18/11/2020

Alice wakes up to a cold reception from Chris. He is perfunctory in preparing her breakfast, but her pleas to him to just be angry at her don’t wash. How will that help the baby – which is all that matters. Alice begins to sweat and shake through lack of alcohol. She insists Chris locks her in the bathroom. It’s the only way. She’s disgusting, selfish and pathetic, and needs to be shut away. Chris does so reluctantly. He’s bewildered. How can he not have noticed all this before? When did it start being different for Alice? She traces it back to stress with Pryce Baumann, and it occurs to Chris that she was sacked. Not quite, admits Alice, but she would have been if she hadn’t made the move. Chris berates himself that Emma could see it, but he couldn’t. Whimpering Alice suddenly begs to be let out, or to be given a drink. She drinks mouthwash and then screams as she hallucinates. Horrified Chris brings Alice some whisky on the condition that this is her last drink. As he sees the state his wife is in, Chris breaks down. They both weep, and Chris feels he’s let her down.