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I left a little paper in your toilet bowl last week.

And I wanted to know if you were interested in getting your hair done.

Yes, listen, I saw your documents.

I'm sorry, I have to go now.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Goodbye. Have a good day, goodbye.

So that's it, just to know if you were interested in my services.

Do you remember when you made your own color?

You're going to do the same thing for the wedding? No, but you're kidding.

And you have your dress, by the way?

My dress, yes.

It's the little lady who lives behind me.

She made a very nice black dress, very ample.

Because I still took a lot of weight this winter.

You've grown.

Yes, a little.

But tell me, Melody.

Yes?

Belle, jolie comme tu es. Merci.

Oui. Quand est-ce que tu penses être mariée? Ah.

C'est pas pour tout de suite, ça.

Tu n'as pas de petite amie?

Pas vraiment.

Non. Écoute, j'ai rencontré un homme vraiment très bien de ces personnes.

Situation aisée.

Petite quarantaine.

Et il cherche à se marier.

Melody, it's beautiful.

You're exaggerating.

It's really very nice. Two days ago, I almost didn't do anything.

Yes, but you know, it was absolutely abominable.

Look,

my dear, this is for your work.

Thank you.

And this is for your project.

If you please, don't make a story, it's just money.

If you please, take it.

Every time you do the same thing, you're going to become poor with me.

That's all you need from me, Catherine, every day.

And your salon.

I may have found something.

You tell me. More?

No? Not yet? Not yet, okay.

Because, you know, I care a lot.

Because I love you a lot. I want everything to work for you.

Thank you very much.

You understand that?

Okay. See you on Saturday. See you on Saturday.

It's an order.

What do you want to do with it?

A hair salon.

Are you a hairdresser?

I'll learn.

You're brave.

What if I don't have the money?

I'll keep the 5,000.

There's a lot to do.

If I put the ad back, it's sold in three days.

Come on.

Come on, come on. No, it's fine.

We do as we're told.

C'est bien clair ? Oui.

Je veux pas d'embrouilles.

Non.

C'est ça ou vendre un rein ?

How much would you like?

At least 30,000.

Do you think you can earn that much? I'm not going to do that for a poor girl.

Here, my daughter.

I believe you.

And if they ever want to have her, what do I say?

You'll say that she went on vacation with her father.

Are you really going to put your picture on this site? Yes, it's for those who

pay. But it's trash anyway.

It's less dangerous than being poor. Come on.

It's my daughter.

She looks like you.

All girls look like their mothers.

Do you look like yours?

She says I do.

You were young when you had her.

Yes.

I found you a gynecologist here. You'll go and see him for tests.

Already. Why wait?

And what am I supposed to say? He's been informed.

He knows what needs to be done.

When was your last period?

Two weeks ago.

That's perfect.

We could be in the Ukraine for implantation in four weeks.

In Ukraine?

But I thought it was legal in England.

Not for a single woman.

Do you have a passport?

No. You need to think about getting one.

Who's going to look after your daughter while we're in Ukraine?

My mother.

What are you going to tell her?

I don't know.

I will invent something.

Don't say anything to her.

She wouldn't understand.

In fact, don't tell anyone.

It's better that way.

How much do you want to carry my child?

50,000 euros.

Plus the money if I have to travel, the medical costs,

and... All right.

You're not going to change your mind?

This is 500 euros for your first expenses.

Why did you choose me?

It touched me.

Your hair salon.

To do something for your daughter.

It's honest.

I could do that.

Do you speak French?

I know this region well.

Mes parents avaient une maison ici.

Since the current context isn't advantageous to new investment, I've

decided to close the London-Houston line, whose profitability has collapsed.

But that's our historic flagship.

The container ships Agamemnon and Fidelio will be transferred to

strengthen the Asian line.

You're going to launch a war that way. Moreover, the immediate decrease to 21

knots in order to save fuel will continue until the swapover is completed

in three months. That's going to take 60 days. Exactly, but the turnaround speed

will be compensated for by a rise in frequency.

Something that's going to enable our clients to economise on storage fees,

something that's far from negligible, notably with refrigerated freight.

So...

I'll give you the reference number for Seaman Bank International in Berkeley,

California. That's CA94704 and the reference is

263679 Hatterson, UK.

It's a batch of five pipettes. Delivery address is Reproductive Centre Happy New

Family, Odessa.

It's not that.

And it's not the purchase of a child.

Ukrainian legislation says that the real mother is the genetic mother and not the

one who gives birth to the child.

So in this context, the mother-bearer, and we want to present things like that,

lends a strong hand to couples who desire a child.

We have a problem at the lab.

What do you mean?

One oocyte didn't withstand the towing process.

How is that possible?

That's average with this kind of process.

Well, what about the other oocyte?

Nothing is lost, okay? The other one, IVS, is okay.

But we really have to carry out the implantation within the hour.

You're hurting me. Oh, sorry.

It's all gone well.

You are staying, laying down for one hour without moving.

Avoid sport and sexual activities for a couple of days.

Yes, because there is always a little risk of tiny contractions expelling the

embryo before the end of embedding. If you haven't had your period for three

weeks from now on...

That will probably be the good news

Pregnancy

tests, one for each day

And this is to compensate you for the five days you've spent here.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

How's this nothing?

Maybe this is the last time we see each other.

See what happens in three weeks?

Have a good flight.

Thank you.

Negative. Certain.

I did two.

It could still be positive, there's a week left.

Let's hope.

Why don't you tell me?

You promised to do a test today.

Tell me.

I have the right to know what's going on.

Impossible. I have to sell it now.

I'll have it ready.

Why would I believe you?

I've done everything for this show. I have all the plans. I have everything. I

only have ten days left.

Well, we're on the 17th. I say 17, put it up for sale.

You could have called me at least.

Come on then.

Tell me.

Who's it to you?

It's done.

I'm pregnant.

I'm carrying your child.

Since when?

Yesterday evening.

Come.

I've already done four.

Not in front of me.

And you haven't slept with anyone?

I would have noticed.

All right, well, we've got to be calm, you know, because until one to three

months, you know, there's nothing certain, so... It's going to arrive in

April.

It's going to be for April.

Probiotics.

Something.

Magnesium.

Vitamin B9, iron supplements.

Have you been taking it?

No. Well, it's, um...

It's to reduce the risk of deformities.

Just think of the child.

I want 25,000 euros.

I want my first part.

You said after the birth.

Plus that you put your guarantee for the rest of the money.

Well, that I might consider.

But the money before?

No, I don't think so.

But the bank wants cash.

I will lose my salon.

Will you find another one?

You can't refuse anymore.

It's too late now.

Let it go.

This is blackmail.

Oops. See the ribcage clearly.

Stomach underneath.

Oops. Oh, stop with the bees.

Now there's the heart.

I'll just zoom in for you.

Four chambers for sound effects.

Well, we're a first pregnancy off to a very good start.

It's not a first pregnancy.

Well, for me, there's no doubt. Your cervix is that of a woman that's never

given birth before.

I have a daughter.

I don't trust you anymore.

You'll have to learn.

You're gonna run off with my kid?

Black Naomi until it's born?

Cancel it on me too.

We have an agreement.

I brought you into my home.

I gave you money.

I gave you everything you wanted.

I put my confidence in you.

And you betrayed me.

I don't even know who you are.

If you leave I will withdraw my guarantee.

I'll give you the codes for the alarms.

That way, you'll be independent, and so will I.

Monday and Thursday afternoons, the cleaner comes, so I would prefer it if

you went out on those days.

Bonjour. Hi.

It's for you.

I'm no expert.

I just bought the most expensive ones.

It's too much.

I can't accept this. Let me

do

your hair.

I don't like to be indebted.

It's not necessary.

It's a gift.

I can see why you don't want to.

Don't be afraid.

Is it that obvious?

You lost your hair.

I shaved it off first.

He never told me.

I'm not forcing you.

It's not a lot to tell, you know.

Because when they discovered the problem, I was already ten weeks

pregnant.

And the... The doctor said that I had to have my womb removed if I wanted any

chance of surviving, and that... It was up to me to choose.

Either I took the risk of waiting until my sixth month to remove it, or they

removed it right away, but... I lost the baby.

Sorry.

I lost the baby, and... Well,

at first I didn't want to, but I... You know, I listened to my brother.

Well, in the end, he was right.

But I wonder, you know... I just

wonder what would have happened.

It was just a fetus.

Yeah, but if it had grown in my womb, it would have become a child.

I'm the one that should have died.

Yeah.

You don't have the right to say that. Yes, I do.

You know, it was... Well, it's the least thing I could have done, in fact.

I thought women only talked about the weather at the hairdressers.

Close your eyes, okay?

This is gonna fit with your eyes, yeah.

I think

I'm

going to put the mirrors there, and in the background the backs.

Shampoo and all that.

Yeah.

What do you think?

You're not going to open tomorrow?

Yeah, so what?

Are you going to borrow money for the job too?

No, but first I'll continue as a hairdresser for the people.

And then I'll do it little by little.

But that'll take you ten years.

That's a good price.

I could borrow money from you.

Thank you.

I don't need help.

It's a child you are, actually.

My

mother,

she was pregnant and then she gave birth and then she abandoned me.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

I am sorry.

I'm very grateful to Melody for giving me this gift that I have waited.

I've waited for so long.

Is this the first time you've done this?

What a great job.

How much do you receive?

You don't care about abandoning your child.

Gary! What am I supposed to say?

Congratulations, sister.

I'd like to be the godfather.

Do you even realise?

Do you understand what it entails?

Are you going to start lecturing me now? How tiring it is.

Bringing up a kid alone on top of the whole rest.

Stop doing it again.

I'm just stating facts.

Well done.

Look, I don't know if that young woman knows.

Stop it. But do you remember just 15 months ago... Stop it.

Do I have to stay sick forever, is that it?

It's easy for you to judge.

You have children.

No, you're not sick any longer, but you're not cured.

And I'm not getting any younger, and I just couldn't wait anymore.

Is that really so difficult to understand?

You could have done it.

What?

What I'm doing here.

Making a child for another.

You could have, couldn't you?

Mom.

I'd prefer to be alone.

Well, I just want to know the sex, really.

That's a mother's privilege, I'm afraid.

Sorry.

Don't you ever humiliate me like that again.

It's my baby.

No, that would never happen.

Sa mère c'est moi et j'ai dû créer mon fils comme j'ai faim.

Je vais arrêter de travailler pour préparer la naissance.

Préparer ? On dirait que c'est vous qui êtes ensemble.

Je vois pas ce qu'il y a à préparer.

Faut juste accoucher.

Préparer ?

Hopefully.

A real baseball mom.

You didn't want to adopt me?

And your mother?

You never tried to find her?

Yes, of course.

20 times.

I just found papers in the archives of a maternity hospital.

And?

Not much.

It was a paper from a social worker. It was written by hand.

Small face.

Very thin and delicate, with a harmonious taste, with well-drawn lips,

susceptible to finding adoptive parents quickly.

Melody is a sensitive baby who shows an attentive face to whom she listens.

You don't know him, do you? It's okay, it wasn't too far to take.

There's also my weight, my size, my blood type.

I was 2.5 kilos.

Was it possible for her to take you back?

It's possible for two months.

It's short.

Then it's over.

I was serious.

You can't adopt me.

You're not a bit old for that.

You were right, I'm pathetic.

No, I didn't draw.

It's sad, 28 years old.

And it's crazy because every time I try, with everyone, with men, with women,

even dogs, cats, old people.

It's ridiculous.

No, it's nothing.

We're fine here, aren't we?

Did you like it?

Do you want more biscuits?

What is it?

It's for her and Ukraine.

And do we really have to go there to go to bed?

It will be easier for the adoption.

Do you have these papers to travel?

It is arranged.

The clinic proposes on March 25 the cesarean.

Je pourrais peut-être t'aider pour le retour.

Je pourrais la lutter.

Ça va être encore plus difficile pour vous après.

Il faudra bien sûr que ça se rate.

What are

you doing?

You know if you leave, you can forget your salon.

What is your problem?

Doing what?

What?

There is no abandonment.

Do you know if I'd known this is what you were like, I never would have done

this with you.

I'm not going to leave.

I'm going to give you this child.

It's yours.

You're the one who wanted her.

Who hoped for her.

It's just that... I wanted a new life.

And I still do in fact.

It's not always easy.

Je voulais juste un enfant.

I thought all that was behind me.

I won't hide the fact that this... this kind of relapse is serious.

What are my chances?

Six months.

Slim.

Percentage-wise.

And are you?

Given this new source in the pancreas, surgery is no longer an option.

I will suggest that we keep you in overnight and start treatment first

thing in the morning.

Thank you.

Do you like a cup of tea?

Emilie!

Don't stop moving.

Come on, touch.

There, it's okay.

There, did you feel it?

I don't feel anything.

Wait.

Will you love him?

Why are you asking me that?

You're going to wake up tomorrow morning.

If you go, we'll be there.

And you, will you love him right away?

It's up to you.

I couldn't do it alone.

Can you stay with us a little bit after the birth?

I could.

For the child, I could.

You're going to get better Hey

Je n'ai pas une mère.

Vous le deviendrez.

Je n'ai pas de fric.

J'ai ma vie à faire.

Vous ne manquerez de rien.

Je ne peux pas.

Je n'y arriverai pas.

Are you going to abandon him?

We won't do the same thing. I'll leave him.

No.

I'm never going to be able to bear it. Okay, we're going to the hospital. No.

Yes, we are. No. We are! No!

Go, go, go, go.

I can see no clear legal solution.

Except perhaps, if I understand correctly, the child will be raised in

the young lady's home.

I'm sure of it.

If you don't want everything to go through your brother, could you consider

adopting the young lady?

She could then make a donation to the child.

Is there a way of doing this quickly?

Well, the key thing is to file the request.

If the court agrees to it, then the adoption will come into effect from the

date of the request.

There has to be at least a 15 year age difference between the adopter and the

adoptee. Yeah, that's the case.

And of course the adoptee must willingly consent to being adopted.

Do you wish to take Madame's family name?

Perhaps you need some time to think about it.

No.

I'd waited so long for you.

We'd have spent our lives missing each other.

I would have loved so much to have seen you cry and laugh,

eat and smile.

But you don't have to worry.

You're not losing out.

Good care will be taken of you.

I wish you'd never feel...

Emily?

You're going to be fine.

We're going to take care of your baby. You're going to be fine.

Tell me, do you know that

all the time that passes doesn't come

back again?

That all the time lost

doesn't come back again?