The Unloved

[ Birds Twittering ]

[ Girl ] The Lord is my light

and my salvation;

whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength

of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

When the wicked,

even mine enemies and my foes,

came upon me

to eat up my flesh,

they stumbled and fell.

Where have you been?

I went to the shop.

Huh?

[ Clears Throat ]

You've been away for hours.

Where have you been?

Just went to the shop.

I got distracted.

Look, Lucy--

I'm sorry.

I've been waiting for you,

baby, you know.

I've been waiting for you

for two hours now, you know.

Where have you been?

The shop's round the corner.

Where have you been?

I'm sorry, but I just went to

the shop, and I--

Stop saying you're sorry.

Stop saying you're sorry.

Just be honest with me.

Where have you been?

I just got distracted.

Where's my cigarettes?

Couldn't find the money.

What?

I was walking there,

and then I got to the shop

and it's--

I couldn't find

the money in my--

Where's the money?

Lucy, I gave you the money.

I gave you five pounds.

Where's the money?

I'm sorry, but I just--

Stop--

Stop f***ing saying "sorry."

Where is the money?

I don't know.

You've either got the cigarettes

or you've got the money, Lucy.

Where is it?

I've not got it.

[ Sighs ]

What are you doing to me?

I didn't mean to--

What are you doing this

to me for?

I didn't mean to--

Just be f***ing honest

with me!

Did you spend the money?

No, I didn't.

You spent the money,

didn't you?

I didn't!

You been away with your pals

and you spent the money.

I've been sitting here waiting.

[ Whimpering ]

I didn't. I promise.

You did! You did!

You don't just f***ing

lose money like that.

That's all we had.

That's all we had.

What am I gonna do?

What am I to do with you now?

You're gonna make me angry.

You're making me angry now.

You're making me angry now.

You've got one last chance.

Where's the money?

Where's the f***ing money?

[ Whimpering, Sniffling ]

I don't know.

Don't lie to me, Lucy.

Last time. Where's the money?

I'm sorry,

but I don't know!

I don't want to

do this to you.

I don't want to do this to you.

Tell me where

the f***ing money is!

[ Whimpering ]

What did you do with the money?

Where did you put it?

Did you smoke the cigarettes?

Are you smoking the cigarettes?

No!

[ Blows Landing On Wall ]

What am I supposed to do?

[ Father Gasping ]

[ Lucy Whimpering ]

[ Father ]

Shut up!

[ Belt Hitting Lucy ]

[ Father Whimpering ]

You gotta learn.

[ Teacher ] Okay, year six.

Thank you very much.

That's great.

If you'd like to come to the end

of your writing now,

we're going to finish

your family biographies

tomorrow.

I can't wait to read them.

So close your books,

get your P.E. kits and get

dressed as quickly as possible.

We're going for P.E.

in the hall.

[ Children Chattering,

Complaining ]

Quietly, thank you!

Lucy, do you want to go

and get your P.E. bag?

I forgot to bring my P.E. kit.

You forgot to bring

your P.E. kit?

But you forgot to bring it

last week as well, Lucy.

Why did you forget?

I just left it at home.

You just left it at home.

I need you to bring

your P.E. bag in,

'cause I need you to do P.E.

Okay, so next week

will you bring it in for me?

Put your book back in your tray.

You're going to have to

sit out this one.

Sit at the side of the hall

with Miss Jones.

[ Chattering, Shouting ]

[ Teacher ]

Okay, now once you've got that,

I want you to pick

a different three parts

of your body to walk around.

But I want you

to do it together. Some of you

have started to split up.

Okay, work together.

Choose another

three parts of the body.

Try and pick three parts

that you haven't used already.

Uh, you shouldn't be

sitting around talking.

I want to see you

moving around the room.

[ Teacher, Children ]

Bless us, O God,

as we sit together.

Bless the food

that we eat today.

Bless the hands

that make the food.

Bless us, O God. Amen.

In the name of the Father

and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

[ Loud Chattering ]

[ Chattering Fades ]

Come and sit down, Lucy.

You all right?

Do you want to tell Mrs. Dales

what you said to me?

I want to phone

my social worker, please.

[ Door Opens ]

Would you like to come through?

We're just in here.

Thanks.

[ Woman ]

Are you okay?

Yeah.

We don't think it's a good idea

that you should go home

to your daddy's at the moment.

Can I go and see my mummy?

That's not a good idea either.

So what I'm going to do

is take you to

a children's home today...

until we can find you

a foster home.

Okay?

What about my other

foster parents and family

and that?

That's not an option

at the moment, I'm afraid.

[ Birds Squawking ]

[ Doorbell Jingling ]

Hello? Who is it?

Can I speak to

a member of staff, please?

No.

Can you go and get me

a member of staff, please?

[ Boy ]

No.

[ Man ]

Connor! Excuse me. Hiya.

Jackie Taylor, social worker.

You should have got my call,

yeah?

I did. Hi. It's Johann.

Nice to meet you.

How you doing? Come in, Lucy.

Sorry about the wait.

I was in the other room.

Just go on straight through.

The office

is straight that way.

[ Man ]

Please keep your eye

on the bowl, will you?

Don't get it all over

your trackie either.

I'll let you in.

[ Knocking ]

I've got Jackie and Lucy

with me here.

[ Greetings, Exclamations ]

This is Jackie.

Come on in, love.

Let me shut the door.

Get a bit of privacy.

[ Jackie ]

Who's the manager?

Ben is,

but I'm taking care of things.

I'm doing the shift handover.

[ Jackie ] And you're--

Karl. So have you got

some stuff for us, or--

- Lucy, get a seat.

- Yeah, come and sit

over here, Lucy.

[ Jackie ]

I'll drop them off

for you later.

I've got a few details

that you'll need as regards

to medication and stuff...

I've not actually

managed to pick up yet.

[ Overlapping Conversations,

Indistinct ]

[ Woman ]

I can't make heads or tails

of what you've written.

[ Overlapping Conversations

Continue, Indistinct ]

[ Karl ] All right then,

we'll definitely have

something worked out for today.

[ Knocking ]

[ Man ]

Out!

Connor, out. Out, out, out.

We'll talk later.

Lucy, I'm gonna go now.

I'll see you later.

Shall I introduce you

to everybody? I'm Vicky.

Marie.

That's Johann. Karl.

Hi, Lucy! You all right, duck?

[ Chuckles ]

That's Darren there.

You all right there?

Ladene.

Hiya.

Otis? Connor? Oh, look at that.

They were so busy

busting into the room,

now they don't give a--

Oi. Otis.

Connor. Say hello to Lucy.

I don't want to speak

to someone I don't know.

Move out my face. Bye!

[ Ben ] Nice.

Ben's in charge,

or he likes to think so.

We're having sausages.

You like them?

This is the kitchen.

You're not allowed

in the kitchen unless one

of the adults is in here, okay?

Let me take you through.

I'll show you your room

in a minute.

That's the storeroom.

We've got the washing machine

down there.

Have you got-- Oh, you haven't

got a bag, have you?

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