5.03am
Lexi: Holy
crap! Ben, Lou, Kate - your house is on fire!
9.38am
Kerry: Hi I'd like a room to stay in.
Receptionist: How long will you be staying with us?
Kerry: I'm not entirely sure yet. Put me down for a week
and if I want to extend my stay I'll let you know.
Receptionist: Okay, and is it a single or double bedroom
you're after?
Kerry: Single will do fine.
Receptionist: Okay, now I just need a few of your details.
Your name?
Kerry: Katy Smith.
Receptionist: And will you be paying by debit or credit
card?
Kerry: Neither, I only have cash.
Receptionist: Well we only accept debit or credit cards,
I'm sorry. I suggest you take that money, put it into a bank
account and come back later.
Kerry: Actually, forget the room, just leave it. I'll find
somewhere else to stay.
Paula: So,
have fun last night Henry?
Henry: I don't know what you mean.
Paula: Well whatever you were doing, you certainly sounded
like you were having fun.
Henry: Anyway, I thought you would've gone to your flat
last night?
Paula: It was too far away to walk to, I hadn't enough
money on me for a taxi, I had been drinking so couldn't drive.
Henry: Okay.
Paula: So what's her name?
Henry: Ruby. I hope you're not offended. After all, you
were the one to implement the break up.
Paula: No, not offended at all. Just surprised to see you
move on so quickly.
Henry: Well after you decided to move out and buy a flat I
guessed there was no chance of us ever getting back together.
Therefore I decided to move on too.
Paula: Good, good for you.
Lexi:
(Crying) I just can't believe he'd do such a thing.
Phyllis: Well you can't say I didn't warn you. You should
thank me.
Lexi: For ruining my marriage? Yeah, thanks a lot Phyllis,
thanks for the best wedding present ever (!)
Phyllis: Well would you rather have married him and then
found out. At least you don't have to go through a divorce.
Lexi: Maybe I wouldn't have found out at all. They do say
ignorance is bliss.
Phyllis: Well if you wanted to live a life of lies...
(Silence)
Phyllis: Now where is he, that scumbag ex of yours.
Lexi: I haven't seen him since yesterday.
Phyllis: Hmm, I imagine he'll be moping around feeling
sorry for himself. We should make his day better and tell him he
can move out.
Lexi: No.
Phyllis: Why? He cheated on you.
Lexi: I still love him.
Phyllis: Pfft, the man cheated on you, he slept with
another woman and you still want him back.
Lexi: I don't want him back, I just still love him.
Phyllis: Love is fickle dear, you'll get over him and with
my help you'll be feeling better than ever.
Lexi: I don't want your help, I don't want anybodies help.
Phyllis: I'll leave you to consider my help while I go and
see what Rik's up to.
Phyllis:
Come on, get off your backside..
Rik: What?
Phyllis: You can't just lie around in here all day.
Rik: What am I supposed to do? Apologise? But I've done
that countless times now.
Phyllis: Apologise? Don't be silly, Lexi doesn't want you
back.
Rik: Maybe if I do something really extravagant she'll
forgive me.
Phyllis: She'll never forgive you.
Rik: But I still love her.
Phyllis: So much that you'd sleep with Delia?
Rik: I didn't, I don't know what I was doing, I can't
remember.
Phyllis: That's what they all say, all the other male
scumbags who cheated on their wives and girlfriends.
12.03pm
Ben: If
you've come to gloat about the fact that I don't have a proper
home then you can sod off.
Jackie: That's no way to talk to your own mother. And no, I
haven't come to gloat, I've come with an offer.
Ben: Oh, let me guess. If I kill Lisa you'll give me a
place to stay, right?
Jackie: Exactly.
Ben: Oh mother, you are unbelievably predictable.
Jackie: But can't you consider?
Ben: The answer's no - always will be. You just don't seem
to be able to take no for an answer.
Jackie: And you just don't seem to understand - this job is
for you.
Ben: I can quite easily go to the police - there's nothing
stopping me.
Jackie: You wouldn't want to shop your old mother off to
jail now would you?
Ben: Not unless I have to.
Jackie: Well Benjamin, you listen closely and you listen
well. If you don't do your job or you decide to go within an inch
of the nearest police station, I swear to God that Lou will become
a neighbour of Lauren Hill, amongst others. And that's not a
threat, it's a promise. And you know better than anyone Benjamin,
that I keep my promises.
Lisa:
Paul!
Paul: Yes?
Lisa: Just before you go back to work I wanted your
opinion.
Paul: What about?
Lisa: That house in Lakeside. Are we still going to buy it?
Paul: If you still think it's a good idea to move away then
yes, lets buy it.
Lisa: Great. Are you sure you still want to move away?
Paul: If it means we can escape all of this murder crap
surrounding Rob and Jackie then yes, definitely.
Lisa: Fantastic.
Paul: My only concern is the kids - will Katy and Leon want
to move again? And at such short notice?
Lisa: I'll think of something to convince them. They'll
have to come anyway, they can't just stay here.
1.13pm
Phyllis:
Hello?
(Silence)
Phyllis: Hello?
(Silence)
Phyllis: Hello? Is anybody there?
(Silence)
Phyllis: (Hangs up) Stupid prank calls! Do kids these days
have no idea of how to spend time without being a nuisance?
Kate: I
can't believe Rik would cheat on Lexi.
Lou: You think he did it then?
Kate: Lexi must have been pretty sure he cheated on her for
her to do that.
Lou: Yeah, poor girl.
Kate: If any guy was to ever cheat on me I don't know what
I'd do.
Lou: But I do know what you'd do if some guy cheated with
you - and then tried to call it off.
Kate: I don't what you mean.
Lou: (Laughs)
Kate: I don't know what you're laughing at.
Lou: I'm just glad I'm safe with Ben.
Kate: Heh, that's what you think.
Lou: Oi, what's that supposed to mean?
Kate: (Laughs)
Ben: Yes,
what is that supposed to mean?
Kate: Nothing, I'm just messing with Lou.
Ben: Talking about mess, I think we should get a move on
cleaning up across the road. The fire brigade have left but
they'll be back later. It's safe to re-enter.
Lou: What about the cause?
Ben: They don't know yet. They said they'll be back to
investigate.
Lou: How bad is the damage?
Ben: It's pretty bad. I think we're going to have to
renovate the whole of the downstairs rooms at least.
Kate: Sounds like we were lucky last night. It's a good job
we all decided to stay here with Lexi and comfort her.
Lou: The damage sounds pretty bad - it must mean we only
have a bedroom and a toilet upstairs that isn't damaged.
Ben: Well there's bad smoke damage but...
Lou: Hmm, I think we should just rent another apartment for
now. Our home sounds like such a mess. We should get a flat and
live there whilst our home gets renovated.
Ben: That could take weeks to sort out - and it'll be
costly.
Lou: Well it's either that or we sleep in a house that
stinks of smoke and has no kitchen, living room or bedroom for
Kate.
Ben: I'll make a call to the estate agents.
Rik: Lexi?
Lexi: I don't want to talk to you.
Rik: But we need to.
Lexi: We don't need to do anything.
Rik: Please. What do I have to do to make you forgive me.
Lexi: Do you really want me to answer that?
Rik: I just want us to get back to how it was before.
Lexi: You waved goodbye to that when you slept with that
tart.
Rik: I didn't - I promise. I can't even remember that
night.
Lexi: That's strange, you never can remember some nights -
like that night you fell asleep in the park.
Rik: It's not my fault.
Lexi: Oh it is. Everything is, Rik.
Rik: Lexi, please don't...
Lexi: Rik, just get out of my sight forever.
Seth: You
promised not to do anything.
Phyllis: I didn't promise anything, I just said I'd try not
to intervene.
Seth: But you did!
Phyllis: I just couldn't bear to watch that poor girl mess
up her life forever.
Seth: Oh, please! You don't care about Lexi.
Phyllis: I care enough to prevent her from ruining her
life.
Seth: Again, enough with the act.
Phyllis: I did the right thing. If I had ever cheated on
you wouldn't you like to know?
Seth: I don't know, sometimes what you don't know can't
hurt you. Maybe it would've been best if she'd just never learnt
the truth.
Phyllis: Well once she calms down she'll see that what I
did was right.
Seth: And what do you expect to happen between Rik and Lexi
after that? And what about the baby?
Phyllis: Well she'll throw him out, she'll move away with
the baby - because running a pub as a single mother is too much -
and we'll be left here on our own.
Seth: Anybody would think that's a plan you've got.
Estate Agent:
So I've got one flat ready to give you - it's got two bedrooms,
one bathroom and a joint kitchen and lounge.
Ben: Sounds great. Is it nearby?
Estate Agent: It's on James Street, just around the corner
from Sim Street.
Ben: Again, great.
Estate Agent: So I need some of your details, if you'll
just look here.
Ben: I'll need to go home and fetch some things before I
fill in that form.
Kate: And can't we see the flat before we move in?
Estate Agent: Here are the keys. You can pop around and
check it out if you want.
Lou: And I'll go home and get your letters and stuff Ben.
Ben: Okay, they should all be in the second drawer down in
my bedside cabinet.
Lou: Okay, won't be long.
Phyllis;
Ah, Lexi, feeling better?
Lexi: A little. And I just want to tell you something.
Phyllis: What is it?
Lexi: Just to say that you should expect to be packing your
bags sometime soon.
Phyllis: Excuse me?
Lexi: You don't have anything against me anymore. You could
threaten me before but it won't work now.
Phyllis: So you'll throw an elderly couple out on the
street will you?
Lexi: Don't play the old card, you have enough money to buy
a house twice this size - and this is one of the biggest buildings
in Riverside.
Phyllis: I can find other ways to stay here.
Lexi: No, no you can't. The thing I cared about most is out
of my life. It doesn't matter what you do to me from now on
because I'll never hurt more than I'm hurting right now.
Phyllis: Well if that's the way you feel...
Lexi: It is. So prepare to pack your bags bitch because
you're leaving.
Ben:
Haven't we already had this meeting today?
Jackie: I come with one final offer.
Ben: I don't want to hear it.
Jackie: Oh I think you do.
Ben: Fine, whatever.
Jackie: You have 24 hours to kill Lisa.
Ben: No.
Jackie: You've killed before now do it again.
Ben: I have never killed before!
Jackie: Your father!
Ben: That was an accident.
Jackie: No death's an accident Benjamin.
Ben: I couldn't help that some speeding idiot sent me off
the road.
Jackie: It doesn't matter anyway, it's in the past. We're
looking to the future now and you have 24 hours to kill Lisa or
life will well and truly be over. I'll see you tomorrow.
Lou: Who
was that outside?
Ben: My mother again.
Lou: Oh.
Ben: I've had such a long day with the fire and all. I just
want to move into the apartment and get a good nights sleep.
Lou: Wait.
Ben: What is it?
Lou: When I was looking for your things earlier I found a
photo.
Ben: Oh.
Lou: I think it was one of you and your dad, it was in your
bedside cabinet drawer.
Ben: Yeah, that's my father in the photo.
Lou: I noticed the date on the back is today's date. Is
it... the anniversary?
Ben: Yeah.
Lou: You didn't say anything. I wasn't sure whether to
bring it up or not but I know what it's like to lose somebody - I
lost my dad too. And every year on the anniversary I visit the
spot where he died.
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