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    JEN. Because it’s fucking cold in the shadows, mate.
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    JEN. But I’ve gone from living in the shadow of that to living in the shadow of a dirty fucking sex case. Which isn’t really fair, is it?
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    crying, and I was like ‘I’d fucking swap everything I’ll ever have to see you one more time, you fuck.’
    Pause.
    You know what the ironic thing is, Len? Growing up I was always comparing myself to him, this fucking saint of a man – and I never, ever measured up. Whenever I was fucking something up, which was always, I was always like – ‘come on, Jen, what would Dad do here?’ You know, like ‘what would Jesus do?’
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    JEN (smiles). But then yesterday I saw his toothbrush in the glass all covered in toothpaste, and I was like – ‘Mum’s going to go fucking mental at you – ’
    (Smiles.) So I washed it off so he wouldn’t get in trouble, and I was like – ‘what the fuck does it matter, you’re dead, aren’t you?’ Then I sat on the toilet and just couldn’t stop
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    JEN. And at the moment, I fucking hate him more than I can say –
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    JEN. And those ten people. Those ten poor people, that he –
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    JEN. He was a fucking coward, when it came down to it.
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    JEN. Didn’t have the fucking balls to tell the truth, did he? And then, when it came down to it, he didn’t have the fucking balls to face,
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    JEN. Fucking swore to me and Mum that he was innocent. Swore that he hadn’t done it.
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    JEN. You know what? Fuck him.
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