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Why are we different to other agencies? Well, I think it's persistence that sets

us apart, you know?

When we take on a job, we do everything we can to complete it.

I'm a big believer in the power of positive thinking.

And patience.

You've got to have patience.

Hi, Rick.

You?

I know.

What do you know?

Everything. You owned that land. You got Trevor Ogilvie to convince me to find a

group of investors, but you already knew that fast train wasn't happening. Hey,

you invested.

Things happened, it didn't work out.

It's the business.

The business of the lies and deceit. You stepped me up, you dragged my name

through the mud, you left me in debt with the corruption commission on my

You're hitting on me for another loan.

If I was you, I'd find a nicer way to go about it.

I don't want a line. I want my money.

Or what?

You are me.

I owe you nothing.

You gotta keep your head up, oh, and you can let your head down, eh.

I don't think, oh,

no, no, no, no, no, no.

Hey. Hey.

Hand over time.

My three favorite words. Oh, actually, your two favorite words.

It's a compound noun. It's not hyphenated.

What? I was a regional spelling bee champ.

Really? Yep.

1989. What region was that?

You don't need to know that. Don't I? No, you just need to know that you're in

the company of greatness.

Right. Mm -hmm. You know, it wouldn't actually hurt for you to tell me

about yourself just once. Kate, I tell you stuff all the time. Do you? Yeah,

just don't notice. I'm sure you don't.

Why am I always on the night shift? Because I need my beauty sleep.

I don't think so.

Like Mrs Anna Larsen here. Wow, has she really had two kids?

She's not lacking genetically.

Yeah, but is she a fit mother?

Her husband, our client, thinks she's negligent. Says the kids have to fend

themselves. Really? Well, the house is immaculate. The kids look happy.

He wouldn't know what the house looks like. He doesn't even know where they

live. They do the custody handover with the kids at school.

Huh.

He looks like he'd fight bears for her.

I just want to jump in there and warn them.

There's going to be strangers someday.

What would that achieve?

Seriously, no one goes into a relationship thinking, oh, this isn't

last, do they?

Yeah, I suppose.

How do you go from happy families to this?

Well, you stop trying and start blaming.

What's that?

I'm starting a column.

Have you ever pinched my... What is that?

It's Lily's.

That man has completely shattered her confidence.

What, the professor?

Surely one bad mark's not that serious, is it?

I'm afraid there's a little more to it than that.

Can I get a flat white, please?

Yeah, sure. Thank you.

Wow, I feel underdressed.

They come in here all the time.

I think they run an events agency.

Oh, that's nice.

No paperwork.

Matt, it's me.

Anna's at Cafe Conquest and our $25 ,000 man just walked in, Jackson Green.

Now Green is leaving with Anna and he just touched her in a more than friends

way. Things are getting weird. Give me a call.

Bye.

Sorry, I gotta go.

Not good boyfriend material, Anna.

Morning, dearest daughter. Could you walk this way for a moment?

Why?

Quick word.

Uh -oh.

Now, you know that I would never presume to involve myself in your romantic

activities. However, I seriously think you should forget about this, Professor.

Did Mum tell you?

She did.

It's just one bad mark in one course. You need to get back on the horse and

drowning innocent textbooks in our pool.

Okay.

So what, are you going to put your head down again?

I am. I'm job hunting.

You have a job here, darling.

Yes, a full -time job, as I have dropped out of uni.

What? I can't apply for any of the company internships that I wanted to do,

alone the Brindley Scholarship, so there's no point. I'm better off out

working, not spending another few years playing catch -up. Oh, for God's sake.

Don't panic.

Change is good.

Brooke Goodman.

Anna leaves Jason Green's house after what was clearly some kind of sexual

dalliance and then Brooke picks up Anna and drives her to another man's house

and she does it all again.

She's a high -end escort.

Uh -huh. And Brooke is her peer. Madam.

Brooke's married to Hugh Goodman. If she knows Jason Green, Hugh must know him

too. And if Brooke is in the escort business, Hugh is too.

Here are those credit checks you were after and here are the notices.

No can do. You're left away.

Why? I've got a meeting.

New client.

Which client, Rick?

What is it now?

I'm in a meeting.

I have evidence Jason Green is your associate.

And your wife is running a prostitution ring.

If Brooke was doing that, which she's not, helping lonely gentlemen meet

women isn't illegal?

Maybe not.

But I'm sure you wouldn't want it out there.

Apart from the fact that you're consorting with a wanted criminal.

I want my money back.

I'm going straight to the feds and the media. Your poor financial decisions

aren't my concern. And I don't take kindly to being blackmailed.

Okay.

Well, I gave you an out.

What's this evidence?

Photos. You've been surveilling me.

That's not polite.

And Brooke.

You're tenacious, aren't you? If you spent as much time on your investments

you do harassing me, you'd make a killing.

None of this has to come out.

You really think you've got me, don't you?

Well, you don't.

I've done nothing wrong, not in the eyes of the law.

But I like you.

You're smart.

You've got skills.

I'm going to make a suggestion.

I want the full hundred grand here.

Absolutely. But you're going to have to work for it.

It's all about board.

I doubt it.

What's your offer?

Right, Marcus.

Reveal myself.

There we go, boys.

Marlon, Jason, this is Rick. He'll be with us for a few days.

Hi, Rick.

Haven't seen you at Kemba before?

Well, I'm not much of a punter, normally.

No worries.

We'll have the bookies on the back foot in no time.

Marlon, you want to do the honours? All right, Rick. This is how it works.

200k split between the lot of us.

We pick small needs, look at the odds, and bet.

Small on long, big on short.

Between us, we back each horse in the race. Anywhere between two and 20 grand.

Always for a win, never for a play.

But if you do that, you're only going to break even.

Exactly.

I see you're not trying to make a big profit.

Your money, Audrey.

What we're doing is entirely within the system.

Don't look so worried, mate.

It's just a day at the races.

An ice track's none the wiser.

So how's our recalcitrant mother?

I think she left her kids unsupervised this afternoon.

I'm not sure. I can't work her out.

And I have to report back to her ex -husband.

And then there's our good old friend, Jason Green.

He's involved somehow.

You mean my good old friend? No. Jason Green. Yeah, well, I saw it first.

Maybe we can finally collect that spotter's fee.

Maybe.

But who says I'm sharing?

I says.

Yeah, it might be worth keeping an eye on, Green.

When we can.

Keep me in the loop.

You're the boss.

He's got quite a kick.

Yeah, he's a natural athlete.

That's yours?

Yeah, that's Hayden and that one's Millie.

They're gorgeous.

I'm planning for my nanny to drop mine off.

very much when I'm working all day.

Yeah, I hear you.

No one ever tells you how guilty you're going to feel when you leave them every

morning, do they?

Especially when you're doing a job you'd rather not be doing.

I know what you mean.

What do you do for work?

I'm in event management.

Cool. Yeah, it's tough sometimes, you know, long days.

Thank God for nannies, huh?

Yeah, well, thank God for mothers too.

My mum. My mum lives with us.

Hey, Millie, share the slide, please.

Is that your hubby?

Nearly.

What happened?

He tried to fix a relationship that wasn't broken.

Well, I tried to fix one that was broken and he made it worse.

My ex is going for custody.

We've exhausted mediation, so we'll be going to the family court soon.

That's awful.

Yeah, well, Bryce has got money.

I have debt.

He can get the best lawyers in town, and he wants to get back at me for leaving

him, so... I'm sorry.

No. I shouldn't be rabbiting on. No, no, don't worry about it. No, I'd better

get these maniacs home.

Um, goodbye.

Oh, Kate.

Anna.

Well, maybe I'll, um...

See you around sometime.

Come on, Millie, Hayden. Let's go.

What the hell?

What's all that?

Nothing. Oh, yeah?

Nothing?

What do you want?

Hmm? You remember me? I'm the guy that found Jason Green first.

And I'm not 100 % comfortable with you cutting in on my 25K. I'm not interested

in any fee, especially one half earned by Kate.

Really?

So she knows all about this?

I better know.

I'm in private negotiations with Hugh. Oh, big boy.

Shouldn't you be working or something? Yeah, I have got a job to do and this is

it. So don't cut my grass.

Hey, you can talk. You've been cutting mine ever since you walked in the door.

Oh, is this about Kate?

No, this is about you, me and Kate.

Mate, you want to dig your own grave? Go for it.

Good afternoon. Can I help you?

Yes, I hope you can.

I'm here to talk about Lily Christie.

I'm her mother, Claire Christie.

This course, Professor, means a great deal to her.

She's worked very hard this year.

Yes, enough.

Dropping out is the very worst thing she could have done.

Dropped out?

You didn't know?

I had no idea.

That's terrible.

We'll put her entire career at stake.

You have to do something.

I'd like to, but I don't see what I can do if she's made up her mind.

You're smart.

You can think of something.

Yeah, that's my girl.

I can't regrade the essay. I was more than generous.

Lily knew that it was going to form the largest part of her assessment. If she

lost concentration, then I'm afraid that... No, she did.

She did lose concentration, perhaps because there were certain difficulties

going on in her personal life.

She's an adult woman. She's responsible for her own choices.

Why should Lily be punished when the only mistake she made was falling for

someone as weak and opportunistic as you?

Going my way. What are you doing here?

We are bound by a common enemy.

Jump in.

You sounded good in there.

What? I'm recording everything, he says. It's pointless.

No, it is not. It was just something incriminating. I confront him with it.

Well, that sounds like blackmail to me.

Well, I'd merely be offering the professor an alternative perspective,

all. Yeah, but I'm on that recording too.

Consider yourself deleted, darling.

Trust me, I'll be fine.

You should get that thing out of there.

Yes, the Water Resources Policy Project will be going ahead. Just hold on, could

you? No need to do this office tonight, thank you.

Thanks.

Yes, and thank you very much for the award, Great Honour.

Hey, keep going, I'll just be a sec, OK?

Hey!

Hi.

Aren't you supposed to, um... Yeah, uh... I just... What's going on? Have

actually dropped out?

Oh, not you two. My mum's been on my... Did she put you up to this?

Hey, Mum. Hello, beautiful.

I have trees.

Who are they for?

Emma. Hmm, someone's feeling neglectful. What have you done with my mother?

It's going to be really boring without you.

Excuse me, one at a time, please.

No,

you're smothering me.

Hello,

girls. Hi. Hey, Dad.

You can hold this easy.

So, we can assume that you're enrolling tomorrow, can we?

No, not going to happen.

I see.

So, you're going to give up and Professor Sleazebag wins.

Is that it?

Wins what?

He can have it. I am done.

Sweetheart, wake up. He is not worth chucking your life away for.

Dad, you don't know anything, so can you just... I'm paying your fees, darling.

That's one thing I know.

I said that I would pay you back when I got a job, and that is what I'm doing.

Could everybody please just stop trying to fix me and just back off?

Was that outburst entirely necessary?

His world is two shades, black or white. It's getting tired.

Your father stuck his neck out for you today.

You have no idea, Lil, everyone in this family has supported you because we

believe you are a talent and have a chance at a real future.

Why you are doing everything you can to prove us wrong is beyond me.

And speaking of throwing good things away, if you let that lovely young man

there walk away, then you're sillier than I thought.

That's your report?

Yeah, nearly finished.

Anna would lay down her life for those kids, no question.

So no custody for the husband?

Oh, you're alive.

Good.

Here, I need you to deliver these summons. They're banking up.

Not today.

Why not?

Yeah, Rick, why not?

Yesterday's new case has got some complications.

Why don't you share them with us, mate?

We might be able to help.

I've got a guy I'm doing surveillance on.

Oh, the problem gambler, right?

Yeah, that's the one.

So I guess I'll just do this myself, huh?

I'll make it up to you, okay?

What's going on, Matt?

Hello, that's Rick.

Can you please tell me?

Matt!

What?

She sees men, mostly during the day. She never brings them home. The kids don't

know.

Anna.

Anna does that?

Yeah.

I knew there was something.

This is good, right? I mean, I can use this.

No, it's not relevant.

What do you mean?

Well, you'd have to prove to the court that the children are being directly

damaged and they're not. What part of prostitute did you miss?

You'd have to show the court that the children are being impacted.

Otherwise, the parenting arrangements remain as they are.

Okay, well, I call you as a witness and you tell them. No, Bryce, I'm sorry, but

I don't feel comfortable with that.

Look, I'm really sorry.

Here's our invoice.

I'm not paying for this!

That wasn't necessary. I'm so sorry.

Have you got any kids?

Yes, I have a daughter. So how would you feel if you only got to see her every

second weekend?

I needed some proof before the custody hearing and you were my last chance.

We're not done yet.

I think we need to employ more staff because I don't have time to be driving

around delivering summons when you're just sitting here relaxing.

What's this? Are you working?

Well, it's certainly not a pleasure.

Matt.

Okay. Mystery man.

Well, it's a woman, obviously.

Someone who knows you or she wouldn't have left her things.

Let's have a little look.

Hmm. Financially comfortable.

Right -handed fuchsia lipstick for lips.

Brown muffin, she looks after herself, but she's barely touched it, meaning

you've been negotiating intensely or she's got some kind of body issue.

How am I doing?

How am I doing?

Disturbingly well, actually. Your fieldwork's come a long way.

Hi.

Hey.

I'm Sonia.

Take Christy, Stefan Mercantile.

Sorry, Sonia... Who? Sloane. Sonia Sloane.

Your wife, Matt.

Caden, hang on. Just leave me alone.

Wait a second. I don't want to look at you. Look, just let me talk. Just let me

go. Let me talk. Nothing you can say right now is going to make this okay.

been separated for over a year, okay? I haven't seen her or talked to her that

whole time. So what? I was meeting her here today because we were going to be

signing divorce papers.

Tell her about us?

Is there an us?

Kate, look.

It's in the past. It is in the past. It is no big deal. What world do you live

in? You can't get a divorce for 12 months, okay? I had to wait. I don't

wait anymore. End of story.

So what? End.

She cheated on me.

I hate lies, Matt. Yeah, well, I didn't lie to you. I just hate them. I didn't

lie to you. Well, why didn't you tell me? Because I didn't think you'd want to

know. Why would you?

Where are you going? Back to work.

Everything okay?

No.

Not exactly.

I spoke to my solicitor, and she said that you haven't filed the divorce

application yet.

No.

You said you would. I know.

Mm -hmm.

Can you do it?

Please.

Call me when it's done.

Matt.

Hear me out, please.

I made a mistake.

A huge, horrible mistake, and I have paid for that so many times over.

Are you really going to shut the door?

What if we're meant to try again?

It's because of her, Kate.

You know, the... I want this anyway.

He married me.

It's supposed to mean something.

Okay. But you could have fought for us when it counted.

So could you.

I hope

next time you do fight, you'll think.

What's wrong?

Nothing. I just... Have you got time for a coffee? I can really use a friend

right now.

I really wish I could. I can't talk right now. I'll call you back, okay?

Hey, Marlon.

Rick.

What are you doing here?

Well, Hugh gave me a tip for a race today.

You coming for a bet, mate?

No. We got other pieces of pride today, mate.

Yeah, of course you do.

What are you guys working on there?

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Can I just... Okay,

um, there is one thing you can never, ever say to me.

What's that?

I told you so.

You can never say I told you so.

All right.

I re -enrolled in uni. I'm going to finish my course.

You... You... I'm completely impartial to that statement. I promise.

So, yeah.

Thanks.

And all that.

And there was just one more thing.

I don't know.

Felt like it.

Spontaneity is good.

I can't promise anything, though.

Not even a little bit more spontaneity, maybe?

Maybe. A little bit.

I'm sorry you're so upset about this.

Okay?

You're sorry I'm upset.

But you're not sorry that you kept a really huge part of your life from me?

Well, yeah, I'm sorry about that too, all right? Yeah.

I'm just scared.

Why? Because one day it'll be me you'll be pretending doesn't exist. No, no, I'd

never do that.

I'm sure Sonia thought that too.

What'd she say to you?

That the truth would be good this time?

She wants to give another shot.

Oh, she did.

And you're amazing.

No, I don't.

Okay.

I've got to go do a repo.

Maybe I'll just keep driving.

Keep running, you mean?

So how do you get around the anti -rebirthing technology?

Microdots on the chassis and all that.

Purchase front ends from wrecked cars.

Swap the stolen plate with a wrecked one.

And how do you get around the written -off vehicle register?

That's why we ship offshore.

Saudi, Qatar.

Why, do you want one?

No, thanks.

You and Jason Green, eh?

They don't muck about, huh?

No, they don't.

Remember what you just saw you didn't.

Bit late for that now.

You shouldn't have seen any of this, Rick.

I think we should do lunch.

I know a good Japanese nearby.

I should probably get back to work.

The thing is, Rick...

I don't think it's going to be easy for you to go back now.

I think you should consider working for me.

I don't think so.

How do I say this?

You really only have two choices here.

Either you come to lunch with me or get into that van with my boys.

I'm out of here.

Are you?

What, now that you've benefited from the proceeds of crime?

It's not illegal to bet.

I don't think you're okay to see it that way.

So, what's it to be?

Fine. Lunch. I thought you'd say that.

Just testing your mettle.

Guess what?

You failed.

I can't hear you, mate.

Move your car.

Yeah, hang on, hang on, hang on.

Just looking for a mechanic around here. Is there a mechanic around here? I've

been looking up around here.

You're under arrest.

You are not obliged to say or do anything. If anything you say or do may

given as evidence.

Do you understand?

Keep your mouth shut.

Say nothing.

What have you done?

Look, will you just calm down, please?

You're not a maverick, okay? You're a partner in Sapphire. We're supposed to

working together. Miss Christie. I'm sorry.

How could you not tell me you were doing something that would get you arrested?

He's been working for us.

What? He's our operative.

He's been working undercover and he's done very well.

What's he talking about?

We nailed Jason Green and Hugh Goodman.

You were wired?

How? When?

The feds moved quickly when Jason Green's involved.

Hugh's office and the warehouse were bugged as well. They were laundering

through the TAB in bookies to finance an international car rebirthing. That is

so dangerous, Rick. What have they found out?

Well, I had to do something.

I'm sorry I couldn't tell you, but, hey, I'm off the hook with the Corruption

Commission. Great. And I won nearly $100 ,000 at the race.

I gave it back. You and Sloan will still get your spot as fed.

Kate, I want you to try again.

Bryce, the case is closed.

We can do this, okay? Now I'll pay you double. You go back, you follow Anna,

it all on tape. Dates, times and photographs.

No.

All right, just... Okay, give me her address. I want to go get my kids.

I can't do that. I don't want to start again with another mercantile agency,

okay? I haven't got time.

All right.

She can't help you.

Sleeve.

What's the danger if you ask me?

You okay?

Someone call an ambulance!

You alright? I'm fine. Just stop the bus. Just lie still.

It's not, Mum.

I'm going to think about that today, OK?

Come here.

I love you.

Good girl.

This is just not going to work for me.

I mean, I can see what you're doing here and I appreciate the grand gesture, but

it's just going to mess with the balance of things.

Because now every time I ask you to do something or we argue, you'll be all

like, yeah, but I saved your life.

And I won't be able to come up with a response because how could I?

It's not fair.

And the longer it is that you're resting there with the whole eyes shut, as if

it's a breathing thing, then the worse it's going to get.

Because Emma needs you around.

would say no.

So tell me how the heart begins.

And tell me why it slows.

Tell your mom I've gone looking for bears to fight.

She'll understand.

When the light hits the water like it's reaching for my hand.

And I feel the shivers.