:00:04. > :00:11.Go on babes. Take a picture of Mammy with your new camera. Come on,
:00:11. > :00:17.it's freezing. Make sure I don't look fat and get my head in this
:00:18. > :00:21.time. Ok, I know what you're thinking. This is going to be one
:00:21. > :00:24.of those really wet films, where everything is just too good to be
:00:24. > :00:29.true. Well, bear with me, because it's about to get really nasty. How
:00:29. > :00:39.do I know this? Because that's me as a kid with my Mam. Come on, it's
:00:39. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:04.Mam? Mam? Mammy! Told you this After my Mother died, Dad tried his
:01:04. > :01:08.best, but the truth was, he Which was where my evil stepmother
:01:08. > :01:15.came onto the scene. Meet Susan Lewis, an undiagnosed psychopath
:01:15. > :01:25.Dad met in work. Two trips to their favourite value seafood joint and a
:01:25. > :01:35.weekend away and suddenly my Dad Maybe next time Dad'll think twice
:01:35. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:43.about hiding the ring inside a To say me and my new step-mother
:01:43. > :01:47.didn't hit it off was something of an understatement. When they got
:01:47. > :01:52.back from honeymoon, I told my dad it was either me or her. He sent me
:01:52. > :02:02.to my room and took her out for another slap-up meal. I got my own
:02:02. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:08.back, though. Look, Auntie Susan, I After that, World War 3 broke out.
:02:08. > :02:13.There you are, my precious. Your new mumm'y got a little something
:02:13. > :02:23.extra for you. It actually tasted better than the usual swill she
:02:23. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:35.After the incident with the hair, I had to see Dr Burgan, the child
:02:35. > :02:42.psychologist, who seemed terribly interested in my paintings. But, I
:02:42. > :02:52.think he missed what the real With my wicked stepmother came her
:02:52. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :02:57.evil spawn, and light of her life, Nigel Lummox Lewis. For years name
:02:57. > :03:01.calling and destroying my things. Then, when the Lummox hit teen-dom,
:03:01. > :03:08.it was purvey letching after his step Sis'. You could be fit, if you
:03:08. > :03:17.weren't such a skank. You'll always be an asshole. Mam! K's fallen
:03:17. > :03:21.The day Lummox passed his driving test, they bought him a car.
:03:21. > :03:23.Unfortunately, for him it happened to be on the same day as next door
:03:23. > :03:33.was having three tons of bricks delivered for their planned
:03:33. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:42.It was one of my proudest achievements. Unfortunately, Lummox
:03:42. > :03:50.saw it as a cue to make my life even more of a living hell.
:03:50. > :03:57.going to make you pay. And I know just how. This is the moment I
:03:58. > :04:03.I knew if I stayed any longer, I'd eventually end up in the hospital
:04:03. > :04:10.or loony bin. I don't know why I choose the window but next time,
:04:10. > :04:15.I'll make sure I have a ladder on With nowhere to go, I ended up on
:04:15. > :04:21.crashing on more mate's sofa's than DFS have had sales. It's a bit
:04:21. > :04:25.difficult having you here. I don't want you to go but I need you to.
:04:25. > :04:28.I'm really sorry, but you're going to have to go...tonight. Having
:04:28. > :04:33.peed off all my friends and living relatives, I finally drew a blank
:04:33. > :04:43.on the coldest night in the history of the world, ever. I have to
:04:43. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:49.confess, I did think about going In the end, I crashed round the
:04:49. > :04:51.back of the council offices. It was freezing and festering. When you
:04:51. > :04:58.think of homelessness, this is the cliche image that probably pops
:04:58. > :05:08.into your head. A messed up kid, sleeping on cardboard. How old are
:05:08. > :05:11.
:05:11. > :05:18.you? 17. What's your name? Katherine, I'm Aled Daniels, I'm an
:05:18. > :05:23.emergency housing officer for the Council. If as you say, you can't
:05:23. > :05:27.return home tonight, I'm the person that's going to find you a place.
:05:27. > :05:33.Are you sure I can't ring a family member? Then, you're going to have
:05:33. > :05:43.to come with me. I'm afraid you're going to have to stay in a hotel.
:05:43. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:57.They're full. Thank God, it looks bloody grim. It's all right,
:05:57. > :06:01.
:06:01. > :06:11.Smells like someone's died in here. Don't think anyone's died in here.
:06:11. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:42.It's going to be all right. Only Who's there? Only me. Who's me?
:06:42. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:47.Laura. I have the room opposite. Hiya. Hiya. Why are you in my room?
:06:47. > :06:53.I came to use your toilet. Alicja who had this room before you, she
:06:53. > :06:57.used to let me. I did knock, but you were asleep. Why do you need to
:06:57. > :07:01.use my toilet? Because, one, there is no toilet in my room, two, the
:07:01. > :07:11.one in the hall doesn't have a seat. Three, I'm pregnant and need to
:07:11. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:28.piss all the time. And, four... Sorry. I've haven't eaten properly
:07:28. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:35.So what brings you to Loserville? just needed some space, you? I was
:07:35. > :07:42.living with my boyfriend. When I got pregnant, he kicked me out. He
:07:42. > :07:48.beat me with a golf club first, I nearly lost my baby. That and the
:07:48. > :07:52.ambiance. You OK, now? Yeah, amazing. Best of all, I'm getting
:07:52. > :07:56.out here, soon. My own flat, Private, not council grot stop.
:07:56. > :08:00.Going to have soap and an en-suite. I've been saving for the deposit.
:08:01. > :08:05.Nearly got enough. Why don't you ask the owners here to put a seat
:08:05. > :08:09.on the one in the hall? Oh, they've got one. They just put it on when
:08:09. > :08:14.the inspector come round. They take it off, say that it's our fault.
:08:14. > :08:20.That's disgusting. Sorry, does it smell? Sorry. No, that they don't
:08:20. > :08:26.supply toilet seats. You wait till breakfast? What happens then?
:08:26. > :08:36.show you. It's almost amusing. Leave that a couple of minutes. Had
:08:36. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:50.This is the all you can eat, breakfast bar. Box of cornflakes.
:08:50. > :08:54.Take your order at the tables? This is it. A box of cornflakes.
:08:54. > :08:59.But there's no milk or bowls. spoons, either if you wanna be
:08:59. > :09:03.picky. I don't get it, how are you meant to eat? You don't. That's the
:09:03. > :09:07.idea. But the management can claim they have laid on breakfast for
:09:07. > :09:12.their beloved guests. That's a con. I think most people would prefer it
:09:12. > :09:17.if we staved to death. C'mon, we better get going. Chuck us out 8.30,
:09:17. > :09:21.won't let us back till 5pm. What are we supposed to do till 5? Get
:09:21. > :09:25.you breakfast, of course. Over the next 24 hours, Laura gave me a
:09:25. > :09:29.crash course on how to survive on �20 quid a week and the joys of an
:09:29. > :09:38.extra value, own brand, pre-cooked, cold food diet. Mega-Value Chicken
:09:38. > :09:43.Thumpers 4 for a quid. 543 grams. How do you know all this? You have
:09:43. > :09:49.about �20 quid a week for food. �3.33 everyday? If you spend �3 a
:09:49. > :09:53.day, that's �21. How do you spend �3.33 a day? You just don't eat for
:09:53. > :09:59.one day. It's better than totally starving the rest. But, you're
:09:59. > :10:05.pregnant. I know, but you have to make sacrifices. Is that good for
:10:05. > :10:11.the baby? What do you think? But, who cares about scroungers kids'
:10:11. > :10:21.kid. Hope you're not a veggie. Not that there's even much
:10:21. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:37.mechanically reclaimed skull meat Yeah. What flavour? Cheese and
:10:37. > :10:46.onion. I'm corned beef. You warming it on that lightbulb? Yeah. Need
:10:46. > :10:54.any sauce with that? I wanted to make sure you were all right. My
:10:54. > :11:00.name's Kelvin. Everybody calls me Jasper. Kelvin's a rubbish name. I
:11:00. > :11:05.was visiting my buddy. Catherine. I just wanted to introduce myself to
:11:05. > :11:15.and to say if ever you need anything give me a shout. I'm all
:11:15. > :11:20.
:11:21. > :11:24.right. Give me a shout. She's OK, Jaspa! Oh, Hiya. I was just telling
:11:24. > :11:31.Katherine here that I know what you were telling her. We're about to go
:11:31. > :11:38.out. So, if you don't mind Up to you. See you later. Why were you so
:11:38. > :11:42.horrible to him? Look, just stay away from him. Why? He's a Pred.
:11:42. > :11:48.what? Predator. He sucks on people's desperation, he just uses
:11:48. > :11:52.people. He seems an alright bloke. He's not. Trust me, he's the worst
:11:52. > :11:57.news in the world. After a few days of eating light bulb warmed food, I
:11:57. > :11:59.realised the importance of toilet seats. How is it now? A couple of
:11:59. > :12:05.days and you'll grow taller, until you've the paprika mega-value
:12:05. > :12:15.fingers. God, it is burning. Sounds like you are going to be a while.
:12:15. > :12:35.
:12:35. > :12:44.Do you want some more tissue? For I felt. The bustard hurt. Do you
:12:44. > :12:49.want a hand? What do you think? Is that your mom? Yes. How did you end
:12:49. > :12:52.up here? I was with my mum and dad, but she's back in hospital again.
:12:52. > :12:59.She's got cancer. I wanted to stay at home, but they said I couldn't
:12:59. > :13:05.cope on my own, so here I am. long have you been here? Three
:13:05. > :13:09.months. You? Just over a week. come I haven't seen you? I try to
:13:09. > :13:15.stay out of sight, don't want many people to know I'm here. What do
:13:15. > :13:18.you think of this place? It's like a living nightmare. I've had all my
:13:18. > :13:25.stuff nicked by junkies, been offered drug, been offered to go on
:13:25. > :13:33.the game, been threatened three times. It's been lovely. Hopefully
:13:33. > :13:39.my mum will be out of hospital soon. Fancy a Pot Noodle? Warm food? I
:13:39. > :13:49.thought cooking was banned. It is, but what are they going to do?
:13:49. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:55.'Suddenly there were three of us against the world. Weirdly, for the
:13:55. > :14:05.first time in years, I felt like I belonged somewhere. With my new
:14:05. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:11.friends. Look at the size of you.
:14:11. > :14:14.'But our happiness was to be short lived. As Laura predicted, my
:14:14. > :14:21.promised couple of days at the Smell View Hotel soon stretched
:14:21. > :14:31.into months. Waiting for my name to move up a list of urgent priority
:14:31. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:42.housing cases that never seem to Jess, I'm afraid we've got really
:14:42. > :14:52.bad news. It's about your mum. Can we have a chat, please? No!
:14:52. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:04.Please, no. Not my mother! No! No! Not my mum, no!
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:13.JESS SOBS. Do you want anything like tea, coffee? Pot noodle?
:15:13. > :15:23.be fine. I just want to sleep. you sure you are going to be all
:15:23. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:34.right? Please, I need to sleep. If there is anything you need,
:15:34. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :16:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds
:16:30. > :16:38.right, just holler, all right? Maybe she's better off than us.
:16:38. > :16:47.what? Maybe she's better off then us now. How can you say that? She's
:16:47. > :16:56.dead. At least she doesn't have to deal with this. Oh, being dead is
:16:56. > :16:58.easier than this, is it? Probably easier. How can you say that?
:16:58. > :17:03.Sometimes you think you know everything, right, but deep down,
:17:03. > :17:08.you're just a stupid thick moron. The same stupid thick moron that
:17:08. > :17:18.has had to deal with your naive ass for the past month. Get lost,
:17:18. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:26.# The hurt I hurt... # The next two weeks were the longest of my time
:17:26. > :17:29.at the Bellevue.' We got to go, the pigs are here, they're doing a
:17:29. > :17:32.drugs raid. I haven't got any drugs! Doesn't matter, they'll find
:17:32. > :17:35.some. I've got nothing to hide. Look, I know we're not seeing eye
:17:35. > :17:38.to eye at the moment, but they are going to bust somebody, anybody,
:17:38. > :17:41.you! That's not fair, though. Life's not fair, come on! Vamoosh!
:17:41. > :17:45.Pigs are coming. Quick, come on, quick get in the car. SIRENS WAIL.
:17:45. > :17:55.Come on, quick! You girls OK in the back? Yeah, fine thanks. 'Riding in
:17:55. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:15.Admit, I found it hard to believe Are you OK in the back? Riding in
:18:15. > :18:19.the back of the car, I've done it hard to admit this was the monster
:18:20. > :18:25.Laura had told me about. The same guy that killed three junkies when
:18:25. > :18:30.he tried to make his supply go further by cutting it would drain
:18:30. > :18:36.cleaner. Who beats money out of Polish workers living in the
:18:36. > :18:46.Bellevue. Listen, we are going to get something to eat, do you want
:18:46. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:53.to come with us? He seemed like a Have you been here before? I know
:18:53. > :19:03.the people that Owen this place. Are you OK? It's a bit noisy for me,
:19:03. > :19:08.to be honest. Getting a bit cold now. I've got to go outside and
:19:08. > :19:16.make some phone calls, recharge my earring aid. Do you want to go
:19:16. > :19:26.outside and grab some fresh air? I won't try anything. If I do, you
:19:26. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:56.can hit me with that. Go on, take I know what you're thinking, dumb
:19:56. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:19.move, I thought it myself, but This is awkward. Nice, like, but
:20:19. > :20:29.awkward. Can you do me a favour, can you
:20:29. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:44.I only use the best stuff for myself. What's the matter? Don't
:20:44. > :20:54.you trust me? It's not that, it's just...
:20:54. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:04.don't you loosen up? Have a bit of fun? Ladies first, I insist. That's
:21:04. > :21:14.my girl. Listen, if you came and worked for me, I could get you
:21:14. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:29.anything. Many, below, upholder, it No? Don't play the innocent with me,
:21:29. > :21:35.OK. We both know why we are here. You homeless mob, if you've had it
:21:35. > :21:41.and you all need money. I'm just looking for a bit of fun. And I
:21:41. > :21:45.will be very, very nice to you in return. I think I'd better go.
:21:46. > :21:55.where? Where are you going to go? You're not going anywhere,
:21:55. > :22:03.sweetheart. Please get off me. Please get off me. You're hurting
:22:03. > :22:13.me. Look at me, look at me! You get in my car, you lead me on, who do
:22:13. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:24.you think a ram? Shut up! You think you can come into my car? Get out
:22:24. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :23:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds
:23:19. > :23:29.of the car now! She broke my nose! By dodging he was a complete
:23:29. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:41.psychopath! He is going to kill us. What are we going to do when we are
:23:41. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:54.up there? You think you can get away from me? Can you close the
:23:54. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:20.Where are we going? I don't know All the way to the top, girls? Here
:24:20. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.I come. I will kill yr! Are we going to die?
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:45.It's Me you're after, isn't it? Come on then! Would come and get me,
:24:45. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:28.Are you alright? Yes, you? Your bleeding. I'm losing my baby. I'm
:25:28. > :25:38.bleeding, I'm bleeding. I'm losing my baby. I'm losing my baby. I'm
:25:38. > :25:44.bleeding. Turns out, all those meals that
:25:44. > :25:54.Laura had missed had not just taken their toll on her. Running for just
:25:54. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :25:59.a had been too much for her and her After she lost the baby, Laura
:25:59. > :26:04.seemed to change. She had been robbed at the better future she was
:26:04. > :26:12.dreaming of. She did not speak for days and I gradually saw less of
:26:13. > :26:17.her and then one day she just disappeared. After a while, people
:26:17. > :26:21.started saying she had overdosed or killed herself. I guess she
:26:21. > :26:31.couldn't handle the thought that she had harmed the chances of her
:26:31. > :26:33.own baby. # I wish I was with you. # Helicopter riding over my old
:26:33. > :26:43.school where we were cool down the avenue...
:26:43. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :26:58.Back at the Bellevue, nothing seemed to change. Within days of
:26:58. > :27:08.Jasper's accident, his mate Big Dog was offering newcomers fake
:27:08. > :27:28.
:27:28. > :27:38.The day I was supposed to leave the I'll be back now! Laura? Laura?
:27:38. > :27:39.
:27:39. > :27:47.Where have you been? I thought you were dead. Me too. It turns out I
:27:47. > :27:54.was in Newport. When did you get back? Last night. So are you going
:27:54. > :27:59.then? Yep, looks like it. I got a place down Teequin. I wouldn't go
:27:59. > :28:03.there, if I were you. Why not? is a bigger dump than this and if
:28:03. > :28:13.you are going to be half starving half board to death, might as well
:28:13. > :28:15.
:28:15. > :28:18.have some company. By company you mean...you? Pot Noodle? 'OK, sorry
:28:18. > :28:22.this is getting a bit wet and I did promise at the start that it
:28:22. > :28:25.wouldn't get too soppy so I'm just going to go now. Hope you enjoyed
:28:25. > :28:30.my story and next time you're tempted to write off some homeless
:28:30. > :28:36.kid as a waste of space, you might think twice. After all, you never
:28:36. > :28:42.know when your luck might go bad.' # I have often walked on this
:28:42. > :28:51.street before # But the pavement always stayed in