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MAN: There's a lot of evidence to suggest foul play.

Nuns die in their sleep or in the bath

'cause everyone loves them.

I'll find out when you're discharged and I'll come right back. Alright?

This place is dangerous.

Swayzee?

Have you seen Swayzee? He's not in his room.

Cowboy in?

No. He's, um...

You alright?

CHILD: Where's Scarlett gone?

That's we're trying to find out, bub.

Jay, this is Jessie Roman. She's Scarlett's mum.

I want her home with me and you bastards off my back.

I want that more than anything else in this fucked-up world.

Don't leave. Everyone always leaves.

Anya, no one's leaving. I'll see you at home after.

Is Anya here? No.

Was she friends

with that other little girl that went missing?

All you have to do is tell me where they are.

They're gonna find Anya. Relax.

There's been an emergency.

Mary's at the hospital. It's something to do with the baby.

(ENGINE ROARS)

(PANTING)

Hey. Hey.

Everything's fine.

Trust me, I'm a big deadly mess

and you're just a cowboy.

The ultrasound looks good.

There's a strong heartbeat, and your blood count's not bad.

But you do have protein in your urine.

Uh, what does that mean?

That's preeclampsia.

High blood pressure, basically.

We need to get the blood pressure down.

Can you just give me the medication? I want to get out of here.

No, you need rest and monitoring for the next 24 hours.

No, I want to go home. Mary!

Anya is still out there.

And you're at risk of losing your unborn child.

Keep her here.

Mary. You heard what Gary said.

Can you think about our kid?

Anya is our kid, too.

I know.

Then why are you still here?

No, I'm... I'm sorry.

No. You're right.

But you need to rest.

And I'm not going anywhere until you sleep.

OK.

OK.

Hey.

Wh...w... Sorry.

Mm!

Don't you creep up on a brudda boy like that.

Baby's fine.

Mary's just staying the night in case.

That's good.

It's good.

Anything else?

No.

OK.

Thank you. Yeah.

Wait.

I'm really sorry for how things happened...with us.

Sorry? Like, sorry for what?

What, for me getting arrested

or for sleeping with a black fella and lying to the police about it?

All of it.

It's alright. Just say a Hail Mary

and I'm sure your God will understand. He'll forgive you.

I...I'm not sorry that I spent the night with you.

I'm not a racist.

No one ever is.

I guess I'll be seeing you around then, huh?

And, hey, remember,

once you go black, you ain't going back.

See there? She know what I'm talking about.

Hm.

(BABY CRYING)

(BARKS)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(BREATHING UNSTEADILY)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(BIRDSONG)

(PHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE)

Anya!

Anya!

Scarlett.

(PHONE RINGS)

(PANTS)

(WHIMPERS)

You ready to talk?

You only hear what you want.

Ah!

(GASPS AND SPUTTERS)

Beautiful child.

Now free.

What does that mean?

What did you do?

Free from the heartache, the pain, the misery.

(GASPING)

(CRYING OUT)

The last time I saw Scarlett, she was in a red car.

Aren't you with her?

No. Whose car was it?

I don't know. Tell me.

Ah!

I don't know. I swear.

I know you're hiding something.

Don't despair when all the flowers have died

For I have heard...

(MUFFLED) ..there's a garden...

..somewhere.

(WHIMPERS)

Ah, just the bloke I've been waiting for.

Do you ever answer your phone?

I got a bit going on.

SIMMO: Some bloke called Xavier's been calling the station nonstop.

Says he can't get hold of you or Mary.

Shit.

He's been calling from the prison.

He a relative of yours?

Anya's dad.

I can't speak to him. Not yet. Mm-hm.

So I take it he doesn't know yet?

I'm just saying, if I was a parent...

You get any leads on that hatchback from the caravan park?

No.

Banksia doesn't give a shit about reggos from Loch Iris.

They don't want to know.

Listen, tell me, is there anything else

that you can remember about that car?

You know, any...any distinguishing marks?

No wonky tyre or whatever?

It was burgundy red.

Looked like the paint was fading on the hood.

Shit. I think I know that car.

Main road south out of town.

Chookie's place. Give you the address.

This would have been helpful a couple of days ago.

Yeah, well, that's why we need to communicate, Jay.

Chookie's a good bloke, by the way.

MAN: Hold up. I'm coming.

Morning. I'm Detective... Who's your mob?

State Police. I'm here about a missing persons case.

Who's your mob when you're not wearing a badge?

Jay Swan. Jardine.

Long way from home, aren't you? I follow the work.

Rick Fowler. But you can call me Chookie.

Well, you probably want to come in, then.

WOMAN: (ON TV) If they come with green wings,

she'd like one with green wings.

Only red?

I know why you're here.

I raised Scarlett's mum, since she was a bub.

Had to fight to get her out of that home,

but we got her.

Look at this. What do you think about this one?

You're not worried about Scarlett?

I'm sick to my gut,

but I got these three little things to look after.

Where's Jessie?

I heard Scarlett's little friend's gone missing.

Her name's Anya.

You know anything about her disappearance?

Nothing, except what I've heard around town.

Poor thing.

All the cleaning chemicals under lock and key,

so the little ones can't get to them.

There's a fire-extinguisher. Every house needs one, apparently.

I'm not Child Protection. I'm police.

Same bloody thing around here. See?

All-approved breakfast.

Same sugary-laden shit

your white friends call a healthy breakfast.

I'm not here for breakfast, Chookie, I'm trying to find two missing kids.

(GROANS)

These cold mornings are no good for my joints.

Hurt like hell.

If there's anything you have to say, now's the time to tell me.

Anything else, Detective?

(DOOR CLOSES)

Leave it be, young fella.

Jessie, wait.

Turn the car off. Mummy.

Jay, ease up there.

I just need to ask Scarlett about Anya.

We don't know where she is.

Scarlett might.

(ENGINE STOPS)

Let me.

Hey, bub.

You know when you last seen your little friend Anya?

Pop, I'm scared.

It's OK.

You're not going anywhere without your mum.

Hey. Hey, baby.

It's OK.

You can say it.

Last time I seen Anya, we were playing hide-and-seek.

Mama, I want to go.

I know, darling. Soon. Yeah?

Hey, why don't you tell Poppy about your favourite cartoon?

Yeah? Yeah.

(CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY)

How come you like that one?

I have jumped through government hoops.

I have ticked every single one of their boxes

and they still wouldn't give me Scarlett.

I was desperate and I found her.

Monica said I could see her for a price.

How fucked up is that?

Making someone pay to see their own kid.

SCARLETT: He's funny...

We know what it's like to have someone you love

taken away from you, Detective.

Even Scarlett.

We've lived it.

I promise you, if we could help you, we would.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

(ENGINE STARTS)

Say goodbye to Poppy.

CHOOKIE: It's OK, baby.

Good on you. Be good.

SCARLETT: Bye. I'm gonna miss you.

I could lose my job if I don't report this.

Report what?

I hope you find your little one.

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

(WHIMPERING)

(SIGHS)

Scarlett's with her mum.

Back where her heart grows strong.

Back where she belongs.

You knew where she was all along, didn't you?

If you knew where Scarlett was...

..you know where Anya is.

I don't.

Then what were you saying sorry for?

(GASPS)

(WHIMPERS)

I'm gonna count to three...

..and if you don't tell me what you did,

I'm gonna put a bullet in you.

One.

(WHIMPERS)

Two.

I...I killed her.

What did you say?

I killed her.

Sorry!

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill Sister Kerry.

(SOBBING)

It was an accident.

I wanted her to feel the pain I felt all those years she punished me.

It was her turn.

What are you talking about?

They told me I was a foundling.

That someone left me on the steps of the house

because no one loved me.

But that was a lie.

Sister Kerry showed me the photos.

I had a mum.

And then...

..a pop.

But when Mum died, they said I died too.

They lied.

That's why Sister Kerry had to stand on the chair.

When you lie, you stand on that chair for hours.

That's what I made her do.

A car came.

She started yelling and...

..she fell and hit her head.

There was blood.

I ran 'cause I did it.

And Anya?

You do something to her?

Something to keep her quiet?

I would never hurt a child.

But there are some people in this town who would.

SPUTTY: Little brother, Xavier keeps leaving...

Hey. Hey! What are you doing? They took the children away.

What's this? They took the children away.

What's this? Get out.

(DOOR CLOSES)

They took the children away.

(LOCK CLICKS)

What the fuck are you doing, Jay?

You can't leave him in there.

Stay out of the way!

Right. Mm.

Chip off the old block, eh?

Yeah. Yeah, keep walking.

(DOOR OPENS)

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Gary's number.

I want to know what's taking Sister Kerry's autopsy so long.

You're not leaving with that, are you?

It's against the law

to take police files out of the station.

Since when do you tell me what to do?

Since I do my job and you do yours.

Yours is out there. Mine's in here.

My burden won't break me.

Not here to hurt you, brother.

I'm not gonna hurt you, OK?

I won't cry.

I'll lift my spirits high up to the sky.

I will fly.

You like Archie Roach?

I like the truth. Yeah.

(METALLIC CLANK)

Oh, fuck.

SIMMO: See? It says right there. Cause of death - drowning.

Sister Kerry slipped in the bath,

banged her head, knocked herself out and drowned.

You satisfied?

Traces of blood were found in the living room.

That's where she hit her head.

She didn't hit it hard enough to knock herself out.

The report states it was a minor head wound.

Someone drowned her in the bath.

Have you ever tried to drown an animal?

I'm not a psychopath.

Sister Kerry was old, but she still had some fight in her.

If someone was trying to drown her, we'd see evidence of it

underneath her fingernails, on her hands, in the bathroom.

She was drugged.

Traces of Nazafen found in her blood.

Oh, mate. Fuck!

Give it a rest.

That could have been for toothache, for all we know.

But we don't know.

That's the problem. We don't know a lot of things.

And you seem OK with that.

That's 'cause I've been down this road before,

and it sent me bloody mad.

You don't go anywhere else except the pub.

Yeah.

Well, it wasn't always like that.

(LIGHTER CLICKS)

You're a mess and your head's all over the place.

When did you last sleep?

Oh, fuck you very much! (DOOR SLAMS)

What have you done?

Why'd you lock that bloke in the shed for, Jay?

I was doing whatever it takes to find Anya.

You fought so hard not to be like Dad.

Now look at you.

Mm?

Remember when we were kids

and he would lock us in a cupboard for hours?

We were both scared.

But you...

..never cried.

Not once.

Thought you were the strong one.

I thought he took the girls. You thought.

You thought, Jay. What's wrong with you?

He knows more and you just let him go.

He's not all there, Jay.

But he wouldn't hurt a kid.

You don't even fucking know him.

I know a killer when I see one.

(PHONE RINGS)

You gonna get that?

XAVIER: (ON PHONE) Oh, for fuck's sake.

I've been ringing for days.

Why hasn't anyone fucking rung me back?

They're telling me Anya's is at risk.

What does that mean, huh?

Call me back, please.

Just call him back, Jay.

Jay.

They took the children away.

What are you talking about?

I think I know where Anya is.

Where?

Don't you say anything about what you saw.

(DOOR OPENS)

Give me the number to welfare. Please would be nice.

Give me the number.

It's Good Friday. They won't answer.

What's going on?

Shit. What's going on?

I think Anya's been taken into care.

Oh, shit.

You've been talking shit about me?

Telling people at the pub that I'm losing it?

Hey, Jay, cool your jets!

What goes on in here stays in here.

What makes you think it's welfare?

I just know. OK.

Alright, well, I've got a mate who runs transport for welfare.

If there are any child removals going on,

he'll know about it.

Yeah, mate. It's Simmo.

Yeah. Yeah. Hey, listen, I...I need some help here.

You moved any kids from Loch Iris recently?

Little girl by the name of Anya Allen?

Where?

Oh, just that there's a current missing persons case filed on the kid.

It's all good. Why wasn't I bloody told?!

Give me the phone.

Yeah. Sorry. Yep. You're right, mate.

Not your fault.

OK, thanks.

What did he say?

Picked up from community services

and dropped with a caseworker out of town.

The office's closed until after Easter.

Shit.

Jay, you're a detective. Mary's a nurse.

I can't see any possible reason

why they would want to take Anya from you.

This has to be a bureaucratic fuck-up.

At least we know she's safe.

Being in care isn't safe.

I've just been on the phone to Simmo.

I'm sorry about Anya.

Well, you can help us, can't you?

I mean... I mean, you know everyone.

I'm not sure how.

Please...Susan.

I mean, there must be something you can do.

I'll make a few calls, see what I can find out.

Thank you.

Leave it with me.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

JAY: Have you got a minute, Doctor?

Not really.

It's a police matter.

How can I help you, Detective?

Sister Kerry's autopsy report.

Can you tell me what Nazafen is?

It's a sedative for anxiety.

Sometimes used as a muscle relaxant medication

or for alcohol withdrawal.

You need a prescription to get it?

Of course you do. It's a benzodiazepine.

Did you prescribe it to Sister Kerry?

You know I can't give you that information.

There is such a thing as doctor-patient confidentiality.

There's also such a thing

as hindering an active investigation.

We could go down that road if you want.

As her doctor, I...

What about as a medical examiner responsible for her post-mortem?

Alright.

I can tell you I didn't prescribe it for her.

I could barely get her to take her diabetes medication.

Now, if you don't mind, I've got rounds.

(BIRD CAWS)

(BIRDSONG)

Hey.

Hey, brother.

That red clay gets everywhere, eh?

Yeah.

Mongrel sticky stuff it is.

You here about Swayze?

No, I just, um...

I've just got a few questions.

Won't take long.

What do you want to know?

Two deaths in the space of a week.

Wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't look into it.

Just trying to get the lay of the land.

I got nothing to hide.

Never said you did.

Let's go yarn up at the house.

You should be in bed.

Have you heard anything about Anya?

I've reached out where I can. All we can do is wait.

But you work for social services. Isn't there something you can do?

What I have found are the reasons why Anya was taken into care.

(DRAWER OPENS)

(PAPERS RUSTLE)

It includes some allegations about unsafe living conditions,

inadequate diet,

presenting to school tired and dirty,

wandering the streets unsupervised.

They picked her up, lost, near the creek

and said she didn't know how to find her way home.

Give me that.

That trivia night, um, Anya's teacher was looking at us,

and then she whispered something to her friend.

She's the one, eh?

It's their duty to report on any concerns.

But there's nothing to report.

That's bullshit. Um, can I...? Can I have their number?

I'm going to ring 'em.

Look, the last thing we need to do is let them have any more reasons

to keep Anya longer than they need to.

No, I just want to talk to them. They may see you as a threat.

The best thing we can do

is keep everything above board and civilised.

Yeah.

Sorry. Um...

OK.

(EXHALES)

Civilised.

(CAR DOOR SHUTS)

(MOTOR RUNS)

(BRAKES CREAK)

(MAN SIGHS)

(WATER POURS)

So what do you do around here?

Bit of this and that.

Grow vegies. Agistment.

Collect firewood and sell it in town.

Keeps the kids busy.

Sounds like slave labour.

Nah, they get looked after here.

Well, if this is the new way, what was the old way like?

(EXHALES)

More beltings than hugs.

And Sister Kerry used to run the home, huh?

She was the last of them.

If she ran it like you said, she'd have a few enemies in town.

Grown-up kids with grudges.

Maybe.

But I'm not one of them.

Hm.

She thought that what she was doing at the time was right.

But times change.

I think she changed.

What about Cowboy? You got time for him?

Yeah.

We were tight as.

I mean, budda boys up until I gave up the grog.

Well, I saw you put away a few of the other night.

A bloke's only human.

I get a bit thirsty every now and then.

Is that why you went with the rest of Cowboy's mates

the morning of the hunt?

No.

I mean, I don't hunt anymore. I've got too much to do around here.

So you were here that morning?

I'm up before the birds.

I do my rounds, I check the stock.

I get breakfast going, then I wake the kids.

You know anyone who might have wanted Cowboy dead?

That's a bit of an open field there.

He had a lot of exes.

Yeah, I heard.

Well, this latest one, he wanted to kick her out.

Said she was knocking stuff off.

You think that's motive enough to kill?

You know what they say, hell hath no fury.

Yeah, I heard that, too.

Anyway, if that's it, brother, I gotta get back to work.

Hey, Sam.

Where were you the night Sister Kerry died, just gone dark?

Heard Sister Kerry drowned.

Who told you that?

Around here,

everybody knows everything about everyone.

I was here. Movie night.

What movie?

Aladdin.

Catch you up, brother. Catch you later.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey, you mob!

I heard you like movies.

If you can answer this quiz, I'll give you...

(COINS JINGLE)

..$2.30.

Alright.

What's the movie with the blue genie and the magic flying carpet?

Aladdin. We watched it with Sam the other night.

Hey! Too quick.

Alright. Make sure you share, yeah?

I know.

We're gonna need some more, eh?

(ENGINE STARTS)

(GUNSHOT)

BOY: Get! Go away! (GUN CLICKS)

Swayze? Piss off!

You're not gonna shoot me, Swayze.

I'll do it!

Get!

I'm not gonna hurt you.

(PANTING)

(GROANING)

Hey, hey! You alright?

Don't touch her.

She's hurt. She needs help. Swayze...

She needs to go to the hospital.

I'm not going back there. They'll drug me up.

You don't have to. You can stay here. Just give me the gun.

No.

Swayze, the longer we wait, the sicker she gets.

(GROANING)

Help me get her to the car.

I'm gonna lift you up, OK? Alright.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

She's suffering from a widespread pelvic infection.

She's in a lot of pain.

What caused it?

We don't know yet. We've taken swabs.

She's on intravenous antibiotics while we wait to get the results.

Lucky you found her in time.

No, she's had too many painkillers to make sense.

That's a problem with these people.

I've seen it so many times.

Guess who's left to clean up the mess when they can't?

Walking across a bridge with that Dodson fellow

isn't going to solve anything.

You come back tomorrow.

Mary, what are you doing?

Going home.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Can I get you anything?

I'm fine.

Look at this place.

You gonna help me clean up this mess or what?

There's nothing wrong with it.

According to who? You?

'Cause apparently this isn't good enough.

If we're going to get Anya back, we need to fix it.

Mary, the house isn't the reason we lost Anya.

Then what is it?

Because if it's not us,

and it's not this house,

then there is only one thing it can be.

Don't... Your useless fucking brother!

Him and his drinking have got to go.

Just take it easy.

I will take it easy when I get on Anya back.

We will get her back.

(SOBBING)

(SOBBING)

I just want her back, Jay.

Me too.

Hey. Hey. You're OK. You're safe. You're at the hospital.

Yeah, yeah. Everything's going to be OK.

No. No, it's not. What's wrong, Lana?

I can't tell you.

You'll tell that doctor.

No. I don't have to.

It can just be between us.

Yeah?

(PHONE RINGS)

(RINGING STOPS)

SPUTTY: Hello.

Phone, little brother.

(SIGHS)

Jay speaking.

No, I'm not able to come in right now.

How important?

I'm on my way.

Mary's asleep.

Look after her for me.

I will.

She might give me what for. Mm.

(INSECTS CHIRRUP)

ALICE: Jay.

How is she? Waiting for you.

I was gonna name him Leroy

after me and Swayze's pop.

How's Leroy, Lana?

He came early.

Wasn't moving or breathing.

I tried everything, but I didn't know what to do.

I held him.

Cleaned him up.

And wrapped him in his blanket.

He was so small.

I kissed him...

..and I put him in that box.

Made it real nice for him.

Where's Leroy now, Lana?

I didn't want him to be just another statistic.

He existed.

He was loved.

That's why I did what I did.

I thought the police would take care of him.

Make sure he wasn't another forgotten kid.

(NO AUDIBLE SPEECH)

He was my baby, Leroy.

I just wanted him to be remembered.

Where's my sister?

She's being taken care of.

You can see her soon.

The baby?

I can help you.

But you've got to tell me what's got you so scared.

What are you running away from?

Bad things at the farm.

At the hospital.

And at this house.

Cowboy?

When you found out Lana was pregnant...

..he tried to kick her out the house.

He's the one.

He's the one who killed the baby.

I'm glad he's dead.

Did Lana...?

Did Lana say she was glad, too?

Swayze...

Do you know who shot Cowboy?

It should have been me.

It's always happening. No one's going to stop them.

Anya needs to come home with us.

Don't worry, I won't tell.

I've got bigger secrets to worry about.

My suffering at your hands

has helped me see the way.

That's almost an impossible shot.

Oh, Jesus.

Put me out, put me out, put me out!

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