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FEMALE VOICE SPEAKS IN SPANISH

Here we go.

SHE MOANS AND GASPS

We're almost there. Just one more push.

Push! With everything you've got.

SHE MOANS

BABY CRIES

It's a baby girl!

Take it away. She doesn't need to see it.

Please, let me see her, please. Mom!

The doctor's going to need to take the baby's vitals

before she leaves this room.

And, Mrs Quinn, we're going to need to examine Ashley as well.

She'll be fine. I'll come and get you when she's ready. Please.

Nurse, please. Nurse, please let me see her, please, just...please.

BABY GURGLES SOFTLY

She's so beautiful.

Oh, my God.

Ashley, you don't have to do this.

Yes, I do. I can't hurt my parents.

What about her father? I could call... No!

No, please, you can't call anybody. I'm not supposed to tell. OK.

Can I name her?

You can name her for yourself.

But she won't know?

What do you want to call her?

Faith.

It's a beautiful name.

I wish I had a camera or something, just to...

...something to remember her by.

Thank you.

Have you met the parents? Yeah.

I love you, Faith. I love you.

And I promise that one day I'm going to find you.

KNOCKING AT DOOR

Visiting hours are between 9am and 8pm. I understand.

It's OK.

SHE SOBS

Thank you.

You all right?

You did the right thing, Ashley.

One day you'll realise this was best for everyone, even you.

I just didn't want innocent people getting hurt over a mistake.

She was not a mistake! I understand.

And I expect you to keep your word,

and not speak of this to anyone, ever. Understand?

Ashley? I'm not leaving till you give me your word again.

You won't speak of this...

...ever. Correct? I won't.

Now please just get out.

You did the right thing.

SHE CRIES

Doing OK, Ashley? Yeah, thanks.

What are we going to tell people?!

That's what you're concerned about?!

Tell them I'm going to do missionary work.

That'll male Papa look really good.

But what do we tell HIM?

I'm sure you guys will figure something out.

What about school? I'm going to stay with Aunt Carol in Chicago.

I'll finish school there. OK?

ASHLEY'S MOTHER SOBS Mama... Mama.

I love you, OK?

But I can't stay in Plains River.

Your Papa loves you, tu sabes?

Not as much as his church.

Take this. Take this money and call me when you get to Chicago.

Ashley! Ashley...

DISTANT SIREN

I've seen this 100 times. It's totally normal.

Why am I so scared?

Because...it's scary.

I'd be scared. But you're ready for this.

What if she hates me? Tiffany...

...she is scared of the exact same thing.

I promise you.

But how do you know?

I just do.

KNOCKING AT DOOR

Don't worry, OK?

I will be right here the whole time. OK. OK.

It's so nice to meet you in person.

SOBBING: Oh, my goodness!

Thank you so much. Don't thank me.

She found you. I just made a few phone calls.

You look like my sister.

You look exactly like my sister, your aunt.

Why don't we sit down? Please.

L...l have so many questions.

I'm sure you both do. 22 years to catch up on. I wrote this for you.

This was taken a few minutes after you were born.

Right, right before they...took you.

TIFFANY CRIES Why? Why did you give me up?

OK, why don't we ease into that question?

OK? Um, can I get you some water?

Yeah? OK.

QUIET SOBBING

Hi. You don't know me,

but I was born in Kansas on October 27th 1999. Hey.

She found me!

What? She wants to meet!

Oh, my God!

Oh, yeah, that's...that's great.

I'm just going to... I'm just going to check for a flight.

So the third interview went well. That's good.

That's actually why I came here to talk to you. Um...

They doubled their offer. Can you believe that?

That's great. Yeah. Yeah.

They need me to move by the end of the month.

I need to let them know by tonight.

Um...can we just, uh...

Can we just talk about this in a few days?

Are you kidding me? No.

It's... Ashley, I don't think

you understand how important this is to me.

Of course... This is my shot.

I've waited my entire career for an offer like this, OK?

They're not just going to

wait around for you to pay attention to me. What?!

This whole thing, this has consumed your life, and that's fine, OK?

I get it - the never-ending quest. I get that.

I just can't let it consume me any more.

How is this any different than any other time?

She found me! Yeah, and that's great, OK?

And I'm happy for you, I really am.

I just can't, I can't keep getting sucked into this.

Are you seriously doing this right now?!

Look around.

You don't have any room for me in your life.

Look, I came here tonight, I wasn't sure what I was going to do.

But you just made this real easy.

Congrats.

SHE SCOFFS Yeah.

Where are we? This is the middle of nowhere. There.

Turn there.

Do you have any cell coverage?

No. Listen, she played soccer,

and the piano, just like I do.

I still don't know why we couldn't wait till tomorrow to come here.

I don't think this is a good idea. Come on! Britt... Ugh, God...

Where is he? He's probably inside.

I don't know.

Are you seriously going to go in there?

I have to. I need to. Britt...

I'll be right back.

I'm not going to let you go in alone.

Come on, scaredy-cat.

KNOCKING AT DOOR

Hello?

There's nobody here.

Hello? We're here.

Britt, look at this.

We should get out of here.

This is her. We're in the right place.

There's somebody out there.

Britt! Wait!

It's not a good idea. Britt!

Weird. Yeah.

Super weird. I... I thought I saw someone here.

We should get out of here.

Hi.

We've been looking for you. Didn't you hear us?

What are you doing?

Wait! Wait!

Open the door! Please! Wait! Please! What are you doing?!

My God! Open the door! Open it, please!

RADIO: KPR music and news, Plains River. If you haven't taken down

your Christmas decorations,

you might want to hold off a couple of days.

It's nine degrees here at the studio.

Tonight it's going all the way down to minus four.

Snow tomorrow night, almost three inches. And now the news.

WHISPERING: Come on.

Unless you're an electrician, we're not staffing yet.

Oh, shoot. And I forgot my tool belt.

Ashley Quinn! Scott Christian! THEY LAUGH

Oh. my God! Hey, buddy!

Hey-hey! Hey! Hi, what are you doing here?

Oh, um, I'm...I'm just in town to meet someone.

Yeah. I almost didn't recognise you without your... Stutter?

No, your glasses. Eye surgery and speech therapy. That's great.

Have you seen Jake? No.

Is...is he still in town? Oh, yeah.

He's been back for about seven years now.

Did a couple of tours in Iraq, and...and he's engaged.

Well, WAS engaged.

Oh, well, don't worry, I'm not here to stir anything up. It's...

So, um, what's, what's going on here?

Are you running your dad's campaign office?

No, big brother is going to Washington.

Oh. Yeah. We just moved in.

Hence the mess. I see.

That's great. Yeah.

You look disappointed. Uh, no, not, not at all. Not at all.

Jake will make a great senator. We need him to.

I mean, I don't think that we're going to survive otherwise.

Yeah. So your parents moved to Arizona, right? Yeah. OK.

How are they? I don't know.

We kind of had a falling out.

Your mom said that you transferred to a school in Chicago.

How come you never came back?

Uh, it's...it's complicated. Enough about me.

What's going on with you? I mean, what's up?

Do you have a wife, do you have kids? Nope. HE CHUCKLES

Have you? Nope. Look at us!

Yeah, well, I, uh...

Yeah, I should I should really get going, so I'm just going to...

Um... Oh! I got it. Sorry.

I got it. Thank you. There you are. Thanks.

Should I tell Jake that you stopped by, or...?

Um... That's probably not a good idea. OK.

It was really good to see you.

It's good to see you too.

HE LAUGHS

Aw... Aw.

You look great. YOU look great. SHE LAUGHS

Ashley Quinn. See ya.

Hi. You don't know me,

but I was born in Kansas on October 27th 1999.

Two months ago.

I found out that I was adopted, and I think you might be my mother.

I tried to find you online but couldn't.

I'm in Plains River now. If you are my mother and want to meet me,

please come to the Mighty Q this Friday at five o'clock.

Brittany.

All righty, I'm off. OK, see you tomorrow.

Ashley?

Jake.

Uh, what are you doing here?

Nothing. I mean, I'm...I'm just meeting someone. Here?

Well, why? What do you mean, why?

Well, you just don't live here any more.

You're right. I don't. I...

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude, I... It's OK.

It's just, I'm a little shocked. Can we start again?

No, honestly, don't worry about it.

Sorry, boss. We got the car.

Oh, Roc, can you just give me a sec? Please don't leave. OK.

Where did you find it? The bus station.

It's a blue SUV with a bunch of parking tickets.

I called to pick it up.

It's at the garage already. I figured you'd want to look at it.

Yeah, I do. Did you run the plates?

Yeah. Belongs to an Emma Turner, 20 years old.

OK. Local? No. She's from Kansas City.

Rebecca says that she and a friend came in a couple of clays ago,

got their hair done and then left.

And she remembers the car. Why? Where's Rebecca?

At the salon.

Salon. She was just closing. Who is she?

Hey. Hi. Are you Rebecca? Yeah. I was going to ask you...

Yes, thank you, thank you. OK.

Hey, Rebecca. Hey, thanks for calling in that car.

Oh, no problem. I recognised it.

Yeah, why is that? Well, because one of them, the blonde,

was concerned about getting a ticket,

so she kept asking the brunette to go feed the meter.

So, when I saw the car parked at the depot with a bunch of tickets,

I figured something was wrong.

What time was that? Oh, let's see...

Cruller just dropped off mail, so it was about 10:30.

How did they pay? Cash.

Sorry, guys. I've got a date.

Did you happen to get their names?

No. Or, if I did, I don't remember.

Can you just maybe tell us what they looked like?

One of them was blonde, like I said. The other had dark hair.

I always notice the hair first.

Actually, she looks a little like you.

Is it possible they were going anywhere special?

I don't know. I don't think so.

Do you remember what they were wearing? The blonde had on jeans

and a leather jacket, and the brunette had a very nice red coat.

Suited her dark hair. Are you sure they didn't just

meet up with some boys, maybe forget about the car?

Ah, they didn't seem the type. These were really nice girls.

That's why I called you guys. Serious, you know? What do you mean?

Like they had business here.

I mean, they asked me how long I lived in Plains River.

I think they were looking for somebody.

I gotta go. Thanks, Rebecca.

Hey, run the registration, make a couple of calls,

see what we can find it.

I mean, so far this is not a missing persons case, but...

...this whole situation does seem a bit weird.

Your hands are freezing. I'm scared.

I'm so sorry.

This is all my fault. No, it's not. I wanted to help you find your mom.

Still... If anything happens to you...

I never would have let you come in here alone.

DOOR OPENS

All right, let's have a look.

So, you're a cop now?

May I? No.

So, do you want to start from the beginning?

Do you know these girls?

Um...no.

Well, technically one of them, but not really.

Well, you're awfully interested,

so I'm thinking that you probably do.

Is that who you're here to meet? Yes. Did you call her?

No, I don't, I don't have her number. What's her name?

Brittany.

I don't know her last name. OK. Do you know Emma Turner as well?

No. OK, so how do you know this Brittany?

What's your connection to her?

My connection...

Look, Jake,

I really appreciate your help,

but, um, I'm going to take it from here.

Take WHAT from here?

I will, I'll be there. It's not...it's not a big deal, man.

Look, l...l said I'd be there. SHE RINGS BELL

I gotta go, OK? Later.

Hi. Can I help you? I hope so.

Um, I'm looking for someone.

Her name is Brittany. She's 18.

I don't know her last name,

but would you mind checking if she's staying here?

Why, what did she do? Why do you ask that? Do you know her?

No, no, no, I just haven't seen her since Wednesday.

So she WAS staying here? Well...

Hey, they owe me for another night. Are you going to pay up?

Was she staying with someone? Wait, what was her name Emma Turner?

I don't know her name. But, yeah, there was another girl,

a blonde maybe. Did they leave a credit card? Well, if they did,

I wouldn't be asking, you know what I'm saying? Like...

Could you maybe tell me about the last time you saw them?

Yeah, Wednesday morning. They came, they paid for another night

and they left. Did you see what car they were driving?

I don't remember. Blue maybe?

DOG BARKS Shut up! Maybe like a small SUV.

OK. And you're sure that they haven't been back since?

No, no. Maybe somebody else saw her. No, no, I'm the only one here.

The owner's away. Look, I'm sure, OK? I cleaned out the room

on Wednesday, and nobody's slept in there since.

Can I get a key to the room?

Ah, yeah, no, no, no. We don't do that. That's a...

It's a privacy thing. I mean, come on. Of course. Um...

Troy, listen.

I really need your help, OK?

Could you just make an exception this one time, please?

I really need to find this girl. Please.

It's number 13. It's almost on the end. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

DOG BARKS

Liz? Hi.

Oh, I did get your messages. I just couldn't get back to you.

Sorry about that. Did you find it?

No, sorry. Birth certificate doesn't exist.

Well, how is that possible?

Some parents request what's called an amended birth certificate.

They put their names as the parents and they change the place of birth.

This is so in case the child doesn't know they're adopted,

doesn't find out accidentally.

Well, how am I supposed to find her? She'll find you.

They all do. Thanks.

SHE SIGHS That's how you found me.

OK.

SHE CLEARS THROAT

PHONE RINGS Hello, you have reached Plains River Courthouse.

The office is now closed.

BANG SHE GASPS

Brittany?

Brittany?

SHE GASPS

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh, my God. You scared me. Sorry.

Did you try to come in my room just now?

No, I came around cos I heard you yelling your head off.

I mean, what was that?

Nothing. You're OK?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Um...

...l need a room.

OK, we'll fix you... This one.

Ah, I knew you were going to be trouble.

I shouldn't have given you that key.

Look, um...

...l can't give you this room. What? Why?

Oh, OK.

How much did you say it was again?

60 something? 60...?

Oh, no. But this one's a deluxe.

That should cover it.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Ashley, you in here?

Hey. Hi.

Can I come in?

I saw your car outside.

I wanted to give you an update on your friend.

Oh. So both girls work at a scrapbooking store in Kansas City

and apparently they're on vacation in Mexico.

So I was hoping that maybe you could tell me

why they ended up here instead.

Uh, I...

...l don't know.

OK. Do you know that her parents died recently?

Yeah, a car crash.

I mean, we're tracing their cellphones

but they're both powered off right now.

Is there anything that you can tell me that would help?

You know, like why were you meeting her? Was it business related?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, it's something like that. Mm.

You know I'm trying to help you, right?

Thanks, Jake.

I really appreciate you coming by.

Are you going to disappear again?

What?

Well, just because if you are I'd like to be prepared this time.

I'm sorry.

I... You know, right up until your parents moved away I...

...l just kept wishing that maybe you'd come back, you know?

Just so I could hear from you, you know, what really happened. Yeah.

Nothing happened.

Nothing. HE CHUCKLES SADLY

Maybe not in your world but in my world I went away to training camp

and when I came back I had to hear from my parents that you moved away,

you know, no forwarding address, no phone number, no nothing.

I mean, nothing.

And then I had to hear from my dad that...

Were you even going to say hi?

...l don't know.

You don't know?

Jake.

Will you let me know if you find something?

Look, you're not levelling with me so I have nothing to go on.

No-one's reported these two girls missing so as far as I'm concerned

they're in Mexico having a great time without any care or concern

for whatever or whoever it is that they left behind.

No, no, no, Jake. What?

These girls haven't been back to their room in two days.

Two days.

I mean, all their stuff is still here.

I mean, everything, look, suitcases, everything.

Girls don't go anywhere overnight without their stuff,

let alone Mexico.

Hey, Troy?

BELL DINGS

Troy, you in there?

DOG BARKS

SHOWER RUNNING

Sorry. just having dinner.

What's going on?

Just waiting for Troy.

His van is here. Yeah.

He could be cleaning a room. Or doing a deal.

TAP RUNS BRIEFLY

SHE SIGHS

SHE SCREAMS

Hey!

Hey, does Jeff know that you leave his office unattended and unlocked?

I was fixing a clogged toilet, man.

Yeah? Yeah.

Well, you're looking a little jittery.

You dealing again? No, I'm working.

Don't make me call your grandma. I'm not, OK? Are you?

I'm not.

Look, I've been clean, I swear.

All right.

Listen, we want to ask you about

a couple girls that have been staying here, OK?

This is one of them. Emma Turner, blonde, 20 years old.

Look, I already told the lady, I haven't seen them since Wednesday.

Did you see them with anyone? No.

With any guys? No, no-one.

They were barely here. I...

All right.

PHONE RINGS Hey, listen, don't let me catch you dealing, OK?

But I'll haul your ass off to jail.

Yeah, I'll be right there.

It's Ashley.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hey. You OK? Yeah.

Did you see anyone? No.

Did they take anything? No.

Lock the doors.

Hey, Rocco, where are you right now?

Have you seen Troy?

No, he must have bailed right after you left.

Listen, I need you go down to his house and bring him in.

Yeah, call me when you have him.

Do you think it was Troy?

You know, I've known Troy for about ten years.

He's had some trouble with drugs but kidnapping is not his MO.

That being said, he wasn't at the front desk when we first got here,

so I need to look into that.

SHE SIGHS

Look, obviously something's going on here.

I don't want you staying here.

I think you should come to my place.

I don't think that's a good idea.

You're not safe here.

At my place I can protect you.

I don't need your protection,

I need you to investigate this.

This isn't LA or New York, OK?

This is a small town, and things take time.

Fine.

PHONE RINGS

Rocco. You got him?

What do you mean he's gone?

Oh, dammit. OK, put an APB out on him.

Yeah. Thanks.

So, this girl, Brittany, what can you tell me about her?

Or do you have any idea why someone would break into your hotel room

and tell you to go home?

Um, I mean... PHONE RINGS

HE SIGHS Excuse me.

Hey, you'll never guess who's here right now.

SHE MOUTHS SILENTLY Uh, it's an old Army buddy.

Yeah. Hey, how's your back? Did see the doctor?

That's good, it's good.

Hey, listen, can I call you tomorrow?

Yes, sir. Will do.

All right, I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye.

Ah, why couldn't I tell him that you were here?

Oh, just, I don't really want to talk to anybody right now.

Except Brittany.

Did you just move in?

No. Hm.

Is there anything you CAN tell me about her?

I'm sort of helping her. OK. How?

I'm a social worker and I'm helping her reunite with her family.

How old is she?

17.

How's your family?

Uh, you know, Dad's almost 70, retired,

Mom passed away last year. Oh.

Scott is...Scott.

I'm really sorry about your mom.

What about you? ls there a Mr Ashley Quinn?

SHE CHUCKLES

Actually, no. Um...

...l just got dumped.

Well, at least you got dumped.

Yeah, I guess I deserve that.

Do you have any kids?

You?

Didn't get that far.

DOOR OPENS

Scott, hey. Uh, Dad wants you to call him.

Yeah, I talked to him.

Sorry, I got caught up with something,

totally forgot to sign these.

You remember Ashley, right? Yes, of course.

Hi, how are you?

Jake and I ran into each other.

Yes, she's in town looking for someone. He knows.

Actually, I was walking by the campaign office and I said hi.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. OK, I'm not going to keep you guys, I will...

No, you're not keeping us.

Someone broke into her motel room,

so I brought her here to make sure that she was safe.

Yeah. No. Uh...

Are you OK? What...what happened?

I don't know. I didn't see, I was in the shower.

Wow.

Yeah. That's...

HE SIGHS Well, you're safe here.

This guy.

Um, OK. I'm going to go, guys-

I'm going to get out of your hair, let you get some sleep.

Nice to see you.

Oh, I'm actually probably going to be in town for the next few clays

so maybe I'll stop by and say hi.

Yeah. OK.

I will be there.

Great. Cool. Bye.

Jake, I... Bedroom's at the end of the hall,

bathroom's to the right, kitchen.

I'm going to tuck in. OK.

Thanks. No problem.

How many days have we been in here?

Three...I think.

We're going to die in here. No.

Hey. No, no, no, we won't.

Hey, I'm going to get us out of here.

DOOR OPENS

So this is what you want?

SHE SCREAMS

HE COCKS GUN

GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING

HE SINGS

Hey.

It wasn't planned.

You ran into me in the street.

You know that summer when Jake came home and you weren't here?

It took him a long time to get over you.

Yeah, I can imagine. Um...

You're a good brother.

I won't be here long.

Thank you.

It's really hard for him.

Yep. Hey, uh, do you want to stick around maybe

and have a coffee? Um...

I can't. I have to go.

We're just headed to Kansas City to see somebody. OK. Yeah.

OK.

I can't believe someone hasn't snatched you up yet.

See you, buddy. See you.

So, you're running for Senate? Mm-hm.

I think that's wonderful. Hm.

SHE SIGHS

What's going on?

You haven't said a word to me since we got in the car.

Yeah, you stop to say hello to my brother but if I didn't run

into you I wouldn't even know that you were here.

How do you think that makes me feel?

Sorry to keep you waiting. Not a problem.

Hi, I'm Sheriff Christian. This is my friend Ashley.

Oh, are you Senator Christian's son?

One of them, yes. I hear you're running for a seat in office.

Yes, ma'am. That's wonderful.

What can I do for you?

Well, it's not official police business yet, but we are concerned

about two young women who are employed here.

What have they done? Nothing, ma'am.

It's possible they may be missing. Emma Turner and Brittany Morgan?

That's easy. They're on vacation.

Mexico.

They've been planning that trip for weeks now,

since Brittany's parents died.

Poor girl, she has nobody else.

Emma's been like a sister to her, you know?

Do you know when they're due back?

Not until the middle of next week.

I don't think they're missing, dear.

Do you know Emma's family at all?

I don't think they live here. Hm.

Have you seen this man around the store? His name's Troy Campbell.

Does he have something to do with the will?

Why do you ask that?

Brittany wanted a day off to settle the will and such.

The next day she was like a ghost.

It's like her parents died all over again.

Do you have any idea who the executor might be?

I believe it's Dr Pearce, local surgeon.

All right. Thank you.

Would you mind keeping that picture?

Call me if you see them. My name's on the back.

Jake, can we talk?

Sure.

Do you want to tell me about Brittany

and what you're really doing here? Ah.

Um...

That's what I thought.

What do we do now?

I don't know many more messages I can leave for the doctor but,

you know what, I'm sure that he'll call us when he's out of surgery.

Jake...

...about what you said.

Just tell me the truth.

If you wouldn't have bumped into me,

would you have even tried to look for me?

I wanted to, but...

But what?

I was afraid. Afraid of what?

Of how it would feel.

How what would feel?

To remember. To remember everything.

I

I was in love with you.

I waited for you.

Didn't I mean anything to you?

Anything?

You meant everything to me.

Look, I...

So what made you decide to run?

Was it because of your dad?

Uh, no.

No. It's because the town needs to be fixed. Hm.

You know, there's people hurting, out of work.

And every idea that I've heard of is just moving backwards,

I want to move forwards.

You're a good man.

You're going to make an amazing senator.

I'm sure you'll win.

Oh, yeah, well, if I do it won't be because of my good merit,

it'll be because of our family's wholesome name

and my father's legacy.

SHE CHUCKLES

You know I thought about calling you more times than I can say.

Why didn't you?

I couldn't. Why not?

I mean, l...l don't understand.

I'm just going to go get a glass of water, OK?

I'll be right back.

SHE SIGHS

SHE SCREAMS

Jake!

SHE COUGHS AND GASPS

Ashley! Are you all right? There's a guy with a gun and a mask.

Where?

He went that way. He went that way.

SHE BREATHES DEEPLY

You OK?

Did you see him? No.

But he slashed my tyres.

What's going on here, Ashley?

OK, you've been in someone's crosshairs since you got here.

You've been looking for this girl,

you're not telling me anything about her.

I mean, why is she so important to you?

Who is she?

I'm her mother.

Yeah. I...

I guess my dad was right about you.

What?

He told me about you and I didn't believe him.

I guess I was wrong.

When I went away to camp you found somebody and that's why you left,

so you could be with him.

Is that what you think?

You have no idea.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Don't I?

I mean, you moved away, you got pregnant, obviously.

And then you walked away from your child

as easily as you walked away from me.

Yeah, I guess my father was right about you, he was telling the truth.

And then, you know what? I let the memories of you ruin

a relationship that I was in. You know why, Ashley?!

Because I was waiting for you...

..to come back.

Mm-hm. All right.

Thank you for taking my call, Ken.

Yeah, I appreciate it.

Well, you were right.

Ken over at the courthouse said he gave Brittany a copy

of her real birth certificate,

and he helped her find you through a cross-match database.

Does he know where she could've gone after?

No. He said he gave her a copy of your old yearbook

but I don't see that anywhere.

Well, maybe she took it with her.

Maybe.

I mean, we've got nothing right now.

Well, what about Troy?

What about Troy? I got an APB out on him in four states.

SHE SIGHS

You know, Ashley, I got to ask.

The father.

ls it possible that he's holding a grudge?

No, it's not him.

I'm sure.

Jake...

Let's just keep this professional, OK?

KNOCKING

Did you find Troy?

Boss, a word.

WHISPERED: We've found a girl's body by the river.

Um, I've got to go.

What's going on? ls it about Brittany?

Please, just stay here, OK?

Let's go.

Sheriff is on his way.

So, Rocco, how far is it? It's just up here.

The hikers found her.

What's this?

Ashley, slow it down. Slow it down, Ash. Brittany! Whoa, whoa, whoa.

SHE PANTS

Can I have a look?

HE SIGHS

It's not her. It's Emma.

SHE CRIES

It's not her, OK.

Don't worry, we're going to find her.

You know what? Get me a phone number for Emma's parents.

I don't want them finding out on the morning news.

Hey, Rocco, let's get the Kansas City chief on the line, OK?

We need a forensics team down here and we need some help. On it.

I'll call Dr Pearce, see if he knows anything about her.

OK.

She was so young.

Hey, that's the towel from the motel.

Hey.

They've got Troy in custody back at the station.

He was found in the back seat of his truck with a minor.

We'll get into that.

You know what? We've got to go, OK? Mm-hm.

Come on. OK. Yeah.

So,

come on. Two pretty girls, the boss is on vacation,

practically your only customers.

Tell me you didn't party with them.

No, I'm telling you, man, they were barely there.

No, but you tried, right?

No! No, no, no.

Oh, come on, did you like Brittany more? No, I got a girlfriend, OK?

The 15-year-old that you were trying to rape? She's not 15!

She's 16. There's a big difference, man. OK.

And I didn't try to rape her, OK? She's my girlfriend.

You can ask her.

Ask her.

Can I go? ls that what this is about? It's not...

No. No, you can't go, Troy.

Why did you kill Emma?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, I didn't kill anyone.

Then why did you run, Troy? Eh?

And why did we find this inches away from her dead body, Troy?

Oh, man, there was a box of towels stolen the other week. I told...

I told the boss about it. It was...

You know where we found these?

In your trunk. What is that? I've never seen that.

Is that Advil? No. Are those roofies, Troy?

I've never seen that before. Are those roofies?

I swear... ls this what you used to take those girls?

I didn't see them! I've never seen that before.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!

OK, look, look.

Somebody must've put that in my car, OK? That's not mine.

I'm talking about two girls' lives.

You have to believe me, it's not mine.

I deal in small stuff. What are you...? PHONE RINGS

Who's calling? Why aren't you listening to me?

Hey, listen to me! Come on!

Ashley. Yeah. Dr Pearce.

Hey, Dr Pearce, you're on the line with Brittany's birth mom.

Any information you can give us would actually help us find her.

So you told Brittany she was adopted, right?

I did, after the accident.

I told Marie and Bill they should at least leave the original

birth certificate with the will, but they wouldn't hear of it.

She was so afraid that Brittany would want to be with her birth mom.

So how come they told you?

It wasn't by choice.

Back then I was a family physician.

When Brittany was five she had an infection,

needed a blood transfusion -

neither were a match.

Marie then told me that Brittany was adopted.

She didn't tell me who the mother was,

just that it was a girl from Plains River.

Perhaps I was out of line

but I thought Brittany deserved to know.

I hope I did the right thing and I hope you find her.

She's a nice kid.

I can fax through her file, if you think it will help.

Yes, absolutely it will. Thank you, Dr Pearce.

What is that? What does it say?

Troy's got a solid alibi for when Emma was shot. No...

No!

Dammit!

Look, Ashley, I can only imagine what you're feeling right now, OK?

Jake, I need to tell you something.

Just got to grab the fax, OK?

Are you kidding me?

She was born October, 1999.

Is she mine?

Why didn't you tell me?

I would've given up everything for you, for us.

I would have married you in a second.

I...

Was I not good enough?

No.

Why then? Why would you want me thinking that it was someone else?

Can you help me with this? Please help me understand this right now.

Yes, yeah. I get it. I have not been honest with you.

I didn't tell you because...

Oh, my God. I don't even know where to start.

And now you're in the middle of this campaign.

I don't care about the campaign!

You don't but your father certainly does...and this town.

There is not a day that goes by

that I don't think about her and what I missed,

and what was taken me. No.

No, you don't get to say that.

Nobody took anything away from you. What?

You made that decision all on your own.

Did I? Yeah, you did.

I could have helped you. I would have taken care of her.

We could have asked my family. There's a lot of options, Ashley.

Your family?

That's rich. Yep.

Why don't you ask your father what he did to help us?

Mm. Hey!

I was just having a snack.

What's wrong? Everything.

Do you want to... Want to tell me about it?

OK.

Do you remember I told you I was here to meet someone?

It was my daughter.

Her name is Brittany.

I had her 18 years ago and I never told anyone and that's why I left.

And now she never showed up.

And now her friend is dead and she's missing.

I am so sorry.

I'm just so scared that I'm never going to get to see her.

Hey, hey, hey, come here. Come here.

It's OK.

It'll be OK.

Yes, he just found out.

Does Jake know? Yes, he just found out.

I wanted to tell him earlier.

But then I came here...and this!

I just figured this was the last thing he needed.

I don't... I don't get it. What does your having a child,

what does that have to do with his campaign?

Jake's the father.

Son, you listen to me.

You're a good man.

You have a very bright future.

Five years in the Army. Even this, the polls are up.

The campaign is looking good.

The last thing you want is to be involved in any hassles like this.

What? A hassle? Yeah.

We're talking about my daughter here.

You don't even know her.

Thank God that girlfriend of yours had some brains in her head.

She kept this quiet for all these years.

It seems like she was more concerned with your future than you are.

Look at me when I'm talking to you.

She knew she wasn't right for you.

Just imagine, them standing there with you on the podium.

Are you saying that you

made her give up the baby? Our baby, my child?

You were the one that created this disastrous situation, not me.

It had to be solved, so I solved it.

If her mother didn't tell me,

I wouldn't have found out in time to save you.

Now, I wanted her to have an abortion.

She wouldn't have anything to do with it

cos her father was a preacher.

I pleaded with her for weeks.

Thank God her father had some sense.

You paid off her father to get rid of the baby?

Is that what you're saying?

Goddamn right, I did.

I am giving you a Senate seat on a silver platter.

Do you imagine the damage

she could have done, and can do, to your political life?

How? I would have married her in a heartbeat.

I know you would have and you would have ruined your life.

That girl was not right for your, son.

She was perfect for a political candidate.

She's a preacher's daughter.

That family is not right enough.

You mean they weren't white enough? ls that what you're saying, Dad?

What I did, I did for you.

No, Dad, what you did, you did for yourself.

And now there's a little girl out there and she's missing.

And if anything happens to her, I'm going to hold you

personally responsible for that.

Now get out. I don't want to see you ever again.

You don't want to see me ever again?

That's correct...sir.

You're a fool.

So Brittany's my niece?

Yeah. Oh! She is. Wow!

I don't know why I'm surprised.

Of course, my dad would have done that to help Jake fix things.

Er, I mean, he would done pretty much anything for Jake.

Do you think that... that your dad was behind all this?

Oh, oh! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that makes perfect sense.

Right? Oh, my God. Yes.

You know what? You know what we should do?

We should we should get in the car and we should go confront him.

We should get Jake. He can arrest him.

We should go confront him. Let's do something.

You're going to help me? Let's do something.

Let's go right now. OK. OK.

I really got to run to the bathroom. OK. Yeah.

Do it, it's down the hall. OK.

Come on, let's go! Let's go do this.

Time is of the essence. We've got to be fast.

How could you?

It wasn't your dad.

It was you.

Why?

She didn't do anything.

She didn't...

But you did. You and j-j-jake.

What?

To you, I'm just Jake's p-pathetic little brother.

Uh-oh.

You were looking for th-this.

Where's Brittany?

What did you do to my daughter?!

What's the matter? My b-brilliant b-brother couldn't figure it out.

Did you kill her?

I'm not a m...monster.

You killed Emma.

That wasn't my fault.

She tried to run away.

You're never going to get away with this.

Won't I?

That depends.

You want to see your daughter?

My beautiful niece?

Yes.

Well, then you'll have to take...take one of these.

Ashley?

Ashley?

Rocco? Hey, have you heard from Ashley?

OK. If you do could you call me, please? Thank you.

Scott? Hey, it's me.

Listen, you not going to believe what Dad did.

OK, just call me when you can.

Right, thanks. Bye.

PHONE MESSAGE: Hey, boss, I traced Ashley's cellphone.

It's at your campaign office.

Come on, come on.

Hey, Scott.

Oh, my Lord.

Come on.

PHONE VIBRATES

Rocco. Hey, get me a coroner down at the campaign office.

Meet me at my brother's. Now.

Hi.

Sorry about that.

It's nasty stuff.

Where is she?

Do you remember this place?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It was your family's cottage.

Yeah, yeah, used to be.

They bought it a couple of years ago. Now it's mine.

Scott?

Brittany's your niece.

Just... just let her go.

Please.

Do you remember?

I brought you here for a whole weekend.

Do you remember that? Yeah.

Yeah, Jake was off playing at an away game.

Mum and Dad gave me permission to invite you.

Ah.

We took out the canoe.

Yeah. Yeah.

Do you remember that? Yeah.

We, erm...

We fell in the water.

What does it have to do with this?

Is that all you remember?

What else?

We talked for hours.

Yeah.

Ashley. Hours.

That was the most amazing night in my life.

Is that what this is about?

That you had a crush on me?

Scott?

You have me.

Just...let Brittany go.

Nah.

No, it's way too late for that.

Do you remember...

...what happened after?

After we f-fell...fell in the water?

Erm...

Jake came by. Jake came by and that's when he first...

...asked...

When he stole you from me!

Scott. Scott.

You and I were just friends.

You...

...were...

...my g-g-girlfriend.

Scott, I did what you asked.

Tell me where she is.

It's ironic, isn't it?

Imagine my surprise.

She comes walking through the door, looking for her mother,

asking me about her mother, Ashley Quinn!

My Ashley Quinn.

What did you do to her? What did you do to her?

Oh.

Nothing...

...yet.

But she's...she's getting really nice and close.

If you touch her, I'll kill you.

I gave you the chance to walk away

and you didn't take it.

Now...

...come with me!

Hey, Scott?

Hey, Jake.

What have you got?

I know where he is.

Come on. Follow me.

Come on.

You're pathetic. Oh, yeah? Jake's going to haul you in.

We'll see about that.

SHE SCREAMS

No, no, no! Stop it!

Don't leave me in here.

No, no, please. Please!

No!

Brittany?

Mom?

You're alive! Oh, my God! Mom! Mom!

Oh, my God! Oh, my baby!

Oh, God. Oh, my God.

I have been looking for you...

...for 18 years. You have? Yes!

Oh, my God.

Why didn't you want me?

Oh, honey.

No, I wanted you so, so much.

Then why?

Oh, God.

I thought I had no choice, OK?

I thought I had no choice and I regretted it ever since.

Every single day.

I tried looking for you but your birth certificate wasn't...

No, Dr Pearce told me.

Oh, my baby.

THEY BOTH LAUGH

Brittany? Yeah?

I couldn't find you

but I carried you with me

all the time.

Look.

BRITTANY CRIES

That's your hair?

It's you. My baby...

Grab it. OK. Maybe we should wait for back-up.

No time.

SIRENS BLARE

ls Emma dead?

She was my best friend.

I'm so sorry, honey.

BRITTANY SOBS

OK. Here.

Oh, it's freezing.

I'm sorry. It's OK.

It's fine.

It's going to be OK. I'm going to get us out of here, OK? How?

I don't know how, but I will.

Put this on, it's freezing. Are you sure?

I am sure. I am so sure. OK.

You just stay warm. I am going to figure something out. OK.

Right. OK, OK, OK.

OK, this is good.

He's never going to fall for it.

Yes, he will. I promise.

You just have to be ready.

What about you?

Don't worry about me and don't wait for me, OK?

I just want you to run as fast as you can and a flag down a car,

find a house and call 911, OK?

And if I can, I'll be right behind you.

OK.

One more thing.

When you're safe...

...ask to see Sheriff Christian, OK?

He's going to...

He's going to take care of you. He's going to make sure you're OK.

You got it? Yeah. Yeah.

OK.

SHE BANGS DOOR

Please help me! Please! I think she's dying! She's sick!

She's coughing up blood! I need your help!

Please, please, help me, help me! Please, please, please!

Please! She's dead! I think she's dead! Please!

Help me, please! Help me! What's the matter?

Please, help me! Please, please!

What? No, no! Hold on, hold on! No, no! No, no! No, no!

Go! Come on! Run!

Run! Run! Please!

Run! Run, Brittany!

HE GROANS

Help!

Run!

Please help, somebody! Run!

Help!

Help! Help!

HE GROANS

HE SCREAMS

Mom! Mom! Run, run, please!

Help us, please!

On your 12. Let's move it.

There he is!

Run! Run, run, run!

No, run!

Don't! Please don't!

He's not going g-get you this time.

Either of you!

No! No!

Please. Please.

That's it.

SCREAM

Scott! Stay down! Rocco, call a medic.

How could you do this?

You're my brother!

She was m-mine.

I was never yours!

This is 1-19 requesting medical assistance...

Come on now. Stay down.

OK, thank you.

Thanks, Jim.

You all right? I'm fine. You're going to the hospital, OK?

No, no, I'm not leaving her side.

Besides, it's just a scratch.

You were shot.

You're going to the hospital.

Yes, you are.

Are...?

Are you my...?

Oh, my God, this is so not how I pictured this moment.

Brittany.

This is your father.

Jake...

...meet your daughter.

Brittany.

Hi.

Please, don't be mad at him. I... It's not his fault.

I didn't tell him. He didn't know.

It's OK.

She needs know the truth.

My father made her give you up when you were born.

'And you... l

I said a lot of things

and I'm so sorry.

Forgive me?

I'm glad you're OK.

I understand.

No, you don't.

FOOTSTEPS

Get out or so help me God, I...

Mi nina.

Are you all right?

Jake called me yesterday.

I came to talk to you.

I have nothing to say to you.

Yes, you do. And I need to hear it.

Fine.

Let's start with why didn't you protect me?

Was dad's church really more important

than your own daughter... and your granddaughter?

I'm so sorry.

I missed her first words.

I missed her first steps.

I missed everything.

He told us he would destroy us if said anything.

Yeah.

He's a monster.

Please forgive me.

Jake has the car pulled out front.

Mom, wait!

Meet your granddaughter.

Brittany.

Oh, que Linda!

Oh, oh!

Oh, you're so beautiful!

You have your grandfather's eyes.

Hello! Hey!

How did it go? Er, good.

Scott'll be away for a long time.

OK, what smells so good in here?

I don't know. We're improvising.

Yeah.

I'd be afraid to taste it, if I were you.

Maybe you should just stick to smelling it.

Well, that came for you in the mail.

They'll let me transfer.

That's great.

I mean, with your grades, you can probably get into any college.

You don't have to stay here.

And we would pay for it, whatever the cost. Yes, absolutely.

You can still change your mind.

I want to live with you while I go to college.

Here...

"with both of you.

Ashley, is that what you want too?

Do you?

Yeah. Yes! Yes! Yeah.

It's settled then. And I'm going to try this.

Unless we die of food poisoning first.

Just going to grab a drink. We got salad!

Let me grab a drink.

JAKE COUGHS

More vegetables, I think. Let me fix this. Vegetables.

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