The Nest

When she was a kid, she stabbed Neve McKinnell. The Lewis case? Kaya's that wee girl?

I'm not Heather. For those of us still living on Lewis, it's hard. It's very hard.

When Kaya ran away, did you or any of her colleagues talk to her mum?

That's the first person we contacted.

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

It's about getting her to come on the record to nail the people

who are trying to exploit her.

I need your permission to do a DNA test. Something's not right.

She's not ours.

No genetic match with us, but no genetic match with Kaya?

How is that possible?

If it's no-one's, does that mean it's mine?

Legally, yeah.

I love that wee girl

and I'd like your permission to be part of her life.

It was all a mistake.

No child's a mistake.

It's going to be a new start.

She's blocked all our contact.

Six days now we've not seen the baby.

We're the only family she knows.

Before others kicked off, Kaya hadnae been within ten foot of her.

Legally, she is within her rights to allow or block

contact as she sees fit.

Kaya gave birth to Gracie so the default position

is that she is the baby's mum.

Well, surely a baby can't just default to somebody.

And if she's defaulting to anyone, it should be us!

We had a contract!

Kaya's pocketed £50,000

and I cannae get anywhere near my own daughter?!

Surrogacy agreements are not legally binding in this country.

People draw them up as a guide,

but you can't get a court to enforce one.

Look, I just want to see our wee girl. Is there nothing we can do?

There are all sorts of things that you can do.

Ultimately, you can apply to adopt her. Fantastic.

How do we get the ball rolling?

But that's not what I'd advise.

What I would advise is getting together with Kaya

and with a mediator, if necessary, and talk.

Try to sort this out face-to-face.

Nope.

That's a nonstarter. Nope.

This has all come on very quickly.

It might go away just as fast.

Hello.

Hello, baby.

You're so beautiful. Oh, you are.

You are so beautiful.

So that's you away, then?

But we'll be back to see you every day, won't we?

Oh, we will. She's a better colour today. She's had a good night.

Didn't you, wee one? Ohh.

"Less of the 'wee one', if you please."

Go on.

We've named her.

Oh...

Right.

Neve.

You cannae say I'm trying to bribe you.

I was always bringing sweeties in here.

Mostly for myself, to be fair.

Look, I know you can't let us in, but can you just tell us how she is?

I'm so sorry, I'm just not authorised to do that.

Without the birth mum's consent for visits

and sharing information, my hands are tied.

What if there's, like, a medical emergency or something?

So we just don't get told?

Listen, we have to go with what the hospital lawyers say.

I don't have any discretion around that at all.

Is everything OK?

Baby McDermott.

Gracie. Her name's Gracie.

Neve? Fuckin' Neve?

Obviously this was the plan all along.

She gets what? What's she up to now? 70k, is it? And the baby?

Why would you want someone else's baby? Well, why would WE?

Everything changes, though, doesn't it, once she gets here?

But we always knew that this might happen, OK?

We knew that she might wobble or change her mind. I just...

I don't know which this is. I don't know what's in her head.

I couldnae gie a fuck what's in her head!

Pushing the button on the legals.

No, no, no, once it's broken, it's broken. It's broken!

It's fuckin' broken!

We just need to follow the advice that we've been given!

We need to sort this out face-to-face.

If we declare war, then there's no way back.

You're scared of her.

No, I'm not. It's not that. Aye, you are.

She's powerless.

No judge in his right mind would give her a baby over us.

Let's pack up all her stuff from the house and get shot of it.

LINE RINGS

Sheena Galvin, please. No, don't do this.

Trust me. A fight is the only language this lassie understands.

It'll be lovely here, come the summer.

I won't be here that long.

This is just a short-term let till I get back on my feet.

Then I'm going to buy something of my own. Ah, very good.

James or no James, we've a weekly meeting.

Well, you haven't exactly covered yourselves in glory, have you?

So I can take it from here.

It's licence conditions.

Kaya knows that.

How are you feeling?

I'm going to build you up...

..and by the time the wee one's ready to come home, she'll be grand.

So what do you want me to do? Sit tight? Do nothing?

I just don't think this is what Kaya really wants.

I mean, this was supposed to be something

life-changing for both of us.

Oh, aye, it's been life-changing, all right.

She wanted family, consistency.

This was supposed to be a partnership.

I just think if we can get back to the spirit in which

we entered into this...

The spirit in which we entered into this was fraud, darling.

Fraud on her part and utter naivety on ours.

There was a relationship there, it was real. I just...

I don't think this needs to end up in court.

Tatties mashed with cream, not butter, am I right?

Mum...

Why did you stop coming to see me?

Oh...

You'd be in, like, every week for two years

and then you just...stopped.

What did I do?

No, it wasn't you. Far from it.

There was this.

The MS.

I got the diagnosis and I just...

..I just went to pieces.

Doctor said maybe it was the stress.

I wish I'd been stronger.

And then you did that thing on telly.

Yeah.

Yeah, they told me it would help people.

Other mothers who'd been through what I'd been through.

It was anonymous, Kaya. I was in shadow.

Look, I haven't been the best mother.

I haven't even been a good enough mother.

Is that what they say?

But I'm here.

PHONE BEEPS

BUZZER

Were you expecting someone?

No.

BUZZER CONTINUES

Kaya McDermott?

Sign here.

Go on, sign for it.

Oh, that's predictable, isn't it? What?

Dan and Emily have got a set of awfy toffee lawyers

and they're going after Neve,

then they want permanent residence with a view to adopting her.

Well, they can whistle.

McGillivray, Galvin and Black.

I wonder who's going to win. Oh, no.

No, this is your right, as a mother.

You gave birth to that child.

Look at the state of you.

You've been let down by everyone, by the Dochertys,

by that shower of workers who saw you into this in the first place.

Well, not this time.

Well, what are we going to do?

You just stick with me, OK?

All you need to do is trust me.

Where are we going?

We're nearly there.

Can we not get a bus or something?

We'll have a cup of tea when we get there.

Here. In here.

WHITE NOISE BUILDS

Kaya!

SHE WHIMPERS

BANGING ON DOOR

Open the door to me!

You haven't even given me a chance!

You have told a journalist where I am!

That is me fucked now! I am fucked!

She's from Lewis!

You were at the same Brownies.

Journalists are after one thing, they want one story.

Scotland's Mary Bell, where is she now? Public enemy number one.

Not this journalist.

I know what she's after.

It's not that.

Trust me, Kaya.

If she was, I wouldn't let her through the door.

I remember how it all went down.

This...bloodlust for a wee girl.

But I'm not interested in Heather Gordon.

I never have been.

It's Dan Docherty I'm interested in.

How he made his money and now how he's trying to spend it.

He's Teflon - nothing ever sticks.

But this, you.

This is different.