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.
- Becky. - Hello? Chloe?
Chloe. What did... What did you want to say?
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I'm just going to experience life out there for a few years.
Then I spent six months up there, got to know people,
got to know the city.
The most exciting place to live is Daikanyama.
Daikanyama? Yeah. Yeah, so, it's a bit more residential,
but it's got some really lovely shops. If you get a chance to visit,
there's an amazing unagi place called Nodina.
- I really recommend it. Yes! - I absolutely love unagi.
At Nodina in Daikanyama, the best unagi I have ever had.
Wow, I mean, you're coming through with some great recommendations...
It's such an amazing area, Daikanyama.
Ooh, this is the flat I lived in with Alex and Natalia.
Oh, my God, Liv, there was this place around the corner
that just did the best unagi. I still think about it twice a day.
- Oh, God, I'm salivating. - It was so good.
- Shall we order some food? - I think we should.
We should do!
Right... Oh, erm...
By the way, I've been feeling really bad about that, erm,
- that dinner at yours. - You don't have
to feel bad, you didn't do anything.
No, I definitely think it was made worse by me being there.
How is everyone? How's Elliot?
You know. Oh, speak of the devil.
Sorry, just a sec.
Hey, El. How you doing?
The news? No.
One second, please.
No. Why, what's happening?
Oh, my God.
Bristol North MP Graham Brannigan
has resigned after a series of allegations
that he sent sexually explicit messages to a female colleague.
The messages were said to include images of bestiality
which the married father of two reportedly sent
in order to brag about the size of his genitalia.
- I've just... I've just seen. - Oh, my God, this is excellent.
Can we please call this "Horsegate"?
I can't believe that. Is Elliot going for it?
I mean, you know, obviously, it's not a done deal,
but he met all the Westminster guys at Conference
- and they're all behind him. - Wow, that's great.
Yeah.
Maybe I should put together, like, a little evening, or something.
- Make sure he's got all their support. - Yes, definitely.
Mm, just... OK, let me...
- Can I help at all? - Oh, you're sweet.
No, really. It would be great to get a feel for the job.
I'm actually OK with all the Elliot stuff. But I do have a photoshoot
with another client coming up
- I could use your help with. - Sure.
- Yeah? Cool. - OK, great.
You know, this is my time,
and I am done apologising for being ambitious.
Yes, yes.
- Cheers to that. - Cheers to that!
Oh, hang on. This is a good picture op.
Oh, sorry, erm...
No, do you mind... Sorry, do you mind not?
Oh, sure, sorry. What's...
Erm, it's... Er, it's a crazy story, really. Erm...
I... I have a stalker.
- Oh, my God. That's so exciting. - No.
Er, it's just a guy I went on a couple of dates with.
Oh. Erm, yeah, when I had a profile,
he would just show up at things I was at
pretending it was a coincidence. Yeah.
What the hell is wrong with people?
I don't know, it's bizarre.
Thanks, mate.
- For what? - You know, for staying with me.
Oh, my God. I was literally in it for your mum's fry up.
- Can't sleep? - Nah.
Where's your sister?
Mum.
- Mum. It's the neighbour's baby. - Where's your sister?
- Mum. - Sas...
- Mum! - Sasha!
- Mum, are you all right? - Don't... don't touch me.
- How long can you stay? - Whenever. My mum doesn't give a shit.
Well, we're lucky to have you.
Breathe in...
...and breathe out.
Feel your breaths as a wave.
Now, open your eyes.
- No, it's yesterday. - What?
- Hey. - Hey, nice to see you. Mm.
She's a two-faced bitch.
- You look great, by the way. - Thank you, I feel better.
- Less groggy. - What did I say?
- Have you got your membership yet? - No, not yet.
- OK, let's get it, come on. - No, Liv...
Hi, Daph. Can I recommend this amazing lady for membership, please?
Er, Liv, I don't have my ID.
It's OK, just put your name down and secure the spot.
- I'll vouch for her. - I'd recommend that.
We get a flurry of applications around this time.
OK, erm, Sasha Miles.
I need to take a deposit. The annual membership is £950.
So it'll be 250 deposit. Great.
Oh, Sash. Oh. Woo!
Erm, Liv, would you mind filling up my water bottle while I do this?
Oh, yeah, sure. Thank you.
Erm, I've been having some issues with my bank.
But if it doesn't go through, we can just do it later.
Yeah, no worries.
- All good. - Great.
Sorry, can I get my card back? We're in a bit of a rush.
- Of course, no problem. - Thank you. Thank you so much.
- All good? Great. - Sorted.
- Awesome, see you soon. Thanks, Daph. - Thank you, bye-bye.
- Fuck! - What?
You know the graphic designer that I was really excited about,
who was going to do the invites for Elliot's thing then redo my website?
Yeah.
She's just pulled out, the little ringworm.
I'm so sorry.
What am I meant to do? Elliot's coming over.
She was going to send me the designs today.
Well, don't panic.
What is it you need done right now? The invite design?
Yeah.
But I can do that.
I did all the graphic design for the gallery in Tokyo.
- Really? - Yeah, of course.
I mean, w-w-we could... we could try, if you don't...
It's fine. I can come to yours if you like.
Something like this, just simple.
- Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah?
Let me send you the info that needs to be in the design.
OK.
Oh, gosh. El's here already. Er...
Back in one.
- Have you had to do a speech? - I know I can't.
You remember Sasha.
- Hi. - Hi.
- She's helping me with the invites. - Great, thank you.
- No... no worries. Er, it's fine. - Shall we...?
- I can leave you to it. - No, we'll go to the stu...
We'll go to the study. Erm, I'll just grab my things.
Sorry, let's go.
OK, yeah, I'll give it another whirl. OK. Yeah.
I'll be OK.
Yeah, I can imagine. I'm finding the house hard to be in.
It's full of her stuff.
I know I should just sort through it all.
But I don't know. I can't face it.
I keep avoiding it.
Maybe it's comforting, or something. Like she's still there.
Like she could come home any moment.
- Hey, how you getting on? - Hey, good.
- Do you want to see? - Mm, please.
Yeah, this is great. You are a life-saver.
Oh, good. Yeah, because you just saved me £2,000.
Oh, hey, my loves.
- Hey! Hey, guys. Sorry to interrupt. - No.
- Come on, back inside. - Mummy, can we play football?
Mummy's just working right now. Erm...
Daddy, come play football.
I don't think so, mate. Shall we go and play upstairs instead?
No!
I just need 20 minutes to get these invites out, then I'll do bath time.
- I can't have a work life. - OK, I'll do them tonight.
I'm sorry. Noah, shall we do football later...?
Guys, erm, I can... I can hang out with them for a bit,
just to give you guys a breather.
Oh, my God, that would be amazing. Do you mind?
No, it's fine. Noah, do you want to hang out?
Yeah!
Someone likes you!
OK, great. Well, I'm going to play football.
You are!
I'll go and get dinner on, or something.
Thank you.
- Oh, he's started. - But just... just 20 minutes.
That's fine.
And, erm, should I add you to the guest list?
- Could be fun. - Oh, yeah.
- Sure, why not? It's a week on Friday? - That's right.
- OK, great. OK. - Cool, I'll do it now.
- Right, come on, then, Noah! - Good luck!
- I'm exhausted. - I bet you are.
- I... Keeping my eyes open. - Listen, erm...
- Thanks so much for your help. - No, it was a pleasure, honestly.
Just one thing. Josh is on the guest list.
- No. - Still haven't heard from him?
But it's fine. There's no bad blood or anything.
You back off.
OK, good. I thought you'd be cool with it, but I just wanted to check.
- Well, thanks for doing that. - No probs.
- I'll see you Friday. OK. - You will. Bye.
- Where are you going? - Party.
Are you going to be OK on your own, Mum?
Fancy dress, this party, then?
Thank you so much.
Oh, hi. Hi, there you are.
- Hey. Hey. Look at you. - Look at you.
Hi, nice to see you again.
- Nice to see you. - Oh, you must meet Tiggy. Come.
- Sorry to interrupt. Thank you. - Darling, beautiful as ever.
Tiggy, this is Sasha. Sasha, this is Tiggy, Elliot's wonderful mother.
- Oh, nice to meet you. - Wow.
That's an interesting dress.
Thank you. Erm, I got it on eBay.
As I was saying, awful people.
He is relentlessly dull.
And she has no sense of humour, and it is just hell to be...
I am sure you need a drink.
Yes.
You OK? That was so close.
- Becky Green? Hmm. Hey. - Hi.
Look, please don't use that name, OK? It's very important to me.
And you said you didn't judge.
- We have so much fun, don't we? - Look, it's a work thing.
You just get better opportunities if you're their kind of person.
You like the thrill of it, don't you?
- Maybe you should try it. - Hmm.
Hello, Josh. Hey. I forgot to tell you that Georgia's stopping by.
- Georgia? Georgia Cohen? - You know Georgia Cohen, don't you?
Yeah, a little. Wait, you know Georgia?
Wow, you are so well connected.
I think someone connected you while you were working in Tokyo,
- didn't they? - Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
Oh, Tokyo.
Where did you work at in Tokyo?
A gallery. Mm.
Hey! Oh, hello!
- Sasha, good to see you again. - Hi! Hi! Good to see you again.
Good to see you.
Sasha, what was the place called that you were working at in Tokyo?
Because I've travelled there a few times.
- Er, it was called Takamori. - Takamori?
Ah, I've actually been there.
I'd love to go to Japan. It sounds so... foreign.
Oh, my God. I want to take you there at some point. The sushi...
...it's out of this world. I'm pretty sure you're an expert.
Right, Sasha?
Yeah.
Guys, Josh was actually just telling me about college.
In his senior year, he was in a musical.
- Oh, I love musicals. - Yes.
What an image.
Yeah, what musical was it?
Erm... Thanks for, er... thanks for asking.
The m-musical was...
- ...Cats. - Oh, lovely, lovely.
What part did you play?
- I played one of the cats. - Wait, wait, wait...
Wait, what is it? Sing it. Erm...
- ♪ The Rum Tum Tugger is... ♪ - No. No, come on...
- Sing it, sing it! I'm not singing. - No.
- Yeah, stop being so weird. - I'm not singing.
Let's go and get you a drink. Yeah. For goodness' sake.
Why was everyone making fun of Cats?
I don't know, don't worry about it.
Look, I-I'm really sorry about the other day.
You were right, I shouldn't have been there.
That's all right. Sorry I kicked off.
Yeah.
I-It's fine.
How are you feeling?
Erm, you know...
Better when I'm drunk.
- I am sorry about your friend. - Thanks.
- It's shit. - Yeah, I bet.
I guess It's, like, when a friend decides It's not worth living...
E-Erm, sorry, I will be right... Sorry, sorry. I will be...
- Georgia! - Well, fuck you, then.
Hi! Erm, I am Sasha. Sasha Miles.
We met at those drinks at the Academy a few weeks ago.
I'm friends with Mark Peel. Erm...
- Mark's friend. Mm-hm. Are you in art? - Yes, yes.
- Er, I'm in marketing, but I work... - Hi. Hello.
- Sorry to interrupt. - No, not at all. Liv, this is Georgia.
Georgia, this is Liv. Liv organised all of this.
- So nice to meet you. - Thank you so much for coming.
Liv's husband is actually a very talented artist.
Oh, really?
He is brilliant. And I have to listen to him snore every evening,
so if anything, I'm biased against him!
- I'll send you his stuff. - Yes, please.
Did you ever manage to make it to the David Cedric exhibition?
Which one?
You know, I organised the opening last month.
- Sasha suggested you might be... - Yes, yes...
Hi. Hi, hi. Georgia, hey, how are you?
Great.
Good, it's good to see you. I'm so sorry to interrupt,
but my friend Pete Furman really wants to say hi.
Do you mind?
Oh, God. This is why I never enjoy my own events.
- So nice to meet you at last. - I'd love to see your husband's work.
- Oh, great. - I'll sort it, no worries.
- See you later. - Bye.
Have you, erm, tried the canapes?
Such fun meeting you.
- You too. Have a lovely evening. - Thanks, bye.
Oh, sorry, thank you.
Thank you for earlier.
You are a maniac.
- It's been said. - Mm.
You two, I am keeping my eye on you.
If you hurt my girl, I will strangle you.
Oh, I am terrified of you.
Good, good. Now, go on, fuck off.
- I do think he likes you. - I don't know.
- Well, the vibe is excellent. - You have done an amazing job.
Mm, thank you.
Listen, so...
...I've been thinking.
Are you serious about a career change?
- Yeah, I think so. - I'm looking for some help, basically.
I mean, obviously, hold on to your job for now,
but if you enjoy it, I am looking to expand my company.
Erm... Well, it was just an idea. There's no rush.
No, Liv, I-I...
I would... I would love that.
OK, great. Well, let's talk about it.
OK.
It's... It's been really nice to have a friend
since I got back,
- so thank you for taking me in. - Oh, Sasha, Sasha, Sasha, Sasha.
I hate most people.
- Really? - I do, but, erm...
...it's nice to find someone good.
I mean it.
- You know, erm, with Alex... - Mm.
In the last few months, it's just felt like we weren't...
...as close.
I just feel really bad about it
because she should've been able to talk to me.
No, you can't blame yourself. You didn't know.
I saw Chloe all the time but I don't think
that we'd been proper friends for several years.
It was like she was always out of reach.
- But you seemed so close. - What do you mean?
Just... Just from what you've said.
We were. And it was amazing.
Erm...
But then she retreated from us all.
And I think she resented me.
Then she tried to be a journalist and that never worked out,
then the kids. It was...
The kids?
It just makes me really sad.
No, me too.
I should, er...
I'm sorry for interrupting you all,
but it's time for me to let the proverbial cat out of the bag.
The horse, you mean.
Some of you may already have heard
that, er, I'm not running in the upcoming election.
It's time for some young blood.
And in the next three weeks, we will all be voting for a new candidate.
Now, I have known him for... Well, many years.
And I can honestly say I have never met anyone
more inspiring and more hard-working
and with greater integrity
than Elliot Fairbourne.
I'll be endorsing him and I hope
you will all join me in doing so.
So please raise your glass to Elliot.
To Elliot.
You're going to have to wade through all those vultures to get to him.
What the hell are you talking about?
You do know his wife killed herself, right?
- Yeah. - Oh.
- Did you know her? - I met her a few times.
And?
Well, I liked her. I was surprised when I heard.
Why?
I don't know.
It's awful.
Be careful.
- What do you mean? - Well...
.. it's always the husband, isn't it?
I'm going to get a drink.
Hi.
No, of course. Thanks very much.
Pleasure, cheers. Be in touch.
I'm not going to bother you, I just think you need that.
Very thoughtful of you.
How's your evening? Not too boring, I hope.
No, not at all. Your friends are the best.
I don't know about that.
Listen, sorry about the other evening.
- It must've been a bit intense. - No.
It's fine. Honestly, I-I get it.
We need to keep talking or someone's going to jump in.
Oh, right. Erm, er... Well, that's ideal,
because I was hoping to get a
moment to discuss my bid for sanitation.
- Oh, were you now? - Yes.
That's very interesting.
- Tell me more. - I'm very serious about sanitation.
Erm, congratulations.
Thank you.
Yeah, I-I bet it's...
...complicated.
- It is that. - Fairbourne.
- Good to see you. - Told you.
- Yes. - I'd like you to meet someone.
Hi, hello. Pleased to meet you.
So, has the unstoppable force finally met the immovable object?
Shut up.
Look, I'm bored, I'm going to split.
But want to sneak out the back and go play some foosball?
- I know a really good place. - No, sorry.
Look, I'm going to tell you again.
- It's not going to happen. - Dinner's on you if you're wrong.
Win-win.
You, erm... You don't happen to have a spare one, do you?
I'm trying to give up, but not tonight.
Don't waste too much energy doing that.
I mean, I don't really.
God, I loathe the fact that smoking has become so uncool.
It's your generation's fault, you know.
"No, it's wrong. Don't do that, it's bad for you."
Most fun things are.
Exactly.
It's why they're so delicious.
Your son did a wonderful job tonight.
It must've been hard.
Poor boy has been hounded all night.
And I promised that I'd help him make a French exit.
- Do you mind? - No.
Hello, hi. Erm, can I have a taxi, please, for Elliot Fairbourne.
The Berkeley's Club. 20 minutes? Great, thank you, bye.
I must go and find him.
Erm, could I steal another cigarette?
I'll leave you to your fun.
No, no, really, take it. Oh, thanks so much.
- Sasha, hi. - Hey.
I abandoned you in there, didn't I?
Don't worry, you have much more important people to talk to.
You read my mind.
God, they taste good, don't they?
How are you?
I'm fine.
How are you, really?
Well, I've spent all of this evening
listening to what people want from me if I win the seat.
And I already feel like I'm
fighting not to compromise.
Well, make sure you do.
Fight.
Where is this bloody taxi?
There was one here just now.
Er, it was waiting for quite a while but just left.
Oh, shit.
Erm, I'm just about to drive home.
Where do you live?
I had a long relationship in Tokyo, but, erm, it didn't work out.
Why not?
Erm...
...I don't know. They ghosted me.
I'm sorry.
Not getting any answers to your questions is a really hard thing.
Yeah. You start filling in the blanks yourself.
I should've seen it coming.
I think I'm just very trusting.
Very stupid.
Or you're just a better person than most.
Oh, no.
Oh, it's just here on the left.
Fuck!
- Shit. Sorry, yeah... - What happened?
- There was a badger. - God, are you OK? Did you see it?
Are you sure you're OK?
Yeah, sorry. I hate country lanes at night.
I actually think I might have had one too many.
Do you want to come in for a glass of water?
Oh, I don't... It's fine.
Come in.
Er, just through here.
- You have a lovely home. - Thank you.
- Here you are. - Thank you.
Do you, erm... Do you fancy a coffee?
Oh, God, yes, please.
- When was your mum diagnosed? - Three years ago.
Yeah, it's, erm...
It's been a bad time.
Just kind of dark.
Yeah.
The last few months have been pretty dark for me, too.
Very grateful for friends at the moment.
Olivia tells me you lost a friend.
- Yeah. - Were you close?
I was the last person she called.
Strange, I hate talking about this stuff with most people.
No, me too.
- How are you feeling? - Yeah, I... Sorry.
Oh, don't be. Will you be all right getting home?
Erm...
Erm, I might have another, just to be safe.
But you... you go to bed.
No, look, it's fine. It's late. Maybe you shouldn't drive home.
If you want to stay, the spare room's made up.
It's just through there.
- I don't want to get in the way. - Honestly, it's fine.
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And she was, like...
It's all right, Mum.
Fuck him, Ange. You're better off without him.
I know, I know.
How long can you stay?
_
Fuck!
Sasha?
Sorry, I-I was looking for the bathroom.
- What are you doing? - I-I... I got lost.
Sorry. God...
...it's really bad. I'm so sorry.
What a mess.
Here, here.
Leave it.
We'll worry about it tomorrow.
Are you OK?
Yeah, sorry.
It is OK, you can talk to me.
It's just been so lonely.
She was so depressed.
I just... I just keep thinking...
...I-I should have stopped it.
- You did everything. - I-I should have...
...I don't know, insisted on more therapy, or...
...or something.
I had thought the antidepressants were working.
How long had she been depressed for?
A long time.
We'd been trying for...
We'd been trying to get pregnant...
...for about a year.
She really wanted it.
It was hard.
You know, seeing all our friends starting families.
We were about to start IVF.
I thought she was managing, but...
...I-I completely just fucked up.
You didn't know.
That's the thing, though. I-I did.
She'd been behaving weirdly for ages.
On the night...
On the night it happened...
...I knew something was really wrong.
I just... I didn't think she...
W-Where were you?
Er, I was giving a speech at some charity thing.
She was there and she just got up and left.
Just walked out, didn't say anything.
And then she put this post up online.
I sort of panicked. It was tagged Brandon Hill.
So we all started running around looking for her.
Did you find her?
No.
She'd gone to her parents' house.
They called me up and told me to come straight over.
I did.
I remember thinking...
"Everything's going to be fine."
What happened?
I n the middle of the night, I realised she was gone.
So... so her mum and I got in the car and drove around for ages
looking for her.
We got there just as she was about...
...in her pyjamas.
She wasn't wearing a coat.
I'm so sorry.
- I love you. - I love you.
Hey, Mum.
I'm home, OK?
- Hello? - Hello, is this Chloe Fairbourne?
- Hello, Chloe Fairbourne? - Er, yeah, speaking.
Hi, Chloe. I'm calling from the CHC clinic in Bristol.
We tried you on your mobile a few times.
Oh, sorry, erm, it's broken.
You missed your appointment this morning, 11 A.M.
- Oh, was that today? - Would you like to reschedule?
We have a slot in an hour.
Hello?
- Morning. - Morning.
How did you sleep?
- Good, good. - Good.
Thanks for listening to me last night.
I feel like a bit of an idiot this morning.
Please don't.
The thing is, I...
I haven't felt like this for months.
Like what?
Like everything isn't shit.
But I'm a mess.
This is too soon.
I know she's gone, but...
Still, I feel like I'm cheating.
Yeah.
I totally get it.
I, erm...
I should go.
_
- Chloe Fairbourne. - Hi.
This way, Mrs Fairbourne.
Any changes since last time?
Er, no, everything's the same.
Actually, erm, I-I was trying to remember how long
I've been having it for. Do you have that on file?
Er, yeah.
You came here for the first time just over 12 months ago.
And... and it was a different procedure then?
No, it's always been the contraceptive injection.
You'll feel a small pinch.
What? I thought you were cute.
That's it.
No more playing.
- OK, OK. - It's not funny.
- And I don't like it. - OK.
And stop asking questions.
OK.
You'll feel a small pinch.
All right, here you go.
Dinner.
So, how was he?
You've got that look, your brain is spinning.
Do you know if his wife slept around?
I don't think so. Why?
I don't know.
No-one knew what was going on with her.
Poor Chloe.
_
- Hello? Yeah? - Becky, it's Chloe.
Can you keep a secret?
What is it?
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