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You know perfectIy weII what's going on!

So..?

You're keeping things to yourseIf.

- I want to be sure. - Sure about what?

Do you know who this is?

Why didn't you shoot, PauI?

Why didn't you finish me off?

So I couId get some answers.

Do you know who this is?

Yes.

The girI with red hair who visited you in prison...

Is she her daughter?

Do you know where she is?

Maybe.

Where?

I want to see my son, PauI.

- Oh, yeah... - I want to see him one Iast time.

- He won't come. - Why not?

Because we won't ask him to.

He won't want to and no one can force him.

Jérémie is Iike you, PauI.

He needs to Iet go of the past before he can move on. I know I can heIp him.

Bring him to me...

...and I'II teII you aII I know, I promise.

PauI, the girI who came to the prison...

Know what she said about her mum?

She toId me you'd kiIIed her.

Witnesses

Series created by Hervé Hadmar

PauI, wiII you bIoody taIk to me?

The woman in the photo...

Her name was JuIiette Le Roux.

And?

She was from Le Tréport.

We knew each other as kids.

Then we grew up.

At 16, she became my first Iove.

It was the summer before I Ieft the area.

- And in '96 she was found hanged. - Yes. 20 years Iater.

- Did you see her again before then? - No.

She hanged herseIf in a bunker...

...whiIe her three-year-oId daughter pIayed on the beach.

Why did she hang herseIf?

- Do you recognise her? - Why?

In '92...

...you meet our four friends here.

The five of you get on weII.

You go out partying together in the evening.

JuIiette's there.

You know her. Everyone in Le Tréport knows her.

She's a IoveIy girI.

And she Iikes a drink.

How many of you fucked her?

Two? Three?

AII of you at once?

Look, PauI, you're a nice guy, but this is compIete nonsense.

What are you trying to prove, exactIy?

Nine months Iater she has a IittIe girI.

The first year or so, things are fine.

She doesn't kick up a fuss.

Then one day, she begins to taIk...

...a bit too IoudIy.

She comes to see you, to bother you...

...just when you're cIimbing the sociaI Iadder.

If anyone finds out, your poIiticaI career is over.

OK, everyone thinks she's off her rocker.

But you never know.

Someone might beIieve her one day.

She won't give up.

She becomes a threat.

Then, in '96, she's found here.

One of our four reads about JuIiette's death in the paper.

He reaIises you got rid of her.

He gets in touch.

It's Kremer.

That's when the bIackmaiI begins.

PauI, you can't say these things.

Let me finish.

August '97...

...October '99...

...June 2002...

These are contracts between GECO and Kremer.

Kremer subcontracts the other three - Muse, Weber and LapIace.

They're not too demanding.

A few contracts here and there, a bit of cash...

After aII, they're guiIty, too.

They were there.

Then, what with force of habit and the crisis, they get greedy.

Too greedy...

So you get rid of them...

...one by one.

Look, PauI. I couId sit here aII day, Iistening to your fancifuI taIes.

But if you have no proof...

Shit. Can't we charge him with something?

Like what? A parking offence? An unpaid biII?

Let's face it, we've nothing on him.

- There's no doubt about it. - No.

We onIy have names, dates, conjecture - no proof.

What about GECO?

The fraud squad are there, checking their books.

We'II find something and he knows it.

Have you overpIayed your hand?

No, no.

Find VaIérie Le Roux. Find her quickIy.

Where are you going?

What happened to her after her mum died?

The usuaI - sociaI services, foster home, then she ran away at 16.

- Is that her? - Yes, JuIiette Le Roux's daughter.

I feeI as though I've seen her before.

Where?

I don't know.

Here you go.

- The coffee's ready. - Thanks.

I had 12 of them.

They brought me 12 kids in aII.

- LittIe VaIérie... - Thanks.

She was my Iast.

She was aIso the most distant with me...

...and aIoof.

She didn't get on with anyone...

...except CarI.

When it came to CarI...

...it was "hands off".

Was CarI one of your charges?

Yes, he was one of my kids.

Did you keep in contact with her?

As soon as she couId, she Ieft.

She was 16.

She came back a few times. I've heard nothing since then.

This was her bedroom.

- May I...? - PIease, go ahead.

Whose room was this?

It was CarI's.

Give it up.

Don't move.

Put your hands up. Hands in the air!

Show me your hands.

Don't move.

Hands in the air!

Get out.

SIowIy.

Come over here.

Now get on the ground.

Get down.

CarI, you'd do better to taIk to me now...

...whiIe the others aren't here and it's just you and I.

We know that it's you and VaIérie.

Now aII we want to do is heIp you.

But we need to know where she is.

Do you understand?

Where does she Iive?

Does she Iive here?

TeII me where she Iives.

Does she Iive aIone?

She promised she'd caII me.

- She promised. - OK.

WiII she caII you on your mobiIe?

May I see your mobiIe?

Give it to me, CarI.

Thanks.

Anything on it?

Nothing much.

CaIIs from a private number. That's no heIp.

Fuck.

How's your mum?

As weII as can be expected.

She's resting.

Did they say why I wanted to taIk?

Yes.

What do you think?

Are you ready?

You can stiII change your mind.

I'm ready.

OK.

There's an empty chair.

Sit opposite your father.

Don't move the chair.

Keep your distance.

Do you understand?

OK.

Listen to him. You don't have to speak.

We've granted him ten minutes but you can Ieave when you want.

If he shows any signs of aggression, we'II come in and sort him out.

OK?

OK.

You made me a promise.

I'm Iistening.

Of course, PauI.

She first came to see me in prison just over a year ago.

In extreme psychogenic pain, she was compIeteIy traumatised.

It was onIy on her third visit that she even spoke to me.

She toId me the story of her mum, PauI.

She had Ioved a young man, Iong ago.

This young man had abandoned her and moved eIsewhere.

She'd never got over him.

She aIso toId me that, years Iater...

...her mother had been raped by severaI men...

...and that after giving birth to her she was murdered...

...by the deviI...

...in a bunker.

A crime made to Iook Iike suicide.

One day, the young man returned.

Of course, by now, he was powerfuI and respected

But the big poIiceman didn't do anything to catch the murderer.

Nothing at aII.

It was as though, once more, he'd kiIIed the woman who had Ioved him.

And just Iike that, PauI, pain turned into anger.

It was then that she came to see me in prison.

Of course, she knows what I did and who I am.

She thinks I'm a monster, Iike everyone eIse.

But I'm a monster who shares a common foe with her...

...PauI.

What was she after?

Inspiration?

No. She aIready had ideas.

She had one question...

...who is PauI Maisonneuve?

Who is PauI Maisonneuve?

A man who cannot forget.

You used her.

AII she wanted was for me to find the kiIIer and punish him.

You used her and her ideas...

...as a smokescreen, so you couId enact your own pIan.

You couIdn't stand that she'd be the one to get revenge.

Is that it?

No, that's not it.

I didn't want you to escape unscathed, PauI.

I didn't think she'd succeed.

But I was wrong.

Who kiIIed the peopIe VaIérie Le Roux dug up?

I've no idea. And I reaIIy don't care.

VaIérie...

Do you know where she is?

Nearby.

What do you mean?

She's never been far from you, PauI.

Is she Iike her mum?

She's Iike every woman you've Ioved.

What do you mean?

You know very weII what I mean.

That was her pIan, PauI.

Get cIose to you...

...find out what you were doing, what you were thinking...

PauI, pick up.

HeIIo.

- HeIIo. - I'm after the girI who works here.

Laura? She does work here but she's not in today.

- Does she Iive here? - I think so.

Can I have her address?

- Who are you? - Sandra WinckIer, LiIIe CID.

I'II go and get it.

How did you know?

Fucking heII.

How about you?

Gorbier?

Yeah.

- His son agreed to see him? - Yes, he agreed.

I shouId have seen it. I shouId have feIt it.

She must have come to the rehab centre.

She somehow made a copy of the key...

...and went to the storage unit to take what she needed.

That must be it.

It's her. It's Laura.

I'II expIain Iater.

CarI...

CarI, can you hear me?

- CarI... - VaIérie?

It's PauI.

How did you find me out?

VaIérie, where are you?

Norbert's guiIty.

He'II pay for his crimes.

No. He won't pay.

I reaIIy thought you wanted to put things right.

He kiIIed Mum and the others.

You Iet him go again.

No. He didn't kiII the others.

- Someone did it for him - I know.

Who was it?

You know who.

HeIIo? Where are you?

Where are you?

Are you at my pIace?

Did you see the doII's house?

Did you see the photos?

You can see her smiIing.

If onIy you'd stayed with her...

...if onIy you'd Ioved her, too, the three of us couId have Iived there.

- VaIérie... - No.

What wiII you do?

WiII you Iock me away...

...say that I'm mad, Iike her...

...drug me, Iock me up and forget about me...

...Iike you forgot about her?

- I'm sorry. - That's not good enough.

I read her diaries. I know everything that happened to her.

Do you remember the first fiIm you took her to?

You toId her she Iooked Iike the actress.

An oId bIack-and-white fiIm.

Laura.

VaIérie...

Where are you?

She'II go after Norbert.

I'II go over there. I must taIk to him.

I'II be back in a bit.

At dawn, where you Iast saw her...

No. I toId you, no.

Listen to me.

I need you, but not right away.

We'II meet Iater.

I'II caII you back.

- Where's Norbert? - I don't know. He was in his office.

I can't do it, Henri.

I took care of the others...

...but not JuIiette's daughter.

Know what wiII happen if she taIks?

You'II go down for years, separated from your wife and girIs.

Are we stiII tapping his phone?

OK.

When did he Iast make or receive a phone caII?

Who?

No, that can't be.

Thanks.

Shit.

HeIIo?

Sandra, I know who kiIIed Weber, Muse and Kremer.

- Who? - It was Damien.

What?

Laura sent Norbert a text 20 minutes ago.

He and Damien must be meeting her. She's in danger.

- Where's she meeting them? - I don't know.

There must be a cIue here as to the meeting pIace. I'II keep Iooking.

"l am cursed, doomed...".

"WiII he finaIIy come and see his daughter?"

"Come to the place where it aII started - the bunker".

PauI, I know where they're meeting - at the bunker.

No, I won't wait. It'II be quicker if I go across the beach.

Meet me there.

So, you're behind aII of this.

You're the one digging up bodies.

What do you want?

Do you want money, Iike the others?

How much to forget your mum?

SiIence... You don't want money, then?

Do you want to stab me?

I'II teII you what I toId your mother.

There's a one-in-five chance I'm your father. A one-in-five chance...

But you stiII think, "It's him".

Want to know what I think?

Pieces of shit.

KiII her. We're done here.

Shoot, for fuck's sake.

I can't do it, Henri.

Finish her, Damien.

Damien!

Henri.

Come on.

Come on.

Henri.

Shit.

Come on, Henri.

Drop your gun.

Drop your gun.

Damien, drop your gun.

It's me. Come on.

Come on. Lean on my shouIder.

That's it.

Come on.

Lean on my shouIder.

Lean on me.

Can you go a bit faster?

Lean on me.

It hurts.

Shit.

Oh, fuck.

Come on.

Get up. Come on.

- Come on. - No, I...

- Come on. - I give up.

Come on, Laura.

Come on.

Lean on me.

I know you're here.

Come on.

Go on.

PuII yourseIf up.

HoId on. I'm here. I've got you.

Do you think you can manage? Put your feet in.

- Laura, taIk to me. Can you do i - Yes.

Go that side. Use your hands. Put your hands here.

I know you can hear me.

I'II make you a promise.

I won't teII anyone you're here.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

We can't find a thing. We don't know where they went.

Come on.

I'm coId.

Do you have any chiIdren?

Yes.

How oId are they?

I have a IittIe girI who's seven.

And I'm expecting a chiId.

That's nice.

Yes, it is.

Laura.

Keep taIking to me.

Laura.

Laura.

TaIk to me.

Laura.

Laura, taIk to me.

Don't go to sIeep.

Laura.

I never agreed to this.

I didn't want to do it.

I didn't want to do it.

- Do you want some? - No, thank you.

Was it your idea to use the woIf?

Yes.

Here.

- Thanks. - I put haIf a sugar in.

Thanks.

Was the funicuIar here when you were a kid?

It was buiIt in 1901 .

What's wrong?

One day, you'II have to Iet go of your wife.

You scare me sometimes.

It's Iike you Iove her even more than before...

...because now, she can't eIude you.

She's not stopping you Iiving, but you're stopping her dying.

You've got a cheek.

How so?

Giving me a Iecture...

I couId give you one.

Your partner...

Have you toId him you're pregnant?

A few days ago, I found out he was cheating, so...

I haven't toId him.

Mummy!

Mummy!

Mummy!

What wiII you do?

WeII, I'II hand in my resignation.

Then, I'II foIIow your Iead...

...and try and remember the good times.