Before I Go to Sleep Page #5

hidden in the back of your wardrobe.

You've been keeping a video diary...

Get ready, then I can come

and pick you up from home.

Mike.

What?

I'm not sure

but I think that's his name.

Whose name?

The man who did this to me.

Come here.

Come on.

Come here, come on. It's okay.

It's okay.

You're the only one

who makes me feel good.

I want you to feel good.

Christine, I'm sorry.

Christine,

my name is Dr Nasch.

- I know.

- How do you feel?

Shitty.

I only administered a mild sedative.

Just something to calm you down,

not put you to sleep.

- I remember.

- You were confused.

We call it confabulation,

your imagination filling in the gaps

in your memory,

turning me into the man

who did this to you. Do you understand?

Ah...

- I want to talk to Ben.

- No.

No, I just found something out

and I need to talk to you about it

face-to-face.

Christine...

It's about Ben.

Who were you talking to?

When?

When I called earlier.

It went straight to voicemail.

Oh, I was trying to call you.

My name is Christine, Christine Lucas.

I'm 40 years old and I'm an amnesiac.

Tonight, as I sleep,

my mind will erase everything...

This isn't new for him.

His grief isn't new. Mine is.

You're vulnerable.

Vulnerable patients often develop

feelings for their psychiatrists.

It's common.

What's less common nowadays

is when those feelings are reciprocated.

We call it counter-transference.

It's unprofessional.

Completely unprofessional.

On my video,

I say that you're my only hope.

I'm referring you to an excellent

neuropsychiatrist at St Thomas's.

I say that we're making progress.

Christine, I can't go on treating you.

It wouldn't be ethical.

- Please.

- Christine.

She works out of the university

department at King's College.

- She's very good.

- I don't want her.

I want you. You're fixing me.

When I called you this morning,

you'd already watched your video diary.

You remembered.

Yes. Yes!

Unfortunately, what you remember one day

you may not necessarily

remember the next.

Even the most significant things.

What things?

Ben had you transferred

from the psychiatric hospital in 2007

to an adult community care centre.

I rang the administrator the other day

to arrange a visit.

It seems your friend Claire

has been trying to get in touch.

This is her number.

The administrator asked

how you were and I told her.

She became extremely confused.

Why?

Well, according to her records,

Ben divorced you four years ago.

Hi, you've reached Claire.

Leave a message.

Claire, it's, uh...

It's Christine Lucas.

Um, I really need to talk to you.

Can you call me, please?

My number is, uh, zero...

- We're divorced, aren't we?

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