Tamara Drewe Page #16

JODY:

F***ing ‘D’ list. How could she do

that after Ben?

CASEY:

Maybe she’s numbing the pain.

JODY:

He’s not even a proper celeb.

CASEY:

Maybe older guys know more... you

know, bed stuff.

JODY:

Eww! He’s a perv. I hate him.

CASEY:

Jode, I know who I feel sorry for.

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132 EXT. NEXT DAY. EWEDOWN - BUS SHELTER. 132

Beth is walking to the post box. Jody and Casey are at the

bus shelter, gazing at her with keenest pity.

BETH:

Hello Casey. How are you?

Jody nudges her. Casey nods. Beth posts her mail.

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BETH (CONT'D)

You waiting for the bus?

JODY:

Bus got scrapped.

BETH:

So it did. Well. Hope it doesn’t

rain.

She turns for home.

CASEY:

Gutted for her.

JODY:

Me too. Fat arse though, hasn’t

she?

133 DELETED 133

134 DELETED 134 *

135 EXT. DAY. A SECLUDED LANE (HALSTOCK). 135

Casey and Jody stroll down a lonely lane. Misty. Rooks caw. *

CASEY *

There’ll be the divorce and like *

acrimony and her world’ll fall *

apart... *

JODY *

Yeah. *

CASEY *

But maybe one day, she’ll put the *

bitterness behind her and find a *

new love... *

JODY *

Don’t be daft. She’s old, you big *

sop. *

A parked 4x4 looms out of the mist. *

CASEY:

See? That’s D-List’s car. *

JODY *

So this is where he hides it when he *

goes to shag Plastic.

CASEY *

Yeah. Dirty git. *

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JODY:

Big old turd. *

CASEY *

He’s a rotten cheater. *

JODY *

Like my dad. Come on Case. Let’s

f*** him up.

*

135A EXT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM. 135A *

Nicholas looks to see if the coast is clear - then lets *

himself out. *

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136

EXT. DAY. A SECLUDED LANE. 136

Nicholas is striding purposefully back to his car with a smug *

post-coital grin. Then he sees that one of his tyres has been *

let down. *

NICHOLAS:

Sh*t salad.

He gets out his phone. Jody and Casey are in the trees

watching, satisfied.

136A INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE KITCHEN. 136A

Beth is on the phone preparing to cook.

BETH:

Oh poor you. What a drag.

137

EXT. DAY. A SECLUDED LANE. 137

Tamara is half-running down the track with a foot pump.

138

CUT 138

139 EXT. DAY. A SECLUDED LANE. 139

The rooks are cawing.

NICHOLAS:

Yes, it’s a frightful bore.

BETH (O.S.)

Well I’ll hold off on the paella.

Tamara arrives, breathless. Nicholas signals her to keep

quiet. She looks guilty, anxious.

NICHOLAS:

You’re a marvel. See you soon.

140

INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE KITCHEN. 140

The line goes dead. Beth is disconcerted. Glen walks in.

GLEN:

Beth, could I use your printer?

BETH:

Nicholas is on the motorway with a

flat tyre. But I couldn’t hear

traffic. Just rooks...

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She snaps out of it. But she knows.

BETH:

Did you ask me to read something?

141 EXT. DAY. A SECLUDED LANE. 141

The tyres are done. Nicholas is about to get in the car.

TAMARA:

Nicholas, someone knows. Maybe weshould *

NICHOLAS:

Who cares?

He kisses her, passionately. She is troubled but eventuallyresponds. Jody nudges Casey.

JODY:

Casey, pap them. Pap them!

Casey holds out her mobile and takes a picture. Then Tamaraextricates herself from his embrace. *

Jody peers at Casey’s photo. A close-up clinch.

JODY (CONT'D)

F***ing bingo.

141AA CUT 141AA *

141A EXT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - THE GARDEN / LANE. 141A

Tamara, dressed for a walk, heads down the lane. She looks

preoccupied.

Jody appears from behind the hedge. She heads for the door,

motioning Casey to follow.

142 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - TAMARA’S BEDROOM. 142

Jody is at the computer. Casey is keeping a nervous watch.

CASEY:

This is wrong, Jode.

JODY:

She’s asking for it; slut. I’mgoing to email D-List’s wife.

*

*

CASEY:

We should send the photo and be donewith it.

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Jody suddenly startles.

JODY:

Casey.

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What?

CASEY:

JODY:

While I was sitting here. Look. Ane-mail from Ben come in. Just like

that, when I’m here.

(She reads:
)

‘Tamara, Fran’s baby has come.’

143 INT. DAY. LONDON - BEN’S WAREHOUSE FLAT. 143

Ben is play-fighting with Boss.

BEN (V.O.)

And as it’s a cute little brown girl

with curly black hair I think we cansafely say it’s Steven Culley’s and

not mine. Truth is, I feel released.

I am free! New band up and running.

Done three songs about me and you.

Ben throws a treat lovingly at Boss. Boss catches it.

BEN (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Big favour to ask. We’re recording in

Paris. Would you have Boss?

144 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - TAMARA’S BEDROOM. 144

Jody continues to read.

JODY:

‘Could drop him off next week. Andwhen I’m back, maybe we could dot dot

dot. Ben.’

CASEY:

He’s coming back.

JODY:

Tamara doesn’t deserve him, Case.

(She starts to type)

‘Dear Ben, I can’t see you as I amshagging an old married man CASEY

What’re you doing??

JODY:

‘But I have found a reliable dog-

lover in the village...

CASEY:

No way, Jody! You’re not sending it.

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JODY:

‘Call Jody on 07700 900929.’

Casey tries to stop her pressing send. Jody digs her nails

into Casey’s hand. Casey yowls. Jody presses send.

CASEY:

You stupid cow!

JODY:

I’m making something happen!

CASEY:

You gone too far!

JODY:

I’m getting him down here.

CASEY:

/ You don’t know when to stop!

You’re an idiot. I’m not having

nothing to do with it.

Jody shouts over her from /.

JODY:

Otherwise my whole life’ll go by and

I’ll be washed up and thirty four

like my mum and no one decent will

ever even have snogged me!

Casey is leaving.

CASEY:

You twat.

JODY:

F*** off then.

145 INT. DAY. NICHOLAS’ SHED. STONEFIELD. 145

Nicholas is writing. Beth approaches.

BETH:

There’s the festival brochure. You’re

on in the Lanson Marquee. I’ve marked

a few bits in case you want to read.

Beth hands him a hardback.

NICHOLAS:

You’re a marvel. Cheers.

He kisses her and prepares to leave. She is suspicious. *

BETH:

I could come with you.

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NICHOLAS:

Oh, don’t. You hate festivals.

BETH:

But it’s only Hadditon. I’ll come.

NICHOLAS:

It’s completely boring. You’ll hate

it. Stay here.

Her suspicion will stay silent no longer.

BETH:

Have you got anything to tell me,

Nicholas?

*

*

NICHOLAS:

Like what?

Nicholas attacks; the best form of defence.

NICHOLAS:

God, it’s like living with the

effing moral police. Are you evergoing to trust me?

He goes.

145A EXT. DAY. EWEDOWN (PIG FIELD). 145A

Nicholas drives through a huge puddle in his 4X4, splashingCasey. He roars on, oblivious.

CASEY:

(getting her mobile out)

Right. Wanker.

149

SCENES 146,147 AND 148 ARE CUT.

INT. DAY. KITCHEN - STONEFIELD. 149

Glen is admiring his finished manuscript. Beth is makingsponge, preoccupied - but pleased at Glen’s achievement.

*

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