The Ghoul Page #2

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I live anyway, so

What's she called?

Kathleen.

Her name's Kathleen.

Timing! Got a light?

Here you are.

Can I have a draw on that?

- Er - Wanna share some?

Erm

I-I can't cos it's, er

It's just that it's

Sorry, it's my last, it's my last

little bit, so, erm

So I haven't got much

I haven't got much left, so

- I only want a little bit.

- Er

"Hi, mum. Yeah. Yeah, good."

"Yeah, actually, it's ok. Going well."

Hmm. It's a, er psychotherapist.

It's not a psychiatrist. Yeah.

"A she. She it's a

"Yeah, it's, it's a woman.

"Yeah, well, you know,

just Just about stuff."

Hello, mate. Happy F***ing hell!

Jesus, mate!

I should've brought my hazard suit.

Christ, honestly.

Open a window now and again.

Give the rats a fighting chance.

- I'm kidding. How are you, man?

- Er, good.

Look at this. The booze man cometh.

All unwanted samples from work.

What is yourpoisson?

We got, erWhisky, ouzo, vodka.

What the f*** is this stuff?

Here you are.

- That's for you.

- Cheers.

Overflowing with gratitude

as ever, I see.

Right, I can't stay. How's your, erm?

Oh, yeah, yeah, good. It's better.

Running. Seriously, mate, it works.

Endorphins. Get yourself a good woman.

Or even better, get

yourself a bad woman. Yeah?

- All right, man.

- How's Kathleen?

Yeah, she's good, yeah. We're good.

I mean, we've had

a few problems, but, yeah

Yeah, it's good.

- Drinks soon, yeah?

- Yeah.

Get up!

- Ta-ra.

- See you, Jim.

"What do you think

about when you're walking?"

"Just, er daydreams and stuff.

"Dreaming I'm someone else."

Who are you in your dreams?

A policeman.

Like a-a

Like a police detective.

Is that something you

would've liked to have done?

Yeah. Yeah, I suppose.

And what have you done?

For a living, I mean?

Bits and pieces.

Catering and Signing on at the moment.

But in your daydreams you're

someone more exciting.

It's like I'm a policeman.

And I've taken the blame for something.

Something wrong someone else has done.

So I-I-I'm off the force, but I

still s-solve crimes.

It's really detailed in some ways

and really vague in others.

Dreams are like that.

Daydreams, too.

Chris!

Chris. Hey!

- Hi.

- That's so funny.

That's, like, the second

time in this park.

What are you doing? You're not

a kiddie-Fiddler, are you?

Are you out on your morning rounds?

No, no. I come, er I come here a lot.

- Do you?

- Yeah.

Don't you live three miles

away or something?

Mm how's work?

Erm, it's good, yeah.

I've changed schools.

So it'sIt's better.

It's slightly better, yeah.

How about you?

Oh, you know, I'm, I'm

er, in between things.

Is that the same bracelet you had at uni?

Yeah, it is. What a strange

thing to remember.

Oh, I should get going.

- It's good to see you.

- And you. Definitely.

- I'll see you soon.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

F***!

"Sometimes I daydream that I'm

undercover in real life.

"Like when I'm here,

I pretend I'm undercover,

"and it's part

of an investigation, you know?

"When I'm walking I I pretend

that I'm trailing someone

"and it's part of a case.

"It's harmless, I think.

"I-I-I know it sounds weird, but I, erm

"I should probably stop."

Is Kathleen in these daydreams?

Yeah, she's like a profiler,

like a psychological profiler,

like forensics.

Yeah. I mean, in real

life, she's a teacher.

Anyway, she's, she's really

smart, so it suits her.

What about other people? Like Jim?

Yeah, sometimes he's

I mean, he's another cop.

But in real life he works

for a drinks company.

Erm, I-I know it's not real.

I mean, it-it's nice, but

I know it's not real.

Hello, old chap.

If I was a suspicious fellow,

I'd say you were following me.

Er, no. I Well, I just

Er, I've just seen you at the therapy

center a couple of times.

I just thought I'd say hello.

So you followed me halfway across London?

Er, I'm yeah, I'm really I'm really sorry.

Really, really sorry.

Well, it's comforting to know I'm

not the nuttiest person in there.

I can erm yeah. Er

- I-I-I better go. S-s-sorry again.

- Hey, what's your name?

Er

- It's Chris.

- Well, Chris

Why don't we grab a coffee? You can pay.

Make up for the whole, you

know Stalking thing.

- No, I-I-I better - Buy me

a coffee or I'll call the police.

Great.

My name's Michael, by the way.

Michael Coulson.

Come on.

"Been to over a dozen therapists.

"Each of them trying to find

the exact nature of the problem.

"Outsmarted them all, of course."

Yeah, we're all in hell.

Some of us just don't remember

why we've been put there.

There's more to her than meets the eye.

- Who?

- Fisher.

Not exactly clear

what's going on, but, er

Let's just say she's not exactly

disinterested in her patients.

You know, she wants me to see

another therapist? It's most odd.

Says we'll be the perfect fit. Very insistent.

Won't let it drop.

- Well, are you gonna go?

- Yeah, probably.

Just out of curiosity

more than anything else.

See who this super psychologist is.

What's his name, the other therapist?

Morland. Alexander Morland.

It's quite a grandiose name, isn't it?

Right, let's go back to Waterloo.

- What line do you need?

- Er, northern.

Oh, Christ. Wouldn't wish

that on my worst enemy.

I'll get us a cab. I'll pay. Come on.

"I'm really sorry, Chris."

I've just found out that I've got

I'm ill.

It's quite serious, I'm afraid, so I'm

gonna have to take some time off.

I'd like to recommend another person

you might consider seeing.

It will give you continuity. You wouldn't

feel like you were starting from nothing.

Christopher

I think we've made a lot of progress.

This doctor's called Morland.

Dr Alex Morland.

When we study to become psychotherapists,

we have to undergo therapy ourselves.

It's part of our training.

And Alex, Dr Morland

he was my therapist.

Christopher?

Will you consider it?

"She says he's right for both of us.

Does that strike you as odd?"

I just think she wants someone else

to pick up where she left off.

Oh! That's a lot of pills.

Oh. Yeah.

I should, er I should become a dealer.

Well, it struck me as odd. Very odd.

Oh, I, er I was there, you know.

At Morland's. Two days ago.

I won't say any more. I want

to hear your first impressions.

Chin-chin.

Trousers down for half a crown!

Christopher? Come in, come in.

Let me take your coat.

Usually, my man would be here to take

it, but he's on his annual day off.

Did you get here ok?

Er, yeah, sorry. I was delayed,

theThe train was

Nationalize the whole

bloody thing, I say!

Come up to my lair.

Sorry. Place is a bloody mess.

Sign of a creative mind. Or a lazy sod.

Ah please, sit, sit.

Now, just because we're plumbing

the depths of the unconscious mind,

doesn't mean we can't have

a cup of tea or coffee?

Er tea, please.

Normal tea or some sort of gay tea?

We've got the lot.

- Er, normal, thanks.

- Coming up.

There you go. Nectar of the gods.

Now, then how are you?

Er yeah. Fine.

It's good of you to come

out here to the sticks.

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