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- Come in, come in.

- Oh, I have to check that.

Anyway, been a long time.

Maybe two or three years.

- Oh, really?

- A lot of historical interest in this place.

The older section of the house was built

in Victoria's coronation year.

The plan was a month,

but the parish lines were redrawn.

The next person to live here was the son

of one of the local lairds.

- Oh. When was the roof last replaced?

- Must have been '70.

Well, but it's hard slate, so should last for 100 years.

Come. In you go and have a look round.

- Imagine it without this room.

- Who ever thought this was a good idea?

- Well, do you think the fireplaces still work?

- I can't see up this chimney.

Either it's been blocked,

or there's a bird's nest in there.

- I think it's blocked.

- Difficult to get the car up here when it's icy.

- Smells a bit, doesn't it?

- Can we stop at the bank on the way back?

- What did she say?

- What's the asking price?

- Can we stop at the bank?

- Can we stop at the ba--

- Let me know if you have any questions.

Hello?

No point in thinking like that, is there?

Not like anything can be done.

Just the way things are.

All right.

- Hello, this is.

I'm not available, but please leave a message,

and I'll call you back.

- Hi, this is Caroline from across the road.

I'm just--

Hello?

- No, no.

No need to worry about that.

That's why I'm here, isn't it?

That's why I'm here.

Oh, shit.

Oh, fuck.

Come in, come in.

- Hello?

- Hello? - Hi.

Hi, this is Caroline.

- Oh. - Yeah, hi.

I'm back home, and-- - Oh.

- Well, actually, I'm back in the area, and I went home--

- Didn't you call first? - And--

- You haven't spoken to him?

- Where is he?

- He's really not well.

You do know that, right? - Yes.

- We've been doing his shopping for him.

- OK.

Where is he?

- He's very ill.

They had to move him.

Look, when was the last time you spoke to him?

- OK, do you know where they moved him?

- I'm not--I'm not sure.

To a--well, a facility.

Do you know which one?

D-do you know which facility?

Oh, shit.

OK.

- Thanks for making the time for this.

- Not at all.

So as you can see,

there's a real wealth of history.

Not many like these anymore.

- Mm.

- Oh, the electricity's been turned off

to be friendly to the environment.

- Henry, get your phone out.

- The first part of this house was built

at the very beginning of the Victorian age.

Did you tell anybody that you were coming here today?

- We really just want something more like a home, you see.

Who would want to come and stay in a holiday let like this?

- Might be cheaper to tear this down

and start with a new build.

- Get out.

- Henry.

- Pardon? - Get out.

- Henry.

- Get out.

Get out!

- Don't talk like that.

- We don't need you here.

- You can't talk to us that way!

- Get away!

- Henry!

- Go outside, Sonia.

All right.

You're a small man.

You shouldn't have this.

I should smash it.

What are you doing?

You've been so hungry, so hungry, so hungry,

I couldn't keep up.

Why?

Are you full now?

You know, they--you don't know.

You don't understand anything.

They'll gut you. They'll rip you apart.

They'll--they'll-- they'll turn you

into something without soul.

Something without soul,

something--

strangers coming to and fro.

Or is that what you want?

You want to rot and decay and turn into rubble?

Turn into a row, a load of rubble?

I won't let this happen.

I got a letter here.

A CPO.

You know what that is?

They want to take you away.

Take you away from me.

Own you.

Change you.

But I'm going to sort it out.

I'm putting some money together.

We'll fix you.

That's all they really want.

We'll get them off our backs.

Yes.

Things are hard.

We need to be careful.

We need to slow down.

You...

need me.

- Hello?

Did you put this here?

Why?

You can see me?

And you...understand me?

Where did all these things come from?

- You've reached George House Hospice.

We're either busy at the moment,

or you've reached us after hours.

Leave your name and number,

and someone will get back to you shortly.

- Hi, my name's Caroline Dalgarno.

I am calling to see if you have someone in care there.

His name is Peter Dalgarno.

If you wouldn't mind, give me a ring back.

My number is 077-009-00136.

OK, thank you very much.

Bye-bye.

Yes.

I was--

I was moving home, actually.

My--my landlord wanted to renovate,

and there was nowhere else I could afford, so...

I was hiding everything by the train station.

I didn't have anywhere else to put it.

Is that OK?

But I'll leave...soon.

Is he--is he coming back?

Plants...

and clothes

and drawings and some books.

I'm not very good.

I should be better at perspective,

making things look three-dimensional.

That's you.

You can just see a little bit.

It's a photograph taken from the road.

That's your roof.

Yeah, exactly.

They--they take all these photographs

and put them together so it feels like

you're walking down the street.

You can go anywhere.

Sometimes when I was at uni, I would put in my home address

and pretend I was walking along my road.

It's just a few miles that way, actually.

I used to come past here all the time,

but I never came down this road.

I never knew about you.

Familiar places

Familiar people

Always the same bright sunny day

It's like being a kid again.

We're not--

We're not--

I knew he was ill.

He can be distant.

- Hello, Caroline?

Caroline? - Yes, hi.

- Oh, hi.

Yes.

You all right?

- How are you doing?

- Oh, I'm all right.

Yeah.

I'm all right.

You know, they're--how's uni?

- Yeah, fine. Good.

- Making your wee drawings, yeah, your wee houses.

I still have that one from your application,

your portfolio, the--

You keeping safe over there?

- Yeah, of course.

Yeah, everything's fine.

How are you doing?

- I'm all right.

Yeah, I do worry.

I put it out of my head, of course, but--

I go on my walks, and I imagine

what you must be getting up to,

going around, living your life.

Did I ever tell you that?

- Dad?

- Sorry, sorry, just had a wee moment there.

So how are you? How is uni?

- Yeah, it's fine.

- It's hard.

- Oh, I know.

You don't have to tell me.

I had an awful time.

I didn't even make it through a full year.

I know.

Remember when we lived in Auchenblae,

the nice house?

Yeah.

Oh, no, no, that was before you were born.

No, Cat was pregnant.

Of course you wouldn't remember.

That was the best time, Caroline.

Seeing you on the ultrasound, so cozy, so safe inside, yeah.

I thought about that picture of you,

and I wished you could stay in there

and not go out into the awful, dangerous world.

Oh.

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

There I go again.

I'm sorry, love.

It's the drugs.

The good shit.

Let me know, and I'll see if I can hook you up with some.

- I'm gonna come and see you, Dad.

- Oh, no, no. No, no.

- Yes.

Yeah.

What did they do with all your composition books?

- No, don't do that.

- No, it's all right.

It's OK.

Where are you?

- No, focus on school, Caroline.

- Where are you, Dad?

- Oh, I'm just at home.

- You're at home?

- Yeah, I'm sat in the kitchen, looking out the window.

I've got your little clay sculpture

here on the windowsill.

Some robins in the bird feeder.

- How many robins?

- Three of them.

- Is it nice there?

- It's beautiful.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I have to go. Liam at the door.

- OK. OK, well, I'll see you soon.

- See you soon.

You fixed the window.

When was that?

Do you remember a time before that?

You fixed the window.

You can fix yourself.

What do you eat?

Do you know what you are?

Do you know how long you've been here?

Does--does anyone else know about you?

What happens to things?

You take them away and you bring them back.

Where does it go?

I don't have any money, but I could walk to him.

It's four hours.

I can do that.

I don't need any of this.

This is you.

A slate roof.

Slate ridge tiles.

A lead verge gutter.

Bay window and a French door

up on the gable end.

Top upper windows with recessed window reveals,

Scottish style,

set back in the cavity to keep out some of the rain.

In good shape, all in all.

See how I put lines in for perspective?

This is the vanishing point...

where it all comes together and ends.

To the house without an occupant from the girl without a home.

Thank you.

- Just go and open the door.

- Here we go.

- Want to have a look in here?

Come on, let's have a look.

Wow.

So big.

Can we see what's out the window?

Oh, it's OK.

OK.

It's OK.

Look at the flowers.

Wow.

Look at the flowers.

So pretty.

So pretty.

Hon?

Can we get a picture?

You OK? Oh.

You're OK.

Hon, you got my phone?

- Huh? - You got my phone?

- I don't have it.

- Thank you.

Oh, should we go back?

Can you take it?

- Yeah.

Let's go.

- Go on. Say cheese.

- Cheese!

- Go on, give us a smile, then.

Aw, he's a grump now.

Yeah, I know. I know. I know.

I know.

- Hiya. - Hi. Are you--

- I'm an officer of the court.

You're the owner of this property.

- I am the estate agent.

- No, you're the owner, the inheritor.

You're Duncan Patterson.

I've come about the CPO.

You wrote to the minister and the council

objecting to the CPO, yeah?

- Said I have 21 days.

- That's right.

You objected to the CPO.

You said you had fixed the property up...

- That's right.

- And you had an interested buyer.

- That's right.

- If you do actually have a buyer,

then that's something the court needs to know.

That's good news.

- Yes.

- Who is it?

Who's the solicitor they're working with?

- I need to send it to you in writing.

- We've sent numerous notices.

I myself have been here several times trying to track you down,

but you're nowhere to be found.

- Well, I'm here now. - Yes, you are.

And I'm here to see if what you said is true.

And clearly, it isn't.

- What are you gonna do with it?

You gonna tear it down?

- It's uninhabited and derelict.

- It's not derelict.

- People have reported vandalism,

broken windows, squatters.

- What? There's no--

Do you see any broken windows?

- Not currently.

- Or squatters?

- Houses like this are sitting empty

while people are desperately needing somewhere to live.

The waiting list for council housing is full.

- Not here.

Nobody wants to live here.

They want to visit. They don't want to live here.

- If I'm not able to go--

- Go inside and have a look.

- I'm not here for that. - Go inside and have a look.

There's nothing wrong with it. - No.

- Go inside yourself.

- Sir.

Do not touch me.

- I told you to--

I--I'm so sorry.

No, I'm really sorry.

I just need to get my--my phone.

Hiya.

- It's all right.

I just want to talk to you.

Come outside, please.

What have you been doing in there?

- Oh, no, I haven't--

I just saw the door was open.

I'm sorry.

- It's all right.

Well, come out now.

You've been staying in here, haven't you?

I'm the owner.

But that's all right.

- I need my phone.

- Your phone? - Yeah.

I just--I just need to get my phone, and then I'll go.

- You can use my phone. What do you need?

Do you need a lift? - No, no.

- I've got money.

It's all right.

- I just want to help.

I can help you get whatever you want.

OK.

- Stop! Stop!

Be quiet!

Don't listen.

Please.

Don't listen to it.

Please.

What more could I have done?

Please.

Please.

Please!

- Hello, love.

Sorry to call you again like this.

It's just, well...

there are a lot of things, a lot of things

I thought I wanted to say.

When I finally heard your voice, oh, it was so nice.

I couldn't think of how to say it.

I was afraid. I was.

I was.

Ever since you were born.

And it made me--

My own father, you know, he wasn't a very good father.

I don't think his father had been a very good father.

And I tried to be different.

I chose coldness, distance.

And I think--

I think that was wrong too.

I think about you living your life,

and it's like being young again.

It's like being born again.

And I'm not afraid now.

Not at all.

I'm not in here.

I'm out there, out there living.

You're me, aren't you?

Oh, I'm telling you, Caroline, these drugs, oof,

they're something else.

I've been feeling a little poorly.

I've been-- well, the nice people here,

the nice people who have been helping me,

they think I could stop all the medication,

the pills,

just sort of...rest.

Sedation is what it--

palliative sedation.

I've been thinking about it, but I wanted to,

you know, just one last time, well--

yeah, so I might not be able to speak again.

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

I wish I'd been closer to you.

Just a silly man.

- You'll figure it out, won't you?

So lovely to hear your voice earlier.

Hope all's well.

- A vanishing point...

where it all comes together...

and ends.

Where do people go when they disappear?

I could stay.

I have nowhere else.

No one will miss me.

Let me stay.

Let me go inside.

Please.

- This is the 5:02 service to Edinburgh Waverley.

Calling at Carnoustie, Dundee...

- Tickets, please.

- Cupar, Haymarket, and Edinburgh Waverley.

- Wee project, eh?

- Yeah.

I am an architect student.

- All right.

Tickets, please.

- He's right.

I do this thing with my eyebrows when I know I need

to acknowledge what someone's saying

but I don't want to engage

and I have nothing to say.

Just like him.

All these little bits of our lives

through the darkness of history.

We're repositories of millions of lives and stories

reconstructed into something that thinks

it's new and unique.

And maybe that's it.

Maybe that's all.

An old ghost in a new house.

That's him.

Are you comfortable?