The Daughter Page #4

I can't lose them, Henry.

I'll try and talk to Christian.

He's in the city with Oliver.

I'll call him.

Excuse me? Just one more.

Well, I'm sure as sh*t

not getting that job.

There were, like,

ten 20-year-olds

sitting in the waiting room,

psyching me out.

What happened?

I don't have to be

on my best behaviour anymore.

Grace isn't coming.

She what?

She's done this before.

What?

Just disappeared

without notice.

F***. That's not good, hey?

Yeah.

She's been staying

at a friend's house.

We've been on a break.

Hey, do you want one of these?

- Ah...

- Come on.

Alright, f*** it. Let's do it.

Oh, we're going to do it.

Like old times,

we're going to do it.

Carl,

I need you to duplicate this.

I'm going to take one of those.

- Here. Right there.

- Cheers.

I'm sorry about that

interview. 20-year-olds!

The problem is, I get in there

and I'm stressed out.

Cheers.

- Alright.

- Garon!

I think I may have turned

Erica flowers

because of my natural

repulsion.

See that?

The wing's coming on strong.

I reckon she might just

make it back up into the air.

You alright, love?

Why did you go to jail?

I did a bad thing.

What did you do?

I found a way to hide

a whole heap of money

that we were supposed to pay.

You and mr nielson?

Yeah.

Why didn't he go to jail?

Well, Henry's name

wasn't on the documents,

and there was no point

of both of us going down.

Why'd you do it?

I don't know.

Greed, loyalty to a friend.

And I wanted to make

a good life for your father.

I was sitting here.

They'd just convicted my dad.

It was all over the news,

and he was on the TV

just up there.

And

there was this group of guys.

I was drinking back there,

and one of them

just kept shouting out,

'isn't that your dad?'

But I ignored him.

I kept drinking.

But the f***ing prick, man,

the f***ing prick

just kept shouting

till the whole pub

was listening,

and I turned to him.

I wanted to punch

his f***ing face in.

I looked up at the TV.

I looked at my dad

straight in the face...

And I said, 'I've got

no idea who that guy is.'

and then I dropped out of uni.

I never would have

met Charlotte

if I hadn't moved back home.

Look at hedvig. She's a genius.

I know - 'shut up.'

I'm meant to say that

'cause I'm her dad,

but she's a genius,

and all the stuff...

She's a very bright girl.

All the stuff I never got to

do, she's going to do it -

she's going to do it.

Oliver, there's something that

I really need to...

What are you guys doing

in here?

We were just reminiscing.

This is, um, this is Oliver.

Hi, Oliver.

Hi.

This is my friend Christian.

We used to go to uni here.

What do you do now?

Christian is kind of a

hot-shot businessman.

I don't like to brag.

What about you, what do you do?

I am just a local fella,

just from around here,

- local guy.

- You don't sound like one.

Oh, really? Good. I try

pretty hard to stave that off.

No, no, no.

- On both 1...

- 2...

- 2...

- 3...

Horse.

- Dolphin!

- Nah, nah, nah!

- Dolphin.

- Dolphins?

We're not playing dolphins.

That was impressive.

- It's impressive!

- I'm impressive.

I'm out of my league.

Where are you guys staying

tonight?

That's a good question.

We were actually meant to be

home a few hours ago.

When?

About, like, five hours or so.

You should stay the night

with us.

We're actually married men.

Does it matter?

To me, it does. It does!

To me, it does.

What about you?

Are you alright?

I'm sorry!

I'm out of practice.

I'm about to fall over myself.

What time is it?

Um...

It's quarter to two.

We got to get back.

Listen, I'm going to

drink some water...

- We need a plan.

- I'll drink some water,

and we'll give it, like,

an hour.

We'll give it two hours.

We need a plan.

Come here, mate.

I've missed you, mate.

- Oliver?

- Yeah?

I don't want to ever grow up.

- It's too late, mate.

- Let's never grow up.

It's too late.

Where the f*** have you been?

Oh, my god,

you look great, Anna.

We have to start.

Just give him a few minutes.

What happened?

I couldn't get on the plane.

Grace,

you could have called me.

I just wasn't ready.

Christian, there's something

I need to talk to you about.

I'm running late

for my dad's wedding, so...

Oh.

What is it?

I can call you later.

No, you can't call me later.

You can tell me now.

What's going on, what is it?

We should talk later.

Grace, let's talk about it now.

- What's going on?

- No, let's not do this now.

What?

You and I were never right

for each other, Christian.

I could never figure you out,

and you never let me in.

- I just...

- Don't do this.

Not now.

I've been seeing Richard again.

Don't do this, don't do this.

I'm sorry.

What are you telling me, that

you've been f***ing Richard

while I was waiting

for you to arrive,

calling you every hour?

You've been f***ing Richard?

Is that what you're telling me

right now?

It wasn't...

I did everything for you.

I'm sorry.

Stop saying that.

- I'm sorry.

- Stop saying that!

Don't say that. I'm sure you

think you should be sorry.

You're a f***ing liar.

Come on, we're going to start.

What are you doing?

Congratulations.

Let's do this.

To have and to hold...

To have and to hold.

- ..For better or for worse...

- For better or for worse.

For richer or for poorer...

For richer or for poorer.

In sickness and in health...

In sickness and in health.

Till death do us part.

Till death do us part.

Christian, please come forward

with the rings.

Christian?

The rings.

Dance hall days

Christian! Come on, dance.

Dance with me, come on.

Right, let's go.

Hey, hey!

Come on, baby!

Salsa

that was lovely, wasn't it?

You think?

Yeah, it was beautiful.

You didn't feel even a tinge

of jealousy?

What are you doing?

Have you told Oliver?

You haven't, have you?

How could you do that

to the man you love?

He was an absolute mess.

His father was in jail.

I wanted to tell him.

I really wanted to tell him,

but I had to wait

for a better time.

But you never did, did you?

You don't think it's cruel to

let him keep living that lie?

You've seen our family.

Do you think

there's something wrong

with the way that we live?

Please just leave us alone.

We're happy. Just let us be.

You should tell him tonight.

He deserves to know.

You do not need to be scared

of the truth.

You don't need to be

scared of this, Charlotte!

Let's go.

Hedvig needs to be in bed.

Can't we stay a little longer?

It's way past your bedtime.

Since when do I have a bedtime?

- Bedtime? She's not 12.

- I'm not 12!

You need to be in school

tomorrow.

You coming?

I'm going to stay a bit longer.

- How will you get home?

- I'll walk.

Why don't you just come now?

Christian's leaving

in a couple of days.

- Can't you see him tomorrow?

- What's wrong with you?

Ok. I'm going to stay with you.

- You don't have to.

- I want to stay.

You do want to stay? Alright.

You're going home, hedvig.

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