EVOCATIVE MUSIC MAN: Je ne dirai rien. TYRES SCREECH Je ne dirai rien. MUSIC CONTINUES Je ne dirai rien. Je ne dirai rien. MUSIC PEAKS, FADES WOMAN READS: 'The Mock Turtle said, "No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise." '"Wouldn't it, really?" said Alice in a tone of great surprise. '"Of course not," said the Mock Turtle. '"Why, if a fish came to me '"and told me he was going a journey, "I should say, 'With what porpoise?'" '"Don't you mean 'purpose'?" said Alice. '"I mean what I say," the Mock Turtle replied in an offended tone. 'And the Gryphon added, "Come, let's hear some of your adventures."' Now you read, Cami. READS, FRENCH ACCENT: '"I could tell you my aventures`"' READS, FRENCH ACCENT: '"I could tell you my aventures`"' Adventures. '"...adventures, beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly, but`"' DISTANT BANG SOLEMN MUSIC OK. Continue. Continue. '"It's no use go` going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." '"Explain all that," said the Mock Turtle. '"No, no! The adventures first," said the Gryphon in an impatient tone.' MUSIC CONTINUES BIRDS CHIRP MUSIC DEEPENS SOFT KNOCKING ON DOOR It's open. DOOR OPENS DOOR CREAKS DOOR CLICKS SHUT Thanks. What you've seen, no father should ever see. But I thought you should know. (SIGHS) We found something else on that tape. DRAMATIC MUSIC # Oh, my love. # We pray each day. # May you come home... # and be OK. # For now, we'll wait... # for you. For you... # to come home... # Captions by Imogen Staines. Edited by Jessica Boell. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2015 WOMAN SPEAKS FRENCH S-So, uh...? S-So, uh...? Somebody told the press about Tony Hughes assaulting that man. What, you think it was him? What, you think it was him? Yes, I do, and I want him kept far from this case ` especially after this. especially after this. WOMAN: Laurence? especially after this. WOMAN: Laurence? Excuse me. This Caid de Cite, there are few who'd speak about their activities for fear of ending up like Antoine. But there's someone who might know what information he had for us ` his girlfriend. You should come. I've been called back to London. So, if Oliver Hughes is a victim of some sort of trafficking gang, after five days what are the chances of finding him alive? (SIGHS) Mark, I think perhaps you should come with me. INSECTS CHIRP EVOCATIVE MUSIC I'll get this. (SOBS QUIETLY) Emily? (CONTINUES SOBBING) (CRIES) Shh. CAR HORN BEEPS REPORTERS CLAMOUR Get the camera out of her face. Hey, get back. Get the camera out of her face. Hey, get back. Emily, what's happened? She was in the swimming pool, freezing cold. She needs to rest. She was in the swimming pool, freezing cold. She needs to rest. OK. Emily? Hey, hon. Hey, hey. What happened? You all right? Hey, hey. What happened? You all right? (SNIFFS) I saw him. What? (SIGHS) (SIGHS) What, love? (SIGHS) What, love? I saw him. OK. Come on. Let's get in. OK. Come on. Let's get in. REPORTERS CLAMOUR SILENCE WHISPERS: I'm sorry. I know you blame me. VOICE BREAKING: I blame myself. We'll find him. I promise. We will find him. INTRIGUING PIPE MUSIC MUSIC CONTINUES Malik Suri. You should be ashamed of yourself, kicking a family when it's down like that. I'm a journalist, Detective. I was just doing my job. I'm a journalist, Detective. I was just doing my job. You're a leech. A leech? Really? So, am I the first person to ever make a living from writing about the misfortune of others? When someone writes a book about the Holocaust or a` a bestseller about some genocidal dictator, does that make them a leech? Tony Hughes was cleared, but thanks to your article, acquired with illegal information, that shadow's gonna follow him for a long time. that shadow's gonna follow him for a long time. I reported the truth ` nothing more. And today I'm meeting with The Telegraph for a permanent position. You know, it may be that the worst day in that family's life could turn out to be the best day of mine. It's Newton's Law of Motion ` every action has a reaction. It might not be fair, but that's life. Yeah, well, good luck with that (!) You know, we should do an interview sometime. Yeah, it'd be good to know what the spare part of the investigation has to say about it all. (CLICKS TONGUE) TRAIN BELL RINGS Bonjour. I'm looking for, uh` Tony? Tony? Ah. Come on up. Come on up. Thanks. Come on up. Thanks. PHONE RINGS Get past the press OK? Get past the press OK? Yeah, I managed to shake them off. Since the article came out, it's been feeding time at the zoo back at the hotel. I'm sorry to drag you here. I wanted to come to you, but, uh, I'm having a nightmare building the hospital. This shouldn't take too long. I've put the money into a new account, and I want you to be a signatory. I don't want you to have to come to me every time you need to use it. I don't want you to have to come to me every time you need to use it. Ian, this is your money. I can't, you know? I can't, you know? I'm not asking for permission here. This is non-negotiable. When I do something, Tony, I follow it through. Pisses my wife off no end, but that's me. Take it or leave it. Whatever it takes to get your boy back, yeah? I appreciate it ` truly. You're a good man. You're a good man. (CHUCKLES) Tell that to the wife. (SIGHS QUIETLY) What happened there? I broke into Vincent Bourg's flat last night. You did what? You did what? That's how I cut my hand. I was looking around for anything ` anything ` and, uh, then he came back. Did he say anything? Nothing. (SIGHS DEEPLY) Vincent Bourg has been cleared ` a solid alibi. Now, I'm good pals with Georges Deloix. He's a juge d'instruction at the Palais de Justice here. Now, I'm making sure he keeps me up to date on this case, and I promise you if there was a shred of doubt about this guy Bourg, I'd be on it like a flash. Now, let's let the police do what they do. At our end, let's get your story out there and encourage people to come forward. That's what we can do to help. (SIGHS QUIETLY) Thank you. TRAIN BELL RINGS INDISTINCT FRENCH CONVERSATION Bonjour. MEN CONVERSE IN FRENCH RESTLESS MUSIC < (MAN SPEAKS FRENCH) < (MAN SPEAKS FRENCH) Je ne dirai rien. What did you say? What did you say? Pardon? What did you say? Pardon? To the man. You said, uh, 'Je ne dir`' (CHUCKLES) Oh. No, no. The man says to me don't tell to his wife that he is smoking, or he is in danger, you know? And I know his wife. She is terrible. So I said to him, 'Je ne dirai rien.' It means, uh, 'I will not say anything.' OK? MUSIC INTENSIFIES Monsieur! CAR HORN BEEPS TRAIN MOTOR WHINES URBAN MUSIC SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE Non. CHILD YELLS CHILD WAILS SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE (SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT) CLINKING (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) (CLEARS THROAT QUIETLY) (CHUCKLES) (LAUGHS) MALE VOICES PLAY This image cannot be made any clearer. There is no way of identifying the men who pulled Oliver away from the window, but the tape continues, and, uh... BRIEF AUDIO SNIPPET PLAYS This is where it jumps to the next morning. The mother has picked up the camera to tidy it away. She doesn't know she's turned it on. And then... You see this van? Pro... Pro... Nettoyage? Nettoyage. Nettoyage. Nettoyage. Nettoyage. Nettoyage. Yeah. It means cleaning. This van wasn't parked here when your son was seen at the window. No one on that street owned or was ever affiliated with Pro Nettoyage. So I thought to myself on a quiet Sunday morning in Chalons De Bois, 'Who's calling for cleaners?' You know how little we French men like to work on Sunday. Which led us to this man. Karl Sieg. He was the owner of Pro Nettoyage until a few years ago. He's never been arrested for any crimes, but he's been photographed on several occasions... with these men. I looked at them in 2006. Perhaps I missed something then. They're members of, uh, Caid de Cite, working out of Paris ` Romanian, mostly. And this Karl Sieg ` is he, uh, involved in trafficking? We don't know for sure, but a man with his connections parked outside the house where your son was kept. We need to speak with him. We need to speak with him. Where is he? We need to speak with him. Where is he? We don't know yet, but, uh, I have an idea how we can find out. UNSETTLING MUSIC James said he'd call for a lift. I mean, he should've called by now. James said he'd call for a lift. I mean, he should've called by now. You were saying? About the meeting? Oh, there were maybe 15 people in this big, ugly room. I mean, half of them weren't even listening to what Julien was saying. I mean, half of them weren't even listening to what Julien was saying. And did you speak to him? Detective Baptiste? No. There wasn't much point. I spoke with Laurence, uh, and she thinks that Georges only reopened the case as a favour. I mean, they don't have anything concrete. It's as simple as that. I mean, they don't have anything concrete. It's as simple as that. Must've been hard, though ` you know, going back. Yeah. But I had to find out. I had to find out if it was real or if it would just be like 2009 all over again. (INHALES SLOWLY) Tony has a way of pulling you back in. (INHALES SLOWLY) Tony has a way of pulling you back in. No, it's over. Anyway... Anyway, that's not why we're here, hey? (INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY) Congratulations on your promotion, DCI Walsh. BELL TOLLS I'm sorry to leave like this. Oh, don't be silly. You came here to work. I shouldn't have followed you. I just... (CHUCKLES) didn't know what else to do. (SIGHS) Hiding from our own daughter. Christ, Julien,... (CHUCKLES) is that what it's come to? > I mean, she could get money from anywhere, couldn't she, if she had to? But she still comes home. That's a part of her that still wants some kind of... (SIGHS) connection. And here I am... hiding (VOICE BREAKS) from her. Please, s'il te plait, je t'en prie. It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. (SIGHS, SNIFFS) SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC VIOLINS ACCOMPANY PIANO So, do you think she'll be able to help? So, do you think she'll be able to help? I don't know. It's been a long time. (SNIFFS) And whether she'll even agree to... So we could be going all this way for nothing? It's better that we speak in person ` and safer. I only hope it's the right decision. We're doing what we have to to find my son. I know. But all too often, for the right reasons,... (SIGHS) we can make the gravest of mistakes. (SHOUTS FRANTICALLY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (SHOUTS FRANTICALLY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) MAN: Rini, Rini. (SPEAKS FRENCH) (CONTINUES SHOUTING) He's not there. He's not in hospital. He's not there. He's not in hospital. He is dead. We told you already. He was murdered last night. He was working undercover, investigating the gang your brother works for. What are you looking for? Argent. Argent. Rini? Rini, we need to know if Leon told you anything about why he was meeting me. (BREATHES SHAKILY) Uh... (BREATHES SHAKILY, SNIFFS) OK. OK. Uh... Help me, and I'll help you. Fix me up,... (BREATHES SHAKILY) and I'll tell you what I know. Fair enough. It's a deal. It's a deal. Julien? It's a deal. Julien? (BREATHES SHALLOWLY) FISHING ROD CLICKS UNSETTLING MUSIC LINE WHIPS, WHIRRS MUSIC INTENSIFIES This is harassment. Call the police. Back at your apartment, when you knew someone had broken in, you said something ` 'Je ne dirai rien.' 'I won't say anything.' What did you mean? 'I won't say anything.' What did you mean? Nothing. What? What? Nothing. Um, nothing. Um, I w` I was scared for my life. I... I meant I would say nothing t-to the police if the intruder would just leave me alone. No. You know something. INSECTS CHIRP, BUZZ I'm gonna find out what it is. Believe me, Mr Hughes, if I knew where your son was, I would tell you. I-It would be some kind of atonement. You're guilty. I know it. Guilty? I have felt guilt all of my life. Someone once told me his father said to him on his deathbed that... (SNIFFS) uh, uh, guilt, it's` it's like a cancer; you can treat the symptoms but never the cause. but never the cause. ROD CLICKS QUIETLY UNSETTLING MUSIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES DISTANT TRAFFIC NOISE BANGING ON DOOR BANGING ON DOOR WOMAN: You can't do this! BANGING ON DOOR WOMAN: You can't do this! Ouais, bleu. Merci beaucoup. (CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH) (CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH) BANGING CONTINUES SOFTLY WOMAN: I'll jump. WOMAN: I'll jump. BANGING CONTINUES WOMAN: I'll jump. BANGING CONTINUES I'll jump out the window! Do you hear?! Do you hear?! We are on the 12th floor. What kind of cop are you?! What kind of cop are you?! What kind of cop are you?! What kind of cop are you?! BANGING CONTINUES DOOR HANDLE RATTLES WHITE NOISE, WOMAN MOANS BANGING ON DOOR, WOMAN SHOUTS BANGING CONTINUES MUFFLED SHOUTS (SIGHS) (SIGHS) WOMAN: I-If you want, I can` I can pleasure you. Would you like that? I remember. I remember. WOMAN COUGHS, MOANS Or lollipops? Mm. I love you too. POWERFUL, MOVING MUSIC MUSIC CONTINUES . WOMAN SOBS BELL TOLLS BIRDS CHIRP DISTANT VOICES (SIGHS) (EXHALES) (SIGHS) (EXHALES SOFTLY) (EXHALES SOFTLY) BIRDS TWEET, SHOUTING OUTSIDE CONTINUES VOICES CLAMOUR KNOCK ON DOOR, CAMERAS CLICK DOOR CLICKS OPEN DOOR CLICKS OPEN Hey, love. DOOR CLICKS OPEN Hey, love. VOICES CONTINUE I just came to see how you're doing. I just came to see how you're doing. (EXHALES QUIETLY) BIRDS CHIRP I'm fine. Really. I was thinking that, um,... (SIGHS QUIETLY) maybe it's time that you and Dad went home. I know you're still angry with him, but we wanna stay. He's our grandson. I know, but me and Tony, we have to deal with this on our own. We have to find our own way and... (SIGHS) Well,... if that's what you want. (BREATHES HESITANTLY) But if you need us, you call us. (SIGHS) (SIGHS) OK? (SIGHS) OK? OK. OK. OK. Yes. OK. Yes. (SIGHS) OK. OK. (KISSES) BIRDS CHIRP, DISTANT VOICES (SIGHS) (SIGHS) DOOR CLICKS SHUT BIRDS CHIRP (INHALES, SIGHS) VEHICLE WHIRRS IN DISTANCE BIRDS CHIRP PHONE CLICKS PHONE CLICKS (INHALES, EXHALES) (EXHALES QUIETLY) LIGHT, ANXIOUS MUSIC (INHALES QUIETLY) (INHALES QUIETLY) PHONE RINGS Chris, hi. (CHUCKLES) Chris, hi. (CHUCKLES) Emily, um, I'm worried about Mark. I'm hoping you can talk him out of handing in his notice. MULTITUDINOUS VOICES BUILD CHATTER LIGHT, CURIOUS MUSIC CHATTER CONTINUES BELL RINGS SIGHING (EXHALES) Rini, if I had any other choice, I wouldn't be here. Rini, if I had any other choice, I wouldn't be here. You don't have to apologise, Julien. Ever. We are looking for a man called, uh, Karl Sieg. That's him. He's, uh, heavily connected to the Caid de Cite, the same group, uh, Leon was part of. Do you know this man? TENSE MUSIC No. I'm sorry. Perhaps you know someone who does. (EXHALES QUIETLY) I've built a life here. I'm Noelle Deschamps now. I understand. One call is all I ask. As if I had the phone numbers of these people. To help you, I must go to Paris, and to do so, I risk everything. I will keep you safe. Don't say that. How can you say that to me? Please. DOOR CLOSES, RING PULL HISSES Thought you never wanted to keep things from me. (SIGHS) I'm guessing you've spoken to Chris. Why would you lie about getting promoted? You turned up wanting to celebrate and I` I didn't know how to tell you. So you lied, and then you handed in your notice? Isn't that something that we should talk about? My job is not something we talk about. My job is not something we talk about. What does that mean? I tried. In the beginning, I` I tried. (SIGHS) There was this homicide. I was telling you about the crime scene and the knife wounds, and you started to cry about Oliver ` understandably ` wondering whether he suffered like that, whether that happened to him. And I realised that everything I deal with every day just... fuels your nightmares. So I shut up. Right, and that's why you quit? Right, and that's why you quit? No. I'm quitting cos I don't have a career any more. I'm quitting because I got together with Emily Hughes. I'm the man who swooped down on a victim. I gave up my career for you. My choice, but you never even noticed. I gave up my career for you. My choice, but you never even noticed. WHISPERS: Well, why marry me, then? (SNIFFS) You know, that journalist, Malik Suri, said something to me a long time ago. He said the day that Oliver went missing was the worst day of your life and the best day of his. And I think, in some messed-up way, that maybe that's the same for me. EVOCATIVE MUSIC Cos it's the day I met you. (EXHALES QUIETLY) OWL HOOTS So, what do we do now? Back to square one, I suppose? So, what do we do now? Back to square one, I suppose? No, no. We must simply explore other roads. It may take some time, but, uh, no longer than it has already. PEOPLE CHAT QUIET LAUGHTER It's quite a thing to find these days, somewhere like this place, unchanged in eight years. Same furniture, same walls, same people telling the same stories, no doubt. And yet in that time, Rini has changed her entire life. What about you? Since you were last here. Have you changed? Have you changed? (CHUCKLES) Bien sur. 10 years ago, my life was chasing demons across the country, herding them into prison, and, uh, nowadays I spend my time herding bees in my hive. You keep bees? You keep bees? Yeah. My wife thought it important I find a hobby. It has become perhaps more than that. You, uh, I think, like me, have the need for an obsession. This obsession has become your life. I've given up a lot. But I don't regret any of it. Really? You're so sure there's nothing you've done that you regret? HAUNTING MUSIC What exactly do you think I've done, Julien? It's late. We should sleep. Bonne nuit. MUSIC CONTINUES Harvey! Back here now! CHILDREN YELL CHILDREN YELL Harvey! I said now! UNSETTLING MUSIC MUSIC DEEPENS CHILDREN YELL KEYS JINGLE CHILDREN YELL IN DISTANCE MUSIC CONTINUES CHILDREN YELL IN DISTANCE CUTLERY CLATTERS, CUPBOARD SHUTS CHILDREN CONTINUE YELLING WOMAN: How've you been feeling? WOMAN: How've you been feeling? MAN: Good. Great. I can feel the difference already. (CHUCKLES) Just to know... that I have this chance to` to rid myself from this darkness. I feel new. You know? UNSETTLING MUSIC Every day I do the same thing. Every day I do the same thing. Hold still. Ow. (INHALES SHARPLY) I eat the same thing at the same time at the same table. This morning I sat on my couch, and I ate ice cream. QUIETLY: Yeah. QUIETLY: Yeah. And press. CLATTERING You know, these routines I have, these tracks my life has run on, they can be changed. I can make new tracks. Right? There are things in my life, things in my past, that are unresolved. They need to be attended. MUSIC CONTINUES I'm going to see an old friend. And then my journey can truly begin. And then my journey can truly begin. Same time next week, Mr Bourg. And then my journey can truly begin. Same time next week, Mr Bourg. WATER RUNS VOICES BUILD (SPEAKS FRENCH) (SPEAKS FRENCH) (SPEAKS FRENCH) (SPEAKS FRENCH) (SPEAKS FRENCH) Mm-hm. CUTLERY CLATTERS, CHILDREN CHATTER CHATTER FADES EVOCATIVE MUSIC BUILDS CHATTER RESURFACES Thank you. May I ask what changed your mind? Lunch. RESTLESS MUSIC DOOR CREAKS WATER DRIPS (SIGHS) RINI MOANS Chicken broth. Chicken broth. (PROTESTS WEAKLY) Chicken broth. (PROTESTS WEAKLY) It will settle your stomach. Or, uh, strawberry flavour? Lollipop. Sometimes a hit of sugar will do the job. (BREATHES SHAKILY) (SIGHS) You know? You have experience? My daughter. I've been through this more times than I care to remember. (EXHALES QUIETLY) (CHUCKLES) Mark Twain. (INHALES SHARPLY) (INHALES SHARPLY) You can borrow it. > (SIGHS QUIETLY) (SIGHS QUIETLY) I finished it last night. > You read this one... in one night? < All? < All? Yeah. (CHUCKLES) (EXHALES SOFTLY) I didn't read a book since high school. (EXHALES SOFTLY) I didn't read a book since high school. Please, take it. > It's one of life's great pleasures. (BREATHES DEEPLY) (WHIMPERS) (SOBS) (GRUNTS) (EXHALES) (GRUNTS) (BREATHES SHALLOWLY) He was policeman? He was policeman? WHISPERS: Yes. He was policeman? WHISPERS: Yes. A true policeman? You know the gang he was investigating... and what they're capable of. The same gang your brother works for. What do you want? Huh? (BREATHES SHAKILY) What do you want? I need from you information. (SCOFFS) I'm many things, but I'm not a rat. (PANTS) You can go if you like. You are not a prisoner. You are not a prisoner. (MUTTERS) But if you walk out that door, you are on your own. And I would watch your back, because these men will come looking for you now they know your boyfriend was a cop. Just tell me what you know, and I will help you with your rehabilitation, relocate you, give you a new name, a job. They will never find you. I'll make sure that you are safe. Soup ` (INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY) is it still warm? Yes. (SNIFFS) (SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT QUIETLY) (CLEARS THROAT) It's good. It's good. (EXHALES SOFTLY) MAN SHOUTS IN FRENCH OMINOUS MUSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYS OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC CONTINUES ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC STOPS PHONE CHIMES SMASH! ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYS OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES TENSE MUSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYS OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES TENSE MUSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC CONTINUES INTERCOM BUZZES Ian, it's Tony. Ian, it's Tony. Tony, come in. Second floor. INTERCOM BUZZES DOOR HINGES SQUEAK DOOR CLOSES Hello? Good afternoon. I wasn't expecting company. Good afternoon. I wasn't expecting company. Oh, I'm sorry for barging in. No bother. (CHUCKLES) No, you're always welcome. Beer in the afternoon always gets my vote. This is, uh` This is great. (CHUCKLES) Well, I bought this place because I wanted somewhere near the office I could stay when I'm over. Only temporary, while my own place is being built. What, here in Lille? What, here in Lille? No. No, a beautiful wee place called Audresselles, by the coast. Somewhere where the wife can join. She, uh` (CHUCKLES) She won't come here. She calls this place The Gentlemen's Club. (CHUCKLES) She does. BOTTLE OPENER CLICKS BOTTLE OPENER CLICKS Thanks. BOTTLE OPENER CLICKS Thanks. CLATTERING Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Look, Ian, you know you said you know, um, Georges Deloix? Look, Ian, you know you said you know, um, Georges Deloix? Ah, the, um` the juge d'instruction. Yeah, he's a friend. Yeah, he's a friend. I was wondering, um, could you have a word with him about Vincent Bourg? (SIGHS SOFTLY) Tony, we've been down this road. I know. I know. But when I was in Bourg's flat, I overheard him say something, and it doesn't add up. He's hiding something. Please, just` just ask Georges to take another look at him. (INHALES) OK. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate it. PHONE RINGS Yes, now, fire away. Mm-hm. You mean you wanna do that, uh`? You wanna start that all over again? Mm-hm. Oh, no good. (LAUGHS) > What, do you think, um...? IAN CHATS IN BACKGROUND CHILDREN CHATTER IN DISTANCE I painted that myself ` from memory. It's your daughter? Was. I paint one of those every year just to remind myself what she was like ` her spirit,... (CHUCKLES) whatever you wanna call it. Something about painting my Molly, getting her eyes just right. (SIGHS) Something that... looking at photos... can never do. What happened to her? (SIGHS) I went to bed one night. (INHALES, SIGHS) I woke up, and she was gone. No. Police said, um, she'd, uh, wandered out. Uh, no sign of a break-in, no blood, no nothing. The official description was... she'd run away. But I know that isn't true. We were very happy. UNSETTLING MUSIC God, Ian, I'm sorry. Maybe I didn't` (SIGHS) I didn't lock the door or the window or... I` I didn't` didn't hear anything. I was in the same house, dammit. (SIGHS) We're not all that dissimilar, you and me, Tony. Carrying around all that guilt.... UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES ...for something that's out of our control. < I remember... < advice my old man gave me. He'd made some mistakes ` other women, you know? Later on, on his deathbed, he told me he r` he regretted it. And he said that guilt was like a cancer; you can treat the symptoms, but never the cause. UNSETTLING MUSIC INTENSIFIES Um... I should get going, Ian. QUIETLY: Yeah. Yeah. You go. Go be with your wife. You'll be all right, chum. UNSETTLING MUSIC LINGERS (INHALES DEEPLY) OMINOUS MUSIC Bonjour? Bonjour? MAN: C'est ferme. Uh... Uh, le voiture de Hughes. Of course. One moment. EVOCATIVE MUSIC SQUEAKING MUSIC BUILDS KEYS JINGLE QUIETLY It is right? It is right? Thank you. What, um, happened? Ex`Excusez-moi? Ex`Excusez-moi? Um... Qu'est-ce que c'est le probleme avec le voiture? Qu'est-ce que c'est le probleme avec le voiture? Um... The battery, it failed. The battery? The battery? Yes. (SPEAKS FRENCH QUICKLY) Um, I don't understand. Just bad luck. SINGLE, EXTENDED HIGH-PITCHED NOTE Where've you been? Where've you been? I went to collect the car. I, um... I found this. (INHALES, EXHALES) DISTANT VOICES BIRDS CHIRP SOFT, EVOCATIVE MUSIC Look, Em, um, the police, uh, I think they've missed something. I found some things out about Vincent Bourg. He knows Ian Garrett. They know each other. What? The only suspect in this whole thing has got a link with someone that we've never met before who turns up out of the blue and throws money at us. What does that mean? But Ian Garrett? Tony, I` Listen, Em` Listen, Em` I think we should just think. Listen, Em` I think we should just think. Listen, Em` Wait. Wait, wait. Stop. Wait. Wait, wait. Stop. I need you to believe me, please. Em. EVOCATIVE MUSIC CONTINUES Believe me,... (BREATHES SHALLOWLY) they know each other. Em... If we keep shutting each other out, we're gonna lose each other. And if that happens, what else is there? They know each other. (BREATHES SHALLOWLY) I believe you. I do. I do. I do. (EXHALES SHAKILY) EVOCATIVE MUSIC CONTINUES SNIFFING MUSIC BUILDS, PEAKS TRAIN BELL RINGS, ANNOUNCER SPEAKS OVER PA SYSTEM DISTANT SIREN WAILS TRAIN WHOOSHES TRAIN TRACKS RATTLE MAN SPEAKS FRENCH, PHONE RINGS DOOR BANGS SHUT Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour. Ian Garrett ` il est la? Ian Garrett ` il est la? PHONE RINGS C'est important. Hi. Parlez-vous anglais? Yes. Did I hear you say you were looking for Ian Garrett? Did I hear you say you were looking for Ian Garrett? Yes. This is his company, right? His French office? Yes, yes, but, um, sorry, how do you`? How do you know Mr Garrett? He's an old acquaintance. Well, he's not here now. He's... Did you not hear? Hear what? Hear what? He went missing... eight years ago. He` He was finally declared dead end of last year. How did you not know? I was away, uh, in the UK. in the UK. < Well, I'm` I'm very sorry. I-I really am. No. No, no. It's no bother. Thank you. Merci. Au revoir. Au revoir. Au revoir. > EVOCATIVE MUSIC BUILDS Captions by Imogen Staines. Edited by Jessica Boell. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2015