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SIRENS WAIL

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

DOOR OPENS

Grace?

Grace?

Grace.

She keeps asking for Mummy.

What do I tell her? What can I possibly say?

How long have you known the deceased?

SHE GASPS

SNAKE HISSES

ANNA PANTS

Well, I'm alive.

I nearly wasn't. Hm?

Another snake.

This time it was waiting for me, with its beady eyes and its fangs.

Breakfast is peak feeding time, yeah, so...

I hate you.

I told you, they're not venomous.

Well, not all of them. Welcome to Australia.

This country's full of things that can kill you.

And it's the last thing I need today.

It's a terrible omen.

Yeah, how about a bit of this? No, I can't.

Really? Jake! No.

I can't.

OK, she is a woman of a certain age.

She's confident, she's hip.

She's not afraid of a stripe. Unless it's on a reptile.

Ha-ha.

She is the more serious type.

She's smart, stylish and, yes, she's reserved

but the hint of glam says she's anything but boring.

Well, she could never be boring.

Er... Did you hear that? What?

Yeah, monsters are stirring. Jake.

Hey, Gracie.

Good morning.

It tickles. Yeah, but what does Craig the Crocodile say?

It's wake up time.

It's wake up time, exactly. Time to get up.

Is it today?

Is what today? ls she coming today?

You like her, don't you? Very much.

BABY GURGLES Hey, buddy.

Did Oliver need changing? Oh, yeah, and a big one.

Like huger than that snake you...

OK, yes. Confident.

Hip, you're going smash it.

Anna... ls it, is it too soon? We've been through this.

I know, I know, and I don't mean to keep bringing it up.

This will be good for you, right? For us.

Oh, I hope so. Hey, hey.

You remember what Dr Clarke said.

I am not my past. New country, new life.

DOORBELL CHIMES ls that Becky?

You know, I think she's got a fan already.

OK, I'd better make myself presentable.

SHE SIGHS

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

Hi. Come in.

You found us again.

Oh.

Becky!

You remember Grace.

Are we going to play hide and seek?

Hey, maybe later. Becky might want to put her stuff in her room first.

Are you sure?

Oh, no, we are just so grateful to have you.

Ah, well, my husband was just about to start Oliver's breakfast.

That is one of his quirks.

He loves to start things, you know. Finishing them...

Ah, first names please.

And it remains to be seen whether it's genetic.

OK.

SHE GASPS

Mummy.

Can I plug this in?

I got trim the golden ash around the side.

Can't you use the one in the garage? No, it's broken.

OK, yeah, just plug it in here. CooL

Give that to me.

Oh, erm, this is Liam. Liam is our gardener. Part-time.

And he also helped us unpack the house. This is Becky.

Becky is our wonderful new nanny. So I see.

It's no use.

Never mind.

Go glam or go home.

WATER RUNS

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

IIII

...am not...

...my past.

I saw you come for the interview. I was going say hello.

Wasn't sure if you'd take the job.

Yeah.

BABY GURGLES

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

I'll walk you in today and say g'day to Phil so we...

You're the only one I saw. MUFFLED SHOUTING

There they go again. I'll leave you to it.

MUFFLED ARGUMENT

MUFFLED ARGUMENT CONTINUES

Who are you messaging? My mother.

Why does message you so often? Because she's worried about me.

She's worried about you.

This is London all over again.

Becky!

You could.

Something's not right in this house.

If I were you, I'd get out while you can.

Everyone OK?

Yeah? OK, good.

Oof. Hey, sweetie.

Wow, that was...

Yeah, that was my fault. lt was so stupid.

I was doing my stretches and my hand went straight through the... Jake.

Yeah.

Right, I'll, erm... I'll call the glazier.

Hello, again.

Not quite the welcome we were hoping for.

Erm, OK, so let's go through the kids' routines.

Nap times again. Grace is easy.

I've put your name on the list at nursery.

Yeah. Kindy.

Erm, drop off is at 9.30, Monday to Friday, pick up at three.

Oh, sugar. Erm, your keys. What?

The kids' seats, I almost forgot.

Ta. Leave in ten, yeah?

Nap times.

GRACE GIGGLES

It doesn't matter that she saw.

Honey, you need to cut yourself some slack... I'm trying.

It doesn't help I feel like half a person. Anna, we've... It's true.

You got me this job. You found the house.

You're picking up your old life. I can't even get from A to B.

You'll drive again when you're ready.

This, this is our life.

We came here to make a new start, remember?

Put all that bad stuff behind us.

For you to be a whole person.

Mm.

Mia, Nutcracker.

Sophie, AFL.

Other way around.

There he is. Hello.

Thanks again for doing this, mate. Oh, absolutely my pleasure.

Oh, yeah, thank you, Phil. OK.

I know I've been out of the loop for a while and, erm,

maybe you do things differently here, but...

I keep telling her we're not some colonial backwater.

I don't mean it like that.

No, look, you'll get the hang of it in no time.

Now, look, our IT guy hasn't finished setting up

your computer yet. Oh, that's fine.

Is there something I can read? Design briefs? Proposals?

Coming out of our ears. I'll go get you some. Take a seat.

Oh, is that Sophie? Grace wants to do ballet, too.

Oh, well we'll have to hook you up with the local dance school.

No, she could go the other way, like Mia. You never know.

I'll get you the proposals.

See? It's going to be great. You are going to be great.

That's Craig.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm.

I can do it by myself.

What are you doing?

Yey!

KNOCK ON DOOR Hey. Hi.

How are you settling in? Yeah.

The company's done some lovely work.

Yeah, well, if you can call taco shells lovely. Oh!

Ah. You know, when he moved to London,

we thought we'd lost him for good.

Gee, he's still a handsome devil. He certainly is.

Hey, I'll, I'll leave you to it.

Oh, and if you need anything, you know, just come find me.

Thank you.

PHONE CALLS OUT

ANSWER MESSAGE: You've called Jake Fallmont.

Please leave a message.

Oh, hi, it's me. It's the working girl.

I was just calling to fill you in on my exciting new life.

PHONE RINGS OUT

Oh, hi, is Jake there, please?

Oh, can I speak to his assistant?

Oh, erm, no.

No, no, that's fine.

Thank you.

BABY MONITOR BLEEPS

LAWNMOWER HUMS

You're still here.

They've been at it since the day they moved in.

All I know is it's fine one moment, the next... Pow!

So you take it out on the windows?

She's always on edge.

Highly strung or something.

It's like he's on eggshells around her.

I really don't mean to freak you out.

And she did forgive you for ruining her dress.

So maybe you don't need me sticking my nose in.

BABY GURGLES OVER MONITOR

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

I heard you settling him.

My adorable grandson.

Cynthia. Jake's mother.

I hope you don't mind me tidying up.

I always say if you pick up every day, it never gets to this.

Oh.

So, you're from Melbourne, originally?

Been with many families?

Oh, of course, you must be just...

Sometimes it must feel like it's not just the children

you're looking after.

It's quite soon for Anna to be going back to work.

Jake says it'll be good for her, but I worry.

Erm, let's just say...

...if any difficulties arise,

if Anna gives you any cause for concern...

...call me.

Day or night.

How was your first clay?

They are.

Ah, not as bad as I'd feared.

Or as challenging as I'd hoped.

Erm, have you eaten?

Of course.

Oh, Becky...

Thank you.

Really?

What exactly did she say?

MUFFLED: She just can't help herself, can she?

Can we please not do this again?

I've been bending over backwards since we got here,

trying to win her approval. She means well.

She's an interfering old witch. Trying to keep tabs.

Trying to get between us.

You've got to stop being so paranoid.

She gave our nanny her phone number.

God knows what else she said.

She's just protective of them. And I'm not? OK, I never said that.

MUFFLED SHOUTING CONTINUES

TOY SQUEAKS

No, it's all right.

No, please, please stay.

Unless you want to go and get yourself a glass.

It's two o'clock in the morning.

I'd say something's doing that already.

Sit down.

You must be wondering what you've walked into.

Pill bottles flying through the window.

The screaming matches. Me sitting here crying in the dark.

It starts with the little things, you know, the telltale signs.

Could be nothing? Could be something?

Unanswered phone calls.

Meetings that aren't in the diary. Mysterious bits of jewellery.

You know, when all those little things add up,

and you've seen it before,

can you really just...not say anything?

Jake cheated on me in London.

It nearly destroyed us.

And now I think he's doing it again.

Excuse me.

I never know how you eat that stuff. Reminds me of my childhood.

Here you go, Gracie.

Yum.

Oh, how many more days do we have Craig the Crocodile?

Three. Three.

Three? Did you hear that?

Well, we'd better get onto those pictures, huh?

We'll beat all the other mums and dads.

Hey, about last night.

Yeah, I was upset. I overshared, drank too much.

And for the record, Jake denies ever cheating.

Sometimes, sometimes I believe him.

I think.

You are already helping just by being here.

And you know, going back to work, I guess that's playing into it.

I spend half of my day racked with guilt.

But we are trying to do things differently this time.

Anyway, look, just forget about it. Forget that I said anything.

You know, it was hearing that Cynthia had been here.

Aside from missing this,

she was my one big reservation about moving to Australia.

Nothing like a mother-in-law who thinks that you're crazy

and a danger to your own kids.

Like I said, just, just forget about it.

What's this?

SIRENS WAIL

TYRES SQUEAL

Sorry I'm running so late.

I need to ban clients from calling me this early.

Phew.

YOU good?

Yeah.

ANSWER MESSAGE: You've called Jake Fallmont.

Please leave a message.

PHONE RINGS OUT

Oh, hi, is Jake there please?

HORN BLARES

I can't park here for long. It's OK.

Just a few more minutes.

Can you do something for me?

Well, there is no car with that number plate in the street

or in the car park.

Would you like me to take you back?

Thank you.

Can I get your number so that I can book you again?

Is that a thing here?

Mm, well, I've got a card.

I've got a thousand of them, actually. Thank you.

Ray.

RADIO:

He's my husband.

And the attractive young lady?

His assistant.

We've been here 30 minutes. I'm sorry.

Just a little bit longer.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS One sec.

Hey, how's it going? Good.

Busy.

How's your afternoon looking?

Oh, it's crazy. Back-to-back.

I'll be out of contact for most of the day.

What's up? Erm...

I wanted to buy Phil a bottle of wine just to say thank you.

I'm sure he's not expecting anything.

Does he prefer red or white?

He is a red man.

Pick you up at the same time?

I'll see you then. OK, bye. Bye.

Oh, wow.

How rude.

No problem.

I'm right, aren't I?

I'm not losing my mind.

No.

Oh, he's gone to play squash.

At least that's where he says he's gone.

He's always messaging someone.

If I ask, he'll say it's his mother.

But then who messages their mother at two o'clock in the morning?

I've seen the name come up - Mummy.

It was the same in England.

I suppose he thought it was the perfect cover.

New country, new woman.

They're never at the office when I call.

God, it's such a cliche, isn't it? I mean, his secretary.

They have lunch together, Becky, practically every day.

Head off in his car to some obscenely expensive restaurant

or, or who am I kidding? Some sleazy hotel.

I've been getting a car to drive past the office

and I've seen it with my own eyes.

God, I hate how it makes me feel.

And I hate to think what might happen this time.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I said I wouldn't put you in this position,

and here I am, doing it again.

No. No.

No, it's really not.

You go.

I want to see the kids.

Caroline.

Do you remember me?

Of course, Anna. That's right, Jake's wife.

That's right. We met at drinks.

Why are you here?

Is that a problem for you?

No, I just thought you'd be at your own work.

Oh, I bet you did.

And like I said, I'm Jake's wife.

And as his wife,

I would like to know where it is that you two go each lunchtime.

L'm sorry?

Oh, I think you heard me.

It's a simple question.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You know exactly what I'm talking about!

Ugh!

I'm surprised that you're not missing this.

What?

WHISPERS: Every lunchtime. Pathetically and predictably,

for an hour-and-a-half, you are fucking my husband!

That's not true. I've seen you!

All the private smiles and the way he opens the car door for you.

No, no, no, no. No, he's dropping me at my Pilates class.

Pilates? Yes.

He drops me at my Pilates class, and then I walk back.

Ask the instructor if you don't believe me!

It's on his way. On his way where?

I'm not interested in your husband.

And that's not my bracelet, either.

Anna.

What the fuck?

Are you going to explain, or are you just not going to talk to me?

Who does it belong to, Jake, and why was it in your car?!

I don't know.

Well, it's not Caroline's.

Well, it's one of the paralegals, maybe.

You do realise I drive people around all the time.

Where is it? You still haven't told me where it is you go at lunchtime.

Where do I go when you're stalking my office?

This past week.

Tuesday, Wednesday, yesterday.

I've been taking these.

I just had them printed, as a present for Grace,

so she could outdo the other kids.

Thought we could put them in the album together.

You took these?

I am so sorry.

You should be.

Oh, Jake, I am genuinely, deeply, so, so sorry.

L-l...l thought...

Yeah, I know exactly what you thought!

Well, it's just when I feel like you're being secretive...

It's all in your head!

Anna, just like it was in London.

Well, I haven't been taking my medication,

and when I stop, then I can't think straight.

Why aren't you taking them?!

Because I don't want to be reliant on them.

And because I wanted this to be our fresh start.

Yeah, well, you know, hell of a fresh start.

I didn't ask you about it sooner because...

...l suppose I was keeping it as some kind of evidence

that I could use against you.

I kept it in my jewellery box.

How twisted is that?

Ask around at work and find out who it belongs to.

Hey...

I started taking my medication again.

I know that I need it.

Please forgive me.

Let's move on, huh?

Put it behind us. Thank you.

Thank you!

SHE SIGHS

I've got a plan.

I'll talk Anna into moving to Australia.

You'll come too.

And we'll give you a reason to move in

while I work on getting full custody.

You'll see why we need to protect the kids from her.

We'll grab moments when we can.

There is nothing we can't work out.

Well, we'll have to be more careful.

Tell her to confront her.

Yep, that'll work for us.

How well do you know the city?

You took these?

I am so sorry.

Hell of a fresh start.

And when she unravels again, and we know she will,

she'll have no hope of taking the kids back to the UK.

I'll divorce her.

She'll be gone, and we'll be together.

Well, you're the evil temptress, aren't you?

Would you mind documenting everything that happened

with Anna the other day?

I pushed him too far, same as I always do.

How could she be so reckless?

Does she realise how serious this is?

Leave Anna to me.

You should go to the beach house, both of you. Make a day of it.

Ooh.