Dangerously in love

[alexcase]

I went from 190-something views to 7?? What the?

I'm going to add a next installment tonight, its going to get really interesting with Charlie's mum, especially for corrie fans out there.

And the King's are really going to get back on top soon!

[alexcase]

Sadie took a big sigh as she dropped the first box in the big empty house, a few weeks ago she could only dream of moving back here, and never thought it would be all hers.
She walked over to the only object left in the house, other than the fitted kitchen and bathrooms. A dusty side table with a picture of the old King Clan. How things had changed, She had killed Tom, but she wasn't going to let that drag her down, she wanted to breathe his memory into the new King Dynasty led, quite shamefully for Sadie as she thought she'd be the Queen of the Kings, by her niece Charlotte "Charlie".

Charlie was living in Home Farm, with her new fiance the new millionaire farmer Andy Sugden; Charlie had managed to get him while he was still grieving for Izzy. Charlie knew that once she had Andy's ring on her finger Izzy's publishing company, his entire inheritence and land would be half hers. Just another company under the King Group. Charlie was working as a puppet for her ambitious mother...Maya King.

Charlie's parents Matthew and Maya King married a few weeks after they were saved from the mine accident; Maya was feisty and on the run from a dodgy brief time in Manchester. She'd heard stories from the villagers about the previous millionaires The Tates, it made her desperate to own the village just like they did, but more and she would stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Matthew is enjoying his money by taking a 3 month break in the USA, he wouldn't let any of his family or friends come with him, but he said they'd be pleased when he gets back to Yorkshire.

Behind Sadie came a young 16 year old girl, in a pair of jeans, a sweater and a pink scarf wrapped around her neck. She was an attractive girl but didn't show it off, she had 4 piercings in one ear and 2 in the other, and her blonde hair with brown streaks was carelessly wrapped around the back of her head, she dropped her box on top of Sadie's.

The girl was called Jo Jackson; when she was 5 her father was killed in an on going gang war and her mother moved in with the enemy to save her own life, Jo was given up for adoption and never met her mother again...until she called her saying she wanted to re-knew her relationship.

Jo is Sadie's daughter.

Sadie was married to a man called Joseph Ferrari, a wealthy gangster from Soho. The Ferrari gang were at a turf war with another gang, for years before Joseph was carjacked in his bently, he was then shot out in a country lane by the right hand man of the opposition's leader: the murderer was called Thomas King.

He was a father to four boys but Sadie said he could have her and her diseased husband's empire in return for her and Jo's life. Tom, saw the disruption he had caused and quit the gang culture in London and moved the family to Leeds, Sadie became Tom's personal assistant in his newly made haulage company, where she fell for his brutish son Jimmy...and the rest is history.

Thats a brief outline of what's been going on in the King's since the mine collapse.

[alexcase]

Charlie is stood outside Home Farm looking tanned and tropical after her caribean holiday with fiance Andy. She has her mobile phone to her ear: "Come on...Come on...." She murmurs as her breath shows up on the icy december air.

Moments later a black mercedes limousine with all blacked out windows turns into the gates of Home Farm and out gets a young man, quite tall with dark hair and a striking jaw line. He's wearing a neat three-piece suit and rubs his hands together keeping them warm. His name was Billy, Billy Shuttleworth. An univsersity pal of Charlie's and the youngest, spoilt sun of Brian and Lizzie Shuttleworth. He couldn't afford to get back from work on the Florida Keys, but Charlie had payed for him to be flown to Leed's airport in one of her companies jets, two weeks ago, he'd been doing little jobs for a week now.

Billy: Charlie.

-She strolls over to him , as he goes to kiss her she pulls away.

Charlie: Na-ah, package first...I see you spent the change already.

-She feels at his suit as he hands her a comapct silver briefcase.

Charlie: Thank you.

-She gives him her soft dark cheek to kiss. And he does.

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In the window of the upstairs drawing room Andy is watching his future wife with a concerned look.
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In the woolpack Louise has her diary open in front of her, one of the days she keeps circling with her blue biro, in big letters it says, 'My Birthday' Diane is looking over the sholdour.

Diane: I hadn't forgotton.

Louise: (aghast) DIANE! Don't do that!

Diane: Happy Birthday chuck.

She hands her a small box, inside are two minute earings.

Louise: Diane, these are beautiful.

Diane: Yes...dainty, self contained and dignified. So why am i giving them to you, you may ask....Only joking pet.

Louise: Thank you.

Diane: There's another suprise on the way, just you wait for tonight.

Louise: Not a party, Diane i dont want a fuss.

Diane: I think you'll like this one.

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Outside Holdgate Farm, Maya pulls herself out of her small maserati. She's wearing a beige beret, a beige and yellow pringle tank top and a pink blouse. She pulls her golf club out of the foot well, places it on her sholdour and strolls upto the front door.
Sadie answers, she's kitted out in exactly the same outfit, just in different colour schemes.

Maya: it fits perfectly!

Sadie: I know!!!! How great.

Matthew and Jimmy come from inside the house

Matthew: What do you to look like?

Jimmy: Your sure your not doing moddeling for a golfing catalogue.

Maya: I'm sure thank you James.

Matthew: Is that your only club?

Maya: Pardon, darling?

Matthew: That peice of metal your wearing round your kneck like a flaming pashina!

Sadie: Don't be rediculous, that would never work as a pashmina!!!!

They both laugh with each other.

Maya: Max taught me to play in Scotland anyway.

Matthew: I've beaten Max before, its not hard.

Maya: You took him out when he was 10 and played competitivly, thats just unfair!

Jimmy: Anyway...have fun girls.

Maya: I bet I can beat Max next week when he comes.

Jimmy: Yeah, just bribe the groundskeeper to drop some more balls in conveinent places.

Sadie: JIMMY! *Glare*

Jimmy: Have fun...

the two men close the black wooden door, the two girls huff at them.

Maya: Clubs?

Sadie: oh...we'll just share that one.

On the sole of the club, we can juse make out 'SW'.

Maya: It looks like quite an average one.

Sadie: Yeah, should be able to play decently.

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Sam is skulking around the edge of her yard looking, anxiously, around checking for teachers. She see's the personalised 'K1NG5 3' on the front of the black mercedes limousine. She quickly dashes over the low fence and across the street jumping into the back seat. Not even noticing Andy trying to avoid her, trying to see Debbie.

The door is still open and Andy watches Billy giving Sam a similar silver briefcase that he gave to Charlie.

Sam: Good stuff?

Billy: I've been supplying your "screwed up teenage habbit" for a while now, you can trust me.

She pulls pulls out a small strip of paper with a Bart Simpson logo embezzeled on the top; she puts it in her mouth and falls back onto the leather seat totally chilled.

Billy: Was I right?

Sam nods in her passive state of dreaming and imagining.

Billy: Cash? Before you get to off your head!

She hands him £500 in rolled up £50's.

Billy: They say this LSD kills your brain cells.

Sam: I'm still at school they can re-build them this afternoon.

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[demigod]

Interesting stuff. Im wondering if Andy is going to wise up to what is happening.

[eithne]

Wow! May Maya in Emmerdale!

[alexcase]

Yup, I'm thinking about Dev and Sunita finidng her once the episodes about her trying to kill them have aired and I know the resolution.

[alexcase]

Andy sped home in his mercedes convertible and charged into Home Farm Charlie has re-decorated it to her own tastes in a modern style, he went into her drawing room/office at the back of the house which had a large black leather setee and two matching arm chairs, she was sat in one of the arm chairs tapping away on her apple powermac.

Charlie: Andy, your home early.

Andy: he shop was shut.

Charlie: Oh. Thats strange, its usually open at this time, never mind I'll call them later.

Andy was franticly looking round the room

Charlie: What are you looking for?

Andy: That briefcase Billy gave you this morning

Charlie: Hum?

Andy: You know what i mean!!! Or do you want me to spell it out more for you? The one with the drugs in it!

Charlie: Now you totally lost me, I'm not into that kind of stuff I make plenty of money with my shops-

Andy: Dont treat me like a fool!

He threw over her filing cabinet in a rage that it was locked!

charlie: ANDY!

Andy: Is it in there?

Charlie: WHAT?

Andy: The drugs?

Charlie: You honestly think that I would sink to such a low thing as drug dealing, Andy we're getting married why can't you trust me?

Andy: OPEN IT!

Charlie: Your making a big mistake.

Andy: I don't trust you! Happy now? I said it, i dont trust you and I think your dealing drugs, well not you personally-

Charlie: Just shut up, I'll open it.

She went over to the drawer to get out a small silver key then over to the filing cabinet which was on its side on the floor.

She opened it up and out fell the small silver briefcase that he'd seen Billy give to her outside the house.

Andy: I knew it, you stupid bitch

She went down to get it but he pushed her away, she fell backwards into one of the armchairs.

He opened it up and inside it was a lot of foam padding with a little hole in the middle where a large golden band was lying, he pulled it out and on the inside there was an inscription, "You and I, Forever and Ever"

Charlie stood up as Andy looked dumbfound at the ring in his fingers. She gently swaggered over to him he looked up with tearful eyes, and she slapped him with a quick hard swing.

Charlie: I dont know where you got that crazy idea from but you really need to trust me or we will never be able to marry.

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In an old black Ford Sierra a family of four come speeding down Emmerdale main street and stopped suddenly outside the old workshop next door to Jarvis.

It was a tatty looking family, two young parents both about 30. (Jack and Sally) And two teenage boys about 16. (Tim and Tom).

Tim: Wow, this place looks fun.

Jack: Shut up and start unloading.

Sally: We need to behave ourselves here the council have really worked hard to get us this place rather than some other council house.

Tom: We could own the place if you two weren't just a pair of layabouts.

Jack: EH! Have some respect we spend our days bringing you two up.

Tom: No, we're at school before you get up in the morning, then you go down the pub, then to the bookies then back to the pub, and mum just worked in that crappy corner shop all evening.

Sally: Well what do you do? Only cause us more and more trouble, we only had to move because of you two!

Tim: Gi's us a break!

Jack: Just get lost will you, go and find someone else to torment.

Just as Maya pulls up in her Maserati.

Maya: Hi, I'm Maya King in charge of real estate for King and Son's.

Jack: Wow, you look even better in real life.

Sally: *Hitting him over the head* Ignore my slobish boyfriend, (to Jack) why don't you go down the pub.

Jack: If i must.

-Jack made his way up the street to the woolpack while Tom and Tim sat on Jarvis's dry stone wall, watching and waiting till Maya went inside with their mother.

Tom: What a set of wheels!

Tim: She must be loaded.

Tom: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Tim: She won't miss it for a while, but how do we get in?

Tom: Its villages for you they're so trusting, she's left the keys on the seat.

-Tim opened the door and got into the driving seat

Tom: Hey, let me drive, I've driven more cars than you.

Tim: Only the smaller cars, you see I have the most experience of this type of car, remember the BMW I took for a spin.

Tom: OK...

Tom got in at the other side of the car; Tim started the engine and they sped away towards Hotten.

Maya watched out of the window at the two boys and smiled to herself, "perfect".

Sally: pardon,

Sally had just come in with a couple of old mugs and a can of cheap ale, she cracked it open and poured half into each mug, but giving herself the bigger half.

Maya: I was just saying to myself you seem to the be the perfect residents for this property.

Sally: Why thank you, drink?

Maya: Thanks.

As Sally turned to put the the tray down Maya poured her drink onto the pot plant in the corner.

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as the Maserati came back, Tom and Tim left it and ran off to the cricket ground

Maya: Sorry about this but I need both you and Jack to sign these forms.

Sally: Oh ok, I'll go and get him from the pub.

Maya: You can go down the backway if you like its quicker.

Maya seemed desperate to get rid of Sally from the house and she kept looking out of the window she'd asked Sally to tell Rodney to come and see her at the cottage, she knew he was in the pub.

As soon as the backdoor shut Maya ran out and into the Maserati, she drove it round by the church and turned it round, she sat and waited till she saw Rodney she was wearing black driving gloves and a black hoody she had in the black of the car. She pulled it over her head and noticed in the seat next to her a small mobile phone, obviously belonging to one of Sally and Jack's twins.

She saw Rodney and slammed on the accelerator the 0-60 in 5 secs acceleration meant that Rodney had only time to turn to notice the car as it hit him, he flew over the bonnet and onto the street Maya then spun through off the hoody and rolled it into her bag and ran across the street into the cottage.

She sat there trying to re-gain her breathing, so far everything was going well. Suddenly Sally came charging through the front door.

Sally: your friend, Rodney? He's been run over...by your car!

Maya: WHAT?!?!

She ran outside and a small gang of villagers were trying to save Rodney from death, he car was parked in the middle of the street abandoned.

Viv: Was this you?

Maya: no i was in the house with Sally discussing her move.

Jack was over by the car:

Jack: Sally you really should come over here.

He opened the door using his sleeve and picked up his son's mobile phone.

Sally: The little *B_words; where the hell are they?

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Up on the cricket fields Tim and Tom are playing with an old cricket ball they found in the stream, Debbie is sat on the bench huddled in her coat.

Tim: What do you reckons going on down there?

Debbie: Ignore it, the people in this village like to make mountains out of mole hills, they probrably found a dead squirrel and are about to give it a funeral, ending with a wake in the woolie. There sad.

Tom: We've learnt that already!

They laughed.

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Down in the village the villagers are gathering Rodney, who is lying in the recovery position covered in jackets and blankets, Nicola is holding his hand tight as he bleeds and mumbles, drifting in and out of consciousness.

Nicola: *To Rodney* It'll be alright dad, you'll be fine, Wheres the ambulance?

Imediately the villagers ears perc up as an ambulance siren followed by a police car and an unmarked police car pull into the village and the paramedics cart Rodney into the back, while the uniformed police officers tape of the scene and begin fingerprinting the maserati. Two CID officers walk around taking notes off the villagers.

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Up at Holdgate Farm Jo is wripping off strips of LSD paper on the floor of her room listening to loud drum and bass music. Sadie rattles the door handle from the hallway but its jammed on something.

Inside there's a chair under the handle, but Jo can't here anything in her drugged out state she twitches the beat of the music.

Jimmy: SADIE! TELL HER TO TURN THAT RACKET DOWN!

Jimmy shouts from downstairs

Sadie: The doors jammed.

Jimmy: I'm coming.

He walks up the stairs and tries the doorhandle.

Jimmy: She'll have put her chair under it, girls do that kind of thing, privacy we'll suggest she gets a lock though.

Sadie: If your sure. But what about this cup of tea I got her.

Jimmy: Cheers love.

He takes it out of her and takes a big slurp.

Jimmy: Perfect.

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Charlie is sat in the newly extended Home Farm Kitchen on a stool at the solid marble/Granite centre island carressing a round tumbler of whisky. While Andy paces around with his.

Andy: Charlie, this is making no sence, I find that scumbag Billy giving you a little briefcase, then I see him outside Hotten Comp with an identical briefcase and its full of drugs.

Charlie: What were you doing outside the school?

Andy: on my way to the shops.

Charlie: And how did you see his briefcase.

Andy: He was dealing.

Charlie: At the school?

Andy: Yes.

Charlie: To the...kids?

Andy: yes, but even closer to home I'm afraid.

Charlie: Jo?

Andy: Right in one.

Charlie: How low! Dealing to school kids, on his own doorstep.

Andy: You knew about him dealing didn't you?

Charlie: Well...

Andy: TELL ME THE TRUTH *he throws his crystal tumbler over Charlie's head at the far wall* Did you or did you not know that Billy Shuttleworth to sell drugs and not stop him, putting your own cousin's life in danger.

Charlie: You don't know her life's in danger

Andy: She seemed pretty hucked to me. And that allowance from Sadie isn't going to keep buying her LSD.

Charlie: LSD?

Andy: DID YOU KNOW?

Charlie: Yes, I knew he was dealing, but it was nothing to do with me he just gives stuff to desperate junkies for money thats all I know, i see no money, i see no drugs he's just a mate.

Andy: 'desperate junkies' thats all they are until they turn out to be your own cousin, a bit closer to home but there's hundreds of Jo's hundreds of Billy's who live in some corrupt society desperate for money they'll do anything.

Charlie: Its not like Jo's desperate for money she should be ok, she'll grow out of it.

Andy: YOU....RRR...JUST GO AND SEE HER! NOW!

Charlie: I need to go and sort out my office.

Andy: I'll get your PA on it, now go.

He threw her keys to her from the workbench.

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In the back of the Woolpack the whole place is covered in nappies.

Lucy: Alice get the door will you?

Alice: Alright!

Lucy: Who is it?

Lizzie: Hello love.

Lucy: I thought we were keeping a distance.

Lucy is scrubbing baby poo out of the carpet.

Lizzie: Hot water is the only thing that works, but then get rid of the stain with toilet bleach, it works a treat.

Lucy: Mum...

Lizzie: I'm so sorry, all this has made me realise how petty I've been. I just wanted everything to be perfect.

Lucy: No. You wanted to relive your happiest moments through me because Alison is doing her own thing now, not a real Pearson girl, two different fathers for her children and single? No we keep one man all our lives whatever crap they throw in our faces and when they die we're expected to stay a widow; thats why you never spoke to Auntie Annie isn't it, cus she nan didn't like it.

Lizzie: Your right and I am such a fool i am just like your nan and I want the whole family to be together next week, perfect because Alison is coming with her kids, its all going to be great.

Lucy: Tell you what you carry on with this and look after the baby and I need to go through to the bar.
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Louise, Diane and Sadie are sat around a table with lots of papers led out on the table.

Lucy: What's she doing here. Diane, I thought you went to Spain.

Diane: Lucy can we have a quiet word...I've come back for Louise's birthday Sadie is making an offer that Louise or you can not miss out on, she's offering £800,000 for this pub, you and Louise still manage it and live in it...

Lucy: Its not worth that much!

Diane: Well she seems to want it.

Lucy: Why not!!!

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Lucy gets off the bus from Hotten with her hands full of shopping bags where she meets Dawn who's walking out of the shop with Lee (Liam and Lucy's baby) and TJ in a double pram.

Lucy: Thanks for looking after him Dawn, any problems?

Dawn: He was a delight.

Lucy: He gets that from me.

Dawn: How did your shopping go?

Lucy: Great, its great not having to count your pennies anymore.

Dawn: I wish I had the same safety, I'm struggling to pay the mortgage as it is.

Lucy: Well why don't I help you out

Dawn: Oh no that wasn't a hint

Lucy: I know, but I could help you out with a bit of money.

Dawn: I'll see how I go first.

Lucy: Ok, well bring Lee round whenever you've had enough of him.

Dawn: Ok see you lucy.

Lizzie: LUCY! LUCY!

Lizzie runs up the main street to where Lucy is stood

Lucy: What?

Lizzie: You sold the pub?

Lucy: I know i should've told you

Lizzie: YOU STUPID GIRL!

Lucy: Mum, it was an offer we couldn't refuse, I'll give you some of the money.

Lizzie: Sadie isn't thick, she's conned us out of £450,000!

Lucy: WHAT?

Lizzie: The pub and B+B which I bought for your sister were bought as one to make the mortgage down there all one building now, the B+B's worth at least £600,000 and our half of the pub about £250,000. She got both halves of the pub and the B+B, for £800,000. £1.1 million's worth for £800,000.

Lucy: No! I can't believe it.

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Maya: Sadie I've decided we're going to have a New Year's Eve party in Home Farm gardens this year.

Sadie: Nice idea.

Maya: Matthew'll be back on New Year's Eve with Max.

Sadie: Yeah it should be fun, you inviting the villagers?

Maya: That pack of odd-balls, I suppose I'll have to.

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At Holdgate Farm Jo is turning over the whole house looking for something.

Jimmy: looking for this?

He's holding up a small tin.

Jimmy: Your father fought with drugs you know.

Jo: What' you know about my dad?

Jimmy: I know he was just as weak as you, but you both are too scaredto admit it....ironic isn't it! You'd smash someone's face up for your next fix but you rely on something so petty to live!

Jo: DON'T TALK ABOUT MY DAD.

Jimmy opened up the box, it had two small change bags one full of white powder and the other full of yellow liquid.

He opened up the liquid bag

Jimmy: This is getting more than a game Jo, heroin? Your going to kill yourself.

Jo: Its that or a King will do it for me?

He threw the bag at the black front door and the liquid poured down onto the mat, Jo let out a weep.

Jimmy: What are you trying to say?

Jimmy poured the cocaine into his hands and threw it on the ground, with the last remains he sniffed it off his hand then licked it off the top of fingers while Jo talked.

Jo: That I've done research into my daddy!

Jimmy: You know? (Suprised)

Jo: To right.

Jimmy: Your father was a crack dealer and addict he was scum, no-one missed him and he set my dad's friends up for his dirty crimes, so I went out and shot him dead, and guess what the police didn't even press charges, no-one in this world cares about smack heads like you OR your dad.

Jo: I thought Tom did it?

Jimmy: You didn't know?

Jo: Mum is going to hate you!

Jimmy pinned Jo upto the wall putting his arm across her throat.

Jimmy: You tell anyone about your dad I WILL kill you, I've killed a lot of people in my time and you would be easy. Who would think anything of the drug addict daughter dying of an overdose, they wouldn't know it was put in your drink!

He threw her on the ground where she tried to gather up as much cocaine as she could while trying to disguise her tears.

[demigod]

I was just wondering if your version of Max was going to be anything like mine? i.e. a disfigured facemask wearing 6'6" well built bad boy.

But the story is great, it would be hard to imagine Jimmy as a drug dealer but if you read it enough you can just about see it.

Not bad Alex.

[alexcase]

Thanks

Jimmy's not a drug dealer. Jo's father was the drug dealer. Tom was involved in the London crime scene when he left working for Frank Tate, Jo's father set Tom up for a crime he did so Jimmy went out and killed him in revenge.

Ermm, well Max isnt going to be in my story for too long, but he's the same age as Jo about 16.

[demigod]

Sorry, I meant drug addict.

[alexcase]

Maya walks into Rodney's hospital room.

Maya: Rodney, how are you today?

Rodney: Not so good.

Maya: What did the consultant say?

Rodney: I should be able to walk again in the future, but its going to take some getting used to.

Maya: So you'll be in here for quite a while?

Rodney: I could go home, but Mill Cottage is much to big for me, two many stairs and not good for a wheelchair.

Maya: Well how about I take it off your hands, you can enjoy all that extra money and you can rent Oak Lea off me, it makes sense it has 2 downstairs bedrooms with massive doorways.

Rodney: I don't know Maya.

Maya: How could you refuse it, you'll have to keep Mill Cottage empty-

Rodney: Thats not true: Paul and Nicola still live there.

Maya: Even worse then...you have to pay for Paul and Nicola's house, plus rent on some other house and you can't leave here for much longer.

Rodney: How much were you thinking?

Maya: £780,000 sound good?

Rodney: Sounds more than good.

Maya: I'll have my solicitor come and see you.

Rodney: Maya, whats happening with the two boys who did this to me?

Maya: Last i heard they are still in custardy waiting to be charged.

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Sally: WHERE are you going?

Jack: To the pub!

Sally: Not again, we need to go to the bail hearing

Jack: Well come and get me on your way

Sally: Your not going in t-shirt and jeans and stinking of ale.

Jack: You going to stop me

Sally grabs Jack by the wrist

Jack: GET OFF ME!

He swings his arm round and Sally falls back onto the sofa, where she begins to weep.

The doorbell goes

Sally: Hello?

Debbie: I'm Debbie Is it true about your boys?

Sally: What do you mean, love?

Debbie: I heard that they stole Maya King's maserati and hit Rodney on tuesday

Sally: I'm told it is true.

Debbie: Its not

Sally: How do you know this?

Debbie: Just...let me come in

-Sally let Debbie into the front sitting room.

Debbie: I was with Tim and Tom from 1 till they noticed the goings on by the church they decided to go and look so I went back home.

Sally: Right, your coming with me!

Debbie: Where?

Sally: The Police!

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Sally hands her twin boys a can of coke each.

Sally: Sure you don't want anything Deb?

Debbie: Yeah I should be going

Sally: Oh no you don't not until you agree to come to come on holiday with us

Debbie: The twins can't leave the country

Sally: You can have a holiday in England, we have a caravan over-looking the Crook-O-Loone.

Debbie: In the holiday park?

Sally: No...: we found it a bit pricy, so its just in the woods, nice area though.

Debbie: I'd love that. Thanks.

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Maya walks into her newly decorated Mill Cottage with her children, Max and Charlie and Sadie and Jo.

Max: Pink.

Maya: Its red Max. Its passionate and feisty. Just like your mother.

Max: Tarty and cheap, just like my mother

Jo sniggers from the door

Sadie: Max! Say sorry to your mother!

Max: Sorry..."to your mother"

Maya: Don't worry Sadie, This wasn't cheap, and neither was the pink paint in Maxy's room.

Max's face drops

Max: You haven't.

Maya: Why don't you go and check, and take Jo with you.

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Betty is marching down main street towards the church when she bumps into the new postman. He drops his bags and out falls a load of letters:

Betty: I'm sorry- I dont know whats with me recently my mind still seems to be australia.

Postman: Its ok don't worry about it.

Betty spots a letter addressed to "Mr R Mullen" at "Victoria Cottage, Emmerdale" Betty begins to panic.

Betty: Y...y...you deliver many letters to Victoria Cottage.

Postman: Not recently just the old junk mail for Matthew King since he moved into Mill Cottage.

Betty turned and jogged upto the Woolpack

The postman looks at the envelope Betty was staring at; picks it up and shrugs.

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Down at Mill Cottage there's a knock on the door and Maya answers to see the two detectives solving Rodney's hit-and-run.

Maya: Officers? How may I help?

Detective #1: There's been new evidence about the event. It seems that the twins may be off the hook for the time being.

Maya: WHAT? How? I thought it was definate this can't be...

Detective #2: Well just don't make it common knowledge but a local girl said she was with them at the time and their may be CCTV evidence

Maya: Local girl?

Detective #1: Debbie Dingle.

Detective #2: Anyway we're going to have to keep your car for a bit longer I'm afraid.

Maya: That's fine, as long as needs be

Detective #1: A bit quick into this place aren't you?

Maya: I was doing him a favour.

Detective #1: Ok love, goodbye.

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At the woolpack

Betty: Louise! Oh Louise! You here-

Louise: What is it Betty?

Betty: a letter...a letter for Ray!

Louise: What? SIt down at take a breath

*She did as Bob got her a sweet sherry which she knecked down.*

Betty: The postie was sending it to Victoria Cottage.

Louise: Ray never lived there.

Betty: I don't know but it seems weird.

Louise: Betty...Ray's dead, I saw him lying at the bottom of the stairs DEAD.

*Matthew King walks in*

Betty: Oh Matthew-

Matthew: Oh Betty! Why don't I get this responce every time I walk in.

Louise: Betty is worried because she saw a letter being delivered for my dead fiance. At Victoria Cottage-

Betty: RAY MULLEN

Matthew: Richard Mullen?

Louise: No Ray

Matthew: My new tenant is called Richard Mullen, he moves in tomorrow...you sure it said Ray?

Betty goes quiet.

Louise: Betty?...

Betty: well...no! It was to R mullen.

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