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You following the case of the missing kid?

I knew that was you.

They found her body.

You think could've done that? I loved her.

Right, no-one wants me to talk to you,

because no-one wants me to say it. What I did was right.

The HCPC have a position on negligence.

- I wasn't negligent. - Now here's what I recommend.

- You resign. - Just leave my job?

I trust you, Detective Inspector.

I hope you can trust me back.

Simon, he initially said he was at school.

We've discovered that he wasn't.

Do you have any idea where he might have been?

Oh! OK, young lady, I think we've got rules.

It wasn't just me.

- It wasn't! - Si?

- Si? - Found it.

When was the last time we had a dog?

Breakfast TV melts the eyes.

And moulds the brain.

And where did you think you were going?

Stop it! Step it.

My foot!

- Ah! Ah, it was a lovely sleep. - Oh-h-h.

Oh, God, where am I?

Were you two watching television?

- Now, that's disgusting. - Of course not.

They were watching cartoons.

You got found watching breakfast TV.

That's bad.

Stop it!

The question is did they love her?

Did they protect her?

And yet, when you were Commissioner for Racial Equality

the pervading local authority policy was to race match children...

to place a black child with a black family.

That was a bad policy.

And I still think to myself,

how many black children

did we ensure stayed in care

rather than living with loving families.

Car keys, please.

I need to go to work.

- I won't be long. - Allie.

Off you go.

Good. Have you showered?

I'm going to school, Mum. OK?

Mm-hm, if you want to go in dirty.

Updates on the case? Or do they want you for more media?

- Good lessons today? - Revisionage.

Oh, yeah, of course.

Sitting in the library watching other people pretend to work,

whilst the teachers pretend to watch us,

whilst everybody plays on their phones.

You remember, Mum. I remember.

- Si? - No.

- Toast, Simon? - We're not doing toast.

What?

We discussed this.

It sits too heavy, it's a bad start to the day.

Surely, at the moment...

We are trying to keep things on an even keel.

So, we're starving ourselves, are we?

Yes, that's what I'm doing.

I'm starving us all to fucking death!

I'm going to go to school, then.

Sorry. Sorry.

We're all sorry.

Come on, mate.

Nice brekkie. Three of us.

Could you at least have some orange juice, please?

Sure.

It's nice.

- Excuse me. - OK.

OK, please, please!

Remember, he doesn't have any questions.

You don't get to ask him questions, remember.

- Alice, how are you coping? - Have you been in touch?

- It's quite a stretch. - Yeah.

Fuck.

Thanks for coming out.

Not at all.

I was, sort of, honoured.

You see, that's all the cheering up I needed.

Brilliant adjective to choose that.

Honoured.

I wasn't able to find out too much about what's going on.

I tried to find your work file,

but they're keeping everything well locked up.

You went spying for me?

I thought that was what you wanted, why you wanted to meet.

You're a funny fucking sod, you are.

There's no secrets, I know what they're doing.

- And what are they doing? - Due process.

A process I seemingly can't affect.

But they're continuing with the disciplinary.

They're even bringing my drinking into it, which is...

... odd.

That's normally your cue for making one of your outraged noises,

or saying, 'Oh, I didn't know you drink.'

or...

... saying something.

I am...

- ... outraged. - So, why'd you do it?

Tell them that I do drink?

It's OK, tell me how it happened.

I didn't mean to. I...

I was just trying to...

I told them what a good mentor you were.

Yeah, they told the press, you know?

Someone involved in the investigation told the press.

I was always very discreet.

I don't think it affected me, my judgment.

Could be wrong.

Could be arrogance, that.

I'm sorry, Miriam.

I should've told you.

You shouldn't have told them.

The thing is, though...

... I could've told them worse than that.

"If you can't get them to agree,

then badger, badger, badger till they do."

"The client doesn't always know best, love, you'll learn that."

The thing is, I could've told them all that.

And you do drink, don't you?

Did I really say that?

And I always agreed with you.

I think.

I just need someone to explain to me clearly what's happening.

- We're planning a re-enactment. - Why?

Because the details of Kiri's day are becoming more complicated,

and we need witnesses.

What's becoming more complicated?

You caught him, didn't you?

Nathaniel Akindele claimed that he and Kiri were separated that day.

And we're believing him?

And we have video evidence which suggests that...

... he was right.

What video evidence?

Listen, let me speak for DI Mercer

when I tell you that, uh...

... murder cases, and I've seen a few,

can be complicated.

No victim accounts,

limited forensics.

Sometimes, there's very little video.

Alan, DI Mercer can speak for herself.

Are you letting him go?

Kiri was seen separately from him...

up on Maythorpe Road,

after the abduction.

Can I see it? The video?

Allie, of course we can't.

Look, we need all three of you, full family together,

to maximise press exposure.

To get bums on seats.

A re-enactment always leads to new sightings.

One last push, OK?

But if he didn't do it...

... who did?

I know it's only monitored revision,

but I thought it would be good for Simon. Bit of structure.

I'm so sorry Margaret, he promised us he'd be here.

Si, answer your phone. Tell me where you are, OK?

I've, um...

I've given an assembly.

Um... just so you know.

On how to deal with grief, or how to deal with him.

That's kind of you.

It was boringly trite, I'm sure,

but the hope is that it knocks them into some sort of compassion.

- It's appreciated. - Mm-hm.

I just don't want it to put him off attending school.

Oh, on which note...

The children,

they keep giving me cards...

... to pass on to you.

Thank you.

Have they given you any for Si?

I imagine that they're waiting to give them to his face, um...

I honestly don't think...

I can't promise that they'll be kind.

But they might not be as awful as he thinks.

Oh, but you, you were always one of our most popular teachers,

and hence the bounteous cards.

And now, you're on TV so much they think you're a star, of course.

You are coming across very well, I think.

Thank you.

I think.

How's the book?

Progressing. Fabulous.

And you're feeling... ?

Maybe I should come back to work.

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

I think I'm ready now.

If Si agrees it won't be too distracting for him.

I wish I could help you.

You can. You can help me.

But I think that it's best for you,

and for the students, if you stay as you are.

In limbo?

In recovery.

Hi.

No, I don't want to.

OK.

I don't want to.

Better?

Fuck it.

I feel better.

First time I've masturbated to the Channel 4 News.

Your interview.

I feel so in control of myself in those interviews.

And then I find something of hers...

... in the wash.

And I want to smash my head in with a brick, you know?

I hope you don't.

I saw him.

Nate, that day.

What?

I followed her, Miriam the social worker.

I followed her as she dropped Kiri off at her grandad's,

and there was this guy.

Black, windows rolled down, playing loud music.

Awful car, ancient gold BMW.

I didn't recognise him.

I didn't recognise him at all.

But that was Nate.

Kiri's birth dad.

I could've stopped it all.

If I'd known it was him,

I'd have gone and got her,

and none of this would've happened.

Why did you follow her?

Didn't trust her.

So, tell everyone.

And have them think I was mad?

And have them stop trusting me?

They trust me, the public do,

and that matters for finding the truth.

No, that's not what...

Jesus, what am I fucking doing?!

I always saw myself as this protector, strong,

but I never have been able...

She was hurt,

she was killed, and...

... I couldn't stop any of it.

Praise the Lord!

Hallelujah!

Amen. Hallelujah.

Normally at this time,

I would have a list of people to pray for.

But we are gathered here today to pray for just two.

Just two!

Tobi and Rochelle.

Heal as he only He can heal...

... whilst reminding them that they are never alone.

Hallelujah!

Our Father...

... who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Come in.

Thank you. That was kind.

Oh, my wife won't let me have sandwiches any more.

She worries about me and bread,

so she has me on these oatcakes.

My wife won't let me have cheese.

We are slaves to those we love, eh?

- Will you eat with me? - No, I'm OK.

- Just on time. - Hello, Reverend.

Now, this is my friend Ade.

The Reverend tells me how your son was taken.

The police wanted to talk to him.

He said you volunteered that.

He said, quoting you I believe,

'The brutality was unnecessary.'

Now, more than ever is a time for kindness and helping each other.

Let us help you.

Because you see, the thing is,

I see your face nowhere, Tobi.

There's a movement happening.

Right now online,

thousands furious that in the wake of a little girl's death

her family's granted zero respect.

Just quizzed and probed, and assumed to be criminal.

'We're black, savage, dangerous.'

That pretty white woman is practically saying so

to anyone who'll listen.

I won't see another black boy punished

on a white woman's flippant utterances.

- Flippant? - Tobi...

I must go.*

I'm offering legal support, I'm offering public support.

This is a case we feel we can get behind.

The media narrative on this needs challenging.

I do not need this help, and I did not ask for it.

Busy.

It's busy, I'm in here.

Si!

This is nothing I haven't seen before.

Yes, it is, and you should be at school.

I got upset. I came home.

You mean to say you never went.

I was called in this morning...

Mrs Trent was very disappointed not to see you.

There's this girl I like.

OK.

Can we talk about this later?

Put the kettle on, I'll meet you downstairs.

- Anyway, she's called Abigail. - Simon...

Should we talk about this downstairs?

One time, New Year's,

she kissed me at this party and let me touch her in, you know,

all sorts of places.

I won't get graphic.

- OK. - But then at school, she

just wasn't that into it.

Oh...

... I'm sorry.

Then now, because of all this, I was on Facebook,

she came on and started chatting.

And I said, slightly as a joke,

"You should send me a picture of your tits."

And she sent me one of herself, well, entirely naked.

Can I talk to you when I'm out of the bathroom?

Anyway, I was going to go in,

and then I just saw her standing there, Abigail,

and she turned around.

Yeah.

There's part of you that's enjoying this, isn't there?

Enjoying the celebrity.

OK. I need you out of the bathroom, now.

You know, it's interesting,

you don't shower at his place, you shower here.

Is it because you want Dad to smell it on you?

Si!

Go downstairs, now!

It's just sex, I guess.

Just sex.

Just sexy sex. It doesn't matter!

Whatever you think you understand...

Do you know how fucking stupid you are?

Are you that desperate to be fucked?!

I followed you. I could have been anyone.

Sorry. I thought that'd be funny.

Simon!

Let's not leave it like this!

Si!

Si!

Si!

Oh, fuck off the lot of you!

I said fuck off!

What are you doing here?

How did you find her? The girl.

- Is she an actress? - Er, possibly.

Mostly they use actors.

She looks a pretty good match though, huh?

Yeah.

Quite like her.

Er, OK, Dave? Come over.

Photo shoot.

I want as much of these two in front of the road sign as you can muster.

- Mm-hm. - Geographical specificity.

- OK? Yeah. - That's what we need now.

Allie. Al?

Um, Jim? Maybe you could put your arm round her.

And do we need to bring the girl playing Kiri over?

No, no. OK.

Forget that.

Yeah? OK, we're ready.

We're ready.

Do we follow her? What do we do now?

- Hi. - Hi.

- What's your name? - Fiona.

That's a nice name.

How old are you, Fiona?

Ten.

A good age.

How have you found driving?

What?

You haven't started driving lessons?

Oh, I thought all ten-year-olds started as soon as they can.

I'm not old enough to drive.

Oh, right, of course you're not.

So, tell me, how's university?

I'm not old enough to go to university.

You're not old enough to go to university? What CAN you do?

I can ride a bike.

Fi. Fi!

What did I tell you about running off like that?

I didn't run off. You walked away.

- Sorry for bothering you. - No, no, no. It's no bother.

Come on.

I don't understand.

How did he find out where you lived?

Everyone knows where I live.

I'm in the press every day.

Yes.

He's upset.

Did he say why he was upset?

But I asked his permission to call you and he said he was happy

for you to come.

Oh.

OK. That's good.

I was just concerned when I didn't know where he was.

You know, there's probably a reason he came here.

Do you think?

And not to tell you how to parent, but you should probably talk it

- through with him. - He just wanted to cause

maximum damage to me.

That's your assumption, is it?

He knows how I feel about you.

He wanted to hurt me.

Ah. Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about me,

but if you do have a problem,

why not say it to my face?

You did say.

You may not realise it, but you did say, you did,

that the judge might reflect more kindly on our application

if there was a clear relationship established with her family.

That's simply the facts.

I simply told you the facts.

You made me think it was essential.

You made me think it was standard procedure.

But actually you did it because it suited your cause.

No. "Kindness, packaged in pale skin, with straight hair.'

Yeah, I heard what you said.

Is that what we were to you?

How DARE you.

I was scared.

I was scared about them seeing her unsupervised.

I was scared.

And when you reassured me, when you told me it was the right call,

I was actually reassured because you were one of the good ones.

And whatever else happens,

whatever else you may think about whether you made the right call

or the wrong call, please know this...

I did trust you.

And I consider, in my opinion, that you abused my trust.

Not to benefit yourself, I think you did it for her

because you thought that this was the right call for her cultural...

Understanding.

And that's laudable, I'm sure,

but I...

I think some part of you knew there was a risk.

- No, no. - And fuck you for

not making that clear to me.

When I had to make my decision using the facts you presented me with.

And whatever they find out about what happened that day, know this,

it would not have happened without that fateful decision.

I'll never forgive myself for making it and I'll never forgive you for

pushing me towards it.

There.

You can shout at cameras as much as you like,

but I've said it to your face and that makes me stronger than you.

Mum gets really fiercely articulate when she's angry.

All the kids she used to teach knew her as The Dragon.

I don't know how much of that you heard,

but I'm not ashamed of saying any of it.

OK, cool.

I heard all of it.

I think I made the right decisions.

Oh, think is a strong word.

Think is a strong word when combined with right.

Right should be known, not thought.

OK, first question.

Why did you marry him?

I loved him.

I could trust him.

So it's nothing to do with getting pregnant with me, then?

Love isn't a...

abacus.

It's not about money or looks or... babies.

So you thought you loved him?

I actually did. I actually did love him.

There was a lot to admire.

He was so determined...

- and funny. - OK, second question.

Why did you stay married to him

when you stopped admiring and laughing with him?

Because we were parents.

For me. You stayed for me, OK?

Do you mind?

Yes.

I dislike the responsibility.

My turn for a question.

Where did you go the day she died?

Where did you go that day?

Should I be calling my lawyer, Mum?

Why did you tell the police you were at school?

Because it seemed easier.

Explaining it would be boring.

Where did you go?

Walked around for a bit.

Filled the time.

Cabot Circus for a bit.

The Downs for a bit.

They'll find me on their CCTV.

Final question.

Why was her T-shirt in your waste bin?

- Why do you ask? - I need to ask.

OK.

It was there...

... I'd forgotten, because she put it there.

Now, are we done?

Promise me you won't visit lover boy again while the case is going on.

You can fuck him to death once it's over but until then the press will

be watching and I won't be able to deal with seeing that shit

in the papers.

You have my word.

Mr Akindele, what are you doing here?

I'm here to take my son home.

That's not going to happen.

He's going to remain in custody.

But they said on the news that they have extended the investigation.

He's being charged.

But... but he did not kill her.

They were separated.

He's being charged with abduction.

He took her from your home.

I came to you full of faith, you have never returned it.

I'm trying to investigate a very serious crime.

You broke into my home.

You took my son, but you look into what he says and when I then see on

the news that they have extended the investigation, I think maybe it's

worth a broken door because then, at least, she has done her job.

And then I come here and you lose me again.

Boss.

You need to see this.

I don't know why I let you get under my skin.

Hello.

You're where?

Uh, yeah, sorry.

My music.

What do you want?

So what we need to do is search the premises.

I am sorry.

We're going to try and be as discreet as we can.

I don't think either you or the police want the attention.

- No, you can't. - There's new evidence, Alice.

I do have a warrant. Please don't make this difficult.

And then I'm going to interview you at the station.

You, Jim and Simon.

I don't understand.

You don't need to understand.

You just need to open the door.

Still haven't graduated to the scary rooms, then?

We have new video evidence which places Kiri getting off a bus three

minutes walk from your front door.

We've surmised from this that she was returning home.

And him?

Can you place where this Nathaniel was?

Kiri came home.

Now, in your statement you were also home, because of your sickness.

Did you find any paedophiles

close to us?

Are they everywhere now, sex offenders? I can never work it out.

I am going to need to talk to you about this sickness.

Or was there no-one and we are now prime suspects?

Because I have...

Some of your colleagues have suggested that this stress

condition was in response to problems at home.

And I do notice that it wasn't actually...

We are. We are now prime suspects.

Then why are we still on this sofa?

Despite what you've said, it wasn't actually a doctor sign-off.

Not needed.

Jim earns enough for us both.

I didn't want them to pay me.

Headmistress signed me off.

Because of the problems at home?

I don't see how that affects anything.

It could have some bearing.

Are you married?

This interview is about you.

You've seen what we are.

You're a police officer.

You've seen what our marriage is.

This is about your marriage?

Jim caught me with another man.

He got extremely angry, even though,

once upon a time he'd had an affair himself.

Hypocrite.

Anyway, it got quite brutal on both sides which we both regretted.

The next day,

one of the girls I teach gave me

... said something sexually inappropriate

about what I was wearing and I slapped her.

The school didn't want it reported because, well...

They gave the girl a scholarship, £7,000 a term.

Her parents said nothing more.

So, yes,

violent tendencies

is what my colleagues were alluding to.

Knock, knock.

Safe to come in?

They're done with you, then?

It wasn't actually that long.

Over in 30 minutes.

Just checking the alibi stuff again.

- How long was yours? - Lenger.

And Si?

He's downstairs in the den, watching TV, or in the kitchen.

He's home?

Did they tell you?

They haven't found

a scrap of CCTV of Si.

Not in any of the places he claimed to be that day.

They haven't found a trace of him.

Doesn't mean he's lying.

But should we... ?

Should we consider the possibility

he's not telling the truth?

Should we consider that?

As an act of protection,

should we consider that?

She came back to the house.

They didn't see her leave.

Meanwhile, no-one can decide where he is.

Jim, whatever this is, can we leave it?

You're gonna make me say it?

What? Say what?

Shouldn't we consider the possibility that our...

- ... son... ? - He loved her.

He loves you. I don't like the way he looks at you either sometimes.

No.

None of the CCTV placed him here, either.

I'd have heard if he came home.

You didn't hear her.

And it isn't just, if I'm honest,

it isn't just because he didn't go to school.

Because if this was just about happenstance,

I'd be thinking you did it.

Somewhere in there, you're scared of it, too.

What she is, or might be.

You know how unhappy he is, how, how angry he gets, how insular.

Jim, this is our son.

- I know. - What proof do you have?

I don't! I don't have anything!

Only what I feel in there!

And in here!

- Shh! - Please don't turn your nose up at me.

I'm trying to be truthful here. You think this is easy for me to say?

You shout like that, he'll hear you and then this will be much worse.

My point is,

I think I need to say I did it.

What?

I say I did it...

... and then you,

you put all your efforts into sorting him out.

You know, it's called taking responsibility.

Well, it's called being idiotic.

- You have an alibi. - Mm-hm.

Dave.

I can tell him to say he lied.

He'll do anything for me, you know, you know that.

Please, Allie.

I know you and me,

and we haven't been right for a long time, long time.

But we need, we need to be together on this.

Let me do this for you, for me, for him.

We need to cling together.

A new glue.

What?

That's what you said

when we took Kiri in, wasn't it?

'A new glue, Allie, a new glue.'

With that hopeful smile on your face.

You're not going forward.

It's not entirely your decision.

Because you'd fuck it up.

You're being truthful, this is me being truthful back.

You'd get too clever, say too much and then he'd be in the worst shit,

you know he would. No,

- I... - And, and, and you're wrong.

Our son didn't do this.

You sure about that?

I'm going out.

OK.

Need anything from the shops?

A packet of Hula Hoops, a reindeer sleigh and an orange, please.

There's oranges in the bowl.

_

_

I remembered something.

Something I saw.

An ancient gold BMW, outside our house in our back lane.

I was trying to write something and I stood up to stretch out my back...

... and I remember thinking, 'That wasn't a posh car.'

We live in quite a posh street.

I assumed it was one of the kids from the estate, I'm afraid.

OK.

Did you see who was driving the car?

No.

No, sorry, it was parked.

Ah, I didn't think to look for the registration number.

I'm sure it's useless information.

I just thought I'd pass it on.

Do you mind if I ask what prompted the memory?

You did. Well, sort of.

I went back after you asked if I heard or saw anything at all.

I went back and reread the pages I wrote that day, just thinking,

maybe they'll help me remember.

And they did.

I remembered where I got stuck.

I remembered looking out of the window.

Well,

I thought I'd tell you immediately, just in case.

Thank you.

I'm sorry it's nothing more substantial.

No, not at all.

Everything's useful.

I think something has gone wrong and your son represents...

- My son is innocent. - My car wasn't there.

Your car has been identified as being there.

The truth comes out when?

I'd like it, very much so.

I wasn't expecting you to be the good thing about today, Mum.