[TASHA] Look, it's daddy's ex-wife, again.
Agh! What the hell!
Jen, I need you to go.
Ooh, it's a ducky.
[TASHA] She had pouches of toddler food, in her cupboard.
[JACK] You thought you saw Jen.
Jen! What the hell do you think you're doing with my child?
[TASHA] It's not yours, Sam.
I saw Sam outside the house and again at work.
You followed Jack?
If he didn't think something was going on between us before,
- I'd say he might now. - I'll let you get back to Sam.
I'm gonna be gone for three nights.
[ UNRECOGNISED NUMBER TONE]
- [NURSERY WORKER] Emily's already been collected. - What did she look like?
The woman who took my child!?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[NURSERY WORKER] Here.
[TASHA] Right. Here.
[TASHA] Jen! Who verified her?
Who verified her as a carer for my child?
Let's have a look.
[TASHA GASPS] Jack did.
Okay. Okay...
- Wait. - Mrs Warrington, wait.
Last week?!
Last week, and you didn't think to tell me, her mother, to check?
[NURSERY MANAGER] That's not Nursery procedure, Mrs Warrington.
[TASHA PANTING]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Jen! Jen, are you in there, please?
I need to get hold of Jack Warrington.
No, no, no. Someone has taken our child.
[LOLA] Tasha!
Lola!
Lola, I need to know where Jack is.
A number for him in New York.
Where he is? Oh, is everything all right?
No, it's Emily. Something's...
I just need to get a hold of him.
His mobile isn't working and I...
Sorry I don't have time to get into this.
I understand, I just need to tell you about the situation here,
- because it seems you aren't aware... - The situation?
Please sit down, Tasha, seriously.
Jack isn't here.
- I know he's not here. He's in New York. - No,
Jack isn't here anymore.
He isn't with the company. He doesn't work here.
What?!
What are you talking about? Of course he works here.
No, he quit two weeks ago.
It was a bit of a thing. And he took a few clients with him,
pissed a lot of people off.
[TASHA] Okay.
[TASHA SIGHS]
Okay.
He just quit?
- Left, yeah, resigned. - Why?
And you don't know a phone in New York, or a hotel anything?
No disrespect, Tasha, but...
are you sure he's even in New York?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[MUFFLED CHATTER]
Jen Warrington.
- Through there. - Thank you.
Where's Emily?
- You can't just barge in here. - Where the fuck is she, you mad bitch?
Is that him?
It's on mute, but I would really appreciate it
if you could stop shouting in my face.
- This is my place of work. - I really don't give a shit.
Where's my daughter?
[DISTANT CHILD GIGGLES]
Emily.
Emily?
[CHILD BABBLES]
Tasha, please stop! Okay!
Look, I know you're upset
and clearly this is very difficult for you,
but Emily is not here, okay?
Jack asked me to collect her for him.
Oh, he has her?
[SIGHS WITH RELIEF]
Where is he?
He's quit his job, did you know that?
I think he's in some kind of trouble.
No, he's not in any kind of trouble.
Actually, I think he meant to leave that job a while ago.
Oh, he told you that, did he?
He was planning on leaving?
What is going on? Where is he?
[JEN BREATHES NERVOUSLY]
Jack collected Emily about half an hour ago.
Okay, so he's not in New York?
Okay. It seems I am caught in the middle of something here.
Jack told me that he discussed
the terms of the separation with you, and,
- you agreed to... - What the hell are you talking about?
Okay. That doesn't appear to be the case.
- I'm really sorry, I can't do this. - No, no, no, no, no.
Jen, you need to tell me what the hell's going on here!
I'm going home and you should too.
This is not at all appropriate, okay?
- You need to talk to him. - I can't.
- He's changed his number. - No, he hasn't.
Yes, he has.
Why is he doing this?
- I still think that you... - I don't understand.
Everything was fine this morning. I...
I'm sorry, Tasha,
but I really don't want to be involved in this, okay?
Oh my god! This is because of you, isn't it?
This is because of whatever you think you heard
between me and Sam the other day.
This is exactly what you've been waiting for.
- You did this to get him back. - Oh my god.
Of course I ha...
You know, if Jack found out something was going on
between you and Sam, that's between the two of you.
Excuse me.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[KEYS JINGLE AND DOOR CLICKS]
Come on, Jack! Let me in!
[DIALS BEEP WITH LONG TONE]
Jack?!
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLES]
Jack?!
Emily?!
[PHONE RINGS]
[SMASH]
[ALARM BLARES]
[DIALS BEEP]
Hello?
[DEAD TONE]
[ALARM BLARES]
Fuck!!
[PANTING WHILE ALARM BLARES]
[DISTANT ALARM BLARES]
[OFFICER WARREN] Hello, ma'am. Is everything okay here?
Can I ask if you're the house owner?
Yes. Yes, this is my house.
Okay. We've been alerted to a possible break in
via your home security company. Is there a problem?
There's no problem, my husband changed the code
and I'm just about to reset it, but thank you.
Ma'am, would it be alright if we just took
- a quick look inside the property? - Yeah, sure.
Wait, is that normal?
All part of the service.
I smashed the door.
It's a long story but my husband and I...
We're having problems and...
God this is really embarrassing but...
He changed the locks and the alarm.
Right. Have you got any ID ma'am?
Proof of address? Driver's licence?
I don't have a driver's licence
but I'm sure I've got something upstairs though.
- Can I? - How about I come along with you?
[ALARM CONTINUES]
[TASHA] My husband covers the bills.
I had a baby last year, I haven't gone back to work.
If you've got a mortgage statement, that'll be fine.
Yes. Yes, yes, I have that.
[ZIPS]
Is there a problem?
No. Um, I don't know. I...
I'm not on the mortgage statement.
My name's not on it. Uh, but...
What does that mean?
I know that he put me on it last year.
- I've just spoken to your husband. - Oh, you have?
Yes, the security company connected me to Mr Warrington.
The good news is he's not going to be pressing charges
for the criminal damage to the door.
However, you are going to have to vacate the property now, with us.
I'm sorry, what?
You can't stay here.
But I live here.
No, sorry. I live here. I'm his wife.
I know I'm not on the form, but, I'm...
I have rights, don't I?
Seems he applied for an occupation order yesterday.
Legally you can't be here.
No, no, no. No, sorry...
He's got my child.
He's got my daughter. I...
I don't know where they are.
- Is he the child's legal father? - Yes.
He has parental responsibility as much as you.
Do you have any concerns over your baby's safety?
Could she be at risk from your husband?
No, no, nothing like that. It's just...
[SOUND MUFFLES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Tah-dah. The spare room.
Thank you so much for this, Sam.
- I appreciate it. - Honestly...
It's the least I can do.
I can't believe he's doing this.
Yeah.
What did they tell you?
- The police? - Yeah.
- That I'm screwed. - Oh, yeah?
And what did they tell you to do?
Go see his family tomorrow...
Okay. Are you gonna call first?
No. I'm not giving anyone else the chance to hangup on me.
If I'm right in front of them, they can't ignore me.
Right.
I can't afford to let this go down the legal route.
I don't have any savings or money or...
What are you talking about?
- Jack's loaded. - Yeah, he is.
And what, you don't have a joint account?
No. I didn't want anyone to think that was why I was with him.
You...
Okay.
Okay. No, okay.
How're you getting there?
Do you need me to drive you?
He thinks we're having an affair,
Because of the stalking thing...
Oh.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
Yes.
[MUSIC PLAYS]
Um, did you mention anything to him
about us?
Us in the past?
No. Did you?
No.
Okay, good...
because there was no us, Sam.
It was one time, when we were drunk.
Yeah.
So, I didn't mention it.
The point is I can't show up with you if they're in that headspace.
Oh god, I know, I'm sorry.
This is a lot to deal with.
No, it's fine.
Listen, I know this...
is really bad, and I fucking hate that I have to do this,
- but I can borrow some money? - Yes.
Yeah.
And I'll get one of the guys
from the * office to...
to drive you.
Thank you.
- I won't forget this. - It's okay.
And I'll pay you back. Okay?
Sure.
Don't worry.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Just here is fine. - Okay.
Thank you.
[HANDBRAKE SQUEAKS]
- I'll be 30 minutes max. - No problem.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Ah.
Okay.
Best get the boss.
Hayles! Incoming!
Right, well, I think you should probably leave, don't you?
He's not here and we'd said we'd stay out of it so...
I need to speak to him.
I'm sure he'll call when he's ready.
As far as I can tell, he's well within his rights...
you've made your bed.
- Sorry, my bed? - Yeah.
He told us...
about your boyfriend.
Sam isn't my boyfriend.
Okay,
not sure it's any of my business, but sure.
Hayley, I need to see my daughter.
I'm sure Emily's fine.
You know how good Jack is with her,
besides that will all be sorted out soon, so...
What will?
The divorce, mediation, whatever.
The divorce?
Yeah.
Hayley, this is ridiculous.
I'm sorry but...
How can he? We haven't even...
I think we all know you've had problems for a while now.
Jack said as much the other week
but that's besides the point.
I'm sure someone will call in the next few days.
In the meantime,
it's best not to get too emotional.
Oh god, the water works...
Tasha, you'll forgive me if I don't buy it.
You are such a fucking bitch Hayley.
You think it's endearing but it's not, it's ugly.
I hope something like this happens to you one day
and when it does, I hope that you come to someone like me for help
and when you do, I hope they fucking ruin you!
Well...
That's some real mother of the year stuff right there.
Get off my property, before I call the police.
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
[LOUD CHATTER]
Fuck off me.
[ALEX] How about that one?
[DARREN] Hard no.
[ALEX] That's a certified ten, mate.
[DARREN] Nah. She's got the crazy eyes.
Fuck off.
Oh, feisty.
I'm serious lads, I am not in the fucking mood, so fuck off.
Can I buy you a drink?
What? Fucking what?
You wanna fuck me, show me the world,
whack me in a huge fucking house,
stick a kid inside me and then break my legs
like fucking 'Misery'.
No.
[BREATHES HEAVY]
Yeah, didn't fucking think so.
Fuck off, you shit bag.
[STREET CHATTER]
[DIALS BEEP]
[INTERCOM RINGS]
[JEN] Hello?
Who is this?
It's me. I just need to talk to you, please.
Just five minutes of your life, and then you never have
to see me ever again. I promise.
Fucksake, Tasha. Go home to your family.
I can't, I don't know where they are.
You're all I've got right now.
[INTERCOM CLICKS]
[DIALS BEEP]
Let me in, let me in, let me in...
- Jesus christ. - Let me in, let me in, let me in...
Ok! Just Stop it...
You can come up if you just shut up.
[DOOR BUZZES]
[JEN] How much have you had to drink?
I'll make coffee.
I'm sorry Jen,
I am, about everything.
About what I did to you.
Your husband.
Your house. Your life.
I just didn't think.
No, sorry, you're right.
That was a lie; I did think.
I knew exactly what I was doing,
I was okay with hurting you because
you weren't real to me.
You weren't a person with feelings
and hopes and plans.
And that's unforgivable.
But I came here to tell you that if
this is about you and Jack,
if that's what this is, then
I want you to know, that I will go so easily...
Really, I will. I'll...
leave you guys to it. I just...
I need you to tell me where he has her.
Please.
I need to see Emily.
You're drunk, Tasha, and I don't want to get involved.
I don't owe you anything.
[TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD]
[TASHA SIGHS]
I didn't even want Emily,
I didn't want a kid. I'd booked an abortion.
I didn't plan for any of this.
I was so young, I...
didn't have a career. Still don't.
No means to look after her, but
the point is I did and she is the best thing that ever happened to me.
You have everything I ever wanted.
We wanted.
Three miscarriages.
The first was the worst.
She even had a name.
We had our whole lives mapped out.
And then I kept losing them.
A dull ache,
blood, weeks and weeks of waiting.
Hope and then trying not to hope and then doing it over and over again
until honestly, you're not sure why you're doing any of it anymore.
I should hate you.
But, you want to know the truth?
I'm tired.
I'm just so fucking tired of trying to make life happen.
I could fill an arena, Tasha,
with all the things I want, but...
I'm old enough and weathered enough to know that
you can't change the way things are through sheer will power.
I'm not a bad person.
But I'm not your friend either.
Look, I don't know where they are Tasha...
but I will try to find out.
Okay.
Right now, I just want you out of my house. Okay?
Of course.
Thank you.
[DOOR CLICKS]
[JACK] Thank you.
[TASHA] For what?
[JACK] Changing my life, kiddo.
[SIGHS]
[OUTSIDE TRAFFIC BEEPS]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
For fucksake.
_
Sam.
[COFFEE MACHINE WHIRS]
[CAFE CHATTER]
Hey.
Look, I've done some digging.
I spoke to Hayley this morning.
The thing is she thinks he's at Whitsford which
I know that can't be true because
that would've been the first place you'd check.
What? What's Whitsford?
You don't know what Whitsford is?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
He never told you about the second home?
The holiday house... the whole time you...
I suppose things did move rather quickly, didn't they?
Well, Whitsford is in Surrey.
It's bigger than the London place, garden, pool,
it's actually very beautiful.
- Sounds very nice. - It was.
It was going to be our forever home.
Okay, so he's there, is he?
It would certainly seem so.
Excuse me, can I borrow your pen?
Sure.
Thank you.
Here's the address.
Do you have any way of getting there?
I will figure it out.
Thank you Jen, so much.
Tasha, wait.
When you get there, what are you going to do?
Do?
I mean are you gonna see her or are you gonna take her?
If I see her,
she's coming home with me.
I'm sorry, that's the honest truth.
I understand.
But then you'll leave the marriage?
Yes.
[CAFE CHATTER]
Do you have a way of getting there?
[MOTORWAY WHIRS]
[PHONE CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
Thank you for doing this.
I really appreciate it.
You don't need to thank me.
There's not much point in me giving you an address you can't get to.
You didn't tell anyone I was driving you, did you?
Oh no, of course not.
Good.
When we get there,
I think we should wait a bit before we go in.
What do you mean wait?
Until it's dark, until he's asleep.
Tasha, I thought you wanted me to talk to him.
I told you I'd help bring him round,
I didn't say I'd help break into his house.
He's not gonna just hand her over.
You said yourself, he's terrified of losing her.
I think we go in there, get her and you can soften him after the fact.
Reassure him that...
I'm on the level with this.
I'm not going to disappear.
And you are on the level with this?
He'll still be able to see her?
[CLEARS THROAT]
[PHONE RINGS]
Shit.
[PHONE RINGS]
[VOICE MESSAGE] Hey, this is Tash. Leave a message.
[SAM BREATHES DEEPLY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Uh...
_
[JEN] This is it.
We should probably leave the car,
walk the rest of the way.
I've been thinking...
Maybe I should go in alone.
I mean, I'm the one who knows where the spare key is,
I know the lay out of the house,
where she'll be if she's there.
There's a nursery on the first floor.
You can wait here. I'll bring her to you.
I'm just not sure how he's going to react
if he finds you sneaking around his house, Tasha.
If it's me, it's different.
I swear to god if this is a trick...
if you warn him...
I'll fucking fight this to the bitter end.
I just don't want a situation, Tasha.
Not if we can avoid one.
Okay.
I'll wait outside.
I won't come in.
[DOOR CREAKS]
[TASHA] What if he's not here?
[JEN] He's here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[JEN WHISPERS] Creature of habit.
[KEYS QUIETLY JANGLE]
Stay put.
I'll go in and find her and I'll bring her back out here, meet you.
Don't go far.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GENTLE RATTLING SOUND]
[FAINT RUSTLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TASHA SCREAMS]
[THUDS]
[JACK] Oh, shit.
[WIND BLOWS]
[SINISTER MUSIC]
[TASHA BREATHES FAINTLY]
[GASPS FOR AIR]
[PANTING]
Emily! Emily!!
Fuck! Jack, open the fucking door! Fuck.
Jack, if you don't open the door, I'm gonna break it down.
Emily!
[JACK] She's gone.
Alright, she's gone.
[TASHA PANTING]
Look, I never wanted to hurt you,
alright, that was never the idea.
[JACK SIGHS]
She's magical, you know...
Emily.
You've made a beautiful little girl.
Perfect.
So, you see I can't let you take her from me.
And honestly, Natasha...
All of this was for her.
Our marriage. All of it was to ensure that legally I'd be her father.
Jen and I should be together.
You're a wonderful young woman, Natasha,
but what I felt for you was never love.
[JACK SIGHS]
This wasn't the ending I'd planned, by the way, it's a bit bleak.
I'd hoped for a smoother transition
but you forced me...
when you said that you'd take Emily.
There's a line, all right, I'm not gonna let you cross that line.
And also, you've had been lying to me
for quite some time, haven't you?
Spying on me,
bringing another man into my house.
Yeah.
Don't think I don't know history when I see it.
I know you were together.
Right, so here is what's going to happen.
You are going to walk away from this marriage.
You're not gonna try and fight it because you'll lose.
My resources far outweigh yours as you've seen.
Besides, you're young.
You can walk away and start again.
Here's what you'll get in exchange:
I will pay you a healthy maintenance.
Nothing outrageous but it'll be fair.
You will get to see Emily on birthdays and special occasions
and holidays,
until she is old enough to make her own choices.
And in return for this access,
you will have to give up any bid for permanent residency.
Do you understand that?
[KNOCKS HARD]
She lives with me.
That's it, that's the offer.
I can hear the cogs turning.
All right, I'll make it simple, shall I?
If you try and fight me on this, and I win, which I will,
I'll make sure you get nothing, okay?
Nothing.
You've had a very busy few days, haven't you?
Leaving Emily with strangers,
causing a scene at my place of work,
at my ex's place of work.
You know my sister...
had to call the police, don't you?
You broke in here too.
I had to defend myself. Jen will back me up.
No Court will ever believe you.
They'll see you as an unfit mother.
I'll drag you through the filth.
Do you understand?
I'll make sure you'll never see Emily unsupervised again.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Okay.
What was that?
Okay.
I'll...
I'll do it, I just obviously need more.
More?
Yeah, I'll sign whatever, but...
I need half.
Half of everything?
Jack...
I've read up on this, spouses get half by default
unless there's a pre-nup, which there isn't.
I'd have to write a letter to the judge,
explaining why, if I took any less than half.
I think it's there to protect people
- in coercive relationships. - I see.
- Good for you. - Hmm.
Well, I'm sorry to see you boil our daughter down to numbers,
but if you want to sell her for half then, yeah, fine.
I'll go along with it.
She's worth much more to me anyway.
I know.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[TASHA SCREAMS]
[JACK GASPS]
[TASHA PANTING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Fuck!
[STRUGGLED GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS AND GRUNTS]
Fuck! Fuck!
You're not taking her! You're not fucking taking her!
You're not gonna fucking take her!
You don't take her!
[TASHA CHOKES]
- Jack! - You don't win!
Do you hear me?!
[TASHA CHOKES]
Fuck!
[THUD]
[TASHA GASPS FOR BREATH]
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
[TASHA PANTING]
Pick up you bitch, pick up.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE CUTS OFF]
Fuck!
[JEN BREATHES DEEPLY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]