Locke

Hi, this is Bethan.

I can't get to the phone right now. Please leave a message.

Hi, it's Ivan. I got your message.

I'm on my way and I'll get there.

I'm in the car now and, uh...

It will be about an hour and a half, unless there's traffic.

Now, if the nurses or anybody wants to talk to me,

I'm only on this number.

Or if the doctors or anybody at all,

if they need to talk to me, I'll be on this number.

Now, it'll be okay.

I will get there and the traffic should be okay.

Hello, can I speak to Gareth, please?

He's not back yet. Um, can I ask who's calling?

It's Ivan Locke.

- Can I say what it's regarding? - Uh, yes, concrete.

Can you, uh... Can you tell him that it's urgent?

Can you tell him to call me back?

Yep. Does he have your number?

Uh, yes. Yes, he does.

- Sorry, what was your name again? - Ivan Locke.

- Something about concrete? - That's right, yes. Can you, uh...

- Will he know what? - No, no, he won't.

Uh, something has come up and I need to tell people. It's urgent.

- Sorry, what? - I said... I said it's urgent.

Very urgent. Thank you.

Hello?

Eddie, it's your dad. Is your mother there?

Uh, no, she's not back from the shops yet.

Um, she's getting that German beer that you like for the match.

Okay. Listen, I won't be back for that.

What?

Uh, something's come up. I can't get out of it.

I'm wearing the shirt. Mum's getting sausages.

Oh, yeah, and guess what? She's wearing the shirt as well.

Dad, it is so embarrassing.

Um, yeah, what did you say about coming home?

I won't be back for the match.

I'll have to listen to it on the radio.

Dad, you said you'd be back. It's rubbish on the radio.

Mum's doing sausages and all.

Is your brother there?

- Yeah. Do you want a word? - No. Uh, just tell...

Can you just tell your mother to call me when she gets back? Thank you.

- Yeah, sure. - Eddie, come on.

- I love you. - It's started.

What?

Uh... It's okay. Do you know what?

Just get her to call me when she gets back.

- Yeah. All right. Bye, Dad. - Thank you. Bye, bye.

Ivan Locke.

I just got your message. It's a joke, is it?

Look, I know it's a shock, but it will be okay.

Okay.

Yes, well, I will go through everything with you and it'll be okay.

You know where I am, Ivan? I'm at the service station.

I'm turning the fucking van around.

I put a few other lads on the hard shoulder. I was halfway home.

- Yeah. - What the fuck's happened?

- It's a family thing. - Right.

Is someone... Has... Is it a bereavement?

I don't have a choice.

Is it one of the kids?

Donal, look, I just need you to fix this up and be all right, okay? And solid.

Which you are. Which you are, okay?

Just from when the sun comes up tomorrow morning

until when it's all been pumped.

I need you to hold it together for me, okay?

You won't be alone. I will be on the phone.

I will talk to you every five minutes until the pump is finished.

- Talk to me, what, on the phone? - On the phone.

What? Have you gone mad?

No, I don't think so.

Ivan, at 5:45 tomorrow morning,

we have 350 metric tons of wet concrete being delivered to the site.

We've got 200 trucks from all over the fucking country descending on us at 5:45.

355 metric tons and 218 trucks.

Okay, this is a joke, is it?

I have no choice.

Ivan, look, I hate myself even hearing myself saying this,

but if someone has died, like your mother or...

- No one is dead, Donal. - ...just go where you have to

- go tomorrow after 12:00. - Hey, listen, I need you to just do this, okay?

I need you to be there with enough stuff

and the right heads when the sun comes up. That's it.

Holy fucking Mary! I can't. I'm a fucking concrete farmer.

You've never seen me read anything written down on paper.

- I can't... - You're okay. Listen, you're okay.

You know how to run a pump, don't you? You know how to run trucks back to back

and turn trucks back, and you know how to test for slumps.

I've never even shoveled on a pump this big!

Well, it's the same. It's just there's more of it.

You just... You just do the same but for longer.

You check it, slump it, send it back if it's piss

and pump it if it's right. That's it.

- What does Gareth say about this? - I haven't spoken to him yet.

Oh, well, he's gonna fucking... He's gonna...

He'll go fucking sideways around the houses...

I know.

- ...like his arse is on fire. - I know. I know.

- I know. - Ivan, you're gonna get the sack.

I know, Donal.

Jesus, you're the best foreman I've ever fucking worked with!

The best site manager. What the hell is it

that's gonna make you go and risk... You're gonna risk the sack?

Look, I need you to do this for me, Donal, right?

So, start rounding up some cowboys and then call me back.

I'll be on the road.

- Ivan Locke. - Ivan?

Where are you?

Um, I just got admitted.

I'm in the labor ward. It's called Bailey Ward.

Did they say how long?

- I'm five centimeters. - What does that mean?

- Dilated. - I know what that means, but how long?

I... They just... They just left me. I'm on my own.

- Is there a bell? - A what?

I don't know, a buzzer or something to get a nurse.

They just put their head round and they said it could be hours.

Are you okay?

- Um, I need the loo. - Well, tell them. Tell them.

- Well, there's no one here. - Well, is there a bell?

They don't have bells. What do you mean?

When they put their head around the door,

you tell them that you need the lavatory.

It's like a pain I've never had right inside, all the way up to my chest.

Have you talked to anyone about the pain?

No, what... What do you mean?

Ivan, what do you mean?

I'm saying, have you talked to anybody about stopping the pain?

- Have you decided? - Well, they said let's see.

Well, just have whatever there is, seriously.

- What? - I don't know. For the pain.

Because it's fucking... Jesus, it's...

It's cold and all the windows are open.

Tell them to close the windows.

And the traffic is okay. Go to the lavatory.

I'll be there.

Have you even told your wife that someone's having your baby?

I'm about to do that.

I have, uh... I have a list of things that I have to do tonight while I'm driving.

- So, am I on a list? - Yes. Tonight, yes.

Do you love me?

That's a question you're asking probably because of the pain or something.

How could I love you?

I...

Hell.

Hi, love.

- Hello, Katrina. - Hi, love.

Look, I got you, um, six of the German lagers

and I got sausages.

I thought we could have hot dogs again. Oh, oh, oh.

And guess what?

I am finally wearing the shirt.

Ivan?

Did Eddie not give you the message?

- What message? - I'm not coming home.

What?

What do you mean?

It's the match. I'm wearing the shirt.

Which phone are you on?

- What do you mean? - I can hear the TV.

Can you take this call upstairs, on the phone upstairs?

Upstairs? Why?

I have... I have something...

I have something to say.

Well, can't it wait until you get home?

I won't be home.

What's happened?

Will you just... Will you get to the phone upstairs?

What's happened?

Just go to the phone in the bedroom and I'll tell you what's happened.

Okay.

Sean, when I shout, put the phone down, please.

- Hey, Dad, are you coming back? - Eddie.

Yeah, I'm talking to your mother.

He hasn't put any wingers on and he's put Caldwell back on again.

Hello?

Eddie, will you put the phone down, please?

Dad, I can't believe the team he's picked.

Eddie, please, can you put the phone down, please?

Eddie.

So, go on, tell me. What is it?

Last year, this job... You know, the job in Croydon.

Do you remember? I was up and down there for three months. Remember?

Yes.

I stayed in the guesthouse, the one that had, uh...

It had bad damp, I said.

Remember? The, uh...

Yeah.

They gave me an assistant.

She worked with me on the block construction.

- She? - She was a secretary, quite old.

We, uh... We worked together.

She's quite old and she lives on her own.

She's 43 or something.

She's, uh...

Why are you telling me about some woman?

This is the only time I ever did this, Katrina. The only time.

Look, after the block was settled in, there were some drinks to celebrate.