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OK. Thanks.

PHONE RINGS:

Hello.

Um, can I speak with Joe, please?

Yes. I'm a friend of his.

Heidi.

Uh, yes. Can you tell him to call me

at the Siesta Inn Motel?

DARK, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC

DULL THUDDING:

DOG BARKS DISTANTLY

Mum?

CLOCK TINGS:

MAN:
One of those old trees.

See where the irises are?

See all the sparrows?

Mmm.

Joe, you know Richard.

Yeah.

Sorry to hear about your dad.

Thanks.

Mum says you're selling up.

Yeah, the whole lot.

Just showing Richard the garden.

You couldn't help Richard

with his tractor, could you?

Yeah. It's, uh, completely bogged.

How'd you manage that?

I'm out of practice, I think.

Will you stay till lunch?

No, I've got to get back.

I've got an auctioneer coming round.

Must be awful,

people picking over everything.

Oh, it's not too bad.

So I'll come around tomorrow.

Yeah. Great.

See you, then.

Oh, Joe, a girl rang for you.

Heidi.

OK. Thanks.

She said it was important.

(Laughs politely)

Whoa! It's hot.

Yeah.

$2, thanks.

Um, is there a job going here?

Yeah.

Is it a job working

behind the counter with you?

Yeah, just serving people

and packing shelves and that.

Oh, right.

Look, you should just ring Pete

and speak to him.

On that number?

Yeah.

Hey, could I borrow that pen?

(Keys entry into machine)

How much are the red ones?

They're all five bucks.

I'll take the red ones.

Just take them.

(Giggles)

Can you cut them?

(Sings) # Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack

All dressed in black, black, black

#With silver buttons,

buttons, buttons

#All down her back, back, back

# Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack

All dressed in black, black, black

#With silver buttons,

buttons, buttons

#All down her back, back, back

# She lost

her mother, mother, mother... #

DARK MUSIC:

(Rehearses) "Hello.

Um, could I speak to Peter, please?

"Um, I can work a till

and I'm very good at serving people.

"Yes, I've worked in

a service station before."

Hi.

(Deeply) "Hi.

"I just couldn't stop

thinking about you.

"I had to come over."

Yeah, I was thinking about you too.

"Your eyes are intense."

So are yours.

"F***, I love your mouth."

I love your mouth too.

"I want to kiss you."

Yeah, I want you to kiss me.

"I love... you so much."

PHONE RINGS:

DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ON TV

Did you hearthe phone?

Yeah.

Well, can you ask that girl

not to call here at this hour?

Yep.

Goodnight, then.

'Night.

(Sighs)

It's alright, Mum.

You're not mixed up with anything,

with the police or anything?

No.

Hmm.

I was thinking, for a few weeks

until you find something,

'cause you have to pay rent,

you know.

(Knocks on door)

That's your bathroom in there.

My son used to stay here.

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