Our House

All right?

Excuse me... what are you doing?

Hello. Can I help?

I'm Fi. What's going on here? Are you a friend of Bram's?

Sorry, who? My husband, Bram.

We should get out of the way... Oh!

..for the guys. What is all this?

What has he agreed to? I'm not sure what you mean.

Are you a neighbour? I live here.

I don't think so. We're just moving in.

My husband will be here soon with the rest of our things.

Er...

We're the Vaughans. I'm Lucy.

This is my house!

I think I might have remembered if I'd agreed to rent it out.

We're not renting.

We've bought it.

I don't understand what's going on.

Can't you tell them to stop? Absolutely not.

Right, can you stop, please?

Take everything back to the van. Don't!

I'm Fi Lawson. I'm the owner. I want all of this back in the van.

Now! Wait a minute, did you say Fi?

Is that Fiona? Yes. Fiona Lawson.

This is my house.

I think you'd better come inside.

What have you done with all our things?

I haven't done anything.

You moved out yesterday. Or so I was told.

LOUD THUMP Can you please be careful!

I wasn't here yesterday. I've been away.

Can you please explain to me what's going on?

That's what I've been trying to do.

Look, perhaps if you see some proof. Proof?

Come into the kitchen. We're blocking the way here.

Take that back outside. No-one brings anything else into the house.

Do you understand?

E-mails from our solicitor. Gilchrist, Bennett & Stafford.

The first is a confirmation of exchange of contracts.

The second is from this morning, the completion of sale.

They must be fakes. Fakes?

Phishing. Fake e-mails.

Conveyancing fraud. They're real!

I promise you, it's all real.

The funds must have transferred to your account by now.

What funds? The money we paid for the house.

I'm sorry, but I can't go on repeating this, Mrs Lawson.

I'm not asking you to. You've made a mistake.

It's not possible for you to have bought a house that isn't for sale.

But it was for sale. Otherwise, we couldn't have bought it, could we?

It couldn't have been sold without my authorisation.

I am co-owner of the property. I'd have to sign the contract.

Now, take all of this stuff and get the fuck out of my house!

Maybe you should phone your husband.

SHE SIGHS

LOUD MUSIC FROM CAR

MUSIC STOPS

What do you think?

I love it.

Why are you selling? Well, we're both retired.

The children are settled.

They have careers, families of their own.

We wanted to free up a little cash,

make the most of all the time we've got on our hands.

SHE LAUGHS

Come here. Stop it!

Aye-aye, they're fine. We're all fine.

I'm just... I'm just making their tea.

Spaghetti? 'No.'

Boys, am I making spaghetti? No! No!

I wish I was there. 'Oh, come on.'

How often do you get to go out and neck a few wines?

'It's work!'

SHE SMACKS HER LIPS

Are you putting on lipstick?

'I've got buyers here from Copenhagen.'

Ah, dress to impress.

I've just had a fascinating conversation

about ethically-sourced rugs.

Right, well, at least try and have some fun, OK?

And we'll see you when you get back.

Kiss the boys good night for me.

Love you.

FORMAL CHATTER

KEYS RATTLE IN A BOWL

Bram?

SIGHS

METALLIC RATTLING

You talk to her.

Just go.

Go.

FRONT DOOR CLOSES

DOOR CLOSES

It's not what it looks like.

I swear to God. I swear on my life...

Don't!

She just turned up.

I think she was drunk when she got here. She wanted a glass of wine.

I didn't want to be rude, but before I knew it, she...

I'm so sorry.

I don't know what happened. I just...

Couldn't help yourself?

It was a moment of insanity.

I swear, it's just a blur.

You know I love you.

I love you so much. You know that's true. Just...

I will make this up to you.

You won't believe what I'll do.

Just, please, please, give me a chance.

I can smell her on you!

Pack a bag. I'll organise a time

for you to pick up the rest of your stuff when the boys are not around.

They're my boys, too.

You know how much I love them.

I love them more than anything.

Fi...

..this is our house.

Please...

Please, I'm begging you, don't kick me out.

We can work through this. I know we can.

No, I want you gone tonight.

'Sorry, this number is not in service.

'Please, hang up.'

Why don't you leave a message? I'll try him at work.

PHONE LINE RINGS

'Hi, this is Bram. Leave a message.'

PHONE LINE RINGS

'Hello?' Neil, hi. It's Fi.

I don't suppose Bram's there? I'm having trouble getting through.

'No, he's off, actually.'

Off?

'I haven't seen him since, er, Wednesday.'

Er, well, you haven't changed his number

or given him a new mobile or something?

'No. Why? Look, should I be worried?'

Er, no, no.

It's nothing. I'm just being silly.

Thanks. Thanks for your help.

You have children, don't you? Could he be with them?

They're in school.

How do you know I've got children? The bedroom.

It's lovely, by the way.

As is the playhouse. It's very sweet.

Oh, God, they'll need to be picked up.

They can't come back here, not till all this is sorted.

Is there somewhere else you could go?

Erm, a friend, a neighbour?

PHONE LINE RINGS

'Good afternoon. Adler Park School.'

Mrs Emery, hi. This is Fi Lawson.

My boys, Harry and Leo, are in years three and four.

I'm going to have to arrange for a friend to pick them up today.

'Er, I don't think they're here.'

Sorry? 'They're not in school today.'

Well, where are they? 'Well, I thought you'd know.'

Er, no, I don't.

'You didn't give permission?' No.

Mrs Emery? 'I'll call you straight back.'

DOORBELL RINGS

Don't say anything.

Just listen, please.

I've never done a worse thing in my life.

I'm so sorry.

I couldn't find you.

Why do you keep this? It was your father's.

I thought you might want it one day.

Well, I don't.

When are we going to see the boys?

Soon.

I hope.

We've separated, but we're not gonna rush things.

It'll be a few months before we push ahead with the divorce.

That makes sense. Time to talk it through.

Reassess.

I don't need time.

Who was it?

Some girl from work?

I knew it. Merle!

Younger?

Can we not do this now? He's such a shit.

If that was Hugh, I'd cut his balls off and feed them to the dogs.

Well, we've only got Leo's gerbil, so I don't think that will work.

How are the boys doing?

Harry's all right.

Well, he seems to be.

Leo...

He and Bram are so close.

We're putting them first. Trying to keep it civilised.

But how is it going to work?

I mean, do you want us to invite you both to things, or just you?

And if we're picking sides, it's you all the way.

Well, you don't have to pick sides.

And you are staying in the house, though, yeah?

Of course.

Hi. Hi.

Hi.

Did you hear the Reeces have had an offer?

So, 2.1, they've turned it down. Holding out for 2.3.

DOORBELL RINGS

Hey.