Actually, I read Della Croydickie's new book.
I wondered if you could maybe arrange a meeting
for the two of us?
She can't help you.
Henny House notified us, they're withdrawing your commission.
We can no longer represent you.
Do you ever get the feeling
that someone's right for you
but you're not yet the person that you need to be
to also be right for that person?
Do whatever you need to do to become the right person.
She... Della. She's asking if I'm free.
- Hi. - Really?
You sent me a video of yourself.
Hashtag Henny House Gang!
Seems like you need help to finish your novel.
I thought you were writing about consent,
- I don't understand it. - I do.
Cheers.
Going to do your bar watch thing?
Yeah.
ARABELLA ESSIEDU Cheers.
Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes...
- Are you sure? - Y... Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, my god. What we gonna do?
I don't... I don't know, like,
I've... I've thought... thought about it, you know,
but I didn't think it was actually gonna, like...
happen.
- So, you just remembered? - Yeah. Yeah.
Stop trembling. You look like a crackhead.
I can't help it.
This is insane.
We need to figure out what we're gonna do.
- I've done that. - What?
I've done that.
- What you gonna do? - Hurt him.
How?
- Put that on. - What?
Change.
We have to cover our tracks. Change your clothes.
- Put that on... - Why have you got this?
Terry, why do you think we've been coming here every weekend for the last...
I thought you were mentally ill.
What have I always said?
Oh, the criminal always returns
- to the scene of a crime. - Exactly.
And now we're gonna give him a taste of his own medicine
if all goes to plan and he's got some of that shit with him.
Fuck. It's a lot, Bella.
It's been a lot though, hasn't it?
So, you down for the alliance or not?
Fuck yes.
The alliance is spicy, blud.
We shouldn't spud. We're missing a member.
Hook. Line.
Sink him.
Right. What exactly is the plan?
I just gotta see what pocket he gets it from.
He's alone now.
I could just go up to him.
It is a good time. You sure?
- Yeah. - Bella?
Survived it once.
- Make sure you're looking. - Yeah, of course.
Why?
Because it's easier, innit, to steal
if I can see where he gets it from.
Oh. Cool.
Anything I can do?
Yes, actually.
How's your dancing?
# It's all here Forward #
# Reasons you don't explain #
# And reasons I can't explain... #
Hi.
Hi!
How you doing?
Yeah.
Yeah, good.
What's your name?
It's Arabella. Yours?
Patrick.
- Patrick? - Yeah.
Patrick, cool.
Yeah.
Um... what you drinking?
Yeah! This is my tune!
A, uh, gin and orange. Uh, yeah, a gin and tonic.
Cheers.
Yeah.
- I don't... I don't usually like loud places. - Mmm.
But on the weekend, it's like
- I'm a different person, you know? - Hmm. Hmm.
I think it's the, uh, it's the midweek slog.
- By the time it gets to Thursday... - Hmm.
...I'm already out looking to party.
Yeah, yeah. I feel, like... like, I, um...
prefer quiet places,
but then, like, when Friday comes,
like, I'm someone else, you know?
Yeah.
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
Fucking cunt.
Showtime.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm... Just, um...
Just...
Okay. Here we go.
There we go. Okay.
Hey.
A criminal always returns to the scene of a crime,
but who's the criminal, you or me?
Now.
Fuck!
Hello, David.
# Slide in whips Slide in six #
# They wanna slide in DMs... #
# Can't wait till I see 'em See 'em #
# They know about pain Like Liam #
# His GM got done in the PM Pree him #
# They just wanna meet And greet them, leave them #
# I just wanna meet And beat 'em #
# I'm at a cash point Waiting for addicts #
# It's 12 o'clock at night... #
You all right?
Yeah.
# I don't wanna hear That chattings #
# They had me in the dock Sweatin', stressin' #
# Chatting 'bout shootings And stabbings, has-beens... #
David. Hey, David.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- You? - Yeah. Terry?
Me? I'm pumped.
- Hook. - Line.
Sink him?
- Sick! - Aww, yes! Have you got the syringe?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Okay, good.
Can I see it?
Hey, no one's come in, you know.
Men really don't use the toilet.
- It's mad. - Fucking mad.
Fuck, it's mad.
Was it... was it full?
I can't remember.
What's it matter? He's gone.
Well, could he pass out
and end up, I don't know, in an ambulance
or a police car?
- He could die for all I care. - Yes! Fuck him.
He took my knickers off.
So he's got those with him, which would be evidence.
You joking?
No. No.
Shit.
Hey, David. I'm talking to you, man.
- You can tell what happened. - Mate, nothing, just nothing.
- What happened in the toilet? - Mate, shut up.
Call you tomorrow then, shall I?
Fucking psycho.
# Cyborg, android D-boy, decoy #
# Water, wisdom Tightrope, vision #
- # Oh these dreams are forever # - # Insight, stronghold #
- # Heartless, ice cold # - # If you leave now or never #
- # Mystery, mastery # - # Mastery #
- # Solar battery # - # Solar #
# Run and tell your friends To never dream, never win #
# Ghettos keep a-crying To the street full of zombies #
# Kids are killing kids and Then the kids join the army #
# Rising and awaking Yes, sir, here comes the sun #
# March into the war And with the kick of the drum #
# The wiser simians have got The bombs and the guns #
# So you might as well Keep dancing If you're not gonna run #
# A long, long way To find the one... #
Definitely, you got the syringe in, yeah?
- Yeah. - To his foot?
- Yes, mate. - Right.
I don't know, man. Have you done this before?
- Mate, he's fucking spiked. - How do you know?
Because he can't hear anything we're saying.
Oh, yeah, fair point.
# Wake up, dance #
Oh.
Uh...
Fu...
Bruv, get your pantie
and let's go, please.
Yeah. Yeah.
Got them.
Okay, let's go.
I wanna see his penis.
- Huh? - I wanna see his penis.
He saw my thing, I wanna see his thing.
Gonna have a little look at your penis.
Bella, are you serious?
Oh. Hmm.
Oh, that's kinda hot.
What the fuck, Bella.
Oh, my god.
# I heed echoes Of your laughter #
# In the corners of my mind #
# While I memorize each detail Of your intricate design #
# In your hair There is a symphony... #
# They tell stories Of a Neon Valley Street #
# Where we first met #
# This time I shall Be unafraid #
# And violence Will not move me... #
Yeah, you little fucker.
# This time we will stay In our movie #
We need to find somewhere.
Uh...
Um, find some... somewhere to put him.
I know somewhere.
Fuck.
Boys will be boys!
# One by one #
# Ooh, one #
# It's your time Lead them both to one #
# You're the one #
Right.
Right, mate.
That is such a loud bird.
What's on the menu tonight, then?
You off to do your bar watch thing?
Yeah. Yeah.
Wanna come?
You know I don't go out much.
Invite's there if you change your mind.
Cheers.
Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes...
- Are you sure? - Yes.
Yeah, I'm sure, he's just...
stood there.
Who are you calling?
NatWest.
Terry, I'm calling the police.
Who else am I gonna be calling right now?
What for?
Rape.
Some rape, bro. Remember?
They're not just gonna arrest him
because you remember. They need evidence.
So what do we do? We can't just leave him.
I thought you had some kind of plan.
No... I don't have a... Why would I have a plan?
Uh, the criminal always returns to the scene of a crime.
You know that. I thought you were working on something.
Terry, I generally don't do that, à la my career.
Had you not anticipated a face-off?
Why have we been coming here every weekend for the last few...
Why have we been coming here?
Because I'm deranged, Terry, you know that.
That's never up for discussion.
"Why am I here?"
Because I'm fixated on the past,
not a future in which I'm reunited with my raper.
I made a plan.
- What? - I've made a plan.
- Huh? - It's in a pretty good place.
We're going to orchestrate a bump-in,
and then we're going to put him in prison
for a very long time.
- Okay. - There's some things I wish I could've done different.
But I'm here this time, and I'm here to help.
Do you trust me?
The alliance is spicy, blud.
Now, it's going to involve a lot of cocaine, okay?
- What? - It'll keep you up.
I'm not sleepy.
- You will be. - Why?
Listen. We've already spudded on it.
Just have to go along with it now.
Can I have a little bump? Let me have another bump.
A little bump, a little one, a little bump?
Hey! Just a little bump, a little one, little bump.
- Tiny little bump. Tiny bump. - O... Okay,
- In a bit... - Yeah?
...you gotta act like you were drugged.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - On a sedative.
The opposite drug of what you're on now.
Yeah, I can do that, yeah, yeah.
Let me see.
Oh. Um...
Okay, is that it?
Good. Good girl.
Now?
# I'm the fear addicted #
# A danger illustrated #
# Hey, hey, hey #
# I'm a firestarter... #
- Hi. - Hi. Hi.
# Hey, hey, hey #
- How you doing? - What?
Yeah, I'm living my best life.
- What's your name? - Yeah.
What's your name?
# I'm a firestarter #
# Twisted firestarter #
Yeah? Oh, oh yeah?
Uh, two.
# I'm the bitch you hated #
# Filth infatuated #
# Yeah #
# I'm the pain you tasted #
# Fell intoxicated... #
Yeah.
# Hey, hey, hey #
# I'm a firestarter #
# Twisted firestarter... #
Yes!
- Cheers. - Cheers.
# You're the firestarter #
# Twisted firestarter... #
So, um, what do you do?
# I'm a firestarter #
# Twisted firestarter #
All right.
I'm an actress.
- An actress. - Yep.
Nice. Been in anything I should watch?
Not yet.
- What do you do? - I work in finance.
I, uh, work with my friend Michael over there.
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
Ride it like Winona!
# When the sun go down #
# When the J go 'round #
# In the middle of the night #
# No, no, no, no, no... #
- You all right? - Yeah.
You sure?
Yeah, I just...
# I'm the man Ten toes in the street #
# I'm the blood on the leaves I'm the nose on the Sphinx #
# Where I'm from We don't go to police #
# Where I'm from we don't run We just roll with the heat... #
Hey, I've got you. You okay?
Are you okay?
# And the cops don't come For some weeks #
# No, the cops don't come For some weeks... #
Where you going? Hey!
# Might get JFK'd Hope not, I pray #
# If so, ain't no thang to a G #
# I feel just like Snoop On Andre Day... #
There we go.
Yeah.
Hey, David.
You put something in my drink.
What, you knew all along and...
you drank it anyway?
Fucking weirdo.
So what? What do you want? Huh?
A stronger drink? Or you wanna be awake? Hmm?
Do you cry?
You don't wanna miss it.
Well, get over it, princess.
D'you know what I mean?
There's wars going on in Iraq, and what?
You're making a big old drama
because some bloke slipped a pill in your drink
and wants to fuck your brains out in a nightclub?
Stupid bitch!
There's people that are... that are homeless out there,
d'you know what I mean? You wanna try living that life?
You wanna try living mine?
Fucking silly little princess.
Fucking self-entitled whore.
That's what you are.
You're a dumb little whore.
You're just a dumb...
stupid...
little whore, David.
That's what you are.
Don't you tell anyone, David.
Shh.
This is our secret,
and if you tell anyone, if you tell anyone, David,
I will fucking kill you.
Shh.
You're worthless.
You're not worth anything, David.
You're fucking worthless.
I'm s... s... sorry.
I'm so sorry.
# Rain come down #
# Did ya man lay down? #
# No, no, no, no... #
Police. Anyone in here?
Open up.
I had done lots of... therapy.
It's compulsory in prison.
What were you in for?
Just rape. I don't do anything else,
just the many different types of rape.
Okay.
Date rape,
spousal rape,
prison rape, payback rape,
rape by deception,
corrective rape.
I'm not used to people letting me inside their homes,
let alone their bedrooms.
I'm not used to people being nice to me.
- David? - For example, why am I...
allowed to sit on your bed?
It's n... it's not... it's not right.
Why... why aren't you scared, you know?
It's like...
it's like if you're not scared,
I don't know how I'm meant to be, you know?
It's not right... this, is it?
I... I don't wanna do anything to you
or... or... or with you.
I just... I just... I... I don't want you to leave me.
Police!
Wh... What's happening? I'm scared.
You won't leave me, will you?
Please, don't leave me.
Open up, police!
I'm going upstairs.
Open up!
Come on.
# Yeah Hope you get to see it all end #
# I hope you get to Feel it all right #
# Or maybe Keep my trees all lit #
# And baby Keep my seeds all lit #
# And maybe we can Be it all then #
# I hope we get to See it all then #
# Peace to my G's, all right #
# Sleepin' on a beach Go 'head #
Right.
Right, mate. Right.
That is such a loud bird.
You off to do your bar watch thing?
Yeah. You wanna come?
You know I don't go out much.
Well, invite's there if you change your mind.
Cheers!
Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes...
I was thinking...
back to Italy...
and...
Remember that threesome I had?
I think they tricked me.
They literally tricked me.
And I feel a bit mugged off.
I might pop into Theodora's group.
'Cause that ting was not kosher.
- Do you think she'd mind? - Hmm?
I don't think she'd mind at all.
I think you two would probably really get on.
Let's not go that far.
Um, what are you drinking?
- Me? - Yeah.
- Me? - Yes, what are you drinking?
Uh, gin & orange...
gin and tonic, thank you.
Can I get, uh, two G & T's, please?
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- What's your name? - Uh, Patrick.
You all right?
Yeah. I just, um...
Morning.
Were you, um, hoping I'd creep out in the night?
No.
Good.
I'm not gonna go unless you tell me to.
Go.
Okay.
Right.
Right, mate.
That is such a loud bird.
Hmm.
I wonder where it's coming from.
What's on the menu tonight, then?
You off to do your bar watch thing?
No.
I'm actually not going back, I'm just chilling.
You?
You know I don't go out much.
Get over here, mate.
What's that for?
I don't know.
Fancy some Kurz?
Animation and physics? At the same time?
Abso-fucking-lutely, mate.
Yeah.
Bella?
- Present, present. - Ooh.
- Before it all kicks off. - Okay!
Oh, you went with this cover. Okinch.
- Open it. - Okay.
"Your birth is my birth, your death is my death.
This book is dedicated to Terry, my best friend."
I'm gonna cry, I'm crying.
I really thought you were gonna dedicate it
to that Italian piece of shit.
Oh, bae.
- Good morning. - Morning.
- Morning.
Good morning.
Oh.
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Hey guys, thanks for coming.
Today, Arabella Essiedu's second book,
January 22nd, is here.
- Finally. - Yeah.
Her first book, Chronicles of a Fed Up Millennial,
released online as a PDF,
captivated many in its bold, frank,
and unflinching outlook.
Your new piece, January 22nd,
published independently,
is similar to your previous work,
but in other ways feels like it could be the work
of an entirely different writer.
You're gonna read us the foreword now,
so I guess we'll just hear it.
Cool. Now?
Um, thanks for coming, by the way.
Okay.
# Hold on #
# I've been gone too long I think it's time I get back #
# Put a nigga in a box Like a Big Mac #
# Man, they love me In the hood #
# They say, "Big Whack, Big Whack #
# Big Whack, Big Whack" What's up? #
# Why you wanna see me down? You should give up #
# I've been calling All my niggas #
# Just to lift up #
# Think I want me a new Lam' The doors lift up, lift up #
# Lift up, lift up #
# I'm gonna win regardless #
# Swear that I work The hardest #
# Most of y'all dudes Are garbage #
# I'm a starving artist #
# I'm so sorry, darlin' #
# Don't mean to be rude Stepping on your shoes #