Love Rat

I was conned.

How much?

£190,000.

We can't buy the salon.

I'm staying here. I'm gonna get you your money by Friday.

I found one of them. George.

I need evidence that I can show to my superiors.

I'm looking for someone. You know her? Yes.

I was after your mother, Aneka.

You're in Cyprus? Yeah. Is she still here?

Aneka?

You really are a stupid bitch, aren't you?

SHE GASPS Come here.

Let me go. Be quiet.

Or you're dead.

SHE WHIMPERS

SHE WHIMPERS

Get out. Please.

I'll do anything you want. Get out!

Inside, inside. Ow! Quickly. Quickly!

Sit.

Please... sit down.

I'm not going to hurt you, Emma.

Why am I here?

Why... Why have you got that gun?

I'm trying to help you.

You have no idea what George will do if he finds you.

No idea?

He just tried to kill me.

You should have gone home like the others.

What about Aneka? She didn't go home, did she?

It's not what you think.

Give me the van keys. Please, it's not safe to leave.

Trust me, please. You lied to me.

About everything. You've taken everything from me.

Why should I believe a word you say? Because I just saved your life.

Just give me the gun, Emma.

I-I'll shoot!

CLICKS

Why is it not loaded?

I am not a killer.

VEHICLE APPROACHING

It's him.

Quickly, inside.

He will kill you if he finds you.

I came to save your life.

Here, here.

George. Have you got a torch? Mine is dead.

What happened?

Stupid bitch, I tried to make her see sense, but she ran off.

She's not going anywhere, though, I slashed her tyre.

Torch? She's just a housewife.

She knows about Aneka.

That woman is going nowhere near a police station.

But you said this wouldn't happen again. You said this was...

You piss-weak bastard!

If she goes to the police, who do you think is going down for Aneka?

Me or the guy in the photo

who is giving her a seeing-to ten different ways?

Move! Yeah.

I'll get my keys, huh?

We'll cover more ground with two cars.

Yeah, all right, hurry up.

CAR STARTS

Stay here. We're miles from anywhere.

You won't get far without a car.

Here, there is bullets. He won't look for you here.

CAR HORN Stay, please. Please. OK.

CAR DOOR SHUTS

CAR DRIVES OFF

Shit! Shit!

GROANS

WHIMPERS

GROANS

VEHICLE APPROACHING

DOOR OPENS

I thought you would be gone. So did I.

Where's George? At a meeting in town.

I'm... supposed to be watching your car.

You hungry?

Your ankle still sore?

It's not too bad. You need to wrap it.

I'll do it.

Argh! Oh, no, no.

I did this all the time when I played football.

SHE GROANS

So, is... Niko even your real name?

Uh-huh.

The others, they have working names,

but I always forget who I'm supposed to be.

Hm. How long have you worked for George?

Too long. Why?

I tried to leave a few times, but...

my mother, she got sick,

and my father... had to stop work to care for her.

I have to support my family.

And George, he makes it difficult to leave.

He said you were part of the Mafia. He said that you owned him.

No, he owns me.

He is the one with the dangerous friends.

So...

George has my money. Yes.

You won't get it back.

So, what happened to Aneka?

Her daughter hasn't heard from her for months.

Did he kill her?

I... I thought he was only going to scare her off.

If I... If I'd known, I would have warned her.

I won't let it happen again.

You've got to take all this to the police, Niko.

No, he... owns some of the police.

If he shows them the photographs of me with Aneka,

and he tells them... that I killed her...

..they will go along with it.

What would happen... if he found out that you had helped me?

Yeah.

Where are you staying?

That shit hotel you used to laugh at before you took all my money.

I'll drive you there now. No.

Just take me to my car.

I'll drive myself.

HAMMERING

Are you sure that George won't come back to check on you?

I told you, he's got a meeting in town.

Ripping other people off, probably.

Yeah. You are good to go. Thank you.

I know I have no right to ask anything,

but if you go to the police about Aneka...

..I will go to jail.

My parents will be penniless.

So... I just have to forget that a woman is dead?

What about her family? They love her.

And they know nothing.

I will be the one who is punished, not the person who killed her.

You know, you're right.

You have no right to ask me anything.

I don't know how many women you've done this to, Niko,

but that money was all I had.

And you took it.

And now my daughter will never forgive me for letting her down.

But I'm the lucky one.

Because somewhere in Denmark...

..there's a family...

whose lives will never be the same again because of what you did.

I'm so sorry. George gave me no choice.

Bullshit!

You might not have known that George would kill Aneka,

but she's still dead.

And what you're doing, going along with him,

you are making a choice.

Because he will do it again.

And next time, you cannot claim to be innocent.

CAR STARTS

Hello? Finally. Thank God you're alive.

Pete! What are you doing here?

Susie asked me to come. She's been worried sick.

Said you left some weird message. We've been calling you all night.

You OK? No.

Hey. It's OK.

It's gonna be all right.

SHE WEEPS

'Can you please just come home now?'

Yeah, we're booked on a flight this evening.

'OK. OK, I'm gonna have to go.'

I love you, Susie, I'm so sorry.

She's gone.

We'll have plenty of time to talk to her when we get home.

All right.

We need to go to the police station on the way to the airport.

Is that a good idea? You said this guy was connected.

Cops on the take, in with the Mafia.

You're lucky to be alive as it is. What about Aneka's family?

Well, you can talk to the police once you're home and safe.

Listen...

..when we couldn't get hold of you,

I thought I was never gonna see you again.

Let me get you out of here. OK? Then you can be a hero.

A hero?

I've messed everything up.

Poor Susie.

Oh, look, we're just glad you're OK.

Everything will look better once you get home.

I promise.

SHE SIGHS

I bet you're glad I am not your problem any more.

You'll always be my problem.

Just like I'm yours.

Can't wipe away 30 years.

We're gonna get through this.

Thank you for being here.

Now, Susie is setting up the spare room for when you get back.

Er... It's OK, I'll be fine in my own place.

You shouldn't be on your own. Not when you are like this.

Like what? Well, you know, a bit wobbly.

So, I'll take your car back for you.

Then we can take mine to the airport.

Why don't you have a shower, get some rest?

I'll see you in a bit. Yeah. Yeah.

HEARTBEAT PULSES

BANGING ON DOOR, SHE GASPS