Tamara Drewe Page #13

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JODY:

No I won’t.

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CASEY:

She’ll know someone’s read all her

stuff!

JODY:

I’ll delete it from sent items. It’s

just a laugh, Case. I only want Ben

to come back.

100 INT. DAY. LONDON - BEN’S WAREHOUSE FLAT. 100

Ben is reading the email looking angry and jealous.

BEN:

What the f*** is this?

101 INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - BETH’S OFFICE. 101

Beth opens the email.

BETH:

‘Come to Winnards Farm.’

102 INT. DAY. EWEDOWN - THE VILLAGE PUB. 102

Andy is on the public computer looking completely puzzled.

ANDY:

‘I’ll give you the biggest shagging

of your life...’

103 INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - BETH’S OFFICE. 103

Beth starts, utterly shocked.

103A INT. DAY. EWEDOWN - THE VILLAGE PUB. 103A

Zoe is leaning over Andy’s shoulder, reading the email.

ZOE:

She must want a foursome. Or

something.

104 INT. DAY. LONDON - BEN’S WAREHOUSE FLAT. 104

Ben is bashing away at his drums. Boss is barking. Tamara is

trying to remonstrate with Ben over the din.

TAMARA:

How many times? I didn’t send it!

Are you listening to me? BEN! WILL

YOU STOP DRUMMING?

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He stops. He looks at her, betrayed.

TAMARA (CONT'D)

Why don’t you believe me? I didn’t

write that email.

BEN:

Explain it then.

TAMARA:

Is this about Fran?

BEN:

What’s Fran got to do with it?

TAMARA:

She’s the reason you don’t trust me.

Just because she f***ed around on

you it doesn’t mean that I will.

Ben, furious, starts drumming again. Tamara boiling with

frustration, walks away.

105

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105A

INT. DAY. LONDON - BEN’S WAREHOUSE FLAT. / EXT. DAY. THE 105A

FIELD (LIMBURY) OUTSIDE ANDY’S SHED.

Tamara is on the phone at the far end of the flat.

TAMARA:

I wasn’t pissed, or depraved or

anything

Andy is outside his shed.

ANDY:

It’s OK, it’s OK...

The drumming leads up to a massive crescendo and stops.

TAMARA:

Can you go to the farm? Just take a

look, see if anyone’s been in.

ANDY:

No problem.

TAMARA:

Thank you. Ben’s really pissed off.

He’s massively got the hump

Ben appears from the other end of the large room.

BEN:

Have I?

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TAMARA:

Got to go. Sorry.

She puts the phone down.

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TAMARA:

I’ve just asked him to go and check

over the farm -

BEN:

Are you thick?

TAMARA:

What?

BEN:

Isn’t it obvious who sent it? That

tosser Andy Cobb.

TAMARA:

He wouldn’t do that.

BEN:

Making himself all cosy in your

house. Going through your stuff,

prob’ly wearing your f***ing pants

TAMARA:

No way!

BEN:

Bet it was him that nicked my black

T-shirt.

TAMARA:

There is no way Andy would do that!

Ben pulls his jacket on.

BEN:

Well that says it all; the way you

leap to his defence.

TAMARA:

He hasn’t done anything.

BEN:

You know what? I know Fran f***ed

my best friend but at least she was

straight with me.

TAMARA:

Ben - where are you going? Don’t

go!

BEN:

F***’s sake.

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He pushes her away, harder than he meant to. She lands on thesofa, shocked.

BEN (CONT'D)

(without apology)

I’m taking the dog for a crap.

He grabs the lead and opens the door. It slams shut. Tamara’sdread overwhelms her.

106 INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE KITCHEN. 106

Poppy is reading a print-out of Tamara’s email. Beth is

folding sheets.

POPPY:

Oh come on mum. She’s just stirringshit. Tamara’s always done that.

BETH:

Why’s your father on there - and

poor Andy? It’s so tasteless.

POPPY:

(helping with the sheets)

You know how subversive she is. She

once sent me a valentine from

Prince Harry - and I believed it.

It’s her sense of humour; she likes

causing trouble. At school she usedto give us first years tips on howto shoplift.

BETH:

She taught you to shoplift?

POPPY:

Mum, she’s marrying Ben Sergeant.

Why would she look at an old gitlike dad?

Nicholas is in the shadowy hall, listening with interest.

Poppy helps Beth upstairs with the laundry. Nicholas stepsinto the kitchen. Poppy has left the email on the table.

Nicholas picks it up, deeply curious.

106A EXT. DAY. STONEFIELD - ANDY’S SHED (LIMBURY). 106A

Nicholas is walking up the field wearing his red scarf. Andyis outside his shed, doing heavy work.

*

NICHOLAS:

What did you make of that emailfrom Tamara?

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ANDY *

It don’t make any sense. Her London *

boyfriend’s trying to f*** her up; *

that’s my theory. *

Andy carries on working. *

ANDY (CONT'D) *

She could do so much better. *

Nicholas walks on. *

NICHOLAS *

(To himself) *

Couldn’t agree more. *

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107 EXT. DAY. EWEDOWN - THE BUS SHELTER.

Casey and Jody are pouring over a gossip mag; pictures of

celebrity blonde with new man.

CASEY:

How come she’s with a different bloke

every week and when Lesley Hunt’s *

sister shagged Jeff Dobson - just

once, after he lied he loved her -

she gets called a dirty slag.

JODY:

(Pointing at the blonde)

That’s cos she does it in five star

resorts around the world - and not

The Feathers carpark.

Over the page, Ben canoodling in a freezing park with Fran.

JODY:

It’s Ben!

CASEY:

‘Who’s the daddy? Steve Culley and

Fran Redmond recently announced they

were expecting. But in a Valentine

tryst shocker Fran is snapped with ex

Ben Sergeant! Ben and Fran - we say

Get A Room.’

JODY:

He’s back with Fran? After...

CASEY:

After that email, Jode.

JODY:

No way. No way!

Tamara’s car zooms past. Her expression is black.

JODY (CONT'D)

Omigod... what if she’s dumped?

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108 EXT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM. 108 *

Tamara arrives outside her house. Depressed. She remains in *

the car, reluctant to go in, to face her isolation. *

She looks at herself in the mirror. The face that stares back *

seems like that of a stranger. *

109 DELETED 109 *

109A INT. A HOSPITAL. 109A *

Tamara is lying in bed with her brand new nose bandaged up. *

He face is covered in bruising. She is panicking -*

experiencing a loss of self. *

109B EXT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM. 109B *

The mask drops. All her old insecurities come back. She gets *

out of the car and slams the door, unable to stand the sight *

of herself. She lets herself in. *

109C INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM. 109C *

The inside of the house has been transformed by Andy. The *

drab gloomy shades of her mother have gone, replaced by warm *

tones which bring out the beauty of the house. *

Tamara wanders through. She turns around taking it all in. *

She never knew the house was so beautiful. *

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