Chloe

BABY CRIES

BABY CRIES

THEY LAUGH

DISEMBODIED CHATTER BUILDS

WAVES CRASH

DISTANT CHATTER

GULLS SQUAWK

DISTANT LAUGHTER

You were up late again, nugget.

Christine said she saw you walking around Bristol yesterday.

Oh, yeah?

You said you'd come home straight from work.

I was running an errand.

An errand? What kind of errand?

Well?

Good night, was it? SHE SCOFFS

I'm not going to talk to you when you're like this.

Don't know who else will have you.

Oh, come on, Becky.

Becky!

I'm sorry. I love you.

Where are you going?

I'm going to work.

ENGINE REVS

KNOCKING

DISTANT OFFICE CHATTER

Mm.

Yeah?

This is Becky. She's from the temp agency.

She'll be covering for me.

Hi. So, how long are you with us again?

Er, five months.

COMPUTER PINGS

Oh, Cathy, you'll have to cancel that meeting with John Freeman.

I'll need to work late on the Paxton pitch.

You and Maria were going to that charity drinks thing tonight,

with Henry and Georgia Cohen. Yeah.

Tell them I can't make it, yeah?

Sure, and I'll order Maria some flowers.

OK, that's perfect.

Thank you.

There's all the information you need on his wife, Maria, on the desktop.

There should be a folder called Maria Peele.

OK, so we should let Georgia Cohen know that Mark

can't make it tonight.

Let me send her an email.

Er, all of his appointments are in the diary, but do remind him

because he tends to get a bit in the zone.

So he'll be annoyed if he misses one.

What else?

I have shown him how to make payments,

because he usually doesn't trust temps to do it,

but I don't think he'll get the hang of it.

So I'm hoping he trusts you.

# Complexities, treacheries

# We watch through glass

# We see nothing...

# Show me

# Show me... #

Hi, there. Maria Peel. Mark's been held up. Let me check that for you.

Head on through, Mrs Peel. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

MOODY MUSIC PLAYS

GUESTS CHATTER

Hey.

Ah, thank you.

Oh, sorry. Thanks so much.

That is some coat! Hi.

Callum.

Helena.

At the end of the day, I said, "Marcus, sure. Why not?"

And here we are. Right.

And what do you do? Erm, nothing.

OK. Ha!

What are your interests, then?

Erm, podcasts and porn, mostly.

What?

Cats and newborns.

I really just love cats, I really do.

And I'm training to become a doula.

A what? A doula.

I help women give birth.

Well, I support them emotionally. I'm not a medical professional.

So how did you get involved with the charity?

Erm... No, thank you.

Erm, a good friend, Mark Peel, is a patron. Oh, I love Mark.

I just saw his wife Maria walk past, actually.

Do you want to go and say hi? Erm, oh... Maybe not. She's just...

She's not my biggest fan. HESITATES

Callum! Hey. Josh, hi.

Hi. I'm Josh. This is Helena.

Nice to meet you. You too.

How are you?

I'm good, yeah. And you?

Good, good. Busy.

I just started at the Arnolfini and it has been nonstop.

I'm exhausted, but can't complain. It's good to be busy.

It's always good to be busy, right? We should have a proper catch-up.

Maybe when... Would you pick up another one for me? Yeah.

Thank you. Of course.

Just...just to clarify.

Did he say he was busy or not?

You should book a meeting in with him. That was a cry for help.

GROANS

Oh, fuck! Mm!

MOANS

Oh, oh, oh! Oh!

Ah! Phh!

Ah, ah. I'm good. I'm all sorted, thanks.

Get a bit sensitive straight after.

OK. OK.

Do you, erm...

..need a hand?

MOANS

I didn't really know what I wanted to do,

so I just got a bog-standard corporate marketing job which,

honestly, made me miserable.

But it was a learning experience for a couple of years

and then, I thought, "Well, actually,

"I'd love to just get some experience in a proper start-up

"where you can get involved from the ground up and actually..."

DISTORTED MOANS

Something seriously wrong with her. Like, unhinged...

..was able to learn with the relative experience of my bosses.

I was also able to see myself in their shoes in a few years,

you know what I mean? So how long were you there for?

A couple of years.

And then they opened up an office in San Francisco.

I got offered to run it which was, you know, incredible.

For me, that was just a no-brainer, absolutely...

AUDIO STOPS

Morning.

You look like you've seen a ghost.

I can't believe how late they kept you.

You burnt the fish fingers.

It doesn't matter.

I just had beans.

Yeah. See you later. Bye, now.

All right, well, that's me done for now. Thanks.

She was bad today.

She forgot your address.

How have you been?

Oh, great, yeah. It's really good fun.

You might not want to be leaving her alone so much.

Yeah.

All right. Well, I'll see you on Saturday.

I'll see you tomorrow, Jackie. Bye, my love.

Christine manages to be on time.

Well, the government pay her to look after you, so...

What have you done to your hair?

You look like a weird little man.

No wonder you never left home.

Thanks.

MUFFLED TELEVISION

There's still a few minutes left.

Do you know where the old photo albums went? I can't find them.

I'll have a look.

CHUCKLES

DISTORTED TIDAL SOUNDS

DISTANT INFANT SQUEALS

MUFFLED TELEVISION

PHONE VIBRATES

Hello.

Hello. Am I talking to Becky Green?

Erm, yeah. Speaking.

This is Detective Constable Meghan Roland.

I'm calling from South Avon Police. Is now a good time? Yeah.

Erm, sorry. How can I help?

Our records show you received two missed calls

on 12th April from a Chloe Fairbourne.

One at 1:52 and one at 2:45am.

Is it OK if I ask you a couple of questions regarding those calls?

VOICE FADES

Miss Green? Hello? Miss Green? Erm, yeah.

Do you have any idea why she might have tried to call you? Erm...

I... I don't know. I don't have her number.

I thought it was someone else. Well, thanks very much for your help.

We'll give you a further call if... Wait. Erm, what happened?

Is there an investigation? I'm really sorry.

We can't discuss the details with anyone other than next-of-kin.

But don't worry, it's just due diligence.

We're just trying to piece together her final hours.

Right. Thank you.

Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

PHONE RINGS

Hello. You've reached Chloe Fairbourne.

Please leave me a message after the beep.

I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Bye.

PHONE VIBRATES

Hello. Becky. It's Chloe.

Chloe?

BELL TOLLS

RINGING

PHONE RINGS

Hello. Landgrove and Co. Hi, Becky. It's Cathy.

Can you put me onto Mark, please?

Erm, yeah. Is everything OK? Yes, fine.

He just wants me to make an urgent payment

but I only just saw my emails.

I'm at the hospital. I... I can do that.