FirstBorn Page #3

If you do, you can come

and sleep with me and mummy.

OK?

Bedtime.

I'm not sleepy.

Ah, funny how you're never

sleepy until the morning.

Isn't it?

I'll tell you what.

If you promise to fall asleep

as quickly as you can,

then we can have

a pizza night tomorrow.

Deal?

Deal, goodnight, bedtime.

[soft snarling noises]

[Thea whimpering]

[R&B playing]

What about Crawley?

Rent's not too bad.

James.

I need your help with this.

What do you think?

It's double in size.

Hmm... there's no indoor pool.

No sex dungeon.

No outdoor pool.

No outdoor sex gazebo.

We can't live like that,

we're not animals.

Can you get some time off work?

Get a baby-sitter.

[sighs]

Yeah, but...

I have to spend all day worrying

about her when she's at school.

You want to let

another stranger near her?

How would you explain a chair

flying at a baby-sitter?

She'll be fine.

Charlie, you've gotta stop

mollycoddling her.

[Thea crying]

I'm not having a go...

Charlie.

Yeah, I'm just gonna

go mollycoddle our child.

[Thea whimpering]

[soft squelching noises,

Thea whimpering]

Shh, shh, shh!

Right, so what do we do if

somebody tries to talk to you?

Ignore it.

Right.

And what if somebody tries

to push you?

Pretend it didn't happen,

keep smiling.

What if somebody tries

to hurt somebody else?

I ask them as quietly as I can

to go away.

Yeah. And?

If something really bad happens,

I use the phone

and say the code word.

- [Charlie] Which is?

- Banana.

You've done your rituals?

Good girl.

OK.

We have...

books...

- What is this?

- It's just a toy, Mummy?

No, it's not just a toy.

It has a face, doesn't it, Thea?

Look at me.

Where did you get this?

The school. Everyone has them.

I want it.

I know you want it, my love,

but you can't have it, can you?

No.

Come here.

You know this, don't you?

Nothing with faces.

Yes? You've got to listen to me.

Do you promise?

- Mummy needs you to.

- OK.

OK?

[children shouting]

Have a good day.

[Thea, whispering]

Zaqueo before me,

Zaqueo behind me,

Zaqueo to my right...

Zaqueo before me,

Zaqueo behind me.

Zaqueo to my right,

Zaqueo to my left...

Zaqueo behind me,

Zaqueo to my right...

[overlapping incantations]

[Thea] ...the father above me,

the mother below me.

Within me I am safe.

Amen, amen, Selah.

[Thea wincing]

[James] Thea?

You've got a visitor.

[James, in falsetto]

Pfft! Hello!

I'm your new friend.

Would you like to play?

[James blows raspberry]

Come on then, she's for you.

Mummy got it for you.

What do you say?

Thank you, Mummy.

[dishware clattering]

[James] So...

I had a word

with the boss today.

I did a bit of flirting.

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