The Inland Road

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Are you all right?

I'm okay.

How about you?

I've been better.

The tire burst, I lost control.

Where's Matt?

I think he's just

gone to get some help.

Oh Jesus, Tia.

Have you spoken to your mother?

No.

We had a fight.

Yeah, she called.

Let's have a look at it, then.

What the f*** were you thinking?

I was wondering if I could

come stay with you for a bit.

Carol and I, we've

only just started

to get ourselves

together, you know.

We've got the

boys to think about.

Please, Dad.

Here.

Take it.

Get on a bus, go home,

and sort it out with

your mother, will you?

You're 16, Tia.

Just go home.

I need to go to Cromwell.

Cromwell?

That'll cost close to 150 bucks.

Here at St. Paul's, and

in the wider community.

I want to assure you of

our prayers this week

as you grieve the

loss of Matthew Roberts.

Matthew's family

have had close links

with St. Paul's church,

and we see them as part

of our extended family.

We hope and pray that we

can be a support to you,

not only today, but in the

weeks and months that lie ahead.

A particular welcome to you, May.

I know that there are

many people here today

that have come to support you.

His sister-in-law, Donna.

And his brother-in-law, Will.

And to his daughter, Lily.

Welcome to you today.

Would you please be upstanding

as we sing the 23rd Psalm.

(bright organ music)

# The Lord is my shepherd

# I shall not want

# He makes me down to lie

# In pastures green

# He leadeth me

# Down quiet waters by

Hi there.

I'm Donna, I'm Will's wife.

I saw you at the church,

but I didn't get a chance

to say a proper hello.

Hi.

Will's gone, Edith's looking for her.

Can you just

come and talk to her?

Yeah, okay.

Excuse me a minute.

Hey.

Hi.

Do you want a tailor-made?

Sure.

- Cheers.

You lied to me.

You knew he was dead already.

They knew before you ran for help.

If I had told you,

couldn't have lived, you.

You saved my life, too.

Thank you.

Love you, Mom.

Goodnight, May.

What is she still doing here?

Hi, Tia.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You just waiting for your ride, or...

Um, no.

Not really.

Where else are you staying?

Um...

Why don't you come

and stay with us tonight?

Yeah, yeah.

Just jump in.

I know Will really

appreciated you coming today.

Sorry about the smell, but

we're doing some renovations

to the main house at the moment,

and I just think you'll be

more comfortable out here.

No, this is good, thanks.

'Kay.

Well, you just

make yourself at home.

Have you got any Peritol?

Sure.

It's yum.

It's Donna's mum's recipe.

I sometimes put tomatoes in it,

but I think it's

better just pumpkin.

Are you a farmer?

I'm a bricky.

Builder.

Matt was the main farmer.

She's shooting f***ing possums?

I told you to lock that gun up!

Who the hell

does she think she is?

Leave it, Donna.

I'll handle it.

Oi!

What the f***

are you playing at?

Tia.

'Night, then.

How long is she gonna stay?

I dunno.

We don't even

know anything about her.

I mean, I think we should

put a timeframe on it.

It's not the greatest

time to have a visitor.

Will, we need to make a plan.

We're having a baby, Will.

Christ, Donna, have you seen her?

I did that to her.

Far as I'm concerned, she can stay

as long as she goddamn likes.

Morning.

Do you want some breakfast?

You can't go helping

yourself to our rifles, okay?

It's really dangerous.

There was a possum on the roof.

Yeah, well, we get a lot of possums.

Look, if you need to stay

here for a while, that's fine.

But you need to help out

around the place, okay?

I was thinking I might go see May.

She's not answering her phone.

Okay.

Do you want to come?

No.

I could use the company.

May?

Who is it?

Hi, darling.

Is your mom home?

It's auntie Donna.

Sorry, I think the bell's broken.

You gonna let me in?

I'm just gonna have a smoke.

Where's Mom and Dad?

I asked them to leave.

Mom started fussing, I

wanted the house to myself.

They're at Ruth's,

they'll give you a call

before they head back.

What happened to your face?

I had an accident.

My daddy had an accident.

What's your name?

Tia.

That's a nice name.

It's all right.

What's your name?

Lily.

You know, like the mountain lily.

Yeah.

And the mountain

on the flower lily?

Yeah, I got it.

What's that on your neck?

Nothing.

What does it mean?

It's none of your business.

Can I do your hair?

It's quite knotty.

Are you okay?

Is it hurting?

My tattoo says Paturoa.

I don't really

know what that means.

It's my boyfriend's name.

Hey, I want you to

come for dinner tonight.

I'll make something

nice, you can stay.

May...

You need to be around people.

Okay.

Oh, no, it's okay.

It's silk, it's really nice to wear.

It's so soft.

I should get you some

other clothes to wear,

so I can wash those.

No, I'm all right.

They're filthy.

Here, what about...

What have we got?

What about that?

You like it?

It suits you.

She's not answering, so let's just...

It'll be cold.

It'll be fine.

Hey.

Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

You eating?

Of course.

Jeez.

Cranked out the good stuff.

Dig in, everyone.

You look nice.

It's Donna's dress.

It's not Donna's, it's mine.

No, it's not.

Yes it is.

I bought it for Claire's wedding.

No, you didn't.

Yeah, I bought it for Claire's wedding.

Are you sure?

Yeah, doesn't matter, you can have it.

Potatoes are good.

So have you thought of any names yet?

Not really.

If it's a boy, we're thinking Nathaniel.

What do you think?

We went to school

with a boy called Nate.

He didn't amount to much.

Started a rafting company

that went bust last year.

I thought he was all right.

You only liked him 'cause

he wanted to screw you.

That's not true.

I'm gonna put some music on.

I hate jazz.

Hello, sweetheart.

Hi.

Good snooze?

Can I have some wine?

Course you can, sweetheart.

What?

European kids drink wine all the time.

Stop them turning into binge drinkers.

You been overseas?

I have.

Just once.

We went to Fiji, it was nice, actually.

Do you remember that?

When we went with Daddy?

And Donna's been overseas.

She went to the UK for a

holiday and stayed eight years.

Shame she came back, actually.

We were doing fine 'til

these guys came home.

May, please...

I had a husband, a family, a life...

May...

No, f*** you!

May...

- No, f*** you, too!

You shouldn't have been driving.

You don't know the roads!

Sorry.

Why couldn't you just stay away?

I've spent the last eight

years looking after Mum and Dad,

dealing with f***ing trenches

to keep this place from falling down.

You two just swum back from the UK

and moved right on in.

You said you wanted

to be close to the school.

You said...

Bullshit!

That's what Mum and Dad told you

just to make themselves feel better!

I never wanted to be there.

I'm just gonna be

sleeping over there, okay?

Can you sing me a song?

What song?

# One little, two little,

three little Indi

# Five little, six little, seven little

# Ten little, nine little,

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