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00:00See, though, I could help you write a banging reference.
00:02I don't think they accept emojis, babe.
00:05Funny.
00:05You know, I could ask someone at the Grinte Bar, then.
00:07Has anyone seen the airbed?
00:09Can't she just, like, crash on the sofa?
00:11You try telling my mum, then.
00:12Oh, come on, Eve, she's not that bad.
00:15No. No, I've just cleared up in here.
00:17All right, look, haven't you lot got places to be, eh?
00:20Yeah, I've got a school.
00:21Right, Priya, can you shift that lot?
00:23Oh, excuse me, people pay good money online for my old clobber.
00:26Look, Rochelle is ill, and we could do with someone helping out in the back van.
00:29Yeah.
00:30You'd love that, babe, wouldn't you?
00:33Okay, hold on.
00:34If I'm buttering baps all day, then I want paying.
00:37Fine.
00:38But it's a trial.
00:40Oh, okay.
00:41Okay.
00:42Nice one.
00:43Cool.
00:43Should we go?
00:44Yeah, Dad, you coming?
00:46See ya.
00:47Right.
00:47Yep.
00:48See you later.
00:49Yeah.
00:51Eve, listen, listen.
00:54Please, stop stressing, okay?
00:56I will pick us up a blow-up ring later.
00:58Yeah, but you know what she's like.
01:00Former president of Wakefield Women's Institute.
01:02Oh, come on.
01:02That's hardly going to affect our chances of getting a reference.
01:05Ah-ha-ha.
01:06I didn't tell her that bit.
01:08Well, you do want her to show up.
01:10Right.
01:12Oh.
01:13I think she'll take it.
01:15Who knows?
01:17She didn't come to the wedding, did she, so...
01:18I guess she dodged a bullet there, to be honest.
01:21Siggy, all we got was a good luck card, and that was sent second class, so I hardly think
01:28she'll be rolling out the bunting when we say we want to adopt.
01:32So what exactly have you told her?
01:34Because she's making a real big effort coming down here.
01:37Yeah.
01:38I, um...
01:40I didn't say much on the phone, to be honest.
01:44She just knows that we've got some news.
01:46Okay, so we sell it as a new beginning.
01:50I bet she never expected to have grandchildren.
01:53Let's just hope she sees it like that.
01:55Hey, come on.
01:56Think of the bigger picture.
01:57She's not due for a few hours.
02:03Exactly.
02:04This is her own over.
02:06Okay.
02:14Hello, Mum.
02:15Oh.
02:16Let me in before I'm mocked.
02:19Norma, hello.
02:21It's okay.
02:22Nice to see you.
02:23And you.
02:27Your bathroom's very opulent.
02:30You keep a lovely home, Sookie.
02:32Thank you, Norma.
02:34What is it they say?
02:35Home is where the heart is.
02:36Hmm.
02:37We weren't expecting you till this afternoon, Mum.
02:39Oh, well.
02:40Your father insisted I get the first train down.
02:42Right, Eve.
02:44This place has got you all over it.
02:47Hmm.
02:48Eve is very capable.
02:50She's the wind beneath my wings.
02:52And thanks to Sookie, I've made a proper home for myself, you know,
02:55and I'm just part of the family.
02:57Very commendable.
03:00So, what's this news?
03:02You didn't say much on the phone.
03:05Um, I guess it's, I guess it's about us.
03:10Why don't we go for breakfast first?
03:13Eh?
03:14My treat.
03:15Oh.
03:15Thank you, Marie.
03:20Something to eat, Norma?
03:21Oh, best not.
03:22You know, the early starts wreaked havoc with my routine.
03:27I'm a touch egg-bound, truth be told.
03:29So, so the thing that we, the thing that we wanted to talk to you about, but, well, in person.
03:46Out with it.
03:48I know how you ladies love to talk.
03:50I've watched the L word.
03:55Yeah, so me and Sookie have been thinking a lot about our future lately.
04:02And what that looks like.
04:07Well, what's wrong?
04:08Nothing's wrong.
04:09Is it money?
04:10No.
04:11No, I'm actually solving points.
04:14Well, the thing is, Mum, Sookie and I want to adopt.
04:27After you came out and Erica, I thought the grandparenting ship had well and truly sailed.
04:36It's a bit out of the blue, that's all.
04:39This isn't an overnight thing.
04:40You know, we've thought about it long and hard.
04:43Yeah, well, granted, but you've never expressed any interest before.
04:46Well, it's a long life, Norma.
04:48You know, people are allowed to change, to grow.
04:51Yeah, and Sookie brings out the best in me.
04:52I'm ready.
04:53You know, we're both ready for this.
04:55I didn't know you could even adopt later on.
04:59Have you thought about the sleepless nights, the endless bottle feeds?
05:02I think the chances of first being matched up with a baby are pretty slim.
05:09Yeah.
05:10There's loads of older kids, you know, who are in need of good homes.
05:14Look, I'm not saying I'm against it.
05:18But you've been through a lot.
05:25Well, Eve's life experience just means that she's good with young people.
05:31She'll be a brilliant parent.
05:35Look, all we're asking for is your blessing on this.
05:40And a written character reference that just gets us through to the next stage because we need someone.
05:44I need someone that knew me before prison.
05:46So, what do you say?
05:46I think I'm in need of my constitutional.
05:56All right, look.
05:58Well, I've got a bit of time.
06:00So, why don't I get you settled in at ours?
06:03Eve can check on the van and we can all meet up in a little bit.
06:07Yeah?
06:08Yeah.
06:08Have a little warmly for me.
06:17Darling, I take it not from around these parts?
06:19Er, no.
06:20I'm visiting my daughter.
06:22What?
06:22Oh, Eve, you kept that one quiet, didn't you, darling?
06:25I know it's in my arm.
06:26I can see you.
06:28You all right, Saul?
06:29You know what they say about flattery, my and host?
06:32It gets you everywhere.
06:33Enjoy.
06:34You wish me so well.
06:36Daylight.
06:37What?
06:37What?
06:38Over £20 for a house, right?
06:40Oh, yeah.
06:42Erm, listen, Mum, you know about what I was saying earlier?
06:45Hmm.
06:46I just think...
06:47I think that in time you'll see it's what's best for us.
06:52Well, you certainly do seem to have set your hearts on it.
06:55But tell me, is it for yourself you're doing this?
06:59Or for the child?
07:02Well, what we do know is that we have got a lot of love to give a child.
07:05Yeah, we do.
07:06Right?
07:07And you, Norma, you could be a part of that?
07:10I am.
07:12I would just need you to write me that reference.
07:14You know, that's all.
07:16Yeah.
07:16So your support means we can really help a child who needs it?
07:19Mm.
07:22Well, I must admit, Nanny Norma does have a nice ring to it.
07:26Yes.
07:27It does.
07:28This could be a new beginning for all of us, eh?
07:31A clean slate.
07:37Go on, I'll write a reference.
07:40Really?
07:40Yep.
07:41Now pour the wine, yes.
07:42Yes.
07:42Let's see.
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