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Shane arrives with Christine’s delivery of a dozen bottles of red wine. Confusing him for Oscar, she attempts to seduce him with her sexual favours and wads of cash, but quickly tires of him when he refuses to play along. Eventually, he is allowed to leave the apartment.

After ingesting her buzz of choice, Christine’s persona dramatically changes, becoming vindictive and nasty. Throughout her buzz binge she discloses moments of physical abuse by her father, emotional abuse by her mother and the witnessed accounts of her brother’s sexual encounters, on their family run cattle farm at Milking Yard Creek in the Northern Territory.

Oscar arrives to make a quick buck and service his client well, only to find out Christine has another agenda; keeping him for the night by enticing him with wads of cash. Oscar encourages Christine to enjoy the job he was sent to do; when Oscar touches Christine, she violently lashes out at him.

He realises his client is weird, yet loaded with cash and with some intelligent manoeuvres he hopes to fill his pockets. Oscar learns of Christine’s family history and her rise out of adversity through a university Scholarship. He discloses his talents as a sketch artist and to keep her amused, Oscar draws a portrait of Christine.

When Christine tells Oscar she loves him, he stupidly tells her it is all part of the service; Christine is mortified. Christine encourages Oscar to disclose his personal life. Once she realises Oscar has a partner, she degrades him about his little woman, until she finds out the little woman is, Benjamin.

Amy returns home early to find Benjamin tied to the bar, only wearing his underwear. Christine and Oscar are elsewhere in the apartment. Benjamin pleads to be released from his shackles, but Christine intervenes. Ben learns of Christine’s hallucinations and stories of a make believe cattle farm, an adored helicopter pilot and incest from Amy; apparently it’s all in Christine’s head.

In Christine’s drug induced state of confusion, she blames Amy for her unhappiness, her lack of friends and other minor incidents. She battles Amy for ownership of Benjamin and Oscar. The fighter in Christine proves fatal for Amy, stabbing her with a knife from the bar.

Oscar and Benjamin make their escape, with Amy bleeding on the floor and Christine pleading for Oscar to return, so they can fall in love.