'Duality'

It’s the morning of the funeral, and Cherry sits dazed looking at photographs of her and Scott. Memories come flooding back but are interrupted by the phone ringing which she picks up and hangs up angrily. Simon offers to go with her, but she insists it’s something she has to do alone; she still doesn’t understand why Scott lied about his mother. On the way to the church she runs out of fuel, and as she stops she sees a vision of Scott; he insists he wants to explain to her what happened.

In the church, she sees him again, and tells him he doesn’t know what love is. Cherry grabs some air in the cemetery and meets the mysterious Mr Hickton (69) who has come to tend his wife’s grave – he tells her the dead have all the answers. Cherry is awkwardly approached by Barbara Neilson, Scott’s mother, who asks her about Scott – they both realise they knew very little about him.

At the wake, Cherry meets Colin Hedfield (27) Scott’s best mate in childhood, he too admits they grew apart, Barbara interrupts. She wants to know everything Cherry knew about Scott however she soon becomes suspicious when Cherry appears to know very little, she lived with him didn’t she?

Cherry becomes upset and Barbara apologises, she blames herself for the way Scott was – Cherry tries to reassure her but it only makes her realise once again how little she knew Scott and the two sides to him.

Once again, Cherry sees Scott who tries to make her realise that he was a good person and she was the one who made him try and change, they could have had the perfect life together. Cherry closes her eyes as Scott shows her what they could have had, the perfect wedding, children – he tells her she was the love of his life.

Back at the wake, Barbara proposes a toast to Scott ‘her beautiful son’ who ‘lost his way’ but Mrs Linley (37) appears and tells them all that her son was one of Scott’s ‘victims’ – he tried to kick drugs but Scott wouldn’t let him. Cherry has had enough; she tries to run from Scott who tries to tell her that he had no choice to keep dealing.

Finally Cherry can see that Scott was two totally different people, the caring boyfriend and the ruthless drug dealer.

As she drives home alone, she sees Scott standing in the road in front of her, she carries on driving as if she is going to hit him; he disappears. Cherry stops the car and can’t stop crying.

Back at home the phone rings once again, while Cherry looks at the photograph of happier times.