Nineties Eastenders (24th April 1997)
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00:00Music
00:26So there I was, back after two days.
00:28Barry had gone off somewhere and left me in charge.
00:31And our main client demanded that he had a car straight away,
00:34but we had no drivers.
00:36Always a way, innit, eh?
00:37I mean, I was going to do it myself, but that's how desperate we were.
00:40Not a driving licence or no driving licence.
00:42So I turned to Pat, threw myself at her feet,
00:44and I said, please, Pat, please, you've got to help me out.
00:47You'll be saving my life.
00:48That old Jackson charm never fails.
00:50Sonia, you ready to go?
00:52Oh, go on. I've got to get in early.
00:55Is everything all right?
00:56Yeah, fine. Bye.
01:03Is she coming?
01:04She's in the bathroom.
01:05She didn't like the cat bed much.
01:07She was starting to move about all night.
01:09She was always a light sleeper.
01:11Yeah. She's not too keen on the bathroom either.
01:13She's been asking me where the cleaning things are.
01:15It can't be that bad. I did it on the weekend.
01:17You don't have to do that, Mrs C.
01:19No, I'll just give it a quick once-over. Least I could do.
01:22I should be getting ready.
01:23Right.
01:25Pat, come on in. I'll make you some breakfast.
01:27Oh, I couldn't eat a thing. I'm feeling very liverish.
01:29I've never slept a wink.
01:31Yeah, I'm sorry about the cat bed. I should have thought.
01:33How about a nice cup of tea?
01:35No, I don't think so, cos I've got to watch my stomach.
01:37I don't want it acting up on that long journey.
01:39Well, you shouldn't be rushing off if you're not feeling well.
01:41I don't know why I let you talk me into stopping in the first place.
01:44Because it was too late for you to go back.
01:46Anyway, I wanted you to get to know Claire better and see the flat.
01:49Well, she's a lovely girl and I've enjoyed me visit,
01:51but I really ought to be getting off.
01:53You can have a day of it while you're here,
01:55but you can go and see Ethel again,
01:57unless there's some reason you've got to hurry back.
01:59Well, nothing that can't wait, I suppose.
02:01Right then, I'll make you a cup of tea.
02:03Only if you're having one, cos I don't want to be no trouble.
02:06Right.
02:09I'll make you a cuppa
02:11and I'll fill you in on everything that's happened since you've been away.
02:14There's been some changes.
02:15Yeah, I could see that from walking round the square yesterday.
02:18I mean, that family won't live in my house for a start.
02:22Children, dogs, in and out all day.
02:24No, there's just three children there now and one dog.
02:28They're a nice couple, Carolyn Allen.
02:30She works in the laundrette.
02:32Oh, does she?
02:33Oh, not like having you in there, of course, Mrs C.
02:35No.
02:36Here, I see Sharon's name weren't over the door of the big no more.
02:40No, it's Peggy now.
02:41Who?
02:42Phil and Grant's mum.
02:43She's landlady now.
02:47Sharon and Grant separated a couple of years ago.
02:49No, really?
02:51It's a long story.
02:53But it started when Sharon and Phil...
02:56Well, you know.
02:58Sharon and Phil?
03:00Oh, I see.
03:22You all right, Olaf?
03:24I've got an idea.
03:26Why don't we sell the van?
03:27We want to get a better one anyway if this deal worked out.
03:30We are getting desperate.
03:31No, come on, how much will we get for it?
03:33Not enough, especially if we're in a hurry.
03:35Anyway, we need it.
03:37It's all we've got that's worth anything.
03:39Can't we ask your family to help?
03:41Oh, yeah, let's ask Mina, shall we?
03:43No, I was thinking about Indra.
03:45She doesn't have that kind of money lying around.
03:47There must be some other way.
03:49Dot's where?
03:51At the flat.
03:52She stayed the night I'm out on a cigarette run.
03:54Oh, so it was her.
03:56What's she doing here?
03:58Why didn't she come and say hello?
04:00That's what I can't work out.
04:02She seemed embarrassed when I found her.
04:04I had a real job getting her to come back to the flat at all.
04:07Oh, well, she always did like to be asked at least twice.
04:10I'm really worried about her.
04:12I know.
04:14You want me to talk to her?
04:16Oh, would you?
04:18I'll tell you one thing.
04:20If Dot's got a problem, it's going to be Nick.
04:22Well, she never mentioned him.
04:24Yeah, all right.
04:26I'll pop round as soon as I finish this shift.
04:28I'll find out what's going on.
04:30Oh, great. I know she'd love to see you.
04:32Better get back. She's waiting on these.
04:34OK.
04:36Good morning.
04:38Is it?
04:40Right, let's see what we've got, then.
04:42Pick up 11 o'clock from Mokes Hotel, Mr Mason, to the West End.
04:46Yeah, I'll take that one.
04:48So, how did Pat get on yesterday?
04:50Yeah, great. She was cool.
04:52I said we'd have her again.
04:54She didn't say anything, then?
04:56She was pretty fed up waiting around all day.
04:58But she didn't seem annoyed or upset?
05:00She was shattered when she got back.
05:02Not surprising, though, is it?
05:04But she didn't say anything about Mr King?
05:06Like what?
05:08Listen, Robbie, you've got to understand, yeah?
05:10He likes us, cos we know the ropes.
05:12What he doesn't like are new drivers.
05:14So, please, next time, just find one of us.
05:17But he was stuck in traffic, and your phone was on the answering machine.
05:20Yeah, well, I nodded off. It won't happen again.
05:22I was in charge. I had to find someone to...
05:24Of course you did.
05:26But we need to be really careful with Mr King, you know?
05:28Yes, I'll get the message.
05:31Right, Sanj?
05:33Oh, don't even ask.
05:35Oh, dear. What's wrong?
05:37Me and Gita, we've been offered the deal of a lifetime.
05:39And it looks like we're going to have to pass on it.
05:41All for a poxy £3,000.
05:43That's not exactly pocket money, is it?
05:45Yeah, but it's nothing compared to what we stand to make.
05:47A vanload of quality gear, worth five times more than we'd pay for it.
05:51Sounds too good to be true.
05:53We can't lose. It's a cast-iron, gold-plated opportunity.
05:56And you don't get something like that coming along very often, do you?
05:58Yeah, and there's usually a steamroller right behind it.
06:00No, no, I'm... This is the real thing.
06:02Now, listen, Sanj, if I had a pound for every surefire winner I heard about...
06:05No, no, no, I'd stake my life on it, mate.
06:07Look, we're prepared to put every penny we've got into this,
06:09and it just ain't enough.
06:11Save your money, Sanj. There's no easy way to get rich.
06:14There is. This one. I can't believe you want to miss out.
06:18There's so much to tell you.
06:20So many changes since you went.
06:22Yeah, none of them for the better, from what Nigel was telling me.
06:26Did he tell you, um...
06:28that I'd lost Arthur?
06:31Arthur?
06:33Yes. It's nearly a year now.
06:35It's a brain hemorrhage. Right out the blue.
06:38Oh, Pauline. I didn't know.
06:41Oh, I can't believe it.
06:43Not Arthur.
06:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
06:48He was such a good man.
06:50One of the best.
06:52Yeah. Well, we're still trying to find out how it happened, but, um...
06:57Oh, and of course you wouldn't know about Michelle and Vicky.
07:00They're living in America now.
07:02America?
07:04America?
07:06That's halfway round the world. What are they doing there?
07:09Well, Michelle was offered a job. It was just too good to turn down.
07:12Anyway, she met somebody over there, got married,
07:15and she's had another baby, called him Mark.
07:18Oh, well, you'll be glad that she's settled down at last.
07:22Still, it's a long way from home.
07:26Yeah, well, I don't really care where she is as long as she's happy.
07:30Oh, and Mark's married too.
07:32Her name's Ruth, and they live with me.
07:35Oh, well, that's good of them.
07:37That'll stop you from being lonely.
07:39Yeah.
07:40You'll be a grandmother again then, I expect, for long.
07:44We'll see.
07:46How's little Martin?
07:48Oh, growing up fast.
07:51But anyway, how about you? How are you, really?
07:55Oh, I'm just the same. I've still got my aches and pains, but I don't complain.
07:59And what about your family?
08:01Your grandson, Ashley, wasn't it?
08:04And Nick?
08:05Oh, they're fine. They're up in Scotland now, would you believe?
08:08Nick got an offer he couldn't refuse as well.
08:11Of course, they wanted me to go with them, you know,
08:13but, I mean, I couldn't face all that upheaval,
08:16not when I just got myself settled down at Gravesend.
08:19Well, what's he doing up there?
08:21Oh, well, he's in a computer company or something, you know, in Edinburgh.
08:26Oh, he's doing very well.
08:27I've only got to say the word and he'll send me the money to go up and see him.
08:30Computers, eh?
08:32Didn't think Nick had it in him.
08:34Still, it's good to hear he's making a life for himself, at last.
08:39Yeah, well, it's all turned out for the best.
08:44All right, Pat?
08:45Yeah, thanks for stepping in yesterday. Robbie told me all about it.
08:48Glad to be of help.
08:50You know, it'd be great to know we had a back-up driver for times like that.
08:53Strictly a one-off, Barry.
08:56This, er, this Mr King, how'd you come by that account?
09:01You saw the ad, I suppose.
09:03Oh. You know what his line is?
09:06Some form of import business, although I didn't really ask.
09:10Funny. Looked to me more like an up-market escort agency.
09:14What?
09:15Don't tell me you didn't know.
09:18None of our business, is it?
09:20Don't be naive, Barry.
09:22If the police get on to him, what's it going to look like?
09:24You're practically on the payroll.
09:25That's ridiculous.
09:26A respectable firm don't need business like that.
09:28You have to take what you can get when you're starting out.
09:30I bet you're over setting up this firm.
09:32But if this is what's going on, don't expect any more support from me.
09:35Oh, come on, Pat.
09:36It ain't up for discussion.
09:37Pat! All right!
09:43Maybe you're right.
09:45I'll look into it, yeah?
09:47So, what did you think? How did she seem?
09:49Oh, well, same old duck. We had a good natter.
09:51Did she say anything about how she'd been?
09:53Well, usualistic complaints.
09:55But the main thing is, Nick's well out of the way.
09:58Working in computers?
10:00Well, whatever story it is he's told her.
10:02The point is, Edinburgh's a long way away.
10:05Edinburgh? Wasn't it Glasgow?
10:07Sure she said Edinburgh.
10:09Well, it doesn't matter wherever he is.
10:11As long as Dot's not having to support him, she can get on with her own life.
10:14If she gets a bit lonely, well, she knows where we are. It's up to her.
10:18Yeah, maybe you're right.
10:19Yeah, well, I've told her to keep in touch this time.
10:21Make sure you get her phone number before she goes, yeah?
10:23Yeah, don't worry, I will.
10:24All right, then. See you.
10:25Thanks, Pauline.
10:30All right, Gigton?
10:31Oh, hi, Michael.
10:32Where's Sanjay?
10:33Oh, he's just popped back to the flat to make a phone call.
10:36Still searching for that elusive bank loan, is he?
10:38Who?
10:40He was telling me about some incredible business opportunity.
10:43Oh, yeah, that. Well, only if we can get a loan in time.
10:46Yeah, well, I wouldn't let it upset you.
10:48I mean, I never pan out these too-good-to-be-true deals.
10:51There are a dime a dozen on the market.
10:53No, actually, this one's different.
10:55For once, Sanjay is onto something.
10:57Yeah, what makes you so sure?
10:58Because we know this guy from when we had the factory. He's reliable.
11:01Yeah, but the sort of mark-up Sanjay's talking about.
11:03Well, it happens all the time with catalogue returns.
11:05You get a big load, all one-offs, but brand names.
11:08It's a great deal.
11:09Well, then why isn't everybody doing it?
11:11Well, three or four of the big operators usually have it all tied up.
11:14Our friend's doing us a big favour.
11:16You know, these chances don't come round very often.
11:19That's why it's so maddening.
11:20How much do you actually need?
11:22They want 5,000, but we can only raise two.
11:24You must be able to get it from somewhere.
11:26They need it by the beginning of next week.
11:28Three grand, then?
11:30Might as well be 20 for all the chance we have of finding it.
11:33That's the way it goes, isn't it?
11:35Well, if somebody sees you,
11:37will you stand there and shout if you see anyone coming?
11:41You won't hear me.
11:43You wave, then. I'll keep an eye on you.
11:46I don't know about this.
11:48Look, it's for a good cause, to help Charles.
11:50He's not even there.
11:52I'll find him later.
11:53Come on, this is the last time. It'll be all right.
11:58OK, this is how it should be.
12:00Just be careful.
12:01Don't worry.
12:03Love the cat.
12:04Leave it.
12:05Well, can I try it on?
12:07No.
12:08Can't take it off.
12:10Why not?
12:12Because it's too dangerous.
12:14I'll make you one now,
12:16and you'll be safe as well.
12:18Safe? From what?
12:20They tried to get to me this morning, Sarah.
12:22They're in disguise.
12:24You can't fool me.
12:25See, they're out there now. They're waiting for the chance.
12:27We've got to watch it every second.
12:29What are you talking about?
12:31See, I know what they're up to.
12:32That's why they're trying to get to me.
12:34Nobody's trying to get you.
12:36You've got to stop thinking like this.
12:38Sarah,
12:40I'm just trying to warn you.
12:42I'm worried about what could happen.
12:44See, they're closing in.
12:45Who, Joe?
12:46The aliens.
12:47But there are no aliens.
12:49Not really. I mean, you do know that, don't you?
12:51You know it really.
12:54I'm not sure.
12:55It's just films.
12:56It's all made up.
12:58Nobody's been taken off.
13:02I am so scared, Sarah.
13:06None of it, it doesn't make...
13:08It doesn't make any sense.
13:09What am I going to do?
13:11Have you tried talking to your mum about how you feel?
13:13No, no, no.
13:15She can't know. She can't know.
13:17I can't tell anyone.
13:19You won't tell anyone, will you?
13:21Tell who, Joe?
13:23See, they will put me back in hospital
13:25and they'll put me back on those pills
13:27and then they'll take over my brain again.
13:29You've got to get some help.
13:31I'll be all right. I've just got to be careful.
13:40I'm ever so sorry I didn't get your wedding, Nigel.
13:44Yeah, I wish she'd been there.
13:46It was the happiest day of my life.
13:48You're Debbie.
13:50She looks radiant.
13:52She was.
13:53She was beautiful.
13:55That day and every day.
13:57Oh.
13:58You must miss her.
14:00Terribly.
14:03It's only having Claire that got me through it.
14:06She's the most important thing in my life.
14:09That's why I want you to get to know her.
14:11Yeah, well, she's a credit to you.
14:14She gets more like Debbie every day.
14:18I always said you'd make a good husband, didn't I?
14:21And a good father.
14:23Well, it was you who kept me going when I thought no-one would ever want me.
14:26Oh, whatever you're talking about.
14:28Darling, you did so much for me.
14:30Oh, don't be soft.
14:32That's why I want you to let me help you.
14:35I know something's wrong.
14:38I don't know what you mean.
14:40Nick's not in Scotland, is he?
14:42Yes, he is, I told you.
14:43Well, you told me he was in Glasgow and you told Pauline he was in Edinburgh.
14:47Well, I get confused. I mean, they're all the same, aren't they?
14:50You're not staying at the Estuary Hotel, are you?
14:57What's this, then?
14:59We've already warned you lot off.
15:01I'm just practising.
15:02I don't think so.
15:04And if you've been warned off before, we'll have to take you in this time.
15:07I haven't, honest. I ain't been around.
15:09How old are you?
15:10I'm only eleven. I didn't know, honest.
15:13Do your parents know what you're up to?
15:17Lorraine, did you hear me, love?
15:19Sorry, but I was miles away.
15:21Oh, is everything all right?
15:23Yeah. How are you?
15:25I mustn't crumble.
15:26How's John Jones these days?
15:28Fine. Why do you ask?
15:30Oh, I was just wondering.
15:32Actually, I saw him in the square this morning,
15:34and, to be honest, he was a bit off-hand.
15:36Oh, he's just been a bit moody lately.
15:39He's bored, fed up with being in the flat.
15:41He just needs a proper job.
15:43Well, he's still working here, isn't he?
15:44Yeah, when he remembers to turn up.
15:46I don't think he appreciates the chance Grant's given him.
15:48Is Grant doing it for you or him?
15:50He's a good man, Pat.
15:52He's been a real friend to both of us.
15:54I've known Grant Mitchell a lot longer than you have, love.
15:57I don't want to see you get hurt.
15:59I know what I'm doing, Pat.
16:00That's why I've got my own place,
16:02to have things on my terms.
16:04I know where I stand, and so does he.
16:07If you can keep Grant Mitchell in line,
16:09you'll be the first woman to manage it.
16:13All that talk about a new life.
16:15Didn't take long for it all to go wrong.
16:18What happened?
16:19Well, Zoe left.
16:22You know, after about a year.
16:24Taking little Ashley with her.
16:26Oh, well, I couldn't blame her.
16:29Nick treated them.
16:30What did he do?
16:32Oh, stayed out all hours, you know.
16:35Drinking, spending all Zoe's wages, family credit.
16:40I mean, Zoe tried, bet she could,
16:42but it weren't fair on little Ashley.
16:45So she left.
16:47You know, she said she'd keep in touch,
16:50but I never heard a word.
16:54I don't know where they are now.
16:56I'm sorry, Mrs C.
16:58And it was just me and Nick again.
17:00Nick back to all his old ways.
17:02Lying, stealing from me,
17:03blaming me for everything going wrong.
17:05Why didn't you get out too?
17:07Oh, you'd think I'd learn, wouldn't you?
17:10You'd think I'd know by now.
17:12But he is my son, Nigel.
17:15He's the cross I got to bear till the day I die.
17:19So he's not living with you now?
17:21No, he cleaned me out.
17:23Yeah, I mean, took all my savings,
17:25everything in the place worth selling.
17:28And he went.
17:30Left me on my own again.
17:32You're not really living in hotels, are you?
17:37No.
17:38I couldn't afford to keep the place up,
17:40you know, not on my own,
17:41so I had to move to a bedsit.
17:45Oh, I didn't want you seeing it, Nigel.
17:47Oh, it can't be that bad.
17:49Oh, well, you know, I try to keep my standards up,
17:51you know, I do the best I can,
17:53but my pension, don't go far.
17:57Why didn't you come back to Walford
17:58where you knew you had friends?
18:00How could I have come back?
18:01I'd have been a laughingstock.
18:03No, you wouldn't.
18:04Look, Nigel, I left the square like a fool,
18:08all that talk about a new life.
18:10I mean, you told me it was wrong.
18:12Pauline told me it was wrong.
18:14And you was right.
18:15No-one's gloating.
18:16Look, I know what people are like.
18:18I don't want them talking about me,
18:20laughing behind my back.
18:22I mean, I got me pride.
18:24It's the one thing I have got.
18:29Mum, I can explain.
18:31Mrs Jackson.
18:32That's right.
18:33You know your daughter was busking outside the station.
18:36What? Of course not.
18:37She knows how I feel about that.
18:38She's already been grounded over it.
18:39She can go right ahead and arrest her.
18:41I don't want to hear it, Sonia.
18:42She gets a warning this time,
18:43but if she's caught again, we'll have to take action.
18:45Oh, won't happen again.
18:46No, not when I finish with her.
18:47I'll leave her with you, then.
18:49Not a word till Alan gets over here.
18:52But I'm worried about you, Mrs C.
18:55Why go on living in Gravesend,
18:57where you've got no friends and no family?
18:59Yes, but at least there's no-one there who knows me shame.
19:02There's no shame in being down on your luck.
19:04Oh, I'm just a foolish old woman.
19:06Nobody wants me.
19:07Of course you'll want it.
19:08You've got so many friends here.
19:10There's Pauline, Ethel and me.
19:11Look, I'm glad, you know.
19:13I've had the chance to see you again,
19:14and I'm glad to know that Ethel's going to be OK.
19:17But I really ought to be going.
19:19I don't even know where you live.
19:21Oh, well, I'll probably be moving again.
19:24I'll drop you a line, let you know where I am.
19:26No, you can't just go off like this.
19:29Look, I'll see if I can get the car and run you home.
19:31No, I've been enough trouble to you, you know,
19:33keeping you from work.
19:35No, I wouldn't have missed seeing you for anything.
19:39Oh, look, here's Claire.
19:42Why don't you stay for tea?
19:44I'll ring Grant.
19:45We'd love you to stay for tea, wouldn't we?
19:47Yeah.
19:48Please stay, Mrs C.
19:52All right.
19:55What's up?
19:56You better talk to her, cos I'm not getting through.
19:58The police only caught her busking again.
20:00Sonia.
20:01It was just one last time.
20:02You see?
20:03Look, you know how your mum feels about your busking,
20:04and you go out and do it again.
20:05I'm sorry.
20:06Sorry?
20:07What good is sorry when half the market's seen the police
20:08marching you in here?
20:09I mean, how could you be so faultless?
20:10I don't want people thinking I let my kids out begging.
20:12I wasn't going to keep the money.
20:13I was going to give it to someone who needs it.
20:15Well, you better hang on to it,
20:16cos you're not going to get any pocket money for the next year.
20:18Mum!
20:19You're grounded.
20:20Indefinitely.
20:21I'm going to meet you from school every day,
20:23and it's straight home.
20:24No youth club, nothing.
20:25Alan!
20:26And only an hour of TV early every evening.
20:28Mum!
20:30Excuse me.
20:31Hello, Sarah.
20:32Can I talk to you, please?
20:33Yeah, of course.
20:35What is it?
20:36Well, it's sort of, um...
20:38Look, why don't we go through, eh?
20:40All right.
20:50It's about Joe.
20:51I really appreciate the time you're spending with him.
20:54He's really gotten back to his old self.
20:56Oh, we're just friends, that's all.
20:59So you really think he's back to normal, then?
21:02Why do you say that?
21:04Well, it's just that he's been saying some funny things.
21:07Like what?
21:09He keeps talking about aliens taking people over.
21:12It's just the TV, the X-Files and all of that.
21:15He talks like he believes it.
21:17Well, I think it's just his hobby, that's all.
21:20Does that mean it could be anything else?
21:22He'd say if he wasn't feeling well.
21:24He knows the signs this time.
21:26And I know what to look out for, too.
21:29Right.
21:30OK, well, I shouldn't have bothered you.
21:32No, listen, you should say if you're worried, but don't be.
21:35I'm keeping an eye on him.
21:37Right, well, don't tell him I said anything.
21:39No, no, of course not. Listen, thank you.
21:41OK, bye.
21:45I'm sorry, Alan.
21:46Not as sorry as you're going to be.
21:47I know I shouldn't have done it and I deserve everything I get.
21:50But can I have five minutes to do one thing, one last thing?
21:53No, you're grounded and I meant everything I said.
21:55But it's really important.
21:57Look, how do I know you're not going to shoot off and do more busking?
21:59I can't, you've got my trumpet. Please, Alan.
22:01Why should I do you any favours when you upset your mum like this?
22:04It's to make things right. Please, just five minutes.
22:09Five minutes, that's all.
22:10Thanks, Alan.
22:17Hiya.
22:18Hello.
22:19Been looking for you.
22:20Yeah, please move me on.
22:22What will you do?
22:23I'll find another pitch.
22:25Here.
22:26What's that?
22:27It's what I made. It's for you.
22:29No, you earned it.
22:30But I want you to have it.
22:32Well, if you're sure.
22:34Thanks.
22:35Will I see you around?
22:37Yeah, of course you will.
22:38Well, good luck.
22:40Yeah, thanks again.
22:42Hey, keep playing. You're good.
22:44Oh, what's that smell? Nigel!
22:46Oh, sorry. Got it. Got it.
22:48Right.
22:49Great.
22:50Sit down.
22:52But, Nigel...
22:54Come on, Claire's your favourite.
23:00Claire's better than me at this cooking, Lark, aren't you?
23:02I sincerely hope so.
23:04Popping across to the chippy is more my speciality,
23:08but we get by, don't we?
23:10Yeah.
23:11Here, Nigel.
23:12I think we can do better than this.
23:14What have you got?
23:15No, you don't have to, Mrs C.
23:17Look, Nigel, you'll have to excuse me manners,
23:19but there's no way I'm going to eat that stuff,
23:21just to spare your feelings.
23:22Oh, you don't have to worry about my feelings.
23:24Oh, you've got some bacon. Any eggs?
23:26Mrs C, you're not going to do us one of your famous fry-ups, are you?
23:30Uh-huh.
23:33Joe!
23:35Joe, will you turn it down?
23:37Joe!
23:39Joe, will you turn it down?
23:49Joe?
23:53Joe, why won't you answer me?
23:57Stop this, please!
24:00Oh, Mrs C, you cook the tea, you should let me do something.
24:03You know how I like to keep myself busy.
24:06Well, you've really sorted us out.
24:09We do the best we can, me and Claire, but...
24:11Yes, it seems to me that you manage quite well between the pair of you.
24:16No-one does a fry-up like you, Mrs C.
24:18Oh, go on.
24:19Anyway, I nearly finished here.
24:22Oh, Sonia, I thought you'd been arrested.
24:25I didn't know what to do.
24:26No, I can't. Things are kind of weird around here.
24:30You don't want to know.
24:32I've got to go now, anyway.
24:33OK, I'll see you later. Bye.
24:36She's, um, just clearing up.
24:38Does a good tea, doesn't she?
24:40What about your training and your diet?
24:41I'll get back to it tomorrow.
24:43Dad, where's me coat?
24:46Mrs C, why don't you stay?
24:48This is where you belong, you know it is.
24:50I don't want to stay here.
24:52Mrs C, why don't you stay?
24:54This is where you belong, you know it is.
24:56We've been through all this before, Nigel.
24:58It's been great having you here. Haven't you enjoyed it?
25:01Well, I must say, I hadn't realised how much I missed having somebody to do something for.
25:05Well, there you are, then. We'd love to have you stay, wouldn't we, Claire?
25:08Yeah, yeah, of course we would.
25:10You know you want to.
25:12Look, you're not going to let pride stop you coming back where you belong.
25:15Since when have you been afraid of what people think?
25:17So it didn't work out with Nick. Anyone can make a mistake.
25:20Make a mistake?
25:21Yeah, well, it's worse than that.
25:23What do you mean?
25:24Well, I ain't told you the old truth.
25:28Nick's in prison again.
25:31Right.
25:32You know, when I said he was back to his old ways, what I meant was drug dealing.
25:38I mean, the first time I knew of it was when the police come round banging the door down.
25:42Oh, it was terrifying. Humiliated.
25:45All the neighbours was watching.
25:47I mean, that's why I had to leave. I couldn't stop there.
25:49I'm so sorry, Mrs C.
25:51How is he?
25:52I don't know.
25:54I ain't been to see him.
25:56I ain't written to him.
25:57Nothing.
25:59Well, no one could blame you.
26:01Not after what he put you through.
26:03Well, now do you see why I couldn't come back?
26:06Because what if it got round, you know?
26:08I mean, how could I hold my head up? How could I face people?
26:11No one has to know. Not if you don't want them to.
26:14Do you really think so?
26:15No one's going to hear it from me.
26:16You won't tell no one. You won't tell Pauline. No one.
26:18Not a soul.
26:20Yeah, but what will I say if people ask?
26:24Just tell them what you told me, that Nick's gone away.
26:26I mean, it's not exactly lying, is it?
26:29No, but I ain't got no savings, no money, nothing.
26:32I mean, how can I make a new start?
26:33You can stay with us as long as you like.
26:35Well, I'd have to pay me way.
26:37Because I wouldn't expect no charity.
26:39I know you wouldn't.
26:42Oh, no.
26:45I've been so lonely.
26:46Days on end when I ain't spoke to a soul.
26:49Nights laying awake, wondering what's going to become of me.
26:54Then come back where you belong.
26:57Do you really think I could?
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