The Visitor The Secrets

# When the rain is blowing in your face

# And the whole world is on your case

# I can offer you a warm embrace

# To make you feel my love

# When the evening shadows and the stars appear

# And there is no-one there to dry your tears

# I could hold you for a million years

# To make you feel my love

# I know you haven't made your mind up yet... #

Excuse me?

Excuse me?

What is this? Who are you?

I'm Cassie.

Dean?

I'm Cassie, your sister.

-Look, please don't go.

-Look, you don't just turn up like this.

-I didn't come here to upset you.

-Then what do you want?

-What do you want?

-I just need a place to stay.

Dean!

Dean!

Dean!

What...What are you doing? What is this?

Smell it.

Smell it!

We smell the same, Dean. We're the same thing.

Don't you get it?

There are channels. OK? Proper avenues.

So why can't we go back to your place and give it a try?

HE SIGHS

You better come in.

Just be quiet. Everyone's sleeping.

Follow me.

Be quiet.

You can have my bed. I'll take the sofa.

-Thank you.

-This is a temporary arrangement.

OK? Tomorrow, we start...

Ran into a barbed-wire fence when I was a kid.

Shit.

Was a bit.

You stay in here until I come and get you in the morning.

Can I have a T-shirt?

How did you find me?

I found a copy of your, erm...

adoption certificate.

I googled your name and your work profile came up.

Night.

Good morning!

Morning.

What are you doing falling asleep on the sofa?

Erm...

I was watching TV last night, fell asleep.

Oh. Well, I've got breakfast on the table, if you fancy.

-So go on, then.

-Thank you very much.

Who is she?

Well, I've just seen her heading into the bathroom,

so you might as well fess up.

You brought someone home?

Yeah.

Yeah. But she's, erm...

..she's not my girlfriend.

OK.

She's my sister.

I think.

Cassie.

All right?

Hi, Cassie.

Erm, please, come and join us.

OK.

Can I get you some breakfast?

Tea, please.

-Thank you.

-This is a turn-up for the books!

Erm...how did you meet up?

Er...

Cassie found me yesterday after work.

So you, erm, you came up from Southend?

Yeah.

That's where you were brought up?

Born and raised.

That must have been nice.

Not really. Bit of a dump, actually.

Well, it's got a beach.

Beirut has a beach.

And that was with your parents, was it?

That's right.

You know we, er...

You know we've met them?

Oh!

What were their names again?

Shaun and Becky Skinner.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, she had fantastic dreadlocks, your mum.

No. My mum had blonde hair.

My dad had dreads.

"Had"?

Right.

Well, it's very nice to meet you, Cassie.

Sorry, it's just...

it's a bit of a shock.

Sorry.

Tell me.

SHE SOBS

I'm sorry.

Well, what...

I'm sorry!

What happened?

Mum and Dad died.

I didn't come here...

..to tell you this. I came here to start afresh.

How?

When?

Car accident.

Look, she's his sister.

We still don't know that for a fact.

She's his sister.

So, what, we're just going to fling our doors open to her, are we?

What does it matter? She's here now.

You know what she's come from. You know.

-You know what her parents are like.

-Come on, come on!

That was a long time ago.

It doesn't matter. They're fine.

I think that's foolish.

I mean, their youth was the least of their problems, Nigel.

Jesus Christ, if all we are is the sum of our parents,

I would hate to think what that makes Alex!

Look, come on.

All I'm saying is give her a chance, yeah?

What do you want from me?

I just want my brother.

I just want...

..a real brother, someone that I can look up to.

Why now?

I'm 18, and the hostel want to move me on.

It's just...

..something inside of me, it's been missing.

You're a part of me. I'm a part of you.

-Hey.

-You all right?

-How are you doing?

I'm good. You?

Yeah, no, good, thanks. This is, erm...this is my room.

-Nice room.

-Welcome. Thank you.

Are you enjoying yourself?

I think so. Still early days, I suppose.

You seem to be settling in OK, which is good.

Have, erm... Have a seat. Sit down.

Sit down.

Sit down, come on.

You know, I'm...

with Dad on this one.

You're welcome to stay as...

as long as you like.

Thank you.

You know, all...all being well.

Cos that's the catch of being a guest, isn't it? You have to...

play by the house rules.

And what are those?

Well, why don't... why don't we find out?

Hey, what's going on?

Don't know.

Well, she looked upset.

Well... I don't know. It's nothing to do with me.

What did you do?

I didn't do anything. Why should I have done something?

Because I know you.

-So?

-This is what you do.

You always have to make it about you. You switch things.

Just tell me.

All right.

She...

She hit on me.

HE SCOFFS

No, it's true. She did.

She came in and hit on me and I rejected her.

Why are you lying?

I'm not lying. She came in here and sat down.

We chatted, got to know each other, and...

and then she threw herself at me.

Why are you trying to defend her?

You've...you've barely known her a day. She could be anyone.

Why are you so sure?

You're an idiot.

Which is the one that you're least comfortable with?

Erm... English, probably.

It's just a lot of writing and so much to do in so little time.

MUM: You should be confident. You've done lots of work.

How many weeks is it now that you've got?

Er... I've got about, I think it's... What, till I get my grades?

Let's think positive. We're confident, and...

Nigel, I think he's doing it for the money, not for...

What, for the gaming?

Yeah. You said you were feeling good about it, though, didn't you?

QUIET CHATTER

DOOR OPENS

Hi, Mum.

You OK?

Yep.

Your dad says I've not been...

as welcoming as I could have been.

How?

-She...

-I've tried to be welcoming.

You...you have. You have.

She's here. She's staying.

I mean, how much more welcoming can you be?

Well, I've found it...

..tricky.

I've found...

It's probably irrational, but I've found it...hard.

I don't want you to worry, Mum. It's a good thing this happening, this.

I just want it to be a good thing for all of us, you know?

I don't want it to destabilise what we have.

I love you, sweetheart.

I love you, too, Mum.

I still worry about Cassie, though.

There's lots we don't know about her.

What do you mean?

I don't know.

HE SIGHS TEARFULLY

HE SNIFFS TEARFULLY

What's up?

Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine.

So, I was thinking, maybe we could...

pick up the rest of your stuff from the hostel tomorrow.

The hostel?

Yeah, so I can give them a call, let them know to expect us.

-Let's talk about this tomorrow.

-I'd rather talk about it now.

Why?

Because it doesn't exist.

Does it, Cassie?

What road did my parents die on?

It was the motorway.

What car were they driving?

-I don't remember.

-Because it didn't happen, Cassie.

Because they're not dead!

It's... It's not what you think.

Why? Tell me.

I didn't want to live there any more, and I thought...

if you knew they were alive, then...

We'd send you back? It's a free country, Cassie,

you can go wherever you want.

Not when you're 14.

I'm not the only one that's lied.

They knew about me for years, Dean, and they didn't say anything.

No, you just hang on a second, please.

They promised that they'd find you another family, Cassie.

You left me. You took him and you left me.

We'd already had Alex by then.

Mum told me, when I was born they came to the hospital.

She asked them to take me.

And you refused.

They said they would find you another family.

They just left me, Dean.

Well, what did you expect us to do?

Just keep on compensating for your mother's mistakes?

It wasn't fair on us.

"Mistakes"?

Oh, God, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that.

Just...listen... Listen, we love you, Dean.

We love you.

HE SOBS

Dean!

Dean!

Dean!

Dean!

Tell me about real life, Cassie.

About Mum.

-And Dad.

-I'm not going to do this.

Maybe the truth about your wrists.

I'm not a total idiot.

There was no barbed wire, I know that much.

So, why did you do it?

To see.

To see what?

If it mattered.

Well, it does.

It matters to me.

You matter to me.

I never meant to lie to you.

I just did what I thought I had to.

I just wanted to feel like I belong.

Just like you.

I'm your sister.

And I'm here.

And I don't care what happens...

I'm not going back to them.

Not now.

Not ever.

Do you understand?

Dean?

Yeah.

Is that all you've got to say?

So, where shall we go instead?

# The storms are raging on the rolling sea

# And on the highway of regret

# The winds of change are blowing wild and free

# You ain't seen nothing like me yet

# I can make you happy, make your dreams come true

# Nothing that I wouldn't do

# Go to the ends of the Earth for you

# To make you feel my love

# To make you feel my love. #

# The look of love... #

'Your husband wanted to know the results of the blood test.'

-Sorry, where did you say you were calling from?

-'Grove St Surgery.'

Have you ever been in counselling before, Jane?

And in hindsight, I think that must have been

when he started seeing her again.

-Again? He was with her before you got together?

-Oh, yeah.

-What are you doing back?

-Mmm. They cancelled my last presentation.

So I took an early plane.

He left her for me.

How... How do you feel about her?

Oh!

I just don't know who you are sometimes.