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Guilt over Evan is tearing Rita and Wolf apart. McCarthy feels compromised by his lady's past. A fateful meeting at the forbidden dairy leads to fireworks.

Primary Title
  • Westside
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 31 July 2017
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 25
Duration
  • 55:00
Series
  • 3
Episode
  • 4
Channel
  • Three
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • Guilt over Evan is tearing Rita and Wolf apart. McCarthy feels compromised by his lady's past. A fateful meeting at the forbidden dairy leads to fireworks.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Television programs--New Zealand
Genres
  • Drama
(HISSES) Who the` Hey! Is this your daughter? Because she has trashed my house. I beg your bloody pardon? Rita told us to send a message. You are banned from my dairy. I'm sure we'll meet again. Your crew frogmarched everything that I own out of my house, never to be seen again. It was me. It was all my idea. Bullshit. It was your mum. You're doing it for me. Is Rita all right? You need to get away from her. She's toxic. This is all down to you, and you know it. WOMAN ON TV: In a statement released later, the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, described the raising of the Argentine flag on South Georgia as an act that could lead to war. At the High Court in Auckland today, Belinda Lace, former wife of the deceased Auckland businessman Evan Lace, entered no plea to the charge of murder. She has been remanded in custody pending a psychiatric evaluation. Lace was found` (CLICK!) (SIGHS) (UTENSILS CLATTER) You know she's as mad as a meat-axe, right? No need to talk about it, love. (SILVERWARE RATTLES) Righto, then (!) Well, enjoy the fish and chips, boys, cos there's no money left for food after this. Do we have any tomato sauce? (SCREAMS, GROANS) Ugh. Not the blood again. (SQUEAK!) Oh, what the fuck is that? Has that next-door cat been shitting in here? A heart. A still-beating heart. Well, that's not still beating. Well, not now that you've stood on it. (MENACING MUSIC) (WATER TRICKLES) (SINGS) Hey! I'm in here. I'm in here, and for the third time, I don't want people taking number twos while I'm showering. (SCREAMS) It's gotta be Evan. There's no other suspects. Except for the entire neighbourhood we pissed off when we moved in. (SHOCKING MUSIC) Argh! Whoa. Whoa. I told you ` it's a ghost that's messing with us. And we all know which ghost. (UNSETTLING MUSIC) I know what it's like, love, when you feel responsible for something. Now, when Dougal died, it was, you know... But in the end, you've gotta remind yourself that... Ted. (SIGHS) When your time's up, it's bloody up. You know? Ted. (DISTORTED MUSIC) OK. Ow. One good thing about having an empty nest... Not attached to that gravy boat, were you? Fuck the gravy boat. (METAL MUSIC) Captions by Able. Copyright Able 2017. (SOLEMN ELECTRIC GUITAR MUSIC) (CIGARETTE CRACKLES) (MUSIC DESCENDS, DISTORTS) (EERIE, RUMBLING MUSIC) (DOOR HINGE CREAKS) (MENACING MUSIC CONTINUES) (SHOCKING MUSIC) Can I sleep in here? Why? The Evan ghost is scratching at my window. It's just a tree, you dick. (BED SQUEAKS) (EERIE WHISPERING) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) (DOOR HINGE CREAKS) (TENSE MUSIC) (GASPS) (RISING PIPE ORGAN MUSIC) (MUSIC CRESCENDOS) (CHAIR CREAKS) I met the ghost last night. It visited me in my bed. Did it hurt you? No. It's a friendly ghost. Like Casper? Not quite like Casper. Did Evan speak to you? What is his message? He... It... What did he do to you, Sparky? He gave me a blow job. (KETTLE WHISTLES) The ghost of Evan Lace... ...sucked you off? It was intense. It was... magical. Oh, for fuck's sake, it's called a wet dream, Sparky. Next time keep it to yourself. But was Evan gay when he was alive? There is no ghost. Evan's gone. He's dead. He's in the fucking ground. That's what happens when you die ` they put you in a hole and put fucking soil on you. Great (!) The milk's off. No, I just nicked this yesterday. That's Evan. He's curdled the milk. I'm out of here. Yeah. Yeah, I don't want no ghost giving me head. Not a male ghost, anyway. Oh, come on, this is bullshit. He knew. He knew we stole from him. He never had the chance to punish us in life, so he is punishing us in` Shut the fuck up! Come on, Wolfie. I'm sure your mum would love to have you back home. Suit yourself, but I don't believe in the heebie-jeebies. But I do ` in both the heebie and the jeebie. Mm-hm. (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) If you stay, I'll stay. You're a dick, Sparky. (BELL JINGLES) What are you doing here? Morning tea. No, you have to leave. It's not a big deal. I felt like seeing my lady love, that's all. Don't. If Rita sees you in here snooping around... I'm here to have a custard square with my lady ` and a cup of tea, if she'd put the kettle on. You wouldn't expect me to waltz into the station, asking for cups of tea. Well, I wouldn't mind. Well, I do mind. It's a lovely gesture, but I'll see you later, Mike. Morning, Rita. Mike was just leaving. Is he gonna buy something first? How to make a bloke feel unwelcome, ladies (!) See you later, Mike. Take your custard squares. You have 'em. My gift to you both. How's the boy? Sorry? Well, bit of a traumatic experience for you both the other night. I meant to ask ` was he still on Evan's payroll? It's just some of the things we're uncovering about Mr Lace, ooh. Not a bloke I'd want any son of mine involved with. Well, given he's dead, that's not really a problem, is it? Mike, get out. Just making conversation, love. You don't come in here and throw your weight around. Leave. (UNSETTLING MUSIC) Just as well I love her to bits, eh? (FOREBODING MUSIC) (BELL JINGLES) The thing about my wife is she calls a spade a spade. You know? If she doesn't like ya, well, she'll bloody tell ya. (SCOFFS) Or smack you in the head with an oven tray. Yeah. See? You know where you stand with Rita. When she goes quiet like this ` that's when you gotta worry. Well, it's when you've gotta take cover, by God, because` You want me to help? Well, not that I can't handle my own wife. Of course. But, well, maybe it's a woman thing. Yuck. He doesn't mean she's got the painters in; he just means it's time for a girl talk. Yes, Ted? If you wouldn't mind. (ENGINE RUMBLES, BRAKES SQUEAK) Hello, Mrs Rita. Gidday. What's all this? We are refugees. Yeah, in need of a home. Is that so? The house in Ponsonby ` it's so cold. There is no food, and we are being haunted by the ghost of Evan Lace. Yeah, there's been all sorts of shenanigans, and not the good kind either ` the scary, haunty kind. Like the kind when you've spent too much time on the bong? Nope. No, there's none of that any more. So please, can we come home? All of you? Nah, the others are sticking it out. All right. Come on. Ooh. Hey, love. Hi. Put your stuff downstairs, boys. They're all back, are they? Just those two. Yeah, why don't you have a seat, love? I'll fix you a drink. So, Rita, I hear you're a bit down. Do you (?) About, you know, the whole Evan Lace business. I'm fine, Carol. Just need a stiff gin and tonic is all. On its way, love. Must've been nasty, though, seeing a man die like that in front of you. Yeah, like when Dougal got his head blown off. Eh, Ted? Hmm? Dougal. His head, brains everywhere. Phineas! I'm just saying. At least your guy only got stabbed. Phin, how is that supposed to help make Rita feel better? I'm not some kind of delicate flower, if that's what you're worried about. You live, you die. It's not as if he was a decent human being. Better make those boys some tea. (LONESOME ELECTRIC GUITAR MUSIC) I'll go to bed, then. Whatever you want, Sparky. Can I sleep in your room again tonight? Did you change the sheets after last night? No. Then it's all yours. Happy wet dreams. It was real, Wolf. (DOOR THUDS) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) See ya, mate. You're welcome. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FLESH SQUELCHES) (GASPS) (GAGS) (DRONING MUSIC) (PANTS) (BROODING MUSIC) (BOTH LAUGH) (BOTH LAUGH) Night. (TENSE MUSIC) (BROODING MUSIC CONTINUES) (SNORES) (DOOR HINGE CREAKS) (TENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (GROANS, MOANS) (GASPS) (BED SQUEAKS RHYTHMICALLY, CLICK!) (MOANS) (GASPS) Oh my God. Oh my God! Oh my God! Jesus Christ, Jeanette. Jesus. Fucking bastard. Fuck you, Wolfgang West. You did that on purpose. Huh?! Well, you put Sparky there ` because you knew! You knew! What, that you were gonna sneak in and root him? What the fuck, Jeanette?! I thought it was one of the wackos from one of the boarding houses round here. But you?! The blood on the wall? Did you kill something? Of course not! I got the blood and stuff from the butcher down the road from the dairy, OK? (CHORTLES) It's funny, Wolf. You gotta admit. Get out of my house. So last night wasn't a ghost blowjob. It was you! Get out. Yes, it was. And I spat it in the milk afterwards. Oh, that'd explain the taste. Don't you touch me! Get your fucking hands off me. Don't come back here again. Oh, is that a threat, Wolf? First you dump me for no reason, and then you threaten me?! This isn't over. Not by a fucking long shot! You bastard! (BIRDSONG) I'll see you later. Don't go. It's my job, Mike. I can't just take a day off whenever I feel like it. I mean don't go ever. Throw it in. I don't like you going to that place every day. The Wests are dangerous people. They're not just petty thieves any more. The bodies are piling up. Dougal Gibbs... I don't know anything about that. Des McEwen. Strangled himself being a pervert. Evan Lace. Evan Lace was his ex-wife. I've seen the television news. She's bonkers. No. Rita was in it up to her eyeballs. I don't know how or why, but I'm begging you,... please, do not go into the Galleria. Or tomorrow. Or the next day. I need to. It pays. We've got money. In US dollars. Yes, and that's not going to last forever. Look, darling, Rita West is not the Big Bad Wolf you seem to think. (SOMBRE MUSIC) (CRUNCH!) (WATER FLUSHES) (SPITS, MUFFLED) Oh. Fuck. Oh. (GROANS) What are we doing, Wolf? There's no food. There's no money for food. If you wanna piss off back to Mum's, I'm not stopping ya. All I'm saying is we can't stay here forever. Sooner or later, someone's gonna come knocking on that door to kick us out. (KNOCK ON DOOR) Shit. You see? I'm looking for someone by the name of Sparky. Yeah? Full name, please. Barry George Gibbs. What's this about? Mind if I come in? Have you got a warrant? There's been a report of sexual molestation. Oh. Look, it's fine. Once I got over the surprise, I was OK with it. Are you trying to be funny? He means you were the one doing the molesting, Sparky. But that's not true. Yeah, well, tell him that. Jesus, taking advantage of a young lady, that's a joke to you? You're the joke, mate. Sorry? You honestly reckon this guy right here took advantage of Jeanette Miller? Well, that's what we're investigating. Well, let's go down to the station, then. We'll do it all properly. Investigation's pending. Oh, well, then when it's not pending, you can come back with your fucking warrant, and we'll do this again. Watch your language. Get out of my house. In the meantime, if you, Barry Gibbs, goes within 100 yards for the young lady in question` Fat chance of that. ...then I'll have you. You wish you'd never been born, you piece of shit. (TENSE MUSIC) Pig. Why does everyone always think I'm a pervert? You know you said you wouldn't stop me if I went back to Rita and Ted's? Bye, Sparky. Goldilocks did that to you? Jeanette. That little slut from the dairy. Not only is she a thief and a vandal, she's a` A molesterer. It wasn't a ghost blow job. Just Jeanette. And she spat it in the milk afterwards. Oh! And then she sent the fucking police around. Yeah. And no. I mean, he was a policeman, but he wasn't acting very police-y, if you know what I mean. What are you doing? I don't like little girls who make up stories ` stories that could get innocent people in a lot of trouble. Well, give her hell, love. Oh, I will. What about Wolf? Should we be expecting him on the doorstep? He'll probably just stay there till someone tells him not to. Sucker for punishment, is he? Well, he'd just... he'd just rather stay there. I appreciate it, Shane. I really do. I mean, I still think she should file an official report. But she's that upset. No, it's OK. Those hooligans won't be bothering Jeanette again. I'm having a hell of a time at the moment, you know. Dave's still away, Jeanette getting mixed up with that crowd. As for the business down the line... Yeah, Mum said. Did it get sorted? No. They're not taking her back, so now I'm stuck with her. If you need me to help, you just call. Lucky me. Friends in high places. (CHUCKLES) Here. Take this to your mum. Tell her I said hello. I will. Wow (!) Isn't this a cosy little meeting? You are banned. You put him up to it, didn't you? Sent old pork chop here to bully a young man who did nothing wrong. Leave my shop now. So, was it official business that you were on this morning or a little favour? Because isn't that abusing your position? I'm protecting the community from your family, and I won't make any apologies for that. Or maybe you just wanted to get into the daughter's knickers. Not too hard, from what I hear. Bloody cow. That's enough. Stay away from my family, you piggy little bastard. I won't rest until decent, law-abiding citizens can feel safe from the likes of you. I'll start with your kids. Wolf. (SCOFFS) What kind of a name is that? (LAUGHS) You people are the scum of the earth. Now, you leave Mrs Miller's premises, and you don't step foot in here again ` unless you got something else you wanna say to me. (FOREBODING MUSIC) (EGGS CLATTER) It was an accident. Yeah, like hell. She did it deliberately. Well, maybe she just wanted some bacon and eggs. (LAUGHS) Are you hearing this? Book the pair of them. As I was saying, I raised my hand to make a point, and it accidentally connected with the tray of eggs that Mrs Miller had kindly gifted Shane here in return for the favour that he was doing her ` the one where he went around to my son's flat and threatened them. By the way, Shane, how is that investigation going? Still pending (?) OK, you should go now, Rita. Oh, yes. I will. Just try to be a bit more careful in the future, Rita ` less... raising your hand to make a point. I'll bear that in mind. Jesus, Shane, what the fuck is wrong with you? Isn't the real question whose fucking side are you on, Detective Sergeant? Oh, you be very careful what you say next, Constable. Oh, I'm just saying you know them quite well, don't you? All of Henderson know the Wests. Your connection ` it's not just in an official capacity, is it? I've heard the talk at the police bar. Your girlfriend ` she's one of them. Ngaire and her husband are separated, obviously. Those two Wests had you by the balls just then. I mean, no wonder they think they can do what they want. You dragged her in here after a neighbourhood spat between two ladies. Look at me. A pathetic, petty neighbourhood spat. You wasted your time and mine. Now get the fuck out of here! (RUMBLING MUSIC) (TENSE MUSIC) (DOOR SLAMS) (DRAWER THUDS, UTENSILS CLATTER) (FOREBODING MUSIC) (KNIFE CLACKS AGAINST CHOPPING BOARD) Go and see Wolf. Why would I wanna do that? I know you don't like the thought of him sitting in that house on the other side of town by himself. You want him here at your dinner table, where he belongs. No, I don't. He's better off where he is. Oh, bullshit. No, it's the truth. I don't care how old he is or what he says. He needs his mum. That is bullshit, Ted! I have never been good at it. The baby years, and then when he went off the rails. I couldn't handle him. I sent him to bloody Camp Adair and Outward Bound ` anything to get him out of the house ` cos I didn't know what the fuck I was doing! That's not true. You... (SIGHS) You've always looked out for him. I've tried. Fuck me, have I fucking tried! But... everything that I've done for him,... God, it just hurts him. It just hurts him. I love that boy, Ted. I do ` I love him more than... But you and I both know that I will never be any kind of mother. No. I don't believe that. Well, just believe it, Ted. I mean, I am the one who tried to kill him when he was a baby. Don't. OK? Don't you dare go back there. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not gonna go doolally again, I promise. But I know what I am to him now,... and that... is a bad influence. So we should just... (EXHALES) get on with it, I think. Just move on and let him do the same, because he'll... he'll have a chance at a better life without me. (SOMBRE MUSIC) (KNIFE CLACKS REPEATEDLY) (SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES) (HANDBRAKE CREAKS) (DOOR CREAKS) Morning. (THUD!) Hard night, was it? What, you don't approve? Fuck off, then. Nice attitude (!) Yeah, well, it's pretty obvious why you're here, and I don't wanna hear anything that bitch has to say. Don't you ever speak about your mother that way. You hear me? Ever! She's poison. Evan's dead because of her. If she didn't bring that Belinda bitch` Oh, OK. And how far back do you wanna go, son? No, come on, if we're playing the blame game, how far? Yeah, Rita met Belinda inside. And what was she doing there, huh? Come on. Why was she down in Christchurch Women's doing a year? Cos she'd rather rot in jail herself than let her precious boy do time for his own fucking crime! (BOTTLE SMASHES) But you're not a boy any more, are ya? So be a man, and have some goddamn respect for a woman who, yes, has made mistakes along the way, but who does everything, everything for you. Get out. Fuck you! (SOBS) The thing is, you know, you have crappy times where everything feels like it's too much. But when life drops you in it, what are you gonna do? Just stand there ankle-deep in shit? Nah. No. Damn straight. You walk through it. Even if it's a bloody great field of shit, it can't go on forever. There's gotta be a clear path sooner or later. I have times with your mum where,... God, it feels like the shit is too deep. But I knew from the moment I saw her, she's gonna be the woman that I spend the rest of my life with. God, it was like a... it was like being hit with a fucking lightning bolt. (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Yeah, I know. But you wait. It'll happen to you one day too. I'm sure it will. Yeah. When you least expect it,... there she'll be ` your other half. (CLEARS THROAT) Anyway,... let's go and find that clear path, eh? I thought you'd found yours. Fuck, no. But it's there. Rita and I will find it one day. Let's get you the fuck out of Ponsonby and back to the real world. DD SMASH: # Back in the old years,... Snap. Oh! # ...I knew 2000 girls. Shit game. # My children would never understand # I'd do it all again. # Where are the boys? # Tell you what ` that bloody motorway out here needs some work. Takes fucking ages to get anywhere these days. Hey. Much faster on the bike. Had to wait for the old bastard at the off-ramp. Yes. He has returned. Finally got kicked out, eh? Nah, I just didn't feel like standing in shit any more. The bathroom wasn't that bad, was it? Ah, you'll be much happier here, where there's warmth and food and milk without sperm in it. Hey. Hello. I'll just... (DOOR OPENS) I wondered where you'd got to this morning. Your move. (EXHALES) I'm so sorry ` about what happened to Evan Lace. I made a mistake. I just saw this rich prick property developer who ripped people off, and he cheated on his wife, and I just thought that he deserved it ` a taste of his own medicine. I know. And I put you in the middle of it. My boy. It was a job. Yep. And I had this idea that... we could do it together, you know? Happy family, mother-and-son business. I've never given you a chance at a straight life. And you think that's what I want? I don't know. I've never asked ya. No chance. What we do, it's in my blood. And blood is thicker than water. That's what you've always said. OK. Well,... (SNIFFLES) good, then. What gets me is... Evan had no one in the end. I don't wanna be that guy. I don't wanna be the guy who, in the end, no one gives a fuck about. (SIGHS) I give a fuck, Wolf. Thanks. This is your present from America. It's been sitting there way too long. (POIGNANT MUSIC) (DOOR OPENS) (GASPS) (SOBS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (DOOR SHUTS) Here. Hi. Let me do that. (SIGHS) How was your day? Yeah, it was OK. So, our girl Tracey is leaving ` the admin girl at the station ` she's having a baby. Oh really? Yeah. So her job's going. Oh yeah? Yeah, she's not sworn in. It's a civilian position. (LAUGHS) What's so funny? And you want me to do it? I'm not gonna work for the bloody police, Mike. Honestly. Well, what's wrong with the 'bloody police'? Right. We're still the enemy to you, are we? I'm still the enemy? No, you're not, but, no, I couldn't. (SIGHS) You're making life difficult for me, Ngaire. I'm sorry? I'm being tarred with the same brush ` as your former life. If they could just get to know you now, to see that you're a normal, decent woman. But I'm not ` normal or decent. You chose this. You knew ` who I am, how I lived my life. Wasn't that part of the attraction, Mike? OK. Look, forget about the admin job. We'll find you something else. Mike. Look, another shop somewhere with a fresh start` Mike, stop. I can't leave the Galleria, because I'm cooking the books, and I'm fencing stolen property, and I'm in it up to my neck. (SIGHS) I made a deal with Rita ` after she found out about us. She promised she wouldn't tell Lefty or anyone else, so long as I got involved in the business. And then I went and made it all very public by moving in with you. So she doesn't have anything over you any more. She's not gonna wanna give up her insurance policy, Mike. My fingerprints are all over everything. HISSES: Fuck! OK. Here's what you tell Rita. I won't go near her. I'll turn a blind eye to whatever the fuck she gets up to in the Galleria ` if she lets you go. You'd do that for me? Of course. I love you. So trendy! They have such good shopping in America. Ooh, it's so good to have you home again. Oh, leave the man alone, Carol. Hello again. Hello. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) (ALL EXCHANGE GREETINGS, CHATTER) (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) Who puts money in a hole in the wall just sitting there for the likes of us to help ourselves? The banks must be stupid. Money machines? Yeah, even the name sounds like an invitation, eh? 'Money machines'. They'll never take off. They'll be around for a couple of months before they go back to keeping the money inside the bank. That's why we've got to act fast. Fuck the money machines. To the banks and their new, fandangled technology ` taking all the hard work out of robbery. Fuck the money machines. ALL: Fuck the money machines! It got stuck. (HEARTY LAUGHTER) Oh! That's terrible. Oh shit. Have one of mine. Oh, no, thanks, love. Menthol. I can go get you some. No, no. You stay here and relax. No, I could do with a walk. All right, then. Thanks, love. But don't go to the bloody dairy. Yeah, as if ` with Jeanette lying there in wait. I should go empty the till. Nice idea, but, no, we need to keep away. She'll get hers ` her and her bloody mother. Go to the Four Square. We've got a bit of a full house at the moment, Ngaire. I can see that. It'll only take a moment of your time. I need to quit from the Galleria. I can't work for you any more. It won't be a problem for you. Mike has sworn that he'll leave you alone. Is that so? He means it. Wow, he must really want you out of there. What do you want? Me? Yeah, Ngaire, you. Well, I... (SIGHS) It doesn't matter, because Mike is` Bullshit it doesn't matter. You don't wanna leave, do you? No, I don't. I like it there ` despite you. Charmed (!) You know what I mean. Do you remember what you said to me? How you fell for him, of all fuckin' people, because he was kind, treats you well? That's what you said. I did. So you go home, and you tell Mike McCarthy to get fucked. You tell him that you were already married to one selfish, domineering arsehole, and you didn't give up everything to be bullied by another one. You tell him that you're not quitting, and if he doesn't like it, he can fuck right off. And then you give him a blow job so he'll know what he's missing if he does. You got all that? Yes. Yes. (SIGHS) Thank you. You're welcome. (CHEERING, LAUGHTER) Lefty. Ngaire. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) Oh, thank God. No aggro. No point. We've all moved on. Yeah. All one great big happy bloody family round here. Isn't it? (FOREBODING MUSIC) (CAR ENGINE RUMBLES) (DOORBELL CHIMES) (TH' DUDES' 'BE MIGHT TONIGHT' PLAYS ON RADIO) # You lit me, you bit me, I'm rapt. # Be mine. Be mine tonight... (DRAMATIC MUSIC) Smoking's bad for you. Not as bad as I can be. (CHUCKLES) You gonna pay for them? I wasn't planning on it. Just asking. They're not for me. Oh, well, that makes all the difference (!) Is Jeanette here? You know her, do you? Kind of. Are you him? Who? Why she's been sent away. Are you the Wolf? Yeah, I'm him. Yeah, I figured as much. # Asian cigarettes, a long talk, a few cans if you can... # You should take the smokes and go. Is your Mum here? No. Just me. Well, then,... I can take anything I want. You can try. You gonna stop me, are you? ('BE MINE TONIGHT' CONTINUES PLAYING) Take whatever you want. Just from what my sister said, you sounded more interesting than that. Did I? Back when she was all about her hot, dangerous boyfriend, yeah. Right before she freaked the fuck out and got shipped down country. And then you arrived to take her place. I'm no one's placeholder ` especially not Jeanette. I can see that. Can you? ('BE MINE TONIGHT' CONTINUES PLAYING) So what I'm hearing is I can take anything I damn well like in this store. My guess, if you did that, is that you'd make even less than opening your own fucking dairy. Well, you have a foul mouth. At least I don't smoke. Neither do I. You just steal them. You know, I've heard about you. You're trouble, apparently. Which is saying something, if your sister's anything to go by. I just have problems doing what I'm told. Yeah? Yeah. And I've heard about you. All good, I'm sure. Not in the slightest. I guess that explains it. Explains what? What we have going on. Which is? Along the lines of this. You reckon, do you? Nah, I know. ('BE MINE TONIGHT' CONTINUES PLAYING) Where's Wolf with those bloody smokes? (BOTH PANT) He's probably taking longer cos he had to go to the Four Square. Ugh. Bloody dairy family, making life inconvenient. (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) (BOTH GASP, MOAN) Oh, fuck me! (BOTH GASP, EXCLAIM, MOAN) You're a lifesaver. Nice to have your boy back, eh? Shit, yeah. And this time I'm not letting him go. Mm. (MOANS, GRUNTS) (BOTH MOAN) Fuck! Oh my fucking God. (BOTH MOAN) (GROANS, GASPS) Fuck, yeah! (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) (LAUGHS) (WOMEN CHEER, LAUGH) (LAUGHTER, CHATTER) ('BE MINE TONIGHT' CONTINUES) Thank you for your kind offer today, or should I say your ultimatum (!) It wasn't an ultimatum; I was just telling you what I would like` And now, I'm telling you. I will stay at the Galleria, because I like it. It makes me happy. And if I am happy, then it will follow that you are happy. Yeah, but` But if I am unhappy, then by God, you will know about it. But I'm sure it won't come to that, because you are a kind and considerate man. That's why I'm here. Don't ever forget it. (SLURPS) (DISTANT CHEERING, LAUGHTER) (DD SMASH'S 'THE DEVIL YOU KNOW' BLARES) You do know that I've been here before, eh? You might not wanna mention that to my old lady. Is she really as evil as my mum says? Maybe. (ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO) # You blow me away. # Does this throw you? (GIGGLES) # Does this bother you? # You're taking on a gamble. Come here, my love. Mwah! # Knowing how I ramble... Oh! I was beginning to think you'd been kidnapped. Mum, there's, uh, somebody I'd like you to meet. Hello, Wolf's mum. Rita. Hi. I'm Cheryl. # I'm the devil you know. # Ooh! Morning, Rita. Fucking knock. Hope you like fish pie. I don't eat smoked fish. Bilkey? Oh, he thinks that you're a poof. (LAUGHS) Her mother, Trish Miller, is worried about her. Mum! Worried she might be being corrupted. Bit bloody late for that. Morning, Rita. Having some hormonal piglet sniffing around Cheryl could be a problem. You have so much to learn. Well, luckily I'll have you to teach me. Over my dead body is she the one for him.
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