"Sweetheart, I'm shutting the door." "What about these?" "They're nice." "I've got a spot." "I don't really want to go out." "It doesn't show." "It's just so scuzzy." "Pirre and Alex and eveyone are spending Christmas in the Seychelles." "They're just taking it easy for three weeks." "Lucky bastards." "We should tag along." "Why don't we?" "I guess I could ask Dad." "I haven't been away for ages." "Do that." "lt's just that he's so stingy." "You know Nico, Figge's friend?" "Yeah." "What about him?" "Martina has slept with him." "Jeez..." "Hi, hon." "Hi." "How are you?" "Fine." "You?" "They met last Friday at Godot's." "And then they went back to his place." "That night." "What are you up to?" "l've been in town all day." "I'm looking for a jacket, and found everyhing but!" "She's been into him for ages." "They've not dated or anything. lt was pretty much the first time they'd met." "Then we went back to his place." "How does that feel?" "l didn't really want to." "It all happened so quickly." "What if it's ruined everything?" "I don't want to be rude, but I have to work." "Of course. I was off to meet Michelle anyway." "See you tonight?" "And look, don't tell anyone, OK?" "Of course not." "I find it a bit disgusting." "OK." "Your turn!" "Come in and take a seat." "I was feeling a bit baffled about it being so late." "Not that it's a problem." "Quite the opposite, actually." "This is justa bit of extra cash." "Most people who come here have dayjobs." "How stupid of me." "Ofcourse." "How old are you?" "Sixty." "Sixty-one, to be precise." "What have you done previously?" "l'm an electrical engineer." "I've worked at a subsidiay of Asea for 3O years." "Or ABB as it's called now." "l've got all my papers here..." "So no experience of similar work." "No, not as such." "But I like meeting new people, and I'm a vey positive person." "Sorry." "I don't think you're right for this." "We're looking for younger people." "It's the industy." "What we need is...energy." "And then you don't have any previous experience." "So...sorry." "Thanks for your time." "I know it's a bit inappropriate, but I have a house that I managed to buy when prices were at their highest." "Typical me." "You see, I've been divorced for one and half years and the house is too big for me on my own." "And I can't sell now that prices are so low." "Sure, I've got my pension from Asea, but it's not enough." "That's why I need a bit of extra cash evey month to make ends meet." "That's why this would suit me very, very well." "So I'd like a little chance." "Just a little, tiny chance." "Sod it." "OK." "You can be on trial." "3O days, like eveyone else." "What'll it be?" "l'll have a gimlet." "One here, too." "Pellegrino, please." "Hi, guys." "How's it going?" "Cool." "Have you met?" "This is Eva, my girlfriend." "Hi." "Nico." "Hi." "So what's happening?" "We'vejust had a drink with Jakob and Marsen." "You?" "We've just seen a really crap film." "What was it?" ""Tide"." "Terrible." "Nothing happened." "Who was in it?" "A load of forgettables." "It was so slow." "They even spoke slowly to give it a serious air." "Useless." "Want to join us?" "We've got a table." "We're meeting Pimme and Fredrik at Godot's." "On a binge?" "No, I've got an early start." "So nothing X-rated!" "And he's boughta Porsche SUV." "Typical Gustav." "Always got to have the latest toys." "Not that I'd say no." "We talked about him letting me ty it out." "Next week." "It'll be cool." "He hardly even said hello!" "I feel so humiliated!" "Are you sure he saw you?" "I went up to his table!" "He just looked up and then went back to his friends as if nothing had happened!" "He constantly avoided my eye." "His friends just stared." "Mia and Jaqueline had already sat down so I couldn't leave." "I had to sit there for half an hour." "And do you know what Jaqueline said today?" "She started to take the piss about Nico." "She knows!" "Yeah, right..." "No wonder they looked at me like that." "I don't know what to do." "Should I call him and have it out or just forget him?" "Forget him." "But I still really like him." "And he'll be at that party on Thursday." "Eveyone will be there. lt'll be great." "I shouldn't go." "Not if he's there." "What's he like?" "Nico?" "He's special." "He's different, somehow." "He reads loads, and he's into philosophy and religion and stuff." "He's different..." "Why?" "I was just wondering." "Hello, there." "Hi." "Out shopping?" "How are things?" "Good." "And where's Micke?" "I don't know." "How are things with you?" "Good." "I was reading all night, so I'm a bit tired. "Up From Eden" by Ken Wilber." "Cracking book..." "That's nice." "It matches your eyes." "You have lovelye yes." "How about this one?" "This one's nice..." "Mum, this is Nico." " This is my mum." "Caroline." "Hello." "Nicolas." "Nice to meet you." "I have to go." "It was nice seeing you." "See you around." "Bye." "I just don't get how he could be with her." "I mean, she looks OK, but she's not pretty." "Well at least I don't think so." "He looks alright, I suppose..." "But I still don't get it." "Eva?" "lt's Nico." "Hi." "How are things?" "Good." "How did you get my number?" "I asked someone." "What are you up to?" "Nothing special." "Working." "Me too." "But it's pretty calm." "There's nothing much to do." "I'm just sitting reading, real!" "y." "listen... I was wondering if we could meet sometime." "Have a drink or something?" "You and me?" "You know I'm together with Micke?" "Does that mean you can't have a drink, or what?" "I don't think he'd like it very much." "Does he need to know?" "I don't think it'd work." "Pity." "It would've been nice." "So, like, when would that be then?" "Yo usee?" "That's the problem." "That people see themselves as isolated units." "When really we're one infinite unit, like fibres in a vast woven fabric..." "Blast." "It got scraped." "We should've wrapped it in newspaper." "I imagine it was harder on the door post." "I can take it from here." "It'll be fine." "I guess that was all." "That boot jack's mine, but you can have it." "We're off to Jonas's sister's to pick stuff up now that we have a trailer." "You've got a lot to do on the house." "You can say that again." "How are things with you?" "Good." "Chugging along." "You've got a job at least." "l'm on trial." "But I think, touch wood, that it could be permanent." "As a salesman?" "No, that's what's so good." "I show the offers to the customers, and they subscribe online." "It's fun." "Well, we'll see how it goes." "Right... lt was nice to see you." "You know I always think that." "You know you can call me anytime you need help..." "This was the last pick-up." "Finally." "How nice." "Take care." "See you." "Goodbye, Margareta..." "The cellar door still isn't fixed after one and a half years?" "I did fix it." "With a bolt and everything." "It's just that it's constantly breaking. I don't know what it is." "So how was she?" "She was nice." "Bloody nice, actually." "Hot?" "Depends what you mean." "Good." "Could you imagine doing it again?" "You know what?" "I reckon I could." "I like her." "What about her?" "is she up for it?" "l think she's well up for it." "Eva, there's a call foryou on line two." "Someone called Nico." "Tell him I'm not here." "Fancy some coffee?" "Thanks. I never say no to a coffee." "My brother-in-law has exactly this shelving unit." "What?" "I said that my brother-in-law's got the same shelving unit." "But in brown." "I don't mind that it's modern. I like modern." "...but now the house is too big for me." "I got divorced a year and a half ago." "So now I have the house to myself." "There's not exactly a lot of coming and going." "Our friends were my wife's friends from the beginning so it's natural that they meet her and don't keep ringing me all the time!" "But it was a bit daft to buy the house just a year before the divorce." "My wife met another man." "A younger chap." "I don't hold it against her." "It happens." "He's a nice chap." "Plays tennis, has his own firm, always on the go." "But it was bad timing for us to buy the house just then..." "Here I am, babbling away." "That's not why I'm here." "this is why I'm here." "Now you're wondering what this is." "A modem." "Wotcha." "Hello." "How are you?" "Just Fine." "l was in town so I thought I'd pop by." "l see." "Nice to see you again." "It's been a long time." "I've been thinking of you." "There's no point phoning and coming round here." "What's the matter now?" "l don't want you to keep calling me." "But what do you want?" "Nothing." "Not from you, anyway." "I'm with Micke." "What happened was a one-off." "Eva..." "Drop it." "No more, OK?" "Now go." "But I like you." "Don't you give a shit?" "Are you retarded?" "I'm not interested!" "Well, fuck that then!" "Prat." "The bitch!" "I've never been in love in my life and I go and fall for her!" "Of all the girls I've had, I go and fall for her." "She's not even that hot." "OK, she's damn hot." "But not as hot as, say, Sara Lager." "So forget her." "I can't get herout of my mind." "I don't know what it is." "Sounds bad." "I know that I'd be perfect for her." "We'd go so well together." "She's clever, looks good, I look good..." "That means something." "I could swear she feels something." "Why else would she sleep with me?" "If I see her out, I'll blank her big time. I won't even look at her." "I'm no bloody loser." "You're right." "OK, I've got to split." "Take care." "See you." "Ugh!" "Turn over." "Who is it?" "Martina." "I can't be bothered to talk to her." "She's a pain." "Yes..." "Maybe this one looks nice." "Really nice." "It's for work. I meet a lot of people." "So I have to look good and representative." "It's a trial position, but I'll hear on Thursday if I'll get an extension." "I've got a feeling it might work out." "Then that'll bejust right." "Especially with the trousers." "I really only wanted the jacket - that's all I'd budgeted For." "But if things go my way on Thursday... I'll take it." "The trousers too?" "The whole caboodle." "Who's next?" "Let's see." "It's him, Bernhard." "How's he done?" "Average..." "Sort of." "What do you say?" "Shall we take him on?" "I don't know." "He hasn't sold any less than anyone else." "But I don't think we should have a bunch of oldies." "It doesn't feel right to have a 6O year old." "It doesn't look good." "It devalues our brand." "And then he's so goddam ingratiating." "Yeah." "He's a real crawler." "Hi." " Hello." "Hi!" "It's me." "How are things?" "They're OK." "Quite OK, I guess." "I'll have to struggle on and ty to see things positively." "There's no point going around sulking." "And I'm looking for work all the time." "Though, of course, I've still got some of my savings left." "And I've got some things I can sell." "I got quite a tidy sum For the old lounge carpet." "The Buchara." "I understand." "You've got a lot to do, I understand..." "But, listen." "Do you think we could meet?" "At Easter, maybe." "No, I understand." "Of course." "But you've got guests." "No, no. I know how one extra person just makes things difficult." "Bye..." "Hey, listen." "Say hi to the kids." "Say hello from Grandpa." "Bye." "When was it?" "She's talked about it for ages, but decided two weeks ago." "She just thinks of herself, never me." "That's what mothers are meant to do." "I realise she wants to live with her boyfriend, but he can move here!" "So she won't have to go to Dubai and sell her flat." "Where is Dubai?" "Near Iraq." "But it's wealthy." "Her boyfriend's a businessman." "From England." "What about the flat you'll get?" "One tiny room with a poxy balcony." "Sounds OK to me." "You try living in a one-room flat." "See how you like it." "So I'll get to use his jeep while he's in France." "Isn't he worried about lending it out?" "What about insurance?" "You think I'm going to crash it?" "l hope not." "Look. it's Sophie Nichols." "She sure is fit." "Awesome. I think she's hot for me." "What?" "l reckon so. I can feel it." "Told you..." "Hi." "Hi." "How are things?" "Fine." "Look, you don't fancy coming over for a chat...?" "Sure." "I'll just say goodbye to Mia." "So, see you later." "You're hot." "l know." "This might take a while." "ls it cool?" "No problem." "You must be out of your bloody mind!" "Think you can go behind my back?" "I've been so bloody good to you." "Well, what have you got to say?" "You can just fuck off!" "But it could easily have been me who dumped him." "I was the one who was unfaithful." "Now people will think that he left me!" "I could've dumped Micke and hooked up with Nico." "He's totally into me." "So what do you reckon of Nico?" "He's a prat. lsn't even good-looking." "You think so at first, but then you realise he isn't." "He's got an ugly chin." "So what did Micke say?" "He screamed and shouted." "Totally unbalanced." "And I've got those tickets too." "What tickets." "For the film on Thursday." "Me and Micke were going to go." "Shall I just chuck them away now?" "They cost 2OO kr." "Do you want to go?" "Thursday?" "I'm seeing Daniel." "What are you up to?" "l don't know." "Just meeting up." "Look, I've gotto go." "Are you leaving?" "l have to." "OK." "Bye. I'll call." "Bye." "But why?" "You can't do your job." "You're not selling." "It's not my fault they don't buy anything." "It's your responsibility to make sure they do." "You don't pay them enough attention, you just stand behind the counter." "l can't talk to them all the time." "lt's your job to." "And that's not all." "You have the wrong attitude." "You arrive late, you chat on the phone..." "But they call me!" "I hardly ever make calls myself." "It's not my fault they call." "I can't turn off the phone." "Eva, it's notworking." "You can't work here any more." "It's as simple as that." "How behind are you?" "l don't know." "Three, four months." "I can't handle reading the bills." "They make me feel ill." "I put them in a drawer in the hall." "ln a drawer?" "What else can I do?" "Haven't you got any money?" "No." "Mum sends money evey month, but it just goes." "I haven't worked since I was at Charlotte's." "Haven't you looked for a newjob?" "That was ages ago." "l ask around the people I know..." "But you're out all the time." "And you've bought lots of new clothes." "l have to have clothes." "Maybe you don't buy clothes." "So what will you do?" "But you've worn this." "We can't take back used items." "l just tried it on." "l can see you've used it." "Once." "So what?" "No one will notice." "It's even got a stain on it." "Sorry, we can't accept it." "Bad service." "I couldn't stay at Gunnar's anymore." "It was OK for a while, but his wife didn't like it. I understand her." "So, now I'm here." "It's perfectly fine." "It's just that I'm taking up a place that could go to a real student." "That doesn't feel good." "But I've got a job interview tomorrow." "I'm looking forward to it." "I'm preparing myself for it now." "You've gotto go. I understand." "But...it'd be great if you could come up." "No, I understand." "It's difficult with the kids." "No, no. I understand." "Yes, goodbye." "Hugs..." "Well, that should be everything." "My leaving certificate from Asea and it might not be of interest, but there are my student grades too." "And I like hamburgers." "I eat them a lot." "And I'm a cheerful, positive person." "How old are you?" "Sixty." "Sixty-one, to be precise." "And you haven't worked in a restaurant before?" "No, I suppose I haven't." "No." "Could you start on Monday?" "Monday?" "We're a little in the shit..." "Or is it too early?" "Shall we say next month?" "Monday will be just fine!" "Great!" "Good. I'll show you around." "lt's a trial job, you realise." "That's perfect." "A month." "I'll take a muffin too." "I'm celebrating." "The rules say that you have to have worked 6 months to be entitled to benefit." "But I have worked for 6 months." "You said you started in September." "So I can't get any money?" "Not now, anyway." "What'll I do?" "Look for a job and make up the time." "You'll have to get a job sooner or later." "I can get benefit when I've worked a total of 6 months?" "lf you can prove it." "So I'll need a bunch of papers as proof?" "It's not us that needs them but the unemployment benefit office." "We're a job centre." "Which benefit fund do you belong to?" "The local one, I guess." "You can'tjust evict someone." "There are laws against it." "Are there?" "You can't just evict someone who's a bit behind with the rent." "What'll you do?" "l called the tenants' association." "But I had to be a member to get legal help." "You always have to be a member." "Unemployment funds, everything!" "But the tenants' association is for leaseholders." "You've got the freehold." "How should I know they don't take care of that too?" "What did the letter say?" "If I don't pay within a month, they'll have to sell the flat." "Surely they can't do that." "Why would they write that then?" "You've got to get some money." "But I'm broke." "Your mum, then?" "She wants me to manage on my own." "And she never answers my calls." "Anyway, she's not the one with the money." "It's Steven." "And he's as stingy as hell." "I don't dare say anything." "She'll go mad if she hears I've not paid." "Your dad?" "He lives on the otherside of the country and he's always travelling." "We haven't spoken for ages." "You've got to get some money." "If only I could get a job for a couple of weeks to make up the 6 months." "All I need is a few weeks." "What would that be?" "ln a shop, maybe. lt's what I'm good at." "Well try to get one, then." "l did, I went for that job in town." "I said I'd worked at Gucci and they phoned Charlotte." "She told them I'd been fired." "Of course they weren't interested." "That was really unfair of Charlotte." "McDonalds..." "They'd be overjoyed to get such qualified personnel." "Give it a ty." "Bernhard..." "Yes?" "Can you come into the office when you're done?" "Of course." "Come in." "Take a seat." "Yes, right..." "Let's get down to business." "Right, a month's gone by now." "It's gone quickly!" "Look..." "You're almost twice the age of the others working here." "There's nothing wrong with that as such, but it's still a problem." "That can't be denied." "So... I would like you to have this." "It won't look good if you have the same clothes as the others." "That shirt will make you look like a crewchief." "More senior..." "ls that OK?" "Ofcourse." "Good." "That's that, then." "Otherwise, it's working out well." "We'll go for it." "As of Wednesday, you're permanent." "Really?" "Thank you." "Put those on. I'll see you outside in five minutes." "Precisely." "And remember: no loose hair, and wash yourhands." "OK." "You can start by cleaning the fryer." "There's cleaner in the grey cupboard." "You want me to do it?" "Don't you employ people for that?" "You are employed." "I'm knackered." "And I hurt all over." "Tomorrow I'm on at 6.3O am." "I've no idea how I'll get there so early." "It'll have to be a taxi." "What's it like?" "Foul." "You feel so disgusting." "It feels like I really stink." "There's all this grease in the air." "It gets in your hair." "It looks a bit unwashed, actually." "I'm so tired. I've no energy to go out tonight." "You'll have to go without me." "We're going to the White Room on Friday anyway." "Oh!" "Are you OK?" "These things are a death trap." "It can be tricky at first, you have to be careful." "It's OK once you've got the hang of it." "It can even be Fun!" "Fun?" "I can help you with those if you like." "I can do it in no time. lf you want." "It makes it easier if you do this." "You're new here, aren't you?" "l started last Thursday." "And you like it, I see." "I'm just pulling your leg." "It can be hard-going at first." "It was for me too." "But at least today it's fairly quiet." "I'm working till 1O tonight." "They can go a bit slowly, those shifts." "When I work late I go to the 7-Eleven for a coffee and a muffin." "As a little reward." "7-Eleven?" "But it's foul there." "No..." "I reckon it's perfectly alright." "You should ty it some time." "What are you doing tonight?" "is it party-time?" "Sort of. I'm going out." "Meet some friends, have a drink..." "Where do young people go these days?" "The White Room, it's called." "Sounds fun." "There!" "It's done." "See how easy it is?" "You'll be a wizard at it in a jiffy!" "I'm only here for a few weeks anyway, so..." "Another?" "OK, then." "Natalie?" "lt's me." "Where are you?" "We're having a drink." "Where?" "We were meant to meet up." "We're in the H Bar." "Who's "we"?" "Me and Jaqueline, and Martina and Micke." "I think it'd be a bad idea if you came." "Unless you want to come and serve us hamburgers, that is." "Can I help you?" "You look a little tired..." "lt's alright." "OK." "Look, let me do that." "How was it last night?" "At the White Room?" "I didn't go." "Really?" "I'm sorry to hear that." "Why not?" "Because I didn't have anyone to go with." "I thought you were going with your friends." "I haven't got any friends." "It's not as if I want to work at McDonalds." "Not that there's anything wrong with it." "It's just not me." "No. I understand." "I don't think it's you either." "But I'm broke." "Broke's bad." "I think you're going to like it." "It still feels a bit depressing to be here." "I mean, if you're here the whole time." "You're not married?" "l was, but I'm divorced." "Why?" "My wife met another man." "A younger chap." "It was nothing strange." "They met at work..." "So, it was OK, I guess." "He's actually a nice chap." "He is." "It was just a pity that she didn't tell me herself." "It's a bit awkward when your friends know, but not you." "I know... I'd noticed that things weren't really working out." "But we'd had times like that before, and they'd always blown over." "It's not as if she was having an affair. I don't think she was." "Things weren't that good between us." "But that was also part of the "deal", so to speak." ""Deal"?" "When we got married." "I'd liked Margareta for years but she'd never cared much for me." "She probably thought I was too much of a softy." "She'd always been with tough guys but then she suddenly changed and wanted to marry me." "I was overjoyed." "I later realised that she had no feelings for me in that way." "I thought that it'd pass with time." "People can change, you know." "And then Maja, our daughter, was born." "I was happy. I thought, now we'll really be a proper fami!" "y." "When Maja was small we were the best of friends." "It was always, "Daddy!" "Daddy!"" "It was a nice time." "She's still my little sunbeam, Maja." "Although she's grown up now." "Do you see much of her?" "We speak on the phone." "Often, actually." "But she lives so far away." "It takes an hour by train." "She's got a lot on her plate." "Husband, two kids..." "Of course I could always go there." "I'm always welcome." "But it's always full of people and kids, and it's easy to get in the way." "Then she gets irritated." "I don't know what it is, maybe it was the divorce." "They'd always done things together- mother and daughter." "And they're so alike." "Minds of their own, the both of them." "So you could feel a bit left out at times." "And..." "I talk too much!" "I know." "It can easily get annoying." "I know, I know." "It's been about a year since we last met, Maja and me." "A year?" "Yes, roughly." "So, I'll see you then." "Take care going home." "I'll be alright." "You're just like my daughter Maja." "She always says that." "Bye." "This can easily be seen to." "A couple of hours and the right tools." "No contest." "Good." "Here..." "Lovely." "Next time it's on me." "Sponge cake." "Nice." "You've got a nice view." "Hello, you old sod!" "Where have you been?" "We're starving to death here!" "Come and get us, or I'll give you a blackeye, you peasant!" "Ssh, you're out of your mind." "Please..." "You've ruined eveything!" "I know it's ridiculous, but I love that bit when he rides in the barrel!" "I like going to the cinema." "Margareta wasn't so keen, so we didn't go much." "She went with her friends, of course, but not that much with me... I looked at the working top, by the way. lt'll be fine." "It's not oak, but there's nothing wrong with solid beech." "Now I can get started on the kitchen." "Thanks." "Don't mention it. I like carpentry." "Before, it was the house, and when Maja was small, the summer cottage." "I get the same kind of feeling." "A kind of Maja feeling." "It's nice." "Hi." "After something special?" "l don't know." "A wallet maybe." "For yourself?" "No...a friend." "Bernhard 62 today" "It's a little joke." "It's my birthday, you see." "I want to surprise a friend." "I'm helping her do up her kitchen and I wanted to surprise her with a cake." "Hello, Eva." "Hello." "How are you?" "Fine." "You?" "Fine." "Tying to find a bag, but it's impossible." "What have you found?" "lt's just a present." "How strange." "I was thinking about you the other day." "The girl who's replaced Erica isn't any good." "You know what it's like when a girl doesn't look right." "But you have style." "You know how to dress." "When would it be?" "As soon as possible." "And as long as Erica's on maternity leave." "Well?" "Interested?" "Hello, sweetheart." "Hi." "l had to park it a bit down the road." "Oh well." "Have you met?" "This is Eva, Lina's friend." "This is Miles, my eldest." "Eva's gong to start working here." "Well, work calls." "See you on Sunday." "See you next week." "Didn't you work in that boutique on Jakobs Street?" "Yeah, but not any more." "I just wanted to take things easy." "l've not seen you for a while." "l've not been out that much." "It's not even that much fun." "But now I'm feeling like going out a bit more again." "Micke Bauer's having a party tonight for Jompen." "He's back from New York." "Fancy coming?" "Tonight?" "Micke's got caterers in." "I reckon it'll be good." "Sory, but I'm meeting someone." "Pity." "Anna Swartling will bethere, and loads of others you know." "I don't know..." "I'm busy." "You can come for a while." "I can drive you somewhere afterwards." "If you want to, that is." "You do know you can't have your mobile on in here?" "Sory." "My circumstances are rather special at the moment." "There's been a misunderstanding with a friend. lt's in case she calls." "You know it's not right." "lt won't be for long. I promise." "OK, but we can't make a habit of it." "Eveyone will be at it." "Of course." "By the way..." "Was that your cake yesterday?" "Yes, it was." "Thanks." "You have no new messages." "You have no saved messages." "Bernhard!" "Bernhard!" "Bernhard, can you do a morning shift tomorrow?" "A morning shift?" "Can you?" "Sure." "Eva called today, just now, and said she was quitting." "She can't even work until I find someone new." "So I'm in the shit again, and have to find cover." "Can you do it?" "Good." "SUV's feel a bit naff now." "Evety Tom, Dick and Hary's got one." "But I saw another awesome thing -a really cool Audi." "Audi?" "They've come out with a new model." "Limited edition." "So what happened, then?" "Charlotte wanted me to take over from Erica." "Since Erica has said she's having another baby." "So what does that mean For you?" "l'll be assistant boutique manager." "But that's great!" "Look." "Sophie Nichols..." "She's looking a bit haggard." "Wasted." "Goes quickly." "Just six months ago she was really cute." "Hi!" "Hey, did you hear about Nico?" "No." "He's finished with Sophie Nichols." "Again?" "She's totally devastated." "What a waste." "I almost forgot, I was going to ask you before the tennis." "Who was that bird I saw you with on Saturday?" "Mia." "Mia Ribbing." "She's tasty." "What a body." "If I didn't have Martina..." "Just joking." "Hi, darling!" "Hi!" "You have to see what I've bought." "A jacket, dead expensive." "Nice, eh?" "I've gotto go." "Miles is coming to pick me up." "See you." "I spoke to Mum today." "She said she'd come on Tuesday." "She's invited us for dinner." "OK." "She's still pissed off about the rent." "I'll pay it back as soon as I get the money." "Is it that urgent?" "Jompen's lot are having dinner on Saturday." "Shall we go?" "Sure, if you want." "I think Jompen and that lot are hard work." "Oh!" "Did I disturb you?" "No. I thought I heard something." "But it was only you." "There have been so many break-ins." "They nick garden stuff." "Kids' bikes even." "Did you shut the gate properly?" "Yes. I must have done." "It's not good to have the gate open, welcoming people in." "I'm sure I closed it." "I'd best go and check, though." "I'll do it myself and make sure it's done properly." "I was at the landlord's today." "They said there might be some vacant flats up for grabs." "In less attractive suburbs of course..." "She said it could be on the ground floor, but so what?" "When would that be?" "That's what's so good." "Straight away." "Next month." "So I could move next month." "That's good." "Yes." "Really good." "I've come over a bit weary." "You'd better go to bed, then." "As I said, I'll check the gate." "Good night, Dad." "Good night, Maja."