you tried to do

Got you treated

like a jumper in a queue

When you should have been loved

- Should have been loved

- Loved, loved

- You should have been loved

- Should have been loved

But when there was pity

And when there was wealth

You wasted neither on yourself

- Should have been loved

- Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

- Should have been loved

- Should have been loved

Ooh, my back!

Whoa, your detractors

underestimated you

'Cause they don't

know you like we do

I've been let down, messed around

Told to get my feet

back on the ground

When I should have been

loved, loved, loved

I should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Should have been loved

Bloody veal.

18 quid.

18 quid.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You are gonna have to speak to him,

you know.

I know.

I'm scared, Rab.

You're scaring me.

At least you're not complaining

about me holding your hand.

You never liked that, did you?

Shoved them in your pockets

rather than walk down the street

like this.

But I rumbled you.

Years ago.

When my dad died.

You held my hand then.

You held onto it.

Tight.

My heart was broken

My heart was broken

Sorrow

Sorrow

Sorrow

Sorrow

My heart was broken

My heart was broken

You saw it

You claimed it

You touched it

You saved it

While I'm worth

My room on this earth

I will be with you

While the chief

Puts sunshine on Leith

I thank him for his work

And your birth

And my birth

Yeah, yeah, yeah

My heart was broken

My heart was broken

Sorrow

Sorrow

Sorrow

Sorrow

My heart was broken

My heart was broken

You saw it

You claimed it

You touched it

You saved it

While I'm worth

My room on this earth

I will be with you

While the chief

Puts sunshine on Leith

I thank him for his work

And your birth

And my birth

The tests suggest the damage

isn't as extensive as we feared.

He was lucky.

I've given him a sedative.

He'll be out for some time.

You should think

about getting some rest yourselves.

I'm not leaving him.

Mum, he's out of danger.

The doctor's right, OK?

I'm taking you home to get some rest.

I'm not leaving him here on his own.

I'll stay. You go home.

I'll call you when he wakes up.

Are you sure?

All right.

Hiya, Dad.

- Hey, honey.

- Hey.

How are you feeling today?

- Yeah, I'm OK.

- Yeah? Good.

Except for Miami.

Passport, visa, suntan lotion.

I'm not going, Dad.

What, because of me?

No.

How do you think I'm gonna feel if I

thought you didn't go because of me?

Come on.

I wanna be lying

here thinking of you

driving the wrong side of the road,

your Cadillac,

checking your swimming

pool for crocodiles.

Alligators, Dad.

Whatever.

You have to go.

I can't, Dad.

I remember when you were little

and we used to go

on those crazy summer holidays.

You were the adventurous one.

You were all over the place.

More than Davy,

and that's saying something.

But abroad, Dad,

it's different.

Hey, you're a Scot.

We have to travel to get work.

- Always have and we always will.

- You never moved.

Glasgow to Edinburgh,

if you don't mind.

Had a nosebleed at

Waverley Station.

I don't want you spending

the rest of your life wondering.

You have to go out there.

You have to grab it.

OK, look, I'm gonna go.

- Let you get some...

- No, no, no. No, no.

You have to promise me first.

Promise me you'll go.

I don't want you just

staying for me.

Promise me you'll go.

OK.

OK what?

Is that a promise?

- OK, I promise.

- Yeah? Big promise?

Big grown-up, cross

your heart, hope to die,

spit on your mother's

grave kind of promise?

Yeah, I promise.

Gotta go, OK?

Thanks, Dad.

So where have you been, man?

Been looking for you.

I wanted space.

Look, Ally, I'm sorry. I wish

it could have worked out better.

I hear she's going away.

Makes sense, I suppose.

I know it feels like

the end of the world, but it's not.

Things move on. You'll get over it.

So Davy's got it all sussed, has he?

Davy and Yvonne.

What happens when

you make a mistake?

Maybe you say the wrong thing,

ask the wrong question.

You wait and see

how quickly she dumps you then.

I'm just trying to help.

I don't remember asking

for your help.

So what are you gonna do?

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