05/01/2016 EastEnders

I'm Kyle Slater.

We had the same dad.

Brian.

Stace...

you ain't seen my phone, have ya?

Who's this?

This is...um...this is Kyle.

Kyle from the market.

He's going to cover my stall for my maternity.

Oh, right.

-Listen, can we just...

-I need to talk to you.

I-I need to... Let's go to the cafe.

-Bye, Sister Judith.

-God bless.

Here, aren't you going to eat them chips?

No, I'm cutting down on potatoes.

Talk about closing the door after the horse has bolted!

Did I leave my phone here?

-Is this it?

-That's it. Cheers.

-Stacey spoke to ya?

-Nah, I didn't get a chance.

-She's gone off with some bloke.

-What bloke?

-I dunno.

Something to do with covering her stall.

-Has she mentioned anything to you?

-No, no, she ain't.

Right. See you in a bit.

I didn't know you'd seen me.

-I wasn't really following you, just...

-Just spying on me?

I was trying to build up the courage to talk to you.

I know it must be a shock, someone you didn't know existed...

I know my dad had another family. I found out last month.

My mum told me you'd written to her or something. You upset her.

I didn't mean to.

Well, she gets upset a lot, so don't write to her again.

What do you want? You must want something.

You've been stalking me all these weeks.

-I just wanted to meet you.

-This him, then?

You go on about your perfect family

-and all the time you've been hiding this one.

-What?

-Arthur's real dad!

-Arthur?

What, she ain't told you that's what she's named your kid?

You've been cheating on Martin with this?

Some third-rate Bradley lookalike?

He can't even grow proper facial hair!

-He ain't Arthur's dad.

-Who is he, then?

I'm Kyle.

I'm her brother.

In yer dreams, love!

My dad had another family. Happy now?

Remember the key that I used to wear around my neck?

It was for a safety deposit box that my dad left for us all.

My mum had the same key.

She cleared it out when she found out he'd died.

-What was in it?

-Photos. Birth certificates.

Letters.

Marriage certificates. Both of them.

Both of them? Wha-what do you mean both of them?

-He married your mum?

-He can't. He was married to my mum!

You didn't know?

If it means anything, Mum didn't know about your family either...

not until Dad died.

Even then she didn't tell anyone.

-She told you.

-In September. On my 21st.

Oh, nice.

"Happy birthday! Blow out yer candles.

"By the way, your dad had a harem!"

Actually, she wrapped up all the stuff from the safety deposit box

and sent it to me as a present.

-She wanted to hurt me.

-So why didn't she want to see you?

What, she turfed you out?

-Are you all right?

-Yeah.

Do you think Jean knows he was a bigamist?

I'm sorry your mum did that.

I thought you knew.

I don't really remember him.

I was only five when he died.

I have memories, but, to be honest, I think I get them from photographs.

Building sandcastles in Norfolk.

Sticking little flags in them.

I'd fill a bucket with water and we'd make moats around them.

Stace...

Stay put, you!

-He's going to be fine, you know.

-You don't know him like I do.

-You mother him too much.

-No, I don't.

Well, you're too overprotective of him. You should cut him some slack.

Have you any idea what Kyle's been through?

No, you haven't cos you weren't there.

I was.

I just hope that this Stacey accepts him cos, if she doesn't,

I know what it'll do to him.

Deep breaths.

I need to...I need to tell Martin. He needs to know I've had a sign.

What do you mean, "a sign"?

Martin can wait, right?

You've got to get your head around all this.

I dunno what he was thinking,

turning up declaring he's your brother.

-Subtle as a brick!

-That was...that was MY memory.

-What was?

-Norfolk.

Th-th-that's where we used to go every year.

Every year, same house, same beach,

and he took him there and his mum?

Why? Why, why? What, was he laughing at us?

That weren't my dad. He weren't like that.

Maybe he had one of those discount group booking things, you know -

two wives for the price of one.

Sandcastles were our thing and the packs of flags.

You remember the packs with loads and loads of different flags?

I never saw the point in sandcastles, really.

I was more into taking a net down to rock pools.

You have to remember the flags, Kat!

They were packs and they had all different ones in

and they had one with a dragon and Dad used to help me build a tower

and I used to put the flags in the top

and Sean would come along and kick them over.

That would start Mum off and then Dad would say,

"Oh, I can't even get any peace on holiday!"

We always loved Margate.

I loved the waltzer in Dreamland,

until Belinda puked all over me mid-go.

Norfolk and sandcastles, that was OUR thing.

It was special.

It was mine and Dad's thing and now it's not, is it? It's not special.

It was a lie cos the whole time he was doing the same thing with him!

Don't let him rob you of your memories.

Maybe...Maybe they weren't mine.

Maybe they never happened.

Maybe I dreamt them and all the time

they were real for other people and not me.

Course they were real!

-I saw him on Halloween.

-What, Kyle?

Dad.

He was watching over me.

No, you didn't. I know you think you did, but you didn't.

I know what I saw, Kat,

and you haven't got an answer for everything!

Don't turn on me!

Anyone would say the same thing if you told them

you were seeing dead people!

-I'm only trying to help.

-I don't want your help!

I've got Dad looking after me and Arthur.

Stace, I think you need to see a doctor.

No, no, what I need, Kat, is for you to just leave me alone!

Just go back to Spain. I don't want you here!

I don't even know why you came back.

I came back here because I missed you!

REALLY missed you in me bones.

You must've missed me an' all?

You don't care.

I've lost Zoe and now I've lost you.

You lost Zoe?

-She don't want to know.

-But you're her mum.

Nah.

I'm just a 14-year-old kid that gave birth to her.

You said that things were good.

I was lying, weren't I?

On the way over there, all I could think about

was having all my kids together for the first time.

Talk about butterflies.

Then, when we got there, I didn't hear from her for three days.

I kept ringing, leaving messages,

and then, when we did meet, it was in a bar on the beach.

I was so nervous that I'd had a few drinks.

I wouldn't have had so many if she wasn't so late.

I thought she weren't going to turn up.

It must have taken a lot for Kyle to come and find me.

I could have rejected him, couldn't I?

I'm glad, I'm glad that he found me.

It's more family looking out for Arthur, ain't it?

I'm trying to tell you about me and Zoe!

What about her?

When she did turn up, she didn't even try to hide her disgust.

I knew what she was thinking.

Her sister-mum turning up with her tribe.

Doesn't really go with the new life out there, does it?

I don't know who I was kidding, winning all that money,

big new start.

I didn't expect a bunch of flowers.

She's never been mine.

From the minute she was born she belonged to someone else.

Mums do the best for their kids, Kat.

That's what makes them sacred.

Sacred?

What are you on about?

Anyway, she's engaged to some bloke in property now.

I see him standing by his flash car.

She didn't even introduce us.

Didn't want him finding out about her bit-of-rough mum

from London Town.

She only come along to tell me that she didn't want to know.

She didn't even want to see the boys.

See, I don't get a happy family reunion like you.

But you deserve it, though.

Oh, so what if Brian had a bit on the side?

If it means you've found family, that's good, innit?

Get to know Kyle.

Kyle.

Kat, what if he's a complete weirdo?

Probably! He's a Slater, ain't he?

What's she doing here?

Is there something going on? Just the pair of you...

Look, he's got nothing to do with maternity leave, has he?

-No, he's my brother.

-Whoa, whoa, hang on. Hang on.

-He's the one who's been following you?

-Yeah.

Is there anything I can do?

No, it's fine. I'm going to go in the cafe.

I'm going to get to know him.

Yeah, why don't I take Arthur then you can just have...

No, I-I don't want to take all this off.

-OK, I'll shut the stall, then.

-No, it's fine. Honestly, it's fine.

Stace, the whole thing with the birth certificate,

I won't put any pressure on, I promise.

Martin, we'll sort it. You've got a customer.

I just hope she's coming back.

No, of course I've not told her.

It's not exactly something you blurt out on your first meeting, is it?

She's back. I got to go.

My cousin, Kat, she's been living in Spain. She likes you.

-Who was that?

-Er...Soph.

We work together in a restaurant.

Well, burger place.

She's been my best mate since we started high school.

We moved down to London from Blackpool.

Anyway, she came with today, and my flatmates.

Moral support.

We both got completely wasted New Years, made resolutions

and swore we'd help each other keep them.

Finding the courage to talk to you was mine.

Sorry... I don't normally talk so much.

Kat said I should hang onto you.

-Can I trust ya?

-Yeah.

I want you to...

You-you don't want nothing? You don't want nothing at all?

I want to meet you, talk to you.

Nothing else.

So you knew about me, then?

No.

I knew my dad had another family.

We never had a dog. Did you have a dog?

Mum doesn't like pets.

There's just me and my sisters, Siobhan and Shannon.

I'm the youngest.

He started all our names with an S, an S for sugar, apart from you.

You've got a brother, haven't you?

Yeah, he's not in the country. He's gone.

Maybe you could pass this onto him.

This one's for you.

They're from the safety deposit box.

I had a letter as well and my sisters.

It's from Dad.

I haven't been in a cab for ages.

Still the same, though.

Flash them the rosary and they turn the meter off.

He probably thinks he's bought himself a place in heaven.

Sorry about the mess. Me dad and nan are visiting.

They met your mate earlier. She said you were sick.

Oh, did she now?

She didn't tell me she was coming

but I happened to see her appointment book.

So, um...why have you come, then?

Not that it's not nice to see you.

And it's VERY nice to see you again, Kat.

Quite a tan you've got there.

We've been running a bar in Spain.

I NEEDED to see you.

If it's about that cheque that I gave to your mate,

you ain't got to thank me.

It's about what happened when you were a girl,

when you first came to us.

SIGHS

I REALLY don't want to talk about that any more.

There's something I think you don't know.

Something you NEED to know.

Aren't you going to read it?

He used to take us to Norfolk too.

I bet he bought us packs of flags from the same place.

Th-there must be a reason why he did it.

We just have to figure out why.

Animals loved him.

We never had a dog but we had a cat called Whisky,

and he had three black paws and one white one.

He used to follow him to the pub and then sit outside and wait.

Yeah?

He loved football. He was really good at football.

All sports, really, but mainly football.

I love football.

Played a bit when I was little.

Don't hate him.

My mum does.

Says he turned her life into a lie.

She never went with anyone after him.

Said she couldn't trust men.

But I don't see it like that.

I couldn't hate him if I tried.

He's my Dad.

You've got his smile.

You had a...a difficult labour.

You were such a tiny mite, your body couldn't cope.

You were upset, distressed.

You were screaming the place down,

then passing out.

And?

Then we realised...

What?

..you were having twins.

Zoe was the first, followed shortly by a little boy.

No.

You were exhausted.

You didn't know what was going on.

He was fine.

Had a very healthy cry on him.

You're wrong.

I think you've got me confused with some other sinner.

LAUGHS

I'd know! I'd know if I had another child.

CHUCKLES

Did your mum say anything about this?

Like I said... we don't really have a relationship.

Same with my sisters.

Since I was 14 there's only really been Soph.

Did you ever feel...

I mean...I've always felt things were missing,

all my life.

I couldn't explain it.

But then, when I found out about you...

..things just fell into place.

Sounds stupid I know, but...

..meeting you...

..I don't feel so empty any more.

I think I'm beginning to feel the same.

When it happened, we didn't know he'd died.

Mum just thought he'd left her.

Once, when I asked where he was, she...er...

snapped and slapped me,

broke down in tears.

A few months after he disappeared,

Mum bumped into someone he worked with, another builder.

He told her he'd died.

She...

Well...

as you can imagine, it devastated her.

That's horrible.

That's really, really horrible.

W-why would he do that to both of them?

Un-unless he had to...

Unless...

Unless he had to because he knew that we needed to find you!

-How do you mean?

-Me and Arthur.

That's, that's... That's what you are, isn't it?

You're Dad's gift for Arthur.

I'd know. I'd know if I had twins.

You're lying!

I wish I was, Kathleen. I'm sorry.

This ain't right.

Why are you saying this?

Why are you trying to upset me?

You think I'd make up something as important as this?

Why would I?

You had Zoe and then you had a little boy.

So what happened to him then?

Did he magically disappear?

-Did he die?

-No, he didn't die.

So why didn't I know I had him, then?

Because you're making it all up, aren't you?

You didn't know because your mother didn't want us to tell you.

The minute he was born she demanded he be taken away.

She didn't want him.

She could handle the girl.

She could easily pass her off as one of her own, I suppose,

but not the boy.

She wouldn't consider it.

She was adamant.

My mum?

Viv?

Yes.

I had a boy?

Yes.

-I've got to go.

-Oh, right, of course.

-How old's Arthur?

-He was born on Christmas Eve.

Should have called him Jesus.

Can I give you my number, you know, in case you ever want to chat?

OK...but you need to do it right now.

I'm glad we've met.

You really do have his smile.

If I'd known I would have kept him. I would have kept them both.

I'm sure you would have, but sadly what is done is done.

What happened to him?

Shortly after the birth, I went to join our mission in Nigeria and when

I came back I was told he'd been taken in by a family in Ireland.

So that's it?

He's just...handed over like an unwanted dog?

Oh, I didn't say he was unwanted.

I'd have wanted him.

Did you give him a name?

Yes, we called him Luke, after the Evangelist,

but, of course, when people adopt babies, they sometimes rename them.

Luke.

Yeah, I like it.

But you must know more.

Paperwork? Letters?

-Something that can tell me where he was taken...

-I'm sorry.

You let someone steal a baby and all you can say is sorry?!

She had a baby, Arthur.

He was born on Christmas Eve.

-I'm an uncle.

-And she's a millionaire as well?

-Nah, I think that's her cousin.

-Still, this is brilliant.

I'm so pleased for you.

What's she like?

A bit...weird.

How weird?

Well, I don't think she's on drugs.

She can't be cos of Arthur, but...wired.

Maybe that's just her reacting to you turning up?

Yeah, I guess. I just hope she calls.

She said she would.

She will. I'm so excited for you!

But you're not to be all "Stacey this and Stacey that"

or I'll get jealous!

I'm only joking.

Maybe next time you see her you can tell her everything.

No.

I don't think I want her knowing.

-Where are the others?

-You know them. They're at the pub.

Sounds like a good idea.

-I'm so proud of you.

-I'm proud of myself.

I've seen films about nuns stealing babies.

You think it's all made up until it happens to you.

We didn't steal him.

We BEGGED your mother to take him.

-We thought we'd persuaded her.

-So why didn't she?

How could she NOT have wanted him?

She must have had her reasons.

I thought I knew who I was.

I wanted to be Kathleen again.

-Fat chance!

-You STILL are Kathleen.

Why now?

Why am I finding all this out now?

Don't you think I've been through enough?

When you came to the care home,

I knew you were searching for something.

You could have told me then.

But I wasn't sure.

My memory plays tricks from time to time.

I'm not a well woman and I had to be sure.

So Sister Judith and I went through the records and found the entry.

"Kathleen Slater - twins.

"A girl and a boy."

I couldn't go to my grave without you knowing.

I know what it's like to...

have a child taken from you.

No, you don't.

I wasn't always a nun.

I had two children, before I took Holy Orders.

A girl and a boy.

Barbara and Tony.

They were wartime babies.

My husband was on 48-hour leave from the RAF.

It was the first time he'd seen Tony.

My mother had been ill so I popped out for an hour to check on her.

On my way back I was caught in an air raid

and by the time I reached home...

..there was nothing left of it.

A doodlebug. Direct hit.

I tell myself they're waiting for me

and, God willing, I'll be with them soon.

That's awful.

You see, I do know.

The difference is my babies died.

Your son is probably still alive.

Can you forgive me?

God gave me the strength I needed and he'll give it to you.

I don't need strength.

I just need to find my son.

Oh, no, wait, wait!

Wait, wait.

Yeah, I want to...I want to go to Park Road, St Cuthbert's.

-All right, love.

-It's OK, it's OK, shh!

It's OK, baby. No-one's going to take you.

I'm going to keep you safe.

Are you serious about trying to find your son?

Dead serious.

Well, if the Church can help...

I think the Church has helped enough, don't you?

I don't blame you.

You're not the one that didn't want him.

She always said she kept Zoe for my own good

but she was lying, wasn't she?

She did what was best for her, not me.

She was all over Zoe.

Always making a FUSS of her!

I never got a look in.

-It must have been hard for her.

-I don't care if it was or wasn't.

Do you think it was easy for me

pretending that Zoe was my little sister?

Two chances.

Two chances I had to be a good mum.

She took 'em both away from me.

Mum did that. No-one else. Her alone.

But she wasn't alone.

What?

Well, your mother phoned someone to come and get you

and they must have known about the little boy.

There was someone else?

FRONT DOOR UNLOCKS

Who did she tell?

-BIG MO:

-Kat?

-CHARLIE:

-We're back!

Mum.

DOOR SLAMS

It's one of them.