All language subtitles for DCI Banks - S05E04 - A Little Bit Of Heart Part 2_Track03

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

Time of death?

Somewhere
between 9:30 and 11:00.

His wife raised the alarm
when she came home.

She went out?

Even though he'd just
got back from the hospital?

-Where is she now?
-She's been sedated.

She's staying with
a brother-in-law.

We can talk to her
in the morning.

How did they get in?

Well,
it looks like they forced
the patio doors at the back.

Kidnappers upping their game?

Could be.

They break in,

tie him up, and then, what?

Access his account online,

torture him
when he refuses to cooperate,

and then kill him?

DI MORTON: Can you
e-mail me that report?

Thank you. Yeah. That's great.

Cheers.

Whoever killed Xun Li
didn't come in
through the patio doors.

So... What?

Preliminary
forensics are just back.

The decking
outside had been oiled
within the last 48 hours,

so it was still tacky enough
to leave traces of oil inside.

-But there weren't any.
-No, not a drop.

And there's no sign
of forced entry anywhere else.

All the windows were locked.

So they came in
through the front door.

Either because Xun Li
let them in himself or...

Because they had
their own keys.

-ANDERSON: Alan.
-Morning, sir.

Sir.

Got your board day, I hear?

Yeah. Tomorrow, sir.

-All set?
-Yeah, I think so.

Good. Well,
perhaps, we could celebrate,
if you guys want.

Really?

You thinking of
turning up unannounced
with another bottle of wine?

-No, I just thought...
-Didn't I make myself clear?

-Perfectly.
-Good.

Well, barring any
unforeseen circumstances,
uh...

I'm sure it'll go fine.

KEN: Are we linking
this to the kidnap

or is Xun Li
just the world's
unluckiest man?

Well, we can't
rule out coincidence,

but odds on they're linked.
We just don't know how.

The kidnappers left
most of the ransom money.

Perhaps they tried
to put that right.

And so what,
we find the kidnappers,
we find the murderers?

Lines of investigation.

Wendy Xiao.

Said to be running her
boyfriend's protection gangs
while he's inside.

Being targeted by Xun Li's
charity, so plenty of
reason to silence him.

Plus her
boyfriend did a nice line
in death by plastic bag.

Maybe she's just
carrying on the tradition.

Mark Rundle.

Blames Xun Li for his wife's
carbon monoxide poisoning.

Plenty of motive,
but what about
means and opportunity?

But we start with the wife.

Rachel Li.

Listen,
last night on the phone,
I was probably a bit...

-Harsh? Clumsy?
-Well.

-I was going for "firm".
-Ah.

It's just, whatever's going on
with Tamsin Richards,

that marriage, them coping
with losing their daughter,

that's what
Family Liaison is for.
Don't get sucked in.

I think it's more than that.

Do you have any reason
to believe she's
committed a crime?

-No, but...
-Then it's not your problem.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

Annie, is everything okay?

Yeah.

You'd say if
there was something
wrong at home?

Of course. But nothing is.

I promise.

(DOOR OPENS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

DCI Banks, DS Cabbot.
We're here to see Rachel Li.

CHANG:
Go home and get some rest.
BO: Okay.

Dad. The police are here
to speak to Rachel.

I'll see you later.

She is upstairs. This way.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I came straight
here from work.

-As soon as I heard.
-You were at work?

Collating trial results.

All night?

Got in at about 7:00.

I was still
there when the police
came and told me that...

We'll be in touch.

I wasn't going to go out,
but Xun insisted.

It was a dinner I'd organised.
Corporate awards thing.

Got back about 11:30.

At first, I didn't think
there was anything wrong.

I just thought Xun
was working because
I couldn't hear the TV.

Then I went into
the dining room, and...

I saw the...

What time did you
leave the dinner?

About 11:00.

Yeah.
The news was on the radio

when I got back in the car.

Can anyone vouch for you?

Oh, only several hundred reps.

Though most of them
were pretty pissed, so...

Not much use to you, eh?

CHANG: Xun took that,
New Year's Day.

You were a close family?

He was my brother.

-I'm sorry.
-Oh, please.

Yeah, we were very close.

He took care of me.

And I did the same for him.

Especially after
his first wife died.

When was that?

Uh, giving birth to Bo.

We know that Bo and his father
rowed on Xun's birthday.

Is this something
that happened often?

Sadly, yes.

I think Bo's closer to Dad
than he was to me uncle.

Do you see him a lot?

Fairly often,
and we talk on the phone.

I tried calling
him last night.

-What time?
-Around 10:00.

He didn't answer,
so I left a message.

See if Rachel wants anything.

Three days after
this was taken,
they came for us.

They took An and me to prison

and set about re-educating us.

I can't remember her voice.

Not anymore.

I try.

But she's gone.

DR WALLACE:
Bruising to the side
of the head, here and here.

-So he was beaten?
-Looks like it.

With fists, I'd say.

No linear pattern, see.

And then he was suffocated?

In a manner of speaking.

I found traces
of aspirated vomit
in his trachea.

I'd say someone
stuffed his
mouth with something.

A cloth, a newspaper.

And that's what killed him?

The gagging
triggered a panic attack,

which in turn
set off the asthma.

Like a row of dominoes.

-So his death
might've been accidental?
-Or sadistic.

Any physical evidence, Doc?

No useful hairs,
if that's what you mean.

I've taken swabs from
the wounds and his mouth
to send to the lab.

-And the cling film?
-It was applied post-mortem.

Why do that if he
was already dead?

Boss.

Xun's offices were vandalised
on the 24th, right?

So?

We've been checking CCTV
from that night.

This is Mark Rundle's car
turning left on
to Canal Street.

At 1:42 in the morning?

According to the police
report, the office alarm
went off at 1:39.

So, we have Mark Rundle
driving away from the scene

less than three minutes later.

He said he didn't even know
where the offices were.

Why would he lie about that?

-It's a coincidence.
-You held Xun Li responsible

for what
happened to your wife.

-He was responsible.
-You wanted to make him pay.

Oh, now, come on.

All that pain,
all that frustration,

and there he was,
rich and successful

-while you struggled.
-It was a gesture.

Just a few stones, that's all.

We'd just heard
the council were cutting back.

Jenny's care
package was being reduced.

The quality
of Jenny's life would suffer.

And there was Xun
Li in his big house

and his flash car, and I...

Even as I was doing it,
I was thinking,

"Jenny would be
so ashamed of me."
But...

I couldn't do nothing.

I'd lost the court case,
so I did what I could.

Throw a few stones.

Just got the lab
results on Xun's body.

Various trace elements
as yet unidentified,

but they have
detected a polysaccharide.

A linear polymer amylose.

You could literally
put those words in any order

and it'd mean the same.
Try again.

Starch, like they
use in dry cleaning.

You two,
what are you doing tonight?

-I'm flattered, boss, but...
-Wendy Xiao,
I want you to watch her.

Stake out the dry cleaners'.

-Where she goes, who she sees.
-Why don't we
just bring her in?

'Cause we haven't got enough.
We've got some,
but not enough.

I want to be able
to put her in
a room with Xun Li,

either directly
or through
a third party, so...

Coffee,
camera, a big bag of Haribos.
Could be a long night.

Great.

Stuck in a car all
night with Tigger.

Lydia's gonna
be over the moon.

-Cancelling plans?
-Again.

She used to think
it was exciting,
going out with a copper.

Now, not so much.

Make it up to her,
something special.

-Proper date.
-(SCOFFS)

-Really?
-Yeah.

Sometimes you just
have to make an effort.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

I'll get it.

I lied.

Everything isn't fine.

So, are you going
to invite me in?

Well, I could, but...

You're not alone.

ARTHUR: Whoever it is,
tell her you're busy looking
after the elderly.

I'm not alone.

Oh, Annie!

Hello, Arthur.

Well,
what are you waiting for?

Why don't you
ask the poor girl to come in?

No, it's okay, I'm...

Listen, honestly,
we've got plenty of food.

You've just got no manners,
you know.
That's your problem. Come on.

ARTHUR: Here we are.

What are the chances?

Sorry?

My last partner
was a food Nazi.

E-numbers, empty calories,
blah, blah, blah.

Then he left,
now I've got you.
New start.

I thought.

And you're exactly the same.

-I didn't say anything.
-You didn't have to.

Still, nothing wrong
with wanting
to keep yourself in shape.

-And there it is.
-(CHUCKLING) I'm just saying.

And I'm just saying
I happen to like saveloys.

And pies and crisps.

Great, knock yourself out.

-What's it to you anyway?
-Nothing.

Here we go.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

KEN: I know her.

It's Wei Li.

Xun's niece.

And where's David now?

Looking after Isla.

And where does
he think you are?

With Ken,
staking out Wendy Xiao.

-Did you lie to him after...
-No.

Yes.

More than I should.

Or want to.

We row all the time.

About Isla, bed time,
schools, what she eats.

Both of us
disappointed in the other.

Different reason,
but the same row.

Have you tried
talking to him about it?

To begin with, but...

It's like there's this...

Nothing

between us.

And neither one of us
is willing to admit that
the marriage is over.

David's not a bad man.

He's not the villain.

But he's not a husband either.

He's not even a friend.

And I can't...

I can't go on pretending.

What do you want, Annie?

We can't.

-Not behind David's back.
-No.

Can you give me a few days?

Few more days won't hurt.
Much.

-I should go.
-Yeah.

(ANNIE SIGHS)

Say goodbye from me.

Night.

ARTHUR: About bloody time.

Were you awake?

Yes.

Why didn't you say?

It didn't seem to
be the right moment.

Dad.

Spared bed made up?

-Yeah.
-Right you are.

Hey.

She's a keeper, that one.

(CHUCKLES)

About bloody time.

(LAUGHS)

(WEI SIGHS)

We pay her.

You pay Wendy Xiao protection?

WEI:
It was a couple of years ago.

She came here one evening,

said we were
vulnerable to gangs.
That she could help.

We knew what she was doing.

-So you agreed?
-Told her to stuff it.

Two days later, three men come
in with baseball bats just
as we're closing.

We tried to stop them,
but all our stock,

every glass.

So now we pay.
Like everyone does.

ANNIE: And that's what
you were doing last night?

Every week without fail.

Sister Wendy likes
things to be ordered.

-"Sister" Wendy?
-It's a term of affection.

It's not enough that we pay,
we have to like it, too.

"Maintain
the momentum of change.
And..."

-DI Morton?
-Yeah.

They are ready for you now.

DI Morton.

Take a seat.

Hello.

Hmm.

WEI: You have to understand,

with Sister Wendy,
you pay up and shut up.

Is that all you do?

Sorry?

Does she ever ask you to do
anything else for her?

Your uncle was
targeting the gangs
Wendy Xiao controls.

There was no sign of forced
entry at his house
the night he died.

But I can't see
him opening the door
to Wendy or any of her thugs.

-You think...
-Maybe she made
you give her a key.

I didn't have anything
to do with my uncle's death.

That's ridiculous.

What about your father?

After what he's been through?

What he's seen?

He wouldn't.
He couldn't do
anything like that.

With your help,
we could put Wendy
Xiao behind bars.

Do you what happens
to people who cross her?

Tell me what you need,
Inspector.

It's time we
stopped being scared.

And you think you have
the necessary qualities
to run your own team?

I do.

I believe I can engender
the correct results-based
approach to policing

whilst inspiring people
to meet challenging goals,

and at the same time, um...

Um...

Maintaining
the momentum of change.

Really?

Yeah, definitely.

Your colleagues
have described you as, um...

-Ambitious, demanding.
-Mmm-hmm.

Rigid.

Obsessive.

And, in one case,

impossible.

They don't sound
terribly inspired,
do they?

Well... (CHUCKLES)

I think, results...

Well, they're...
They're what matter.

Clear-up rates.

You know, that's what we...
That's our job.

Our job is to catch criminals.

How're you gonna do that
if no one wants
to work for you?

It doesn't surprise me
that people
think I'm difficult.

I am.

And I don't
apologise for that.

And apparently,
I'm "ambitious"
and "demanding".

Well, maybe.

But there are plenty
of good detectives out there.

DCIs and above about whom
you could say the same.

Only with men,

that's a compliment, isn't it?

And if I am rigid... (LAUGHS)

It's because we have a chain
of command and a series
of ranks which I respect.

And for all that criticism,

I'll bet anything you like,

you won't find anyone who says
I take advantage of my rank.

But we know there are men
in the job that do.

Every day of the week.

So I'll stand by my record
because I want to be a DCI

not someone's best friend.

I'm a police officer,
it's what I do
and I'm good at it.

-Any joy?
-It's locked, boss.

Come on. With me.

Police.
We're looking for Wendy Xiao.

(WENDY SPEAKING MANDARIN)

Seriously?

-Wendy Xiao,
I'm arresting you on...
-What for?

Why don't we start with
protection-related threats,

criminal damage,
and demanding
money with menaces

and see where that takes us.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

-How did it go this morning?
-Yeah, pretty well.

-Yeah, good. Good for you.
-Yeah, thank you. Mmm.

(SIGHS)

Ken, where are we on the lab?

Have they ID'd the other
trace elements found on Xun?

-Haven't heard...
-Have you chased?

-No.
-Oh, for God's sake.

Do I have to do everything?
Give 'em a ring, will you?

Protection and demanding money
with menaces.

That carries quite
a custodial sentence.

No comment.

We've got witness statements

and they're willing
to attend court.

We can make these
charges stick, Wendy.

No comment.

This is your opportunity

to tell us about any other
offences you've committed.

Clear up all your
crimes yourself,
before we do.

Now is the time, Wendy.

Tell us about Xun Li's murder.

It'll make things
a lot better for you later.

No comment.

Boss, we just got
a call from the hospital.

It's Chang Li.

There were three of them.

Dad just stood
there and took it.

I'm sorry.

Would you recognise
any of those men again?

Possibly.

Would you come back
to the station with us to look
at some photos?

Sir.

Have fun, did you?

Enjoy hanging me out to dry?

I raised legitimate concerns.

It's up to the board
to decide what happens next.

Do you know,
I treated you with respect

even though you
turning up to my flat
was completely inappropriate,

but I didn't say anything
then or later.
I let it go.

I shouldn't have done.

-You... You...
-What, DI?

What did I do?

You're upset about the way
you handled the interview
and you're right to be.

Don't try to blame
anyone else for it.

It shows poor
leadership qualities.

But then we already knew that,
didn't we?

We arrested some
of your friends
last night, Wendy.

Not very nice, are they?

They gave you up in
about five minutes.

So, how about it?

Are you still going
to "no comment" me?

No comment.

(SCOFFS)

I'm going to be recommending

some additional charges
of ABH and witness
interference to the CPS,

and I will find evidence
that links you to
Xun Li's murder.

Who knows where
it's going to end.

I think I've found something.

Look at this.

-Oh, sorry, do you mind?
-Be my guest.

Mark Rundle's car, the night
he broke the windows at
Xun Li's office.

Okay.

Now, look at the headlights.

-The pattern they
make on the road.
-The near side beam's off.

Yeah, maybe it's from
an earlier accident

or maybe it's
just been misaligned,
but either way...

-It's off.
-Yeah. Now look at this.

The night Xun was kidnapped...

-Same misalignment,
same pattern.
-Yeah, same car.

This must be a mistake.

You told us you were looking
after your wife
the night Xun Li was taken.

That's right.

This is a statement
from Carol Denton.

The agency nurse
you requested that Sunday
night for four hours

between 7:00 and 11:00.

You lied to us.

So, where were you?

You hated Xun Li
and you needed money
to help look after your wife,

and we can put your car within
a few yards of
where he was taken.

ALAN: The kidnap failed,

you still wanted revenge,
so you murdered him.

It's time to tell the truth,
Mark.

I was with another woman.

She's a friend of Jenny's.

We bumped into
each other in the park

a few months ago, and...

We got chatting,
two lonely people...

I love my wife very much.

And I swore
I wouldn't do it again.

But all the time...

I knew I would.

Who was driving
your car, Mark?
Who kidnapped Xun Li?

-Yes?
-Lilly Rundle,

I'm arresting you
on suspicion of
false imprisonment

-and conspiracy to kidnap...
-(DOOR OPENING)

-(GRUNTS)
-(GASPS)

ANNIE: Stop!

-(STRAINING)
-(SHOUTING)

ALAN:
You are under arrest, Bo.

ANNIE:
CCTV of your father's car
the night of the kidnap.

His statement
saying he lent the car to you.

Kidnapping and
false imprisonment.

You're looking at...
Ten years.

More.

-(CRYING)
-Cooperate now

and it will be
better for you later.

(SNIFFLES)

We met at the hospital.

Lilly took
Jenny in once a week

and I recognised
her immediately,
from court.

I felt sorry for them.

You thought your
father was guilty.

I certainly didn't
think that they were.

Not like they
said in the trial.

It wasn't Mark's
fault what happened.

And Dad knew it.

But he got away with it,
like he gets away
with everything.

Not quite everything.

LILLY:We'd chat most times
I was at the hospital.

Pretty soon,
I started looking for him.

Hoping I'd see him.

And he was the same.

So you started a relationship?

Did your dad know?

No.

(SIGHS) I was afraid
he'd think it was a betrayal.

My mum's funding was cut.

We both wished there was a way
we could make Bo's dad pay,

but it...
It was just that. Wishing.

So what changed?

Bo came to me one day he...
He...

He said he had a plan.

A way to get his dad
to give a lot of money

so we could help Mum.

Did he tell you what it was?

No,
but he was really fired up.

When was this?

Just before his
dad's birthday.

He went to the party saying
everything will be
all right, but...

When he came back,
he said his dad
hadn't gone for it.

He was so angry.

He said he
didn't care anymore.

There was another way
of getting the money.

Hi. Look,
we found this at Bo's flat.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

It was e-mailed to him from
China two days before
Xun's birthday.

Lilly mentioned
something
happened around that time

that made Bo think
his Dad might pay up.
Maybe this was it.

-I'm getting
a translator on it now.
-Let me know.

Ken, Wei Li said
she tried to phone Bo

'round about 10:00
on the night her uncle died.

You want me to find out
which mast it pinged.

(EXHALES) Thank you.

I just want to go
back a bit, if I may,
to your father's birthday.

Witnesses said that you rowed.

Two days before,

you received this.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

Where did you get it?

I was sent it by
a friend from China.

He thought I should see it.

We had it translated.

It's an interview
between your father

and the local police chief.

It proves that your father
was a state informant.

He didn't flee
because of persecution.

He fled because he was afraid
of being found out.

So you went to his birthday
party to blackmail him.

Pay up or you go
public with this.

Ruin his reputation.
Wreck his business.

ALAN: What happened?
Did he call your bluff?

Bo!

He said it all
happened a long time ago.

And people didn't care.

So he gave up
a few names, so what?

He said he'd say
he was coerced,
his family threatened.

He said he'd spin it
so he came off as the victim.

You told me
that the night
your father died,

you went to work.

You cousin,
Wei Li, called you at 10:07.

Now, this shows the location
of the phone mast
that call pinged.

It's two streets away
from your father's house.

How do you explain that?

Okay.

These are forensic results

from a swab
taken from the bruise
on your father's face.

They were able to get
a DNA sample from it.

It's your DNA, Bo.

You were at
your father's house
the night he died.

You went there
to get him to pay the money

you'd failed to
get from the kidnap.

He refused and in
the ensuing fight,
he died from an asthma attack.

-No.
-It was an accident.

You hadn't planned it.

-I promise you that...
-We're probably
looking at manslaughter.

-That's not what happened...
-Then tell us what did!

Dad called.

He said he wanted to see me.

He'd figured it out.

He got kidnapped
just after I tried
to blackmail him.

And then the asthma inhaler...

He said he knew it was me.

That I'd screwed up.

And if I ever told
anyone his secret,
he'd have me arrested.

Then he said I disgusted him
and that I was worthless.

-Going on and on...
-So you hit him.

-I couldn't stand it.
-And then you gagged him.

No... No!

-Yeah, you wanted him to stop.
-Which is why I left.

I...
I had to get out of there.

I was afraid of what I'd do

if I stayed, so I ran.

-Where?
-My uncle's place.

I just... I didn't
know what else to do.

You have to believe me.
I hit him, but that's all.

DI MORTON: We've got
enough to charge him.

ALAN: Except
I don't think he did it.

Wouldn't be the first son
to kill his old man.

Lashing out, I could buy that,

but stuffing
something into his mouth
until he gags...

That's more like torture.

DI Morton.

You'll be hearing soon enough.

It appears you
passed the DCI board.

Despite everything. (CHUCKLES)

I'm going to be a DCI.

If and when a post
becomes available.

-That's fantastic news, Helen.
-Thank you.

Excuse me.

Well, thank you for
taking the trouble
to tell me in person, sir.

I can't tell you
what that means to me.

-I hear you did it.
-So I did.

You can crack a smile,
you know.

The results are back
on the trace elements
found in Xun Li's mouth.

About time.

Took your advice.
Me and Lydia are having
a proper date tonight.

-I'm making the effort.
-Good for you.

Trouble is I'm a bit rusty.

You'll be fine.
It's like riding a bike.

-Might need some stabilisers.
-(LAUGHS)

(MOBILE RINGING)

DS Cabbot.

Slow down.

Where are you?

Okay. Okay.

-ALAN: Helen.
-Yeah.

What year was Chang Li
arrested in China?

-Er, 2006. Why?
-Come with me.

Alan.

-Have you got a minute?
-Can it wait?

Yeah.

Look,
stay where you are, okay?

I'm on my way.

You want me to come?

No. You just concentrate
on your stabilisers.

ALAN: Now, Bo showed you this
the night he came around,
didn't he?

He was distraught.
He didn't know what to do.

ALAN:
Will you please translate?

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

Uh... It's been a long time.
I'm not sure I can.

Try.

"I am grateful
for another chance

"to help in the fight
against subversives."

(RECORDING CONTINUES)

"The names I gave last time,

"those that were rounded up
on February 1st,

"were all enemies..."

(VIDEO STOPS)

You told me that
you were arrested
three days into the new year.

In 2006, the Chinese New Year
fell on January 29th.

Three days later
was February the 1st.

When Bo showed you this,
he didn't realise
its true significance.

But you did.

Your brother was the one
who betrayed
you and your wife.

Along with traces of starch,
we found a compound
known as, um...

Durindophyl Red in
your brother's body.

It's used to dye material.
Only, it doesn't come out red.

It comes out pale pink.

I confronted Xun that night.

He told me he'd given us up

because they'd threatened
to imprison him if he didn't.

-He thought I'd understand.
-But you didn't.

He saved himself
by sacrificing us.

In prison, they stuffed rags
into our mouths.

They'd make us choke.

It felt like you were drowning
in your own vomit.

So you used one of these.

I wanted him to know,
just for a few minutes,

what it felt like.

But then he had
an asthma attack.

I thought he was pretending.

I took the napkin
out and tried to help,
but he was turning blue.

It happened so fast,
I didn't know what to do.

Oh, I think you knew
exactly what to do.

You knew Xun's charity
was targeting
Wendy Xiao's gang.

You knew the sorts
of things they did.

You used the cling film
to make it look
she was behind it.

They put my wife in
a punishment block.

Bound her to a board,

chained day and night.
She couldn't move.

And they made me
feed her just enough

to prolong things.

Every day,
forced to watch
her getting weaker.

Lying in her own filth.

It took weeks.

I never got to hold her.

She died alone.

Broken.

(SOBBING) Because of him.

My own brother!

(SHUDDERING)

I wanted him to
answer for that.

(SIGHS)

Hi.

I came as soon as I could.

ALAN:
Now, as you all may know,
DI Morton, Helen,

recently sat her DCI board,

and I don't need to tell you
that it is a demanding,
long, drawn-out

and rigorous process which
is designed to separate
the wheat from the chaff.

The sheep from the goats
and the men from the boys.

And I am
delighted to tell you,

that Helen is now officially,
and simultaneously,

-wheat, a sheep, and...
-A man.

(ALL LAUGHING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(INAUDIBLE)

Pending a position
coming available,
I give you...

DCI Helen Morton!

-(ALL CHEERING)
-(CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS)

-Thank you.
Thank you, everyone.
-MAN: You're welcome, Helen.

(INAUDIBLE)

All right,
I need you to stay here.
I have to make a phone call.

I won't be long, okay?

-(RINGING)
-(ALL CHEERING)

Alan, it's me.

I know it pisses you off
when I disobey orders, but...

I think you'll
be really pleased
I did this time.

I've got something.

It's big. Trust me.

Did I mention that I love you?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MOBILE RINGING)

ANNIE:Alan, it's me.

I've got something.

It's big. Trust me.

Did I mention that I love you?

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(MOBILE RINGING)

Where have you been?

Celebrating.

Helen, remember?

Listen,
I'm just off Howsden Street

in a place called...
Smith's Yard.

What are you up to?

I just need you to
get down here now.

Can't you just tell me
what you're doing? I mean...

What's so important
that you're missing
free champagne?

(GRUNTS AND GASPS)

Hello?

-What was that?
-Oi!

Annie.

Ah...

-Alan?
-Annie?

(GASPING)

Annie, are you still there?

-(GROANS)
-Annie?

Annie?

-Annie, what's happening?
-I think I've been stabbed.

What did you say?

Annie? Annie, talk to me.

Annie?

Annie, hold on.
I'm coming to you.

I'm coming to you right now!

-What's happened?
-It's Annie, come on.

Come on!

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)