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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

(PRISON DOOR CLOSES)

(KEYS JANGLING)

(PRISON DOOR BUZZING)

(SCREAMS)

(PHONE VIBRATING)

(PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING)

-LORELEI: Hello?

Yes.

Yeah, I got a news alert about the arrest,

but I can't contact her for comment.

(DOG BARKING)

I've tried everything.

(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)

I know I promised you that.

I can't do it anymore.

The podcast is finished.

-PRISON GUARD: Wakey-wakey, ladies!

-PRISONER: Hey, cut it. -PRISONER: Fuck off!

-PRISON GUARD: Up you get. Hurry up!

-PRISONER: Shut up!

Shut up! And shut up your fucking mouth, bitch!

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION AND LAUGHING)

-PRISONER: Fuck off!

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

-PRISONER: Shut up!

(BANGING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(BANGING ON WALL)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(PRISON DOOR BUZZING AND OPENING)

-Muster time. Stand by the door.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

-PRISONER ONE: Freshy! -PRISONER TWO: Woo!

-Hey, sister! -ZABEK: Hey!

PRISONER THREE: We got ourselves a stalker!

-PRISONER FOUR: Peachy!

(SHOUTING)

(CLAPPING HANDS)

-ZABEK: Let's get ready, ladies. Move out!

(SHOUTING)

Settle down.

-PRISONER FIVE: Alright, princess!

(SHOUTING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGING)

-Thank you for coming. -Ah-uh.

-The phone from your car has been cleared.

Forensics say your car will be released in a few days.

-Hey, I've told you everything.

-We've charged Meghan with Jack's murder.

Let's go back to what happened when Meghan took Ben in your car.

-Um, Ben was in the car.

And when I turned around, Meg was behind the wheel.

I was running down the street. I had my hands up in the air.

I was yelling, I was yelling for her to stop.

I said, "Stop the car." She wouldn't stop.

-And was that a separate incident

from when she threw things at you and your car?

-Yeah, that was the night before.

That was... ..she was irrational.

(PEN CLICKING)

(PHONE RINGING)

No, she was, she was angry...

(PHONE RINGING)

..because Jack had left her and the kids.

-PRISONER SIX: I'm hungry. Move it, girl.

-KELLY: Yeah?

-PRISONER SIX: Fuck! I'm fucking starving.

-PRISONER SEVEN: Piss off.

-NEWSREPORTER: ..regardless of the stalled negotiations.

More on that story coming up on the hour.

Journalists and sports fans around the nation

are reeling at the news of the sudden death

of Atly award-winning journalist, Jack Shaughnessy.

-JAKE: Late last night, TV sports journalist

Jack Shaughnessy's wife was charged with his murder.

-I can confirm that Meghan Shaughnessy has been charged

and remanded, pending a bail hearing,

at Beauwater women's detention centre.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

-GUPTA: This is a tragic matter for the family

and I'll be taking no further questions.

-JAKE: It's believed Mr Shaughnessy

left the family home several days ago,

after a colleague was found to be Baby Ben's biological father.

Sources close to the family

say there has been a custody dispute over Baby Ben,

whose kidnapping made national news.

In an ironic twist,

Meghan Shaughnessy will be housed...

-PRISONER SEVEN: Baby killer! -PRISONERS: Boo!

-PRISONER EIGHT: Hey!

-ROMINA: Hey, mate.

(HUMMING)

(WHISTLING)

-My apple.

(KEYS JANGLING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

-Mm.

Red delicious.

(WHISTLING)

-Did you ask the neighbours?

But maybe they saw lights on last night, if they were passing?

Well, David, maybe I am clutching at straws,

but where else is she gonna go?

Oh my god, the police are here.

I'll call you back.

(DOOR KNOCK)

What's happened?

-Ma'am, we're here to speak to Lorelei Kelly.

This is her listed address.

-She's not here. I'm her mum.

-SHEA: When is your daughter expected home?

-We're actually looking for her ourselves.

My husband's driven up to our holiday house,

but she's not there.

-When was the last time you saw her?

-Yesterday.

Why? What's she done?

-Did Lorelei mention she had plans with a prisoner

named Agatha Fyfle yesterday?

(POPPING)

(CLANKING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(PLATES CLANKING)

-Was Agatha friends with Brother Bowler's daughters?

-Not especially.

They were just part of our congregation.

-They'd be my half-sisters.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

They still live up here?

-I haven't seen that family since my husband died.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-Why am I sensing you don't want to help me, Charlotte?

-Oh, no, no, no.

I'm happy you're here to stay and I want to help,

but some things are best left in the past.

-How would you feel...

..if you sat in a court room...

(POT BOILING)

..hearing that your father was a paedophile?

(POT BOILING)

It's not in the past for me.

-Oh!

(TENSE MUSIC)

-They were seen arguing.

-People do that.

-Meghan made direct threats against her husband.

-She was very upset.

But...

..she just wouldn't hurt Jack.

She's not the violent type.

-Mm. You were taken to the hospital recently, weren't you, Grace?

-It was nothing.

-Nine stitches? I mean, it's not nothing.

-It was an accident.

It was an accident.

-You're romantically involved with Simon Beecher?

-Yes.

-The father of your sister's youngest child, Ben, your nephew?

Is that right?

That must have caused a lot of conflict

between Meghan and you, as well as Meghan and Jack.

I have sisters.

I have two, actually.

I understand your desire to protect her,

but if you don't answer questions honestly,

there will be consequences for you too.

-If you have sisters, then you get it

when I tell you that you know in your bones

what they're capable of.

Meghan didn't...

..kill Jack.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

-Meghan did kill Jack.

That's a fact.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC)

What I'm trying to establish now is why.

-We can't just let them bully us

into saying what they wanna hear.

-Surely you just tell the truth.

-Mum, they've already made their minds up.

So now they're just making Meghan seem like she's insane.

-They won't be able to do that in court.

The case has to stand up.

-They tried to get me to say

that she pushed me down the stairs on purpose.

-You did say that.

You told me Meghan pushed you.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-She never meant to hurt me.

-Of course she didn't.

What happened to Jack was just an accident, too.

Simon was there.

I mean, he's an eyewitness.

Once it all comes out,

they'll drop the charges, won't they?

-Yeah.

-We should probably stop talking about it.

They did say not to discuss the case.

-So what do I do with the kids? Do I send them to school tomorrow,

or do I keep them home... -Oh, I was wondering if maybe

I could take Ben to my place, just until Meghan gets bail,

just... -Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.

-..time. -No, look.

You know, they've just lost their dad.

They need to be together and they need to be stable.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-Well, in that case...

..surely they're better off at home.

Maybe Simon and I should look after them there.

Keep them together.

-The news just said Mummy killed Daddy. Why would she do that?

-OK. Come on, darling.

Come on. Come with me.

-RHEA: Um, she thought we were having sex.

-CASH: What made her think that?

-RHEA: Well, I'd organised the place he was living in for him.

And plus, he'd given me money recently.

Well, business had been tough since we...

..since the...

-Since the affair?

-The kidnapping.

My name was released to the media and it ruined me.

Jack felt bad my business had suffered and...

-CASH: You see Rhea, we found a recording

Jack made on his phone of your conversation about money,

so you can choose to tell us everything,

or you can be charged with blackmail.

-Jack was afraid of Meghan finding out anything.

And she was totally out of control, which is why I called him.

-RHEA: To warn him.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(MEGHAN CRYING)

-Meghan?

Can you hear me?

Whatever happened...

..I don't believe you did it on purpose.

I saw how much you loved Jack.

You would never do that to him.

Do you hear me, Meghan?

(TENSE MUSIC)

-AGATHA: I'm on your side.

-LILLIAN: Fyfle!

People are trying to sleep here, bitch!

-OFFICER: Enough!

(KEYS JANGLING)

(PRISON DOOR BUZZING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

-What?

-Oh, I was just checking on you.

I made you breakfast but you didn't come out.

-Are you going somewhere?

-I've got a visit booked with Agatha.

-I'll tell her you said hello. -No, don't.

Don't tell her I'm here.

Don't tell anyone.

-Oh, I'll bring something home for our tea.

-Charlotte. -Mm?

-Where did he do it?

-Do what?

-Where did it happen?

-Kingdom Hall.

He was meant to be giving her lessons.

That's what he said.

Saving her soul.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

-Jack had given Rhea Bowden money he didn't tell you about.

He left you and the children.

You made threats.

We're confident we're gonna get a conviction

whether you give us a statement or not.

But...

..well personally, I would like to hear your version of events.

-I've lodged a bail application for my client.

If she gives you a statement today, will you agree not to oppose bail?

-The bail hearing's next Friday.

If we get a full signed statement by then, we won't oppose.

-Can I go to my husband's funeral?

-If we're satisfied.

-OK.

-Here you go, Lillian.

-Yeah, ta.

(HUMMING)

(HUMMING CONTINUES)

Shut it, sis.

You're raising my bloody sugar levels, ay.

-I was upset and I wanted him to come home.

But I didn't blame Jack for leaving me.

-You didn't blame him?

-Do you wanna stop, Meghan?

-No. -So up until the night in question,

you were trying to convince Jack to come home?

But then you discovered that he was still having an affair

with Rhea Bowden, and then you did get angry.

-No, he wasn't having an affair with her.

She was blackmailing him.

What makes you think that?

-Because I spoke to him after I saw her.

-You have the phone records. You know there was a conversation.

-An argument, which led to him being run down by you

less than half an hour later. Isn't that true?

-No. No! -Don't put words

into my client's mouth.

-OK, Meghan.

I want you to tell me about that conversation.

Be precise.

-How long have you been fucking her?

-JACK: What are you talking about?

-Don't treat me like an idiot, Jack.

Rhea Bowden.

-JACK: It's not like that, OK?

-You gave her money?

-After I left,

and um...

..all the shit with Simon.

I didn't have anywhere else to turn, OK?

-That doesn't explain the money.

Jack.

-She had a video us from um, from before.

And it showed me, um...

-MEGHAN: What? What, you...

..you screwing her, Jack? -I was doing coke.

With the Atly story being so big

and me hounding Scicluna about the cocaine,

I was cornered, OK?

I needed it to go away. - So what?

Was she blackmailing you?

-I gave her some of the speaker fees.

I wasn't sleeping with her.

-Jack, I have Ben.

I took him. -Yeah, I know.

-JACK: Simon called me straight after you left.

Listen, it's gonna be OK, Meg. OK?

We all just need to calm the fuck down.

-No. He gonna be at the house, waiting for me.

-No, he won't be.

I told him we'd handle this and I'd sort it out, right?

Just give me an hour.

-Jack, are we gonna be OK?

-You know after everything?

I was, um...

I was pretty hurt and angry.

Still am.

That's my shit to deal with,

and I don't want Ben getting torn apart.

He's my son.

He's still my son.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

Hey, it's gonna be OK, alright?

I love you.

-I love you too.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

-BATISTA: Well, that's convenient.

That you made up just before killing him.

-Why didn't you explain it right away, Meghan?

-I don't know. I was...

..I was in shock because my husband just died.

-Look, you have her statement of events.

Is there anything else, or can my client go?

-According to an eyewitness, you looked in the rear vision mirror

before you reversed.

You must have seen your husband behind the car.

-There were, um...

..there were headlights...

..in my eyes.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(PEN CLICKING)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

-Marcus!

If there was a tracker in a car,

would you be able to find the car's location on the computer?

-Ah, if it's connected,

like to the tracker's SIM, or whatever.

-Do you know your sister's passwords?

-Yeah. -Well, come, come, come, come.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

-PRISONER ONE: (INAUDIBLE) No. Piss off!

-PRISONER TWO: Don't touch me!

-PRISONER ONE: (INAUDIBLE CHATTER)

-PRISONER TWO: Hands off!

(INAUDIBLE CHATTER).

-PRISONER TWO: Think you're tough, huh?

Bitch!

Think you're the big boss, sweetheart?

-PRISONER THREE: Alright, I'm gonna go back to my cell.

Gonna come?

-We've got something in common, you and me.

Agatha Fyfle.

She set me up and dogged on me. She got me extra time.

-I'm sorry.

-Now I can't get anywhere near her

'cause the guards are watching me,

but you're on Level one with her, right?

Don't fucking look, just take it.

-I can't... -No one's gonna blame you

if you take out Fyfle. She deserves it.

-I can't do that.

-If you don't, somebody else will.

-I don't wanna hurt anyone.

-Except your husband.

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES)

-Right! Check the visitors' list!

Line up at Gate V1, ten minutes!

Shaughnessy!

You've got a visitor.

Ask your inmate delegate where to go.

-MEGHAN: Are the kids OK?

-JEN: Grace is looking after them.

-And Simon?

-Meghan. I can't stop him.

I mean, he's Ben's father.

It's only until you get out.

-Yeah, Mum, I can't get a bail hearing until next Friday.

(MEGHAN EXHALES DEEPLY)

And he should be wearing his blue suit

and the shirt that he wore to the Atly's.

But I think it's at the dry cleaner's,

-the one at the mall. -OK.

OK, I'll look after the shirt. I'll get the shirt.

-I've requested permission to be at the funeral.

-Oh.

Well I didn't...

I didn't think that you'd be allowed.

-I haven't been convicted, Mum.

-I know that.

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES AND OPENS)

(PRISON DOOR CLOSES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Oh, my god.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-They said you were in the clinic.

-Only for a few more days.

-Are you alright?

-As long as I'm here, I'll never be alright.

They'll find a way to get to me eventually.

Zoe said you still haven't signed the forms

to say you won't take care of the baby.

-You haven't been approved

for the Mother and Child Programme yet.

I mean, if you don't get approved,

then the baby will go into foster care with strangers.

-And if you don't sign the paperwork, I won't get approved.

You promised.

-Think of the child, Aggy.

I can give her a much healthier life.

-Stop this.

You can't take another baby away from me.

-You're on the mend.

-I still feel breathless.

I'm finding it hard to move around.

-Well that's the pregnancy.

Doctor said once your obs are normal for 72 hours,

no need to stay in the clinic anymore.

Oh, puss!

Oh, my goodness.

Darling, how did you even get in here?

Baby, my baby!

Come on, outside sweetie.

(CAT MEOWS)

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES AND OPENS)

(PRISON DOOR CLOSES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(PRISON DOOR CLOSES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

-Agatha.

(TENSE MUSIC)

They asked me to hurt you.

(TENSE MUSIC)

You're not worth it.

(PRISON DOOR CLOSES)

-REPORTER ONE: Minister! -REPORTER TWO: Minister!

-REPORTER TWO: Will she be able to keep her baby?

-ZOE: I've emailed, I've called.

This is a pressing matter.

Minister, Agatha Fyfle...

You haven't replied to my recent correspondence.

-I read your petition. I read your emails.

But since your client tried to escape,

minimum security is now out of the question.

-That was a misunderstanding.

-Oh, regardless,

the decision is no longer a priority for this office.

-Your mother signed the papers.

-Now, you have to get me out of here.

-I'm trying.

Jalala's Governor is sympathetic

but the Minister is likely to keep you in maximum.

-Where they're plotting to kill me.

I won't be spending my days in the clinic much longer.

-Well then we'll get you moved to protection.

That will be a reasonable level of security...

-The prisoners in protection here will hate that I'm pregnant too.

I'm not safe.

My baby's not safe.

-If there's another genuine attempt on your life,

something we can prove,

then I may have enough ammunition

to get you transferred for the baby's sake.

But they're investigating your escape attempt.

Unless we convince the Minister you weren't in on the plan,

it'll be a sticking point.

-I came back on my own.

That should be proof I wasn't trying to escape.

-They want a statement.

You'll need to give them Lorelei.

Then I have something to bargain with.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

-It was all her idea.

-But you went along with it? -No.

I was taken by surprise when I was in that lift.

She was waiting for me.

She knew they were taking me for a scan.

She knew they were using the service lift for me.

-She didn't inform you of her plan?

-If she had done, I would have said no.

-If you deny your involvement,

you do understand that your daughter will face a much more serious charge

than aiding and abetting.

-I had nothing to do with it.

(DOG BARKING)

(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)

-Lights on.

High beam!

(DOG BARKING)

(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)

-Anything?

-No.

Not at the angle the car is at, no.

-That's exactly where it was.

-Yeah.

-They canvassed the whole street that night.

It's a cul-de-sac. No one had any visitors.

I just, I can't see how there were headlights in her eyes.

-Yeah.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(CASH EXHALES)

-I'm leaving in the morning.

-Oh, you're going home?

(KNOCK ON THE DOOR)

-Who did you call?

-I haven't called anyone.

-Hello? -Lorelei!

-I'm her mother.

-Lorelei.

-Why are you here?

-You're in serious trouble with the police.

-You need to come with me. -Excuse me,

this is my house.

-Is Agatha Fyfle your daughter? -Shut up!

You don't have to talk to her!

-Lorelei tried to help her escape.

-Listen to me.

The police have told Doctor Hocking

that if she admits you to the clinic,

that they won't arrest and charge you

because you're in care.

-Clinic? -They think I'm crazy.

I'm not going anywhere with you!

-Yes, you are. -No, I'm not!

-What's in your pocket? -Nothing.

-Show me. -No!

-Show me.

-I hate you.

-If you don't come with me right now,

I'm calling the police myself.

I'm sorry.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-Sounds like paranoia to me.

-I think she's on her medication,

but she said she was told her meal was poisoned,

and she won't eat again unless she's moved to Jalala.

-Right, well the last thing we need is Fyfle on a hunger strike,

-so get the food tested. -She also said

that another prisoner's been asked to kill her.

-Who?

-Come here, Soso.

Come here, puss. Come on darling.

Yes, look what we got here.

Look what we got here!

Oh yes, oh.

Yes, darling.

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES AND OPENS)

-Agatha Fyfle claims that you told her

there was a plan to have her killed.

Is there any truth to it?

-I was given a weapon

and told that I had nothing to lose by hurting Agatha.

I didn't, though. I warned her.

-What kind of weapon?

(TENSE MUSIC)

-Who gave you this?

I need a name.

-I don't know her name.

-But you could identify her?

-I don't think that I should do that.

-If you don't tell me

how this came to be in your possession,

then I'm just going to have to assume

that it was yours all along.

-Why would I give it to you if it was mine?

-Well then I'm sorry.

-Well, you're sorry for what?

-Incident reports have to be filled out, alright?

There are repercussions.

This is a serious breach.

-ZABEK: Hey, Guv?

-Day release for your husband's funeral tomorrow

is not gonna be possible.

-ZABEK: Someone's messed with Fyfle's breakfast.

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES AND OPENS)

(KEYS JANGLING)

(CAT MEOWS)

-The milk wasn't opened, so we didn't send it for testing.

-What was in it? -I don't know,

but we've called the vet. She's about to be taken there now.

-Come here, baby.

Come on.

Come on, puss-puss.

Oh, you're gonna be OK, sweety.

Oh, darling.

Come on sweety.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-POLICE OFFICER: You understand that you have to remain here?

Doctor Hocking's here to look after you, right?

(BELL RINGS)

-See you soon. -Bye.

-Wait.

Um...

..this was dropped off for you.

It's from your mother.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-OK.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-What if someone in the family wants to go for custody?

Yeah, look, I'm just trying to assess all my options.

Help me go through the worst-case scenario.

(TENSE MUSIC)

So if she's convicted, he'll come to me no matter what?

Thank you.

(TENSE MUSIC)

You can't deny me custody!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

She reversed.

Yeah, she must have heard me yelling Jack's name,

because she looked in the rear view mirror and...

..she reversed.

-Cash.

Shaughnessy's statement

might be grounds for reasonable doubt.

Are we squared away?

-We did the reconstruction.

Her story doesn't tally.

-Night. -Night.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Yep. Detective Senior Sergeant Rachel Cash.

Yes, our perpetrator took an AVO,

but that was against a party who wasn't involved.

(TENSE MUSIC)

-CASH: A tracking device?

What's her name? OK.

And who's her doctor?

Mm.

Thanks, Sergeant.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(PRISON DOOR BUZZES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

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