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The shotgun they found on the moors, it's from the Crossdale Estate.

JO: Alan's big in business, and I know his daughter Harriet a bit.

PAT: 'Fraser, what's all this?' FRASER: 'Files, notebooks, tapes.'

'What kind of tapes?'

Interviews conducted by Mackie and your dad.

2012, Saskia Bale, burglary.

All the evidence goes missing while she's in custody.

Thought you and Mackie were solid.

I said that because I'm terrified of the man.

SHE GASPS

'He's a killer, for God's sake!'

There's a bright future for all of us if we can just stick together.

I'm not gonna say anything. I've got too much to lose.

MOLLY: Is it all over between you and Sarah Mackie, then?

Yeah, I'm done chasing other men's wives.

Is that Xav? So he was the one dating Donna Rower, wasn't he?

Xav and Todd went to the same grief counselling group.

Yeah. They were mates.

'So Xav wasn't sneaking around the farm,

'he was just going back to Todd's.

'He had a bag! He must've dumped it before Dixon caught up with him.'

What the hell were they up to?

SAM: Thanks for coming, everyone.

Your prints are being taken for elimination purposes.

They won't be kept on record, OK?

RAIN DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Harriet, is your dad on his way?

He has a prior engagement,

so, no, he won't be back till tomorrow. Right.

Well, we do need his prints, as well.

Did you explain the urgency?

I did, but he can't cancel. So what time tomorrow?

I really couldn't say. Yeah, don't put yourself out.

We'll have officers here. They'll let us know when he arrives.

That's not necessary. There'll be a police presence tonight.

You've had "murderers" painted on the front of your house.

I'm concerned for your safety.

Hm. That was weird.

Harriet didn't seem that bothered, did she?

Yeah. Victims... or suspects?

Someone's pointing a finger at them. It's just a question of who.

Shh! Shh-shh-shh.

Shh-shh-shh, shh-shh-shh.

Shh, shh-shh-shh.

THUNDER RUMBLES

RAIN PATTERS

PHONE CHIMES

'Hi. It's half five, and I've only just got Eve off,

'so that's why I'm whispering.

'Anyway, those old case files that Tempo gave me,

'do you remember Saskia Bale,

'who had her charges dropped just like that?

'Well, was she maybe ever fostered by the Mackies and then used?

'I've asked Children's Services,

'but can you look through Molly's photo albums

'and see if she was at one of your mum's parties,

'because then we'll know that she was a Mackie kid.

'I'll send you her mugshot over. OK. Bye.'

SNORING

MOLLY: Oh, quiet! You'll wake Jo up.

JACK SIGHS I'm not doing anything.

You're snoring.

HE SIGHS

Oh. SHE SIGHS

What are you doing? What do you think?

Going to the loo.

HE SIGHS

TOILET FLUSHES DISTANTLY

DOOR OPENS

Permanent fixture now, are you?

Well, we were, er, gonna go swimming first thing.

But judging by the weather...

She goes in all weathers.

Does she?

Yeah, but there's a flood warning out, so you might be in luck.

Do you want a cup of tea? No, thanks.

Look, Jo, erm...

I know me being with Moll is problematic for you.

That's very astute of you.

But I just want you to know that I do have the best intentions.

Really? Yeah.

I care about Moll. I'm very fond of her.

And you know, we're, erm... we're talking everything through.

Everything? Yeah.

Hm. So she knows, does she,

that you were there when Mackie killed someone? Yeah?

She know that you and Pat and Sarah and Lee

all stood by and watched a man bleed to death

rather than call an ambulance? How do you know all this?

There's more. What about your attempted insurance fraud,

which Keith went to prison for?

You know he's coming out today?

And then, of course, there's Mackie

getting Lee to murder your employee, your caretaker,

the man that you fired. Sorry, what are you talking about?

They killed him, Jack. They strung him up.

He drank himself stupid, then hanged himself.

Oh, come on. I mean, he went home and got drunk.

The trouble is that Mackie and Lee went round

to make sure that he'd keep his mouth shut moving forward.

When they decided he was too much of a risk, they plied him with drink

and they fucking helped him on his way.

I swear to you, I had no idea.

Hello.

What's going on? JO CLEARS THROAT

Jack was just telling me that you're taking him for a swim.

Have fun.

Yeah. Right, let's get you a wetsuit.

Hiya. Hey.

Oh, come on. Detectives eat shit and drink too much.

There must be something here.

Ah, thank you! Heartburn.

Oh.

Why are you in here so early?

Oh, we had an amber warning for heavy rain,

so I just wanted to make sure the floodwall was holding.

Plus, Pat's got Eve, and I don't sleep through any more.

Well, mine are 6' 3", and I still wake at night.

Hm. Also, I can't stop wondering how this is all connected.

I mean, this is someone accusing the Bensons of the murders, right?

And at first, I thought these Xs were something to do with Xav,

but then, after he's dead, more pop up, and then this.

So is it nothing to do with him?

I dunno. I mean, what about all this stuff

found in the bag on the farm yesterday? Hm.

I mean, are they fields or farms? PHONE CHIMES

Could it be something to do with fly-tipping maybe?

Alan Benson's back home.

Oh, none of the estate workers

were a match for the thumbprint on the shotgun,

so let's see if it's Mr Benson.

Bring the hand-held, yeah? Yeah.

Good morning, ladies. OTHERS: Morning.

We have an honorary male with us today. Ooh!

And it's his first time. WOMAN: Welcome!

Where's Layal? PENNY: It's a school day today.

Oh, right, OK. Doesn't usually stop her!

Bloody freezing. Come on!

Come on! We all go in together, don't we, ladies? We do.

Take your time. Right.

Let your body acclimatise. Shut it, Molly!

HE GASPS

LAUGHTER

Right, that is official, I can no longer feel my gentleman's area.

Just think about hot tea and cake. What we having today, ladies?

OTHERS: Coffee and walnuts!

Come on! I used to have a set of walnuts.

LAUGHTER Right, here we go.

Something to look forward to, hot tea and cake. Go on!

CHEERING

Breathe. Oh! Get me out of here.

LAUGHTER

Wait here a moment.

Sam.

Look at the X.

What's Aexous?

It's a chemical plant two or three miles outside of Waterside.

This way.

Thank you. Thanks, Harriet.

You're a bloody nuisance, you lot, aren't you?

Mr Benson, two men have been found dead on your land,

both shot with a shotgun from this estate

which has a solitary thumbprint on its barrel.

Now, we need to take your prints to move forward with the investigation.

And with a killer on the loose, there is some urgency.

You'd better stop faffing about, then, hadn't you?

Cos they've got absolutely nothing to do with us.

So we can take your prints?

When I've had my breakfast, yes.

Er, Mr Benson, can I ask you about Aexous?

What's the question?

What's your connection to the company?

My connection is... I own it.

You own a chemical plant?

I own lots of companies.

Sir, the Xs graffitied all over Waterside,

they're identical to the X in your company logo.

Surely, you were aware of that?

Yet, as we speak, you're having to remove "murderers"

from the front of your house.

You think we should leave it up?

Well, what do you think they're trying to say?

Also, if you knew you were being targeted because of Aexous,

you should have told us.

And frankly, the fact that you didn't

makes us think something else is going on.

A chemical plant is a magnet for idiots.

It doesn't matter that our work benefits tens of millions.

A tiny minority think we sell poison for profit,

when, in fact, our pesticides ensure the developing world can grow crops

that would otherwise fail.

We feed the world and get attacked for it.

Yes. But in circumstances

where two men have been found dead on your land,

you do have a duty to report everything that you know.

What, and invite publicity that can only benefit the perpetrators?

Why give 'em oxygen and provoke more trouble

when we can afford to put it right, deal with it ourselves?

What does that mean?

It means that we are being targeted constantly!

We're updating our surveillance equipment,

and if and when we get images

of anyone committing these acts against us,

we'll share them with you, all right?

As we showed yesterday, we are being cooperative.

Making us wait is cooperating, is it?

We're investigating two deaths!

And, sir, the names you gave us to verify your whereabouts

on the nights Xav Palmer and Todd Drake died have yet to respond.

Harriet, why don't you show...

DS Bradley.

..DS Bradley the security measures we're installing

while I'm... eliminated.

Yeah, OK. Sure, fine.

SHE SIGHS

Right. Left hand first.

BEEPING

Oh, is it right you're Detective Marshall,

as in Brendan Marshall's daughter?

Yeah, that's right.

Hey, I can see the family likeness.

SHE CHUCKLES, BEEPING

Oh, and by the way, if, er, you have any trouble with my alibis,

I'm sure Sergeant Mackie would vouch for me.

All done?

I've taken against them.

Yeah. Yeah, keeping all that information to themselves.

I mean, look at the Aexous logo.

And then look at the Xs graffitied around town.

They're identical!

Is that your personal phone?

Yeah. And you've used it to take pictures of the evidence board?

Just to take home and study, yeah.

Jo, delete them! Do it now.

Come on, it's a disciplinary offence.

You have a smart notebook, use it! OK.

JO CLEARS THROAT

But you're right, though, Aexous could be involved.

So, yeah, let's take a look at them.

OK, I'm on it now.

JACK: How long you gonna be? MOLLY: Ooh, don't know, actually.

I think these texts are from Layal,

but it's from a number I don't recognise.

"Make sure you shower after swimming,"

and, "Can you drop by the classroom ASAP?" So...

OK. I'm gonna park up down the road. Mm.

Sitting outside a girls' school,

I mean, it's not... it's not a great look, is it?

See you in a bit. See you in a bit.

Sorry. Sorry.

Layal? Hiya, come in.

You weren't there this morning. You all right?

No. I've got some sixth-form parents gunning for me.

Why? Last weekend, when they thought their daughters

were having sleepovers at friends', they were actually up on the moors.

Yeah, with the fire and everything.

They were partying, and the fire blew their cover.

Yeah, Jo's niece was there, Sophie Kamali.

And some were having mushrooms and the like

and were having a bad reaction. Like what? And freaked out?

A few did, yeah, and a couple told their parents

that I had taught them about hallucinogens in class.

What? No, I did, but that's safeguarding.

I think that's teaching.

Yeah, no, you're right. Yeah.

The school disagrees, and they're threatening disciplinary action.

Right, what can... what can I do to help?

You did... You did text, didn't you?

That's something else.

So, we've had a lot of rain this past month,

and driving by the river yesterday,

there was this scuzzy foam on top of the water.

Sewage? No. Well, maybe.

But there was also this odd-coloured oily film

and some dead fish, so I took a sample.

MOLLY SIGHS Right, what do you think it is?

I don't know yet, but the council need to put up

"no swimming" signs everywhere, even at the lake.

No, we were in there this morning. The water was lovely.

To the eye, yeah, but you didn't test, did you? Mm?

You know me.

Right, I'll have the results in a couple of hours.

OK. But you're worried? Let's wait and see,

but get the ball rolling with those signs, yeah?

BELL RINGS Yeah, right away.

So is this why you said "make sure you shower"?

Yeah. Look, I'll call as soon as I have the results, all right?

Yeah, OK.

Oh, have you... have you changed your number?

Erm, have you got a new phone?

Oh, yeah. The, erm, old one got nicked.

Hey, how was Eve? Did she go into nursery OK?

Oh, she was reaching out to be taken. Aw!

It's better than her screaming. Yeah, true.

What?

SHE SIGHS

Sam was going through your desk when I came into work this morning.

What? I mean, she made her excuses and went through other desks,

but still, there was no-one else in.

OK, well, I don't keep anything that we're working on here. Yeah.

WHISPERING: Oh, also... Alan Benson said that he knew my dad.

And he said that Mackie could confirm his alibi.

Do you think I need to share that?

Maybe say something to Balsara, yeah.

PHONE CHIMES

Kelly wants another 70 quid for Keith's homecoming thing.

Go on. Be a good brother.

And you do owe Keith.

Also, I think I might be onto something. Come and see this.

Sir, you might wanna see this.

Alan Benson owns Aexous.

Mm-hm. And...

What have you got? Alan Benson owns Aexous Chemicals.

These graffitied Xs all over town

are in the same style as the X in the Aexous logo.

Xav Palmer also signs his name with an X.

Then these drawings found in Xav's bag,

is this a site plan of the chemical plant three miles upriver?

Shall I go to Aexous and make some enquiries?

Yeah, go with DS Bradley.

Hey, good work. Thanks.

Right, let's get the Bensons up on the board now.

We need to look at them.

SAM: Jo, just make sure you bring a copy of the site plan with you.

Yeah. Well done.

Erm, Balsara's free, so...

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, go on.

Er...

Just to say, Sir, Alan Benson mentioned this morning

that Sergeant Mackie can verify his alibis.

Yes, Mackie came to see me. Thanks.

OK.

'Mum, did Dad ever speak about Alan Benson?'

Like, did they know each other or ever meet up?

'No. No, I don't think so, no. Why?'

'Alan Benson mentioned him this morning.

'He said he knew Dad and Mackie.' Well, ask Mackie, then.

Yeah. 'Do you remember...

'Do you remember Bren ever saying he knew an Alan Benson?'

Who are you talking to?

'Jack. Here you are, I'll put you on speakerphone. Ask him.'

'Er, yeah. Hi, Jack.' Hi, Jo.

I'm just trying to find out if my dad knew the Bensons.

Er, no, not that... not that I'd heard of, no.

'Right. Alan Benson mentioned him. I mean, he definitely knew Mackie.'

Er... No, I dunno, sorry.

OK. What about Harriet?

'No, no. She was never around, was she?'

I mean, she went away to school, then uni, then she was travelling,

and I think she lived above one of them cafes in Amsterdam,

which is pretty funny, given kids are on her moorland now doing drugs.

What goes round comes round, eh? 'How do you mean?'

Some of Layal's students were on her moorland the night of the fire,

taking magic mushrooms, and parents are kicking off!

SAM: Jo! 'School's in panic mode.'

Mum, I wanna hear more, but I've gotta go.

I'll speak to you later, yeah?

Yeah, all right. Oh, Jo, Jo, don't go near the river.

'Layal said she saw dead fish and stuff. Yeah?'

OK, fine. I'll speak to you later. 'Yeah. Bye-bye.'

Yeah! There's one. Where?

There.

SHE GASPS Dead. There!

SHE SIGHS

Right. Right, OK. Right, we need to speak to Tony.

He's on the waterways panel, he'll know who to call. Come on.

Actually, I've got a few things to do,

so I'll catch you later, yeah?

All right. Yeah, sure. OK. Yeah. All right.

See you in a bit. Yeah.

Oh, the thumbprint on the barrel, not Alan Benson's.

Not his or any of his staff.

JO SIGHS

Belongs to someone, though. Mm.

And they're out there somewhere.

PHONE BEEPING

Might be important.

Yeah.

Hi, DC Marshall.

OK, someone's at work.

Yes, can I help?

I was, erm... I was just wondering

if maybe we could help each other

and talk a bit more about Mackie.

Yeah. Er, yes. Yeah, that would be great.

Erm, OK, thanks. I'll see you later.

CLEARS THROAT

Eve's nursery. Can she have apricot biscuits?

Very important.

SAM: You take the lead, OK?

Hi there. Stephen Sellers, Operational Manager.

Welcome to Aexous. DC Marshall, DS Bradley.

How can we help?

So, er, this has come into our possession.

We wondered if you recognised it.

Er, it's a site plan for the plant.

Can I ask how you got this?

It was found in a bag. Is there a problem?

There was an incident here last Wednesday night.

Nothing was taken. There was no damage done.

No chemical spillages. Everything remained intact.

Are you saying that you had a break-in? Were there intruders?

Yes, yeah, but there was no forced entry.

Why didn't you report this?

Sorry, can we do this somewhere else?

No, here's fine. Why didn't you notify us?

This is a chemical plant. You have a duty to report incidents.

Yeah, yeah, but given that we'd done a full review

and... and we'd strengthened security...

Yeah?

The owners told us not to.

Alan Benson told you not to report it?

There was a concern that it might alarm people unnecessarily.

Do you have CCTV footage of the incident?

Those look like the boiler suits we found in Xav's bag.

They're using a key card.

A guest pass. Yeah, erm, we're still investigating that.

There's a whole new system in place now, though.

How long were they in here?

No time at all, that's the thing.

Just forward it on a touch.

KEYBOARD CLACKS

They look like they've ingested or inhaled something.

Yeah. Yeah, but I can assure you, and I can show you the data,

that no chemicals or... or... or gas escaped.

Pause the tape. KEYBOARD CLACKS

Look.

Can we have this footage on a memory stick?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Of course, yeah.

Erm, the thing is, though, the person recovers.

Look. They're up and walking.

So, if the medical bracelet and boiler suits

tell us that Xav Palmer and Todd Drake were two of those intruders...

Who's the third? Yeah.

What? If they're targeting Aexous,

that's targeting the Bensons.

Yeah, and Drake and Palmer

were both shot and found on Benson's land.

So this third person...

Are they in danger or already dead, or...?

Yeah, are we gonna have another victim?

DOORBELL RINGS RAPIDLY

We've gotta get "no swimming" signs out, or even "contamination" ones.

Anything to stop people going in the river,

or fishing in it, or letting their dogs in it!

Right, OK, I've got it. I've got it.

Here we go. So, you and the boys go and get Donna,

and I will get the signs organised.

Do it now! People use the river. Yeah. I'm on it. I'm on it.

No, but you're not! Look. There you go, phone!

Honestly! Brilliant. Tony, where are your car keys?

Over here. Right, call them now!

He's doing it. Come on.

I am doing it! Let's go.

CHEERING, ULULATING

KLAXON TOOTING Woohoo!

LAUGHTER

TOOTING CONTINUES

Hi! LAUGHTER

Missed you!

LAUGHTER

Aw! Welcome home, Keith!

All right, Molly? Thank you. Whoo!

Come on, let's get your mam.

TOOTING CONTINUES Come on. Let's get in.

THEY CHUCKLE Whoo!

It's highly likely two of these are our victims,

Xav Palmer and Todd Drake.

So, top priority - who's this third person?

Cos they could be our next victim.

Also, they've had two bodies found on their land,

shot with their gun,

and now their home and their company, Aexous, are being targeted.

So the Bensons are officially persons of interest.

Holman, update.

Er, firstly, the van that crashed did belong to Xav Palmer.

ANPR put it in the vicinity of Aexous last Wednesday night.

Also, forensics confirmed it was Todd Drake's blood in the van,

but the cause of death remains uncertain.

Well, Todd Drake might have had a seizure during the break-in,

and he did seem to recover, but feed that in, yeah.

OK, but Xav Palmer was stabbed to death,

and then both men were shot.

So, again, find whoever this is.

Anything else? In terms of the wildfire,

the point of ignition has been confirmed as a bonfire

that got out of control up here, which is just above where the estate

did their heather burn last Thursday.

That's where the teenagers were partying, isn't it?

Good, yes. They maybe started that bonfire

close to where Xav Palmer's body was found.

Why haven't I seen any witness reports from the teenagers yet?

Uniform's interviewing them, yes?

But getting very little so far, next to nothing.

Erm...

I gather that the parents and the school

found out that some of the students

were taking magic mushrooms that night?

It's caused all sorts of problems.

So might explain any reticence to talk.

Is this right?

Well, we always assumed drink and drugs were involved.

But to protect reputations,

are students being pressurised by the schools or their parents,

or both, to not say anything?

Well, if that is happening, Sir, we'll put a stop to it today.

Well, get on with it, then!

And the rest of you, find this person!

Well, he didn't like that very much, did he?

Hm.

Listen, do you fancy coming over later

and we'll just see if we can find something to nail him with

in the here and now?

Yeah, great. Could you pick up Eve?

Yeah. Sure. Thanks.

MACKIE: What kind of police officer do you wanna be?

Because you are a fucking useless one at the moment.

Make an impact. Use your uniform, it gives you authority.

If there's a code of silence, break it.

If they are scared of getting into trouble,

then make them more scared!

Now get the information!

Mum?

Where's she gone?

She said she'd be here. What's gone on here?

Where are all her things?

Well, we moved most of her stuff a few days ago.

Yeah, but she doesn't wanna come. She'd rather stay here.

Maybe she's gone shopping.

I'll go check in the garden.

It's stone cold.

Why do you leave your purse if you're going to the shops?

She's not there. SHE SIGHS

OK, erm, I'll tell you what,

you stay here in case she comes back,

and Moll and I will have a drive round and look for her.

Yeah? I knew she'd do this!

Hey, come on, come on. Hey, we're gonna find her.

All right? Yeah? Yeah.

Hey, she'll be OK. She'll be fine, come on.

Right, er...

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

What, no key yet?

Can I just say, the reason I took myself off for three months

was because I'd just watched a man bleed to death in front of me

and I didn't even raise a hand to help him.

No, actually, that's not quite true.

I took my phone out to phone for an ambulance,

but Mackie told me to put it away, and I did.

Didn't like myself much, still don't.

But I decided it was time to come back.

Move on, stop running away, and I wanted to be with Moll.

And then you tell me Mackie's killed another man,

and I'm, like...

Well, he's gotta be stopped, right?

Come on, Jo, say something.

I mean, you and Pat, you're still working with him

in the bloody police force!

Because if we move against him, Pat gets seven years minimum,

I get slung out of the force for gross misconduct,

and a lot of people - including you - get ruined.

HE CHUCKLES I'm already ruined.

Jo, doing nothing doesn't just mean he gets away with it,

it means he's still out there doing stuff. He's everywhere.

Get this, right?

Those investors that pulled out at the last minute,

guess who owned them?

I've no idea.

The Bensons.

Yeah. Only found that out yesterday.

And guess who owns Uplands now? The Bensons.

Mm. So they must have known

that I didn't have any alternative backers.

And there's the puzzle.

Because who else knew how strapped I was?

Then you said that Mackie knows Benson.

And hey, presto, he must've fed them the info.

So, as I say, he's everywhere,

fucking people over and more.

So what are you gonna do?

Not sure yet.

But we're allies, though, yeah? Us against Mackie.

So what's your plan?

Come on, Jo.

You're not happy burying what happened.

I know you're not.

Just have a think about it, yeah?

Once Upon A Looking-For-Donna

is a song from Hair, the musical, do you know it?

No. Did they find her?

Ah! Ha-ha! Oh, hey.

Listen, you only came once or twice, I know, but do you remember

Donna's fella Xav and a guy called Todd at the grief counselling group?

Only, they're the ones they found dead on the moors!

Nope, I don't think so.

Oh. I'm sure I've got a memory of you chatting to them.

Nah, I didn't chat with anyone.

Oh, shit! What?

SHE SIGHS

Layal's tested some river water that's full of these toxic...

Perfluorooctanoic acids, yeah.

Perfluorooctanoic acids, which are banned, by the way.

But, hey, they just tweak them here, tweak them there,

wait till someone says they're OK and use them anyway, don't they?

Why are you surprised? Well, why aren't you?

Cos this isn't news, Moll. It's out there.

You've read it, I promise you.

You've read it or heard it, but nobody gives a flying fuck.

See, this is why I'm done with it.

I'm done with the rallies and the petitions, and all that stuff,

cos no-one's interested. Oh, get over yourself!

Come on, you should be out there doing something.

What, like you? Yeah? Ah, great.

You know what? I think I'm gonna go to work.

Can you take the car back for us, yeah? Oi. Oi!

You haven't jacked in protesting. I don't believe you!

Oh, Finn, come on! I've gotta do something about this!

And what about Donna?!

PHONE BEEPS Hi, Mum.

'Yeah, hi, darl... Hi.

'Look, Donna Rower's gone AWOL without her keys and purse,

'and I'm... I'm meant to be finding her.

'Council work's just come in.' Yeah.

No, hang on. 'I dunno, can you just...?'

Mum, hang on. What do you mean, Donna's gone AWOL?

When was she last seen?

'I dunno, I dunno. This time yesterday?'

Donna Rower, Xav Palmer's ex.

We interviewed her. She saw Xav the day he died.

Yeah, what about her?

She's gone missing. She was last seen 24 hours ago.

And she left abruptly. She didn't take her keys or her purse.

So has she been... has she been taken?

Did she know something?

Or what if she's the third person?

Come on. Come on.

EVE BABBLES

Here... we... go.

THUDDING, FOOTSTEPS ABOVE

Keith! What the fuck are you doing?

Sorry. Kelly... Kell sent us round for some stuff that she forgot.

What stuff? Erm... No, don't!

What is it? Don't!

VIBRATOR BUZZES

Erm...

Sorry.

BUZZING CONTINUES

CLATTERING, BUZZING STOPS

She put them under the bed and forgot about them.

SIGHS

I'd better go. Keith?

Keys.

How are you?

How was it? Are you OK?

Yeah. Now that I'm out, it's fine, but...

..I don't ever wanna go back. No.

INHALES DEEPLY

I'm sorry, I-I...

I'm beyond sorry that you had to go through all that.

Took the fall for everyone. No, no, no, you helped.

I mean, you know I did do it,

but I'd never have dropped you in it.

You opened your doors when Jack went bust and Kell lost the house.

You've paid for everything, so I owe you. No.

Yeah, and I'm gonna pay you back an' all. Bloody hell, Keith, no.

Listen. Mackie's found me some work, so it shouldn't be long.

And I'm really looking forward to seeing the baby soon.

How is she?

Do you wanna come and meet her?

RINGING TONE

SARAH: 'Hello, stranger.' Hi.

How are you? How's things?

Things are good. How about you?

Yeah, good.

You called me.

'Yeah. I was, erm...

'I was wondering if you'd be interested in meeting up.'

And I can travel, so I just thought I could come to you.

Whereabouts are you?

'Waterside.'

Maybe I might see you soon, then.

Let me call you back. I'm going into a meeting.

'Yeah, OK. Look forward to it.'

MOLLY: Here you go.

A brew with an optional extra.

Now, listen, Jo's gone but says she'll keep in touch, OK?

HE SOBS

Tony!

Hey, hey, Tony.

Look at me. Look at me. Listen, listen.

The police are gonna find her. They will, I promise you.

Yeah. It's all gonna be fine.

Yeah, I know. And I'm... I'm not...

Of course I'm worried about Donna. I mean, how can I not be?

But it's...

It's Declan, as well.

It's especially Declan. He's gonna be fine.

No, it's not about what's happening now, love.

It's about what's coming. Hm?

Hang on.

Hang on.

I went in for some tests. Here.

SHE CLEARS THROAT

Oh, God.

Diagnosed eight months ago.

Oh, God.

And it's been manageable cos it's, er...

it's slow at first, and the drugs hold it back.

But, erm...

Well, there are three phases. The second one...

HE INHALES SHARPLY

SHE SIGHS

The second's called "accelerated". It speaks for itself.

And the... and the third one, which I'm in now,

is called "blast", so...

Myeloid leukaemia.

SHE SIGHS

Acute.

I've got my, er... my next MRI tomorrow.

You know, of course there's always hope.

But it's not looking... it's not looking good, Moll.

Aw, Tony. And I don't care about me, of course I don't.

It's what I'm leaving behind.

Tony. Come on.

HE EXHALES So, erm...

I've been, er...

I'm trying to find a way to ask you, whether, you know, when I'm gone...

Oh, come on, stop it. No, listen. Listen to me, Moll.

When I'm gone, if you could... DECLAN: Mum?

Oh, God. Mum?

Jesus! What do we do with this now?

No. He's already found it, love. He knows, he knows.

Mum? Oh, sweetheart, she's not back yet.

But, look, loads of people are looking for her. She'll be fine.

How do you fucking know that? Declan!

How does she know she's gonna be all right?

She doesn't. No-one knows that!

Oh, God.

DOOR CLOSES Oh, God.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

Hiya. Where's Eve?

Fast asleep. Oh, wow! Well done.

Yeah.

Erm...

Oh, erm...

That recording of Mackie and your dad interviewing people...

Yeah. ..it's mostly just one big muffle.

You can't make out two words in a row,

but then the voice of a young woman comes through clear as a bell.

This is 2005.

BUTTON CLICKS

GIRL: 'It's a gram of brown, that's all.'

BRENDAN: 'If you won't listen to me, listen to Sergeant Mackie.'

WHITE NOISE CRACKLES

MACKIE: 'In front of the wrong judge,

'your privilege will count against you.'

'Oh, God! OK, fine, fine!

'I'll do rehab.' BUTTON CLICKS

Is that Harriet Benson?

Yeah. Mackie and the Bensons had a connection 20 years ago...

and there's one now.

But has it been continuous? Well, is it legit?

OK. Let's go to work. Yeah.

ESTATE WORKER: 'Get over here. What's your ETA?'

Repeat! Repeat!

ESTATE WORKER 2: 'We have 'em in our sights.

'We can see them. We can see them.'

BIKE ENGINE ROARS

Where'd they go?

Drive around. They can't have gone far!

ENGINE ROARS

Hold it!

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

PAT: Did you bring those photo albums from your mum's?

JO: No, I had a look, there was nothing.

The thing is, if Mackie's up to something now,

that's what we need to get him on.

Could be with the Bensons, or there could be others

that they fostered, that he's been using.

Did you speak to the Social Services?

Yeah. They said they'd get back to me.

Pat?

Jesus! Oh, my God.

You can stay at the house, you know.

Let's not complicate things. We are where we are.

OK.

It's good to see you, anyway. Hmph!

You might not be saying that in a minute.

Why's that?

Well, I didn't want to share this with you on the phone

or by email or text, but...

someone I used to liaise with in Children's Services

called me this morning to let me know

they've had a discreet request regarding Saskia Bale.

We fostered her, do you remember? What sort of request?

They wanted her contact details.

But there's a raft of data protection hoops to jump through

before that can happen.

I just thought you should know someone might be coming for you.

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