The Drowning

Come on its not that bad, is it?

Okay, that will protect you alright.

Okay, you go and play.

Yas, you awake?

You know your showers either cold

or bloody freezing, don't ya?

Its a Scandi lifestyle thing.

- Aha yeah, except without a sauna and a fjord

its just a broken shower.

Any other complaints?

- Yeah, your couch is like sleeping on a speed bump.

- I'm glad you stayed over, reminds me why I live alone.

- Sure you don't wanna run through this one last time?

No, I should have left already.

Thank you.

Why am I so nervous?

Your pitch is great, they'll love you.

But if you feel it slipping away,

just get down on your knees and beg.

That's how I was gonna start.

Call me when its done.

Maybe.

Lock the door when you leave.

We're small but ambitious

and we would really love the opportunity

to be able to work with you.

I think what we can offer is a very personal service um,

but with all the professional benefits.

Hello.

- Hello its Layla, your account supervisor.

Is now a good time for a quick word on your overdraft?

Nope.

What we really think...

Yeah, I think what we will be able to do is work with you

and give you a very personal service

but with all the benefits of a big private company.

Where to?

To the school, please.

- Hello this is Ben, leave a message.

Jodie, what are you doing here?

Is he here?

He's working.

Its really not a good time.

Jodie! Jodie.

Perhaps I can give him a message, get him to call you.

Jodie, the light is on.

- Oh, whats the point of even having a light if...

Hi.

I only need him for a minute.

You should probably call ahead first.

Kate doesn't really do spontaneous.

I'm actually on a bit of a deadline, so.

Ben.

What? What is it?

Err, I don't know how to, um.

Hey.

You're gonna think I'm mad.

I've just seen him.

What?

Our son.

You've seen Tom?

I don't understand.

- On his way to school like any other child,

I can't make any more sense of it than you, but it was him.

I got on his bus, he, he was nearer to me than you are now.

Jodie.

- If you'd seen him Ben, he has the same hair,

he moves the same,

he's, he's exactly how Ive imagined him every day

since his...

He's gone, Jodie.

He has the scar, right here.

Lots of kids have scars.

Same face, same eyes,

everything.

Shit.

It can't be him.

- I, I followed him all the way to the school gates,

so that I wouldn't lose him it's, it's Tom.

He died, Jodie.

You don't know that.

They never found him.

What happened that day,

there's nothing we can do to change it,

you have to find a way to let him go.

I know.

I know this, this makes no sense, and I've no idea how,

or, or where he's been but, it's Tom.

Everything alright?

What does she want from you?

She thinks she saw Tom.

Christ.

You know she's playing you

so she can keep on coming here whenever she wants.

She never got over it.

Who has?

When are you gonna stop indulging her,

for her sake, not ours?

Mum.

Come on, darling.

Hello.

Excuse me?

Miss.

Err, can I help?

My son, he was abducted nine years ago.

I know where he is.

Coroner's report.

No proof of life found throughout,

no suggestion of third party involvement.

Concluded that he's suffered a tragic accident and drowned.

I'm sorry.

They dredged the lake, he wasn't there.

He wasn't found.

In almost ten years, nothing.

Until now.

You think I wouldn't recognise my own son?

It's all in there, the couple who never came forward,

the witnesses who saw them.

He has a scar, he fell off a swing

and he needed stitches below his left eye.

He still has it to this day.

- I can't imagine what you've been through.

- I don't need you to, I just want you to get him back.

Well, leave it with us.

So you're gonna go now?

I've told you where he is.

We'll look into it.

If we find anything at all, we'll get a warrant,

we'll be in touch.

You have one new message.

Jodie, what the hell?

They've cancelled.

I tried re-scheduling but they're not interested.

Fuck's sake Jodie, where are you?

You have one old message.

Hi Jodie, it's your dad.

Can you please call me.

I hope you're getting my messages.

I need to talk to you, please pick up Jodie.

Message deleted.

Jump in.

Hi, um, could you put me through

to the music department please.

Great.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah.

- I think Yasmin is going to try and kill you,

the chainsaw is not for the garden.

If you see me running just err,

try and slow her down, will ya?

- I'm staying out of it, but it was good knowing you.

- If you're looking for a job you're out of luck.

Company's going bust.

- Look, my car broke down and my phone died,

it was just the perfect storm basically.

- And you couldn't find a cab to take you to the pitch

that might have saved us.

I'll call them, I'll explain.

I already tried, they interrupted my lie

to say they'd gone with another bid.

Shit.

Yas, I'm, I'm sorry.

We had this one Jodie, it was ours.

How many more chances do you think we'll get?

Miss Walsh?

Yes.

Mr. McKenzie, deputy head.

Um, you're here for the position of music tutor.

That's right.

This way.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So quite a successful musician, I see.

In my day for a while.

Then a sizeable gap.

I took a career break.

Why was that?

- Just felt I needed a change of direction.

Music college.

Yeah.

- We've been let down by our peripatetics in the past.

- Yeah, they get jobs touring and such like,

leave us in the lurch.

Guitarists are the worst, no offence.

I'm only interested in teaching.

- And yet you've no actual teaching experience of any kind.

The odd private lesson here and there.

You know, I think music, being a musician,

is something every child should experience.

Every child should have the opportunity

to discover a talent or, or even just an escape.

Absolutely.

- You'll need an up to date DBS certificate,

to show there's nothing in your past

to prevent you working with children,

would that be an issue?

I'm so sorry.

Look, I'm gonna have to take this err,

but, I, I think we're good.

Hello.