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

Nuns die in their sleep or in the bar because everyone loves them.

I'll find out when you're discharged and I'll come right back on it. This place

is dangerous.

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

Shall we go in?

No, he's... You all right?

Where's Scarlett gone?

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

Jay, this is Jessie Roman. She's Scarlett's mum. I want her home with me

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 we're missing?

All you have to do is tell me where they are. I'm going to find Anya. Relax.

There's been an emergency.

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

Everything's fine.

Trust me.

I'm a big deadly nurse, 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.

What does that mean?

It's preeclampsia.

It's 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?

I'm sorry.

No, you're right.

But you need a rest.

And I'm not going anywhere until you sleep.

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

Baby's fine.

Mary, sustain the nightingale.

That's good.

That's good.

Anything else?

No.

Okay.

Thank you.

Wait.

I'm really sorry for how things happened.

With us.

Sorry, like, sorry for what? For me getting arrested?

Or for you sleeping on a black phone and lying to the police about it?

All of it.

It's all right, Josiah.

How I'm married, I'm sure your God will understand. He'll forgive you.

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.

And hey,

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

See there?

She know what I'm talking about.

No!

You heard it at all?

You only hear what you want.

A

beautiful

child.

Now free.

What does that mean?

What did you do? Free from the heartache, the pain, the misery.

Scar! Scar!

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

Was Anya with her?

No. Whose car was it?

I don't know. Tell me!

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 the little garden flower.

I'm just the bloke I've been waiting for.

Do you ever answer your phone?

I've got a bit going on.

Some bloke called Xavier has been calling the station non -stop.

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

Shit. He's been calling from the prison.

Is he a relative of yours?

Anya's dead.

I can't speak to him, not yet.

Mm -hm.

So I take it he doesn't know yet?

Just saying.

I was a parent.

Get any leads on that hatchback from the caravan park?

No.

Banksy doesn't give a shit about red jokes from Loch Irie.

They don't want to know.

Listen, tell me.

Is there anything else that you can remember about that car? You know, any

distinguishing marks?

No wonky tyre or whatever?

It was burgundy red.

Looked like the paint was fading on the hood.

Shit. Think I know that car.

Main road south out of town. Took his 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.

Tookie's a good bloke, by the way.

Good morning, home 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?

J. Swan, Jardine.

Long way from home, aren't you?

I follow the work.

Red Fowler.

But you can call me Chucky.

Well, you probably want to come in, then.

while you're here.

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

I had to fight to get her out of that home.

But we got her.

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 has 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 are under lock and key, so the little ones can't

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.

Not here for breakfast, Chucky. I'm trying to find two missing kids.

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?

Leave it be, young fella.

Jesse?

Wait.

Turn the car off.

Mommy?

Gabe, he's up there.

I just need to ask Scarlett about Anya.

We don't know where she is.

Scarlett might.

Let me.

Hey, bub.

You know when you last seen your little friend, Anya?

Pop, I'm scared.

It's okay.

You're not going anywhere without your mom.

Hey. Hey, baby.

It's okay.

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.

I

have

jumped through government hoops.

I have kicked... Every single one of their boxes.

And they still wouldn't give me Scarlet.

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?

We know what it's like to have someone you love taken away from you, detective.

Even Scarlet.

We've lived it.

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

Think about it, Poppy.

It's okay, baby.

Good on you.

Be good.

I could

lose

my job if I don't report this.

Report what?

I hope you find your little one.

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 what one year is?

I don't.

Then what were you saying sorry for?

I'm going to count to three.

And if you don't tell me what you did, I'm going to put a bullet in you.

One.

Two.

I killed her.

What did you say?

I killed her.

Sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill Sister Carrie.

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.

But when mum died, they said I died too.

They lied.

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

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

That's what I made her do.

car came.

She started yelling and she fell and hit her head and

there was blood.

I ran because I did it.

Ananya, you do something to her.

So I'm going to keep her quiet.

I would never hurt a child.

But there are some people in this town who would.

They took the children away.

They took the children away.

They took the children away.

What the fuck are you doing, Jay?

You can't leave him in there.

Stay out of the way.

Chip off the old block, eh?

Yeah.

Keep walking.

May 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.

is out there, mine's in here.

My burden won't break me.

Not here to hurt you, brother.

I'm not going to hurt you.

Okay? 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.

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. Someone was trying to

drown her. We see evidence of it underneath her fingernails and her hands

bathroom.

She was drugged.

Traces of nazephine found in her blood.

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 okay with that.

That's because I've been down this road before, and it's... Sent me bloody mad.

You don't go anywhere else except the pub?

Yeah.

Well, it wasn't always like that.

You're a mess, and your head's all over the place. When did you last sleep?

Oh, fuck you very much!

What have you done?

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

I was doing whatever it takes to find Anya.

You fought so hard not to be like Dad.

Now look at you.

Remember when we were kids?

And he would lock us in the cupboard for hours.

We were both scared.

But you... You never cried.

Not once.

Thought you were the strong one.

I thought he took the girls. You thought... You thought, Jay, what's

you? He knows more and you just let him go.

He's not all there, Jay.

He wouldn't hurt a kid.

You don't even fucking know him.

I know a killer when I see one.

You gonna get that?

Oh, for fuck's sake, I'll be ringing for days. Why hasn't anyone fucking rung me

back? They're telling me I need to risk. What does that mean, eh?

Call me back, please.

Just call them 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.

Give me the number to welfare.

Please, it'd be nice.

Give me the number.

Good Friday, they won't answer.

What's going on?

What's going on?

I think I've just been taken into care.

You've been talking shit about me?

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

Hey, Jay, call your Jets. What goes on in here stays in here.

What makes you think it's welfare?

I don't know.

Okay, all right. 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, Simmo.

Yeah, yeah, hey, listen, 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?

Yeah, sorry.

Yep, you're right, mate. Not your fault.

Okay, thanks.

What did he say?

Picked up from community services and dropped with a caseworker out of town.

office was 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 Simo.

I'm sorry about Anya.

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

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.

You got a minute, Doctor?

Not really.

That's a police matter.

How can I help you, Detective?

Sister Kerry's autopsy report.

Can you tell me what nazephine is?

It's a sedative for anxiety.

Sometimes used as 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

-patient confidentiality.

There's also such a thing as hindering an active investigation. We could go

that road if you want.

As her doctor, I... What about as a medical examiner responsible for her

-mortem?

All right.

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.

Hey. Hey, butter.

That red clay gets everywhere, eh?

Yeah.

Mungle's sticky stuff it is.

You hear about Swayze?

No, I just, um... I 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 a 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 that nothing you can do?

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

It includes some allegations about unsafe living conditions, inadequate

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 a

way home. Give me that.

That trivia night, um...

Anya's teacher was looking at us and then she whispered something to her

She's the one, eh?

It's their duty to report on any concerns.

There's nothing to report.

This is bullshit.

Can I have their number? I'm going to ring them.

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

as a threat.

The best thing we can do is keep everything above board and civilised.

So what do you do around here?

Bit of this and that.

Grow veggies.

Adjustment.

Collect firewood and sell it in town.

Keeps the kids busy.

It sounds like slave labour.

Nothing to get looked after here.

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

More beltings than hugs.

And Sister Kerry used to run the home, eh?

She was the last of them.

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.

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

The time to change.

I think she changed.

What about Cowboy?

You got time for him?

Yeah.

We were tight as.

I mean, butter boys up until I give up the grog.

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

Black's only human.

I get a bit thirsty every now and then. Is that why you weren't 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 to wake the kids.

You know, anyone who might have wanted Cowboy dead.

It's a bit of an open field there.

He had a lot of exes.

Yeah, I heard.

Well, his latest one, he wanted to kick her out, said she was knocking stuff

off. You think that's might of enough to kill?

You know what they say, hell left no fury.

Yeah, I heard that too.

Anyway, if that's in butter, I'm going to get back to work.

Hey, Sam.

Where were you the night Sister Kerry died just on dark?

I heard Sister Kerry drowned.

Who told you that?

Around here, everybody knows everything about everyone.

I was here.

Maybe not.

Well, really.

Aladdin. Catch you later.

Catch you later.

Hey, you mob.

I heard you like movies.

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

$2 .30.

All right.

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.

All right.

Make sure you share, yeah? All right.

Why is he?

You're not going to shoot me, Swayze.

I'll do it!

Get!

I'm not going to hurt you.

Hey, hey.

You all right?

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.

Help me get her to the car.

I'm going to lift you up, okay? All right.

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.

What's the 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 can come back tomorrow.

Mary, what are you doing?

Going home.

Can I get you anything?

Fine.

Look at this place.

Are you going to help me clean up this mess or what?

There's nothing wrong with it.

According to who?

You?

Because apparently this isn't good enough.

So 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, it's not this house, then there is only one thing it

be. Darling. Your useless fucking brother.

Him and his drinking have got to go.

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

We will get her back.

I'm gonna have a bad day.

Me too.

Hey, hey, you're okay. You're safe.

You're at the hospital.

Yeah, yeah, everything's going to be okay.

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

I can't tell you.

You tell that doctor.

No, I don't have to.

It can just be between us.

Jay speaking.

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

How important?

You know what?

Mary's asleep.

Look after her for me.

I will.

She might give me what for.

Jay.

How is she?

Waiting for you.

I was going to name him Leroy.

After me and Swayze's pop.

Who's Leroy, Lana?

He came early.

Wasn't moving.

Breathing.

I tried everything.

But I didn't know what to do.

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.

Why is Leroy now, Anna?

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

He existed.

He was loved.

That's why I did what I did.

And I thought the police would take care of him.

Make sure he wasn't another forgotten kid.

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 son.

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 he 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.

The way it's happening. No one can 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.