Secret Smile Page #6

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NICK:
It's come together well.

- Thanks.

No, seriously, you've done a great job

Well, they could still mess it up.

They've got time.

'We've just exchanged on a new property

Have you? Congratulations.

What is it?

It's an old people's home.

Gonna turn it into flats.

- Oh.

- Gonna need an architect.

Seriously?

Well,

where's the site boundary on this one?

It goes round here.

The garden's about two-thirds of an acre.

- That's huge.

- Yeah, yeah. That's exciting.

Hang on. I want to show you something

on here. Is it something like that?

- Is this something you've done before?

- Yeah.

Hey, I didn't get the impression

he liked me very much.

Oh, it's not you.

Erm... he's not very well.

He's erm... he's a manic-depressive,

and he tried to kill himself

a year and a half ago.

Now he's on these drugs, which kind of

even him out, but he's still a bit up and down.

Oh, sorry.

That... that must have been awful.

- Mmm

Erm... no, I'll leave that.

BRENDAN:
Hi Mirrie

Just ringing to say I love the flat

It's really sweet of you to say you'd work on it

Thank you

You have a nice evening

- Do your friends call you Mirrie?

- No.

It's just my brother-in-law to be.

He does it to wind me up.

- He's doing a good job.

- Yeah, he is.

Oh, he's so annoying. Anyway...

Look, I was thinking something open-plan like

that. Or were you thinking more conventional?

And I'll er...

get these over to you tomorrow.

Oh, right, yeah.

- Thanks for a nice night.

Erm... Well, I'll call you.

- OK, yeah.

- Right, bye.

Aargh!

Come on. We'll just see if she's in.

I hope she's all right with this.

Of course she'll be all right, babe.

Hello?

Miranda, it's Brendan and Kerry.

Can we come up?

Sure, yeah.

- Hi.

- Hi.

We were just in the area

and thought we'd pop in.

Oh, you've moved the sofa.

I liked it where it was.

Well, I didn't. I'm sorry - I'm in a hurry.

Is there something I can help you with?

Kerry's got a favour to ask haven't you?

Er... yeah. The thing is, if it's not too

much trouble, what we were hoping was...

Come on. Spit it out. Anyone would think

you were frightened of Miranda.

Can Brendan and I come

and live here for a bit?

I mean, we wouldn't be here for long.

We'd be no trouble.

We would go to Mum and Dad's, but with Troy

there and the lodger, there's no room.

We'll be quiet as mice.

You won't know we're here.

What's wrong with your flat?

Oh, I know. It's ridiculous.

Why have they got nowhere to live?

Well, Kerry's sold her flat, and they haven't

exchanged on the one they're buying.

And he's so tight, he doesn't want to

pay rent, so he's bullied her into this.

- So, why is he so awful?

- Don't you listen? He chucked Miranda...

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