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Amanda opens the door and there is a young woman
standing there. She asks if there's a Mr. Morrell there
and Wayne invites her in, saying she must be Liz. He gives her an envelope
and tells her that it contains
details of what she has to do and an address, and asks her to be there at
eleven fifteen in the morning. Liz
reminds him that she works escort, and if he and his wife are looking for
anything else..... Amanda nastily
tells her not to bring her into her sordid little performance. Wayne tells
Liz it's nothing like that - it's all
above board. He gives her an envelope with a cheque in it. Liz is delighted
that he's giving her a three hour
fee for one minute's work. She leaves, telling Wayne she'll see him tomorrow.
Amanda asks what it was all
about. Wayne tells her that he's told Gordon everything. Amanda tells him
he's bluffing, but Wayne says
that Gordon wasn't anywhere near as upset as she'd expect. He explains that
he told Gordon that he met
Liz a couple of months ago, and she's been an incredible friend to him lately.
Amanda threatens to tell
Gordon her side of the story, but Wayne says he saved her the trouble. He
tells Amanda that he told Gordon
how she pretended that things were still okay between them, despite her bitterness
towards Liz. He adds
that he told Gordon that he felt the strain was getting to her, so he decided
to tell him the truth. Amanda
tells Wayne he's a pathetic creep. Wayne says that when he takes Liz to the
house tomorrow, anything
negative she has to say will sound like sour grapes. Amanda tells him he won't
fool anyone. Wayne reminds
her that he once had a woman pass herself off as Jill's mother. He starts
to leave, saying he didn't want
to resort to that kind of rubbish, but she left him no choice. Amanda asks
him how much choice he gave
her the other night. Wayne says he's not proud about that, but doesn't see
it as any excuse for the way
she's behaved. He leaves and Amanda looks upset. She picks up the phone and
starts dialling a number.
Patricia and David arrive at Toorak. David tells
Patricia she's going to London to start a new life with Matt
and that's great, but she doesn't need him any more. Patricia asks him if
he can be really happy there with
so much to remind him of Margaret. David says eventually yes. He adds that
he won't forget Margaret, but
he will get over it. Patricia tells him that Margaret wanted them to stick
together - to help each other through
the bad times. David tells her if there are any, she'll have Matt. Patricia
asks him who he'll have. David tells
her he'll find someone, and asks if him going on about Irene has anything
to do with it. He tells Patricia that
there's nothing going on between Irene and him and, if there was, he wouldn't
feel guilty about it. He
reminds Patricia she told him she wasn't going to interfere in people's lives.
David gives Patricia the letter
and tells her to cash the ticket in - he won't be needing it. Patricia looks
disappointed.
Later, Patricia and David come down the stairs. Patricia tells him she's sorry
for trying to organise his life.
She tells him she didn't want him getting involved on the rebound. David tells
her to stop worrying - it'll be
a long time before he's over Margaret enough to think about anyone else. He
adds that they should get to the
airport. Patricia looks into the living room and says it feels strange to
be leaving for good, and says she has
a feeling that she'll be back. She turns the lights off and the pair leave
the house.
Barbara is at the apartment and tells Amanda that
she hates agreeing with Wayne, but she's behaved like a
spoilt child and now she has to grit her teeth while Wayne brings his so-called
girlfriend into her home.
She asks Amanda why she provoked a situation like that for the sake of a stupid
sports car. Amanda says it
was a way of getting back at Wayne. Barbara asks for what. Amanda says nothing
in particular, but looks
upset. Barbara tells her Wayne must have done something for her to stir up
all this trouble. Amanda gets
tearful and Barbara sits her down, telling her to come out with it. Amanda
explains that Wayne came there
the other night and was drunk - he kept saying that the one thing Gordon ever
wanted was a grandson,
and he raped her. She starts sobbing and Barbara hugs her.
JULIA
MOODY (as Liz Smith), ALYCE PLATT (Amanda Morrell), IAN RAWLINGS (Wayne Morrell),
ROWENA WALLACE (Patricia Morrell), THOMAS RICHARDS (David Palmer),
CORNELIA FRANCES (Barbara Hamilton)
Written
by IAN COUGHLAN
Directed by PHILIP EAST
Channel
Five broadcast: Saturday 8th March 2003