The Nest

Years ago, she stabbed someone. A lassie, Neve McKinnell. Kaya's that wee girl?

You're not yourself. You haven't been for weeks.

Why won't you tell her? I cannae.

It would destroy her.

She has told you lies from start to finish! You and Dan and Emily!

Neve! Who's Neve? Answer me!

Where's her mum?

Still in Lewis, but there's not been contact for years.

OK, I will speak.

I will speak about Heather.

You didn't tell me about the ex, Kian Dodds.

I could phone the papers on that guy any day. On you go, then.

Let's see what happens when you do.

A body was recovered from the Clyde yesterday.

It's looking like another drugs death.

What happened to the boy in the Possil flats?

Nae idea. It's nothing to do with me.

Kaya!

You have got to talk to Emily.

Dan?

I found out something about her background.

She killed someone.

That's impossible.

How did they find out?

Isn't the question, how could they not have known?

SHE GASPS

BABY MEWLS

LINE RINGS

Hello, this is Emily Docherty.

Please don't hang up. Leave a message.

BEEP

Hiya, wee one.

She's had a relatively stable first 48 hours...

..but with babies this young, there are issues with breathing,

with the gut and, obviously, longer term, possibly brain development.

It's too early to make any predictions.

She's vulnerable and unpredictable.

We just have to take things one hour at a time.

Thanks for coming in.

Look, I thought the guy was a junkie.

He overdosed.

Six month ago, yous were happy to leave it at that.

Suddenly you find out Kaya lived next door and it's a live incident.

I'll level with you.

If I'd had sight of the file

at the time, I wouldn't have been

so quick to dismiss it.

OK. Different officers,

sometimes different conclusions.

The original team were happy that his injuries were

the wear and tear you'd expect with an addict,

but I've had another look,

and it's now clear he sustained

a severe beating before drowning,

which may even have been the cause of death.

What's that got to do with Kaya?

She's healing up nicely.

No sign of infection, and we're going to try

and go for a wee walk about later.

And how is she in herself?

Well, she's been through so much, we'd expect tearfulness, baby blues,

but...no sign.

There she is!

OK, pal? Aye. Brand-new.

Did you bring me something?

Have you an appetite?

Not really, but I'll take an iPad.

No iPad, but I've got soup, lemonade and crisps.

Did you make the soup? Uh-huh.

PHONE RINGS

Lemonade and crisps.

PHONE BEEPS

Have you seen the baby?

SHE BURPS

No.

It's nothing to do with me.

Congratulations, son.

That is brilliant news. Well done.

To wet the baby's head.

So, what's she calling herself?

Disnae have a name yet.

She's wee.

Too wee.

She's a cracker.

Good. Hey, listen...

The boy that was blackmailing you, Dodds,

the polis are going to open an investigation into his death.

They'll likely want to talk to you.

Remind me what went on.

I gave him some money to fuck off, and when he didnae,

I sent someone round to give him a warning.

Who, Cavan?

Aye. Nobody laid a finger, obviously. Come on...

Hello, Mammy.

Hi!

Congratulations.

Where have you been?

I just thought... I thought I was coming down with a cold this morning

so I shouldn't come in, but...I'm fine.

..Exceptional flair and creativity,

now they're taking on a whole house each...

DOOR OPENS

Kaya, you know that guy in the flats, Kian Dodds?

Doddy?

The one that died?

The police are wanting to interview any folk who were about at the time,

who might've seen anything.

Well, I barely knew him, so what can I tell them?

I don't know.

Just if you saw anything suspicious.

OK.

Dan and Emily been in to see you?

TV VOLUME INCREASES

The doctor says she's doing much better than she should be at this stage.

She's put on a whole 30g today

and she's taken 10ml from her bottle.

I've been researching it,

and there's these therapeutic centres that'll help with

walking and sitting and crawling. Once she comes out, we can all go.

I mean, it'll be months but...

SHE SIGHS

I got them delivered while we were at the hospital.

It's been shocking.

Everything.

I just want us to feel like we can celebrate this,

now that she's here.

Emily!

I can't stay here.

Hi. Oh, come here.

Can I stay here?

Yeah, of course you can.

Do you want a cuppa? Yeah. Yeah.

I feel like I'm going mad.

I'm not surprised.

There's nothing, there's not a single day

in the last eight months that I can trust.

Nothing from Kaya. Nothing from Dan.

How could he have kept it from me?

The thing is, somewhere in my body...

..I knew.

That night that she went to prom, I just...

I knew that something wasn't right.

It was like I'd never been closer to her,

but at the same time it felt like...

I don't know, like... something was about to end.

And it was the...

It was the same feeling I had that night with Olivia.

Who's Olivia?

You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.

When I was 16, I was with my best friend

and...we both took some...

..ecstasy that I'd bought.

And while I was...coming up...

..her whole body was in revolt...

..from this thing...that I'd given her.

And I didn't understand what was happening...

..until it was too late.

God, Emily.

And her mum was....

She didn't blame me.

Mine did.

But hers...

And ever since, I've just felt like I was being, rightly, punished.

Not being able to have a child.

Because why should my life move on when hers didn't?

Anyway, it's the past.

There's a baby now.

Yeah.

There's a baby.

So why do I feel nothing but dread?

Hi, darling.

Just you and me today, pal.

What will we have, eh? A story or a song?

# Three crows sat upon a wall Sat upon a wall, sat upon a wall

# Three crows sat upon a wall

# On a cold and frosty morning. #

CROCKERY CLATTERS

DOOR SLAMS

CUPBOARD DOOR SLAMS

Do...do you want some toast?

Why is he doing that and why are you just letting him?

He's a teenager. You'll be the same.

Why are you lying? Everyone is always lying.

I could've done with a boyfriend like you when I was that age.

Can you give her this?

Not too late. Have you got any pals?

Jack was here again.

He dropped this off.

I don't want it.

OK. Well, I'll just leave it there.

No. Just give it back.

I just want a clean break. A new start.

I would have preferred to go to the hotel first.

I'm sorry, I just thought you'd want to...

As I've said, I don't know if she'll even see me.

This isn't about exposing her or dredging up the past.

It's about what's happening to her now.

And when the time's right, getting her to come on the record to

nail the people who are trying to exploit her.

You can't just buy a baby.