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BIRDS CHIRP

DOG WHINES

Can't say no, can I?

Go on. Get.

HE SIGHS

DOG BARKS

Shh!

BARKING CONTINUES

HOWLING

DOG WHINES,
BARKS

HOWLING

SCREAMING

SHE WHIMPERS,
GROWLING

BARKING

DOG BARKS

SHE WHIMPERS

BARKING

All right, all right.

DOG BARKS

SOFTLY: Oh...

SHE PANTS

BARKING

SHE GROANS

BARKING

PAWS PATTER,
DOGS PANTING

GROWLING

ROARING

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

BARKING

CLATTERING

PHONE RINGS

RINGING CONTINUES

'This is Lee. Leave a message.'

Lee, where are you?

We were gonna talk about
the seating plan tonight, remember?

And if you're not here,

I might end up putting you
next to my mum on top table.

No, I haven't planned anything yet
for Dad's anniversary.

ISOBEL: 'Well, you'll need
to get a move on.'

Well, I'll have to come up
with something, won't I, Mum?

'Be quick.'

Yeah. Listen, Mum,
I can't really talk about it now.

I'm at work, OK?
I'll call you later. See you.

Now, a missing persons report
has come in this morning.

Laura Kirkham, 16 years of age.

Last seen at home
lunchtime yesterday.

Her parents,
Dominic and Charlotte Kirkham,

are the new owners
of the Win Low Estate,

which means there's over 500 acres
to be searched,

including dense woodland.

Boss, since when are we
in the search-and-rescue business?

Since I agreed we'd help out.

Dominic and Charlotte
were at lunch yesterday.

They got back to the house
at about 4pm.

There was no sign of Laura.

They searched the house

and phoned emergency
when it started to get dark.

Uniform attended
and conducted a thorough search

of the property
and the nearby buildings,

which means she's been missing
for over 20 hours.

I take it
she's not been answering her phone.

Dominic found her phone
in her bedroom when he got up.

Teenagers don't leave
their phones behind, sir.

Well,
it's with digital forensics now.

Eland, you have this lot
to interview.

It's a list of the people who work
in the house and on the estate.

Ben, Diane, I want you
to interview the Kirkhams.

Try and get more of a sense
of who Laura is.

And stay open-minded, because
they both alibied each other.

Will do, sir.

So, this is the Win Low Estate.

It's a bit run-down.

It's in the Woburn family
for generations.

When George Woburn died last year,
he didn't have an heir,

so it came up for sale.

Now it's Kirkham's passion project,
and he wants to restore it.

The Kirkhams only have one daughter?
Yeah. Why?

It just seems a bit much
for three people.

Yeah.
PHONE CHIMES

You all right?

Yeah. It's nothing.

Looks like bad news to me.

It's fine.

Happy-looking family.

You're not gonna put
a bad picture up, are you? Mm.

Rest assured, Mrs Kirkham,

we are doing everything we can
to find Laura.

I mean, this is ridiculous.

I can't go
and look for my own daughter.

We've got drones and search parties
working their way across the estate,

and we've got uniformed officers
up in town

asking people if they've seen Laura.

We've put the train
and bus station on high alert

in case she tries to leave Edendale.

You could help us by telling us
a little bit more about her.

She's a good girl, very bright.

When she's not got her head
in a book,

she'll be out at the stables
with the horses.

Does she have a boyfriend?

No.
No.

Laura doesn't have time to socialise
outside of school.

She's too busy concentrating
on her studies.

She's going to be a lawyer.

Was she stressed about her exams?

Could that have been a reason
she ran away?

We had a parents' evening recently.

The teachers said she was doing OK.

Any significant life changes?
Anything at all?

Oh, yeah. She met Lee Bateman.

Who's that?
Dominic.

He WAS the gardener.

About a month ago,
I caught him with his shirt off,

flirting with our Laura
when he was supposed to be working.

So I sent him to work away
from the house,

and last week, I caught the pair
of them smoking weed together.

So what do you do?
I fired him on the spot.

Do you think Laura ran away
with Lee Bateman?

No, I don't think she ran away
with Lee Bateman, Detective.

I think...

..he's abducted her.

SHE SCOFFS

Dominic Kirkham reckons we should be
speaking to this guy, Lee Bateman.

He's pretty insistent that
Lee's taken Laura off somewhere.

As you can see, he's known to us.

Got previous for theft,
intent to supply, GBH.

And if you look a bit earlier down
in his career...

Persuaded young girls to go and
steal alcohol from the supermarket.

So he gets young girls
to do his bidding.

Apparently, he got nasty with them

if they didn't bring back
what he wanted.

And it doesn't take a huge leap
of the imagination

to guess what he wanted
with a 16-year-old Laura.

Right.

I'll go and track down
this Lee Bateman,

see if he's involved.

Meanwhile, Diane,
can you go and join the searches?

And, Ben,
we've had a call through the night.

Can you go and check it out?
Yes, sir. Sir.

Helen.

Oh, my God. Ben Cooper.

I didn't expect you to turn up.

Please come in.
Thank you.

PHONE RINGS

Er, we had a call
from Harry Dickinson

saying he'd found something
on the estate.

I take it you know Harry.

Yeah. Harry's my uncle.
I look after him from time to time.

He's the groundskeeper at Win Low.

Uncle Harry, it's the police.

Wow, Ben.

Haven't seen you
since we left school.

Sounds about right. You look good.

So do you.

Last I heard,
you were getting married to a farmer

just outside Edendale?

I did, but it didn't work out.
Ah, sorry to hear that.

No, don't be. It's for the best.
Right.

Get to spend all my time
with my horses.

I run the stables up at Pivy Point.

Ah.

How about you?
Ah, married to the job, I guess.

Here.

It's all over the village.

You're out looking
for Laura Kirkham.

This hers?

Where did you find this?

Jess picked it up
outside Raven's Side.

Laura wouldn't have gotten far
without it.

Size five and a half.

And they look exactly like the ones
on Laura's photo as well.

PAUL: 'Who found it?'
Er, Harry Dickinson.

He's the groundskeeper up
at the Kirkham's estate.

Found them this morning
when he was walking in the woods

near Raven's Side.

Well, his dog did.
'Right.'

And I think we have a bit
of blood here as well.

'Keep Harry in the house
till I get there.'

Will do.
BARKING

I need you to stay put,
Mr Dickinson.

Do you want me to show you
where I found this shoe or not?

Ah, but we have to wait
for the search teams first.

What if Laura Kirkham's
lying in a ditch right now

with a broken ankle or worse?

She won't thank you for waiting.
Come on.

Off we go, then.

Do you ever see anyone out here?

Only living things in these woods
are the badgers and the fallow deer.

And we've got too many
of them bloody things.

Dominic Kirkham wants me
to leave the deer alone.

Thinks they're pretty.

He'll change his tune
once he hits one

with his shiny new 4x4.

They're reet in the woods
from the ground up.

What we could really do with
is some help from the Black Dog.

Ah, the Black Dog.

I remember hearing about it
when I was a kid.

It was a good story, though.

It kept us from trespassing
on the estate.

Come on. More than a story.

A few hundred years ago,

Black Dog used to come out
of the woods at night,

hunting cattle and sheep.

Then it moved into the village,
started taking babies from houses.

In the end, they caught it.
Buried it under a plague stone.

Right, this is
where Jess dropped the shoe.

She must have found it down there
along the stream.

Off you go, then.

Careful, lad.

If you hurt yourself,
I shan't be carrying you back.

Yes, noted, Harry. Thank you.

Good luck.

Come on.

I told you to keep Harry Dickinson
back at the cottage

and wait for the search teams.

I thought if Laura was injured,
you know...

We've protocol for a reason, Ben.
Understood.

Dr Taylor, what can you tell us?

Well, off the record,

it's almost certainly the girl
you've been looking for.

First impressions are
she's got a significant injury

to the back of her head.

Most likely a blunt object.

Is that what killed her?
In the end, probably, yes.

But I think after Laura was struck,

she ran through the forest
to escape.

SOCOs are picking up a trail
of hair and blood spots

through the trees
that start way down there

and end up near the stream
where she was found.

My guess is that she ran
and kept running until she fainted,

lost consciousness, then bled out
through the head wound.

So the initial attack
could have happened

before Laura entered the woods.
Correct.

Any sign of sexual assault?

No. She's fully clothed,
so you'll have to wait

till I get her back to the mortuary
for a definite answer.

I did find a single bite mark
on her right arm.

Difficult to say what made it
at this stage.

An animal got to her?
Yeah, more than likely.

Harry Dickinson
said badgers were up here.

Mm. I'll compare the bite marks
to be sure.

Thank you, Dr Taylor. Right.

Once we get Laura back
to the mortuary,

I'll go and collect Charlotte
and Dominic Kirkham, confirm the ID.

Do you want me to come with?
No.

I want you back at CID,
liaise with SOCO.

What about me, sir?

You go get Eland,
and pick up Lee Bateman immediately.

Have you come across
Lee Bateman before?

He's been off our radar for a while,
but I doubt he's changed much.

All right, here we are.

Lee, wanna talk to you, mate.

About what, man?
Laura Kirkham.

All right, give me five minutes.

Hey!

You'll get down quicker than that,

else I'm coming
through that front door!

So, has Ben invited you along
on Saturday?

To what?

It's Joe Cooper's anniversary.

No. No, he hasn't.

Oh, right. Right.

It's probably for the best anyway.
It's always a grim affair.

BANGING

He's running!

HE PANTS

Only the guilty run, am I right?

I heard Lee Bateman
gave you the slip.

Sarge is waiting for Lee's fiancee,
Gemma, to return from work.

Right, so, digital forensics

have done a preliminary report
on Laura's phone.

Is that everything?

Yeah. It's weird, right?

So, usually, you expect
to find thousands of messages,

social media posts, like,
triple that for a teenager's phone.

But there's hardly anything on that.
Do you know what still bothers me?

Laura left her phone behind
on Sunday afternoon.

What teenager does that?

I'll get forensics
to dig a little deeper.

He made me run, Gemma.

I don't like running.
I'm not a fan.

It was self-preservation.

Er, where's he off to?

Not a clue.
Just back from work, aren't I?

So you were here all day yesterday?

Yeah, yeah.
Just making plans for the wedding.

Aw. How sweet.

Yeah, cos...

..it is only a week away, right?

OK, well,
if we don't find Lee before then,

then we'll just wait outside
Edendale Registry Office.

What was it... 3:30?
Smart casual, yeah?

It's not fair,
you lot chasing him down.

He's done nothing wrong.

I just wanna ask him what's been
going on at the Kirkham house.

Oh, well,
I can tell you that for free.

Lee went to work then came home.
End of.

So, you don't think
he showed any interest in Laura?

No, of course not.
She's a... She's a kid.

Actually, no, she is 16.

No, no, he's not like that any more.
Mm.

Oh, erm... one final thing.

Does Lee still have those tattoos
of his exes?

What was it? Frankie and... Brandy.

Only, I am gonna have
to update the PNC file.

Get out.

Are you coming to The Ram
for a beer?

Oh, I'd love to, but, erm, I've
spent the day hacking undergrowth

and running down back alleys.

I deserve a long bath.
Fair enough.

DRILLING

PHONE CHIMES

SHUTTER CLICKS

SHE GASPS
Did I catch you napping?

Hardly. I've got a bladder full
of double espresso.

Did you notice
the whole street's got wreaths up?

Yeah. What's the occasion?

Not occasion.

It's for protection
against the Black Dog.

The locals are saying
it's on the loose,

and Laura Kirkham's
the first victim.

I don't think
she was killed by a myth.

Forensics have proven she died
from a blow to the back of the head.

Yeah, we know that. But it doesn't
stop people believing, does it?

PHONE CHIMES

What's up?

It's, erm, Helen.
Harry Dickinson's niece.

We randomly went to school together.

Is it about the case?

No, she's seeing
if I want to meet up for a drink.

I take it she's single.

Recently divorced.
So, what are you waiting for?

Don't know
if I can be bothered with,

you know what I mean,
starting something up?

Ben, it's a drink,
not a marriage proposal.

Just go and have a laugh.

All right. I will take your advice.

There we go. Sent.
PHONE CHIMES

Good. I'm happy for you.

If you get lucky,
I don't wanna hear about it.

A gentleman never tells.

You certainly don't.

That's because
there's nothing to tell.

It's just that you freak out
any time you get a text, that's all.

Obviously, somebody's trying
to get hold of you.

All you need to know
is I was seeing a guy in Leeds,

it got messy, I moved here, the end.

I'm here if you ever wanna talk.

Oh, look,
Lee ain't gonna come back here,

so who else would take him in?

Well, he's not gonna go
to his mum's either.

She booted him out when he was 15.

She was sick of the police
knocking on all the time.

What about his dad?
BEN CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Connor Bateman is currently
serving time at HMP Full Sutton

for GBH and common assault.

Nice guy.

Like father, like son.
Mm.

Lee's apprenticeship started young.

He was five years old

when Connor used to take him
poaching on the estate.

They would hide out in the forest.

Oh, are you thinking Lee's gone
to visit his dad in prison?

No. But I'm thinking he might
have gone back to his roots.

There's a hut in these woods

where Connor and Lee used
to hide out until it got dark.

OK, so, we wait here for back-up.

It's literally 100m down that track.

Remember what Hitchens said?

There's no point calling the cavalry
if Lee's not there, is there?

Cooper!

Cooper!

SHE SIGHS HEAVILY

DISCONNECTED DIAL TONE

Damn it!

TWIG SNAPS OUTSIDE

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY

Gun!

Cooper! Gun!
GUNSHOT FIRES

I said "gun", you idiot!

Thought it was just a bird scarer!
Arresting you for attempted murder

of a police officer.

I didn't know he was police!
I was just warning him off!

Cooper, are you OK?
Nah, nah, gah!

Cooper! Are you OK?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

OK, then, you can walk yourself
back to the car.

LEE GRUNTS

So, at no point
did you think to call for back-up?

We did, sir,
but we couldn't get a signal.

And there was no intel
to suggest that he was armed, sir.

And what was with the heroics, Ben?
You're both lucky to be alive!

I let you down, sir.

Diane, go with Todd
and interview Bateman.

Sir.

HE SIGHS
It was hard enough losing your dad.

We don't wanna lose you as well.

Go home, Ben. Get some rest.

I hope you give these things
a proper boil wash.

I don't wanna be wearing something
a rapist has been sweating in.

Disgusting.

Don't worry, Lee,
they're brand-new out the packet.

Yeah, right (!)
LEE CHUCKLES

OK. Let's talk
about Laura Kirkham, yeah?

Now, you were caught smoking weed.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let me stop you there
before you get too excited. Yeah?

The only question
I'm gonna answer is,

"How do you like your tea,
Mr Bateman?"

Builder's strength with a splash
of milk and four sugars.

Now... if you don't mind,
I've got some sleep to catch up on.

Couldn't get a wink last night.

CHATTER

Here we are.

Bar snacks included in the apology.
Help yourself.

Are you OK?

It's just been five years.

So five years and we're still
no closer to solving it.

Still not knowing.

Eats away at you.

One thing I know is I can't do this
for another five years.

Can I ask what happened?

Everyone has a different theory.

Hitchens thought he'd driven past
and interrupted a burglary.

Eland thought
it was some out-of-town drug thing.

But I know...

I know somebody in Edendale knows
something, and nobody's talking.

What about forensics?

Nothing. No fibres, no DNA.

And I'm conscious
that the longer this goes on,

the less likely we are
to solve the case.

And I feel like
I'm letting him down.

I need to get justice for him.

Why don't you step away?
I mean, just for a little while?

And give up? No way.

Ben. You nearly got yourself
killed today.

Carry on like that,

and you won't even be around
to get justice for your dad.

It is what it is.

Can I come? On Saturday?
Pay my respects?

I'd like that very much. Thank you.

Cheers.
Cheers.

COOPER EXHALES

DOOR OPENS

Hello, Mr Kirkham.
Thanks for seeing us.

We just wanted to ask you
a few questions about Lee Bateman.

Has he been charged with murder yet?
Er, no.

We don't have enough
to charge him with yet.

That's why we're here.

Mr Kirkham, why did you decide
to hire Lee in the first place?

I didn't. Charlotte did.

She put an advert in the local paper
for a gardener

when I was away on business.

When I come back... there he was.

And when you caught
Lee talking with Laura,

you sent him to work
away from the house, is that right?

I told him that I wanted
the plague stone from Raven's Side

digging up and bringing back here.

I thought it'd look particularly
nice in the back of my garden.

And those stones
can weigh half a ton.

You seriously believe Lee was gonna
roll it down here on his own?

I knew it was an impossible task.

Then why ask him to do it?

To remind him who's in charge.

Anyway... I fired him a week later.

Has Lee been back
to the estate since?

Any staff here seen him come back
onto the property?

No. I think he took my final warning
very seriously.

What did you say to him?

Trespassers will be shot.

Not exactly the grieving father,
is it?

No. And he's hell-bent
on putting the blame on Lee Bateman.

WHISPERS: There is more going on
between those two

than Dominic's letting on,
I know it.

WHISPERS: All right. I'll tell boss
we need to find that plague stone.

It's in the woods,
so we need to get the area searched.

In the meantime,
we'll go and ask Harry Dickinson

if he saw Lee creeping back onto
the estate to meet up with Laura.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Go.

CAR DOORS OPEN
AND CLOSE

Hi, Helen.
Hello.

Wasn't expecting to see you
till tomorrow.

I just have a few questions
for Harry.

This is DC Diane Fry.

He's over at Sam Beeley's place.

The two of them spend a lot of time
together since his wife died. Ah.

Thank you.
That's nice.

I were never good
at making stuff like that.

It's not for decoration.

I know, erm...

Protection from the Black Dog,
right?

Ben told me the story.

It sounds to me like the medieval
folk had a serious fox problem.

Really? What about all the babies
being taken from their beds?

I'm guessing the Black Dog was a
good cover-up story for infanticide.

Right. Well, thank you, Helen.

DC Fry, you're new to Edendale,
aren't you?

Yeah. And it's very different
to what I'm used to.

I think you should spend a night
alone in the woods at Raven's Side.

And what would be the point in that?

Because when you start to hear
the trees whispering your name

and the shadows
start to change shape,

you'll realise just how different
things really are here.

Right.
Well, we won't keep you any longer.

Thank you.
Bye, Ben. See you tomorrow.

What is wrong with you?
What?

A healthy debate.
Science versus superstition.

When are you gonna realise

that people don't have
to justify their beliefs to you?

Take people as they come,
or no-one is gonna talk to you.

Excuse me. Mr Beeley?

You are Sam Beeley, correct?

I'm Detective Cooper.
This is Detective Fry.

We're looking for Harry.
Just getting washed up.

Your hands all right?
Chickens got diseased.

We've just been
hurrying things along a bit.

What, by wringing their necks?

You got a better way
to put them out of their misery?

Harry,
you're in trouble with the law.

Mr Dickinson, just wanted
to talk to you about Lee Bateman.

You've not seen him
on the estate this week, have you?

No.
Oh.

What about in the woods
at Raven's Side this Sunday evening?

I've already told you.
I've seen no-one in there.

That's Black Dog territory now.

You'd be stupid to be up there
after dark.

What about the Kirkhams' house?

I wouldn't know
cos I'm never near it.

If there's a problem
with the estate,

I leave Dominic a message
on his phone.

OK.

Thank you.

Look at these two. Bloody clueless.

HARRY LAUGHS

Can't have you coming all this way
for nothing.

Why don't you go up the barn, help
yourself to a couple of chickens?

I thought you said
they were diseased.

You're not a fusspot,
are you, detective?

You live near Raven's Side,
don't you, Mr Beeley?

Didn't see Lee or Laura there
this Sunday evening?

I were in bed by sunset,
reading my Bible (!)

HARRY LAUGHS

This is a murder investigation,
gentlemen.

It's a serious business.

Then why are you asking him
stupid bloody questions?

Did he see Lee in Raven's Side?
There's 15 acres of trees.

Your dad would be disappointed
to see you, lad.

Making hash of it.

You knew him?

Aye. I met Joe Cooper
a couple of times.

He knew how to talk to country folk.
Had a way about him.

He'd have sorted this murder
in no time.

CHATTER

'Erm... I'm not sure at the moment,
but...'

RADIO CHATTER

'I found the tape around...'

PERSON WITH MASK: I found something.

What's the story, Trace?
Oh, hey. OK.

So, we have recovered
cigarette butts here,

but we found a used condom
on the altar.

So we've marked that urgent
and sent it to the lab. Right?

This is the stone Dominic asked Lee
to take down to the house.

He didn't move it very far, did he?
Least he didn't cause any damage.

Oh, but he has.
He's unleashed the Black Dog.

Harry Dickinson told me

that they placed the stone
on top of the Black Dog

to trap it under the earth
and stop it coming into the village.

Why does everything in Edendale have
a story or a legend attached to it?

Why can't a stone just be a stone?

Let's get started, shall we?
We visited the church ruins.

It's a nice secluded spot,
so no-one can see what you're up to.

You've been having a lot of fun
up there, haven't you?

But with a 16-year-old girl.
Shame on you.

You don't know
what you're talking about, mate.

OK, now, we're thinking
you targeted Laura,

just like you've done before
with other schoolgirls.

Laura's father told us
that he caught you and his daughter

getting high on drugs you supplied.

Laura's now dead.

How do you think
that's gonna look to a jury?

Look, she wouldn't leave me alone.

Right? She always wanted
to talk to me.

Go on.

She said she wanted to escape her
house and needed my help to do it.

She has some beef with her dad,
I don't know.

I don't know
cos I wasn't interested.

I'm a bit confused, Lee.

On the one hand, you're saying you
didn't want Laura anywhere near you,

but you were both found
smoking weed together.

Look, I had no choice.

Yeah? She told me
if I didn't keep bringing it,

she would tell her dad
I was stealing stuff from the house,

and I'd lose my job.

She is not as innocent as she looks,
that one.

She had the makings
of a real hustler.

Right.
Well, we've got a problem, Lee,

because we believe you and Laura
met up at the church ruins.

This is some evidence
we found up there.

Now, you're a big boy.
You know what that is?

It's a condom,

which leads me to think
getting high with Laura

was not the only thing
you were doing up there.

Right?
So all it takes is a DNA test,

and we can find out
who these belong to.

No comment.

COOPER INHALES
"No comment." OK.

Well, maybe we should go see Gemma,
see if she wants to make a comment.

Whoa, Gemma doesn't need to know
what's been going on, does she?

Not unless you start talking, Lee.

All right, yeah.

Yeah, I did see someone
at the church.

We both knew it was stupid
and dangerous, but...

..it was just a hook-up,
no strings.

W-Who was this someone,

and what do you mean
by "it was dangerous"?

In case the lord of the manor
found out.

She was worried
what her husband might do.

Hang on. Are you saying
you were seeing Charlotte Kirkham?

For fun, yeah.

But I told her, once I'm married,
that's it, show's over.

Yeah.

Not as perfect as they look,
that Kirkham family, right?

And neither are you, Lee.
Oh, I know.

But I'm trying to become better.

And Gemma knows I've made mistakes,
but she believes in me.

That... That woman is my future.

And when I say my vows,
I'm gonna mean every single word.

CLOCK TICKS

DOOR OPENS

I'm afraid Dominic is in his office
on a call.

It's OK. Erm, we actually needed to
speak to you about a private matter.

Oh?

Lee Bateman has told us

he was meeting up with you in secret
at the church.

He's lying.

CHARLOTTE EXHALES

I wouldn't believe a word
that comes out of his mouth.

Well, we've found condoms
in the church ruins.

DNA tests will give us
the answers we need.

But you could help speed things up.

Help us find Laura's killer.

Charlotte...
were you meeting up with Lee?

We need to know the truth.

CHARLOTTE SIGHS
Yes.

It was just a distraction.

A distraction from what?

Being trapped in this house.

It may look impressive
from the driveway,

but once you're inside,
it's like a bloody mausoleum.

Well, why come here, then?

Dominic wanted to buy somewhere
he could renovate,

show off to his wealthy clients.

Oh, it's fine for him.
He gets to leave.

Travel the world on business.
But me?

I'm left floating from room to room.

Did Dominic know about you two?

I'm sure he would have
said something if he found out.

What about Laura? Did she know?

God, I hope not.

It was me
that let Lee into the house.

Is she dead because of me?

I mean, did I do this?

I'm wondering if Laura knew about
Lee and her mum having the affair.

And what if she did?

Well, maybe getting the weed
out of Lee wasn't enough.

Maybe she wanted more,

so she threatened to tell Dominic
about the affair until she got it.

And Lee pushed back. Hard.
Yeah.

Sarge, we need
to speak to Lee again.

Too late, he's walked.
You what?

He's out on bail
with strict instructions -

check in with us three times a week,
ordered not to leave Edendale.

Yeah, apparently, his solicitor made
an emotional plea to the magistrate,

saying that, you know,
Lee getting married this week

was a sign
he was turning his life around.

Even though he tried to end mine?
Mm.

Who's telling t'Kirkhams?

Oh, you... cowards.

FRY SCOFFS

Dominic, I heard the phone.
What's happened?

They've released Lee Bateman.

How could that have happened?

Dominic.

Dominic!

PHONE RINGS

Look, babes, I just got out.

I'm so sorry for all this.

I'll explain it all when I get home.

ENGINE REVS

HE GASPS,
THUD

INDISTINCT CHATTER

..being careful
not to touch the ground.

SHUTTER CLICKS

RADIO CHATTER

So, what we thinking?
Car swerved and hit him?

Yeah, OK. Thank you.

Crash investigators reckon
the driver swerved across the road

and hit Lee Bateman straight on.

Could have been deliberate,
could have been drunk.

Any witnesses?
None.

We're gonna have to wait for the
reports and the tests to come back.

When I told Dominic yesterday
Lee was being released on bail,

he was absolutely furious, saying
we weren't doing our job properly.

Who can blame him?
Any parent would be.

The question is, would he
take matters into his own hands?

KNOCKING

Hi, Gemma. Can we come in, love?

What's happened,
and why are you being nice?

Let's just go in and sit down first.
Er, no, hang on.

You're not coming in here again.
Just....

Just tell me.

Right. Erm...

I'm afraid Lee has been in
an accident, and he has been killed.

SHE SCOFFS

SHE GASPS SOFTLY

I'm sorry.

Dominic's car's not here.
We need to find him.

PHONE RINGS

Yes, Tracy?

Yeah. Er, Forensics have found
secret tracking software

embedded on Laura's phone
connected to Dominic's,

so he was tracking her all the time.

Cheers, Trace.
What?

Turns out the phone Dominic got
Laura had tracking software on it.

It's normal for parents to want
to know where their kids are.

No, not like an app you download,

this is secret software
embedded into the phone.

She didn't know about it.

Maybe Lee were right
about Laura having a dark side

and, well, Dominic knew that too.

Laura left her phone behind
Sunday afternoon, yeah?

Which was strange.

What if she knew Dominic
were tracking her movements,

and that's why she left it
in her room?

She could have been anywhere.
Yeah. Doing what?

Lee Bateman...

was killed in a hit-and-run incident
yesterday afternoon.

Do we know
when Dominic's coming back?

You think Dominic was involved?

We just need to track his movements
at this point.

Christ.

Er, he left
soon after you called yesterday.

We also need to talk to you
about Laura's phone.

Apparently,
there's a secret tracking software

has been installed on it,
directly linked to Dominic's phone.

Why would he need to track Laura?

To make sure
that she was at home, studying.

Did he have reason to believe
that she wouldn't be?

Charlotte, we're starting to think

that there might have been
a different side to Laura,

a side that you and Dominic
are keen to hide from us.

Who was she... really?

I loved her... with all my heart.

But, God, she didn't make it easy.

There was a wild streak
running through her.

Dominic convinced me

Laura would be best suited
to a private school,

somewhere with strong discipline,
strict rules.

So I agreed to send her off.

She seemed
to be settling in quickly.

We thought, "Finally...
we've found a solution."

But then two months ago,
we got a call from the school

telling us
to pick her up immediately.

What happened?

Laura broke curfew.

Turns out she'd been climbing
over the wall

in the middle of the night
to meet a boy in town.

Dominic was mortified.

He sent her to a local school.

Made sure she was picked up
as soon as it was finished

and brought straight back here.

So that's why she had
no social life, no friends.

Dominic wouldn't allow it.

Look, this tracking app...

..isolating her
from other teenagers...

..it was...

it was his way
of saving Laura from herself.

Do you really believe that?

CAR APPROACHES

CHARLOTTE SIGHS
He's back.

Mr Kirkham.
What now?

Mr Kirkham, you're under arrest
for the murder of Lee Bateman.

You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence if...

Are you serious?
Afraid so.

We can talk about it
down at the station.

All right.

It may harm your defence

if you do not mention
when questioned something...

You drove to Birmingham yesterday
evening, Mr Kirkham, correct?

Yeah.
What route did you take?

The one my satnav suggested.

Didn't travel along the Bulmer Road?

Do you know a quick way?

Lee Bateman was hit by a car
along that road last night.

He died of his injuries.

That's unfortunate.

It's coincidental,
cos when I called you yesterday

to tell you Lee was being released
without charge, you were furious.

You said we were putting
a child killer back on the streets.

I'm guessing now he's dead, Edendale
can breathe a sigh of relief.

Did you go looking for Lee
after that call?

Of course not.

I can't stand
being anywhere near that man.

Perhaps there was another reason
you hated Lee Bateman.

What are you getting at?

Well, we know that you were
secretly tracking Laura's movements

on her phone.

Were you spying on Charlotte too?

Cos if you were,
you would have noticed

that she went to the church ruins
whenever you left the house.

Look, I'm not stupid, detectives.

I knew Charlotte was having
an affair with Lee Bateman.

Well, why didn't you confront her
about it, then?

The scandal coming out,
it's worse than the crime itself.

I thought
if Charlotte was being discreet,

then I could turn a blind eye.

Appearances do mean everything
to you, don't they?

We believe what we see, 'ey?

And what about that
fresh-looking dent in your bumper?

We noticed it when you arrived back.

Yeah, that. I, er...

I swerved to miss a deer

when I was driving out of the house
yesterday evening.

Are you sure you didn't swerve
to hit something else...

or someone else?

INAUDIBLE

No comment.

Dominic didn't flinch when
we told him Lee Bateman was dead.

He also said he knew
about Charlotte's affair

taking place right under his nose

but claimed he was happy
to turn a blind eye.

The dent in his car?
Said he swerved to miss a deer.

Harry Dickinson said
there's loads of 'em on the estate.

When can we expect results
from SOCO?

They're doing the test now, sir...
PHONE RINGS

..so we should have something
tomorrow.

Great. Stay on it.

HE CLEARS THROAT
Mum, I'm at work. You all right?

All right, wait there, wait there.

Can you hold the fort?
Yeah.

You OK?
Yeah, good. Won't be long.

DOOR CREAKS

DOOR SHUTS
Mum?

You told me it was an emergency.

I thought you'd fallen
down the stairs again.

SHE CHUCKLES
I'm not that doddery.

The cards have spoken.

Jesus.

See?

No, Mum, I don't see.

Money and treason.

Your father was murdered
over bad money. Gambling.

Mum, Dad never gambled.

I'm not saying that he did,

but what I am saying is
that's the reason he were out there

on Boggart's Bridge that night.

I can't use tarot cards
to steer an investigation.

But this is the clearest message
we've ever had.

It's been five years,
almost to the day,

and nothing has happened.

You need all the help you can get.
You think I don't know that?

Look, I'm sorry, love. I'm...

I'm sure you're trying
as hard as you can.

I've gotta go back to work.

Did you ask Diane
about coming on Saturday?

HE SIGHS
I did. She is. Why?

Tell her I have an urgent message
for her and all.

Can I get a large house white,
please?

I'm sat there.
Sure thing.

All right?
Hiya.

How was your mum?

Ugh, this anniversary's
got her all stirred up.

She'll be all right after Saturday.
That's good to hear.

She's pleased you're coming.

Really?
Mm-hm.

She's got a special message for you.
SHE LAUGHS

I've had enough
of her special messages, thank you.

Oh, hey.
Tracy.

Do you want to join us?
But it is a work-free zone.

Oh, no. I've had my glass already.

Erm, there was a fella
in here earlier looking for you.

When?
About an hour ago.

Very handsome, 40s, tailored suit.

Er, what did you tell him?

I just said that you'd be in later,
and then he went.

You gonna tell us who this fella is?

No.
Oh, all right.

See you both tomorrow, yeah?
Bye. See you.

I take it this is the gentleman
you left behind in Leeds?

Yeah.

He's the reason
you came to Edendale.

It's nothing I can't handle.
Right.

Well, if you want
to feel a bit safer,

I've got a spare room at my house.

You're welcome to kip there
for a few nights.

Thank you, but, erm...

..I'll be OK.
Suit yourself.

PHONE BUZZES

SHE SIGHS

BUZZING CONTINUES

SHE SIGHS

So, we just had
an interesting call come in

from an Edendale council worker.

He's a genie
who scoops up roadkill animals

and makes them disappear.

Turns out he was driving
near Raven's Side on Sunday night,

and he thought he caught a glimpse

of a dog running loose
through the woods.

The Black Dog.
LAUGHTER

He went to investigate
and to see if the owner turned up...

MUFFLED: ..which they never did.

He then moved on to his last job
because it was getting dark.

This was around 6:30pm,

close to the time
that Laura was murdered.

Is there a chance it could have been
Harry Dickinson's dog?

Come on. I have a feeling
they'll have got a dog.

Could be any one of them.

Yeah, but you wouldn't want a dog
on the estate.

There's signs everywhere.
Dogs off the lead would be shot.

I'm thinking there's a good chance
that Harry could have lied to me

and it was his dog
that the worker saw.

Well, go with Diane
and speak to Dickinson.

Yes, sir.

You all right? You look knackered.
I'm fine.

Once this coffee kicks in,
I'll be all right.

Come on.
You left the pub early last night.

Looks like you're still
in the same clothes.

Have you even been home?

It's nothing I can't handle,
remember?

You brought it, then?

I was thinking on the way here...

..we could set the sheep free
in the woods,

let them fend for themselves.

You can't live on pine cones
and leaves, Harry.

This is the kindest way.
CAR APPROACHES

You don't have to do it with me.

Hello again, Mr Beeley.

What do these two want?
Hello, Mr Dickinson.

Helen said you were here again.

All right?
Still helping Sam sort things out.

Dare I ask what you're up to today?

We're slaughtering the sheep.

Don't worry.
We're not gonna strangle them.

You're not joking?
I can't look after 'em any more.

Are you shutting down
the smallholding?

No choice.

I can barely tip a bag of feed
these days.

I see.
I mean, I noticed the walking stick.

I've the Goldstone Company
to thank for that.

That's a mining company, innit?

We're the only survivors

when the whole thing collapsed
in June of '92.

Five days, we were trapped
down there in the dark.

I remember a dozen men died.

Oh, this fella here saved my life.

Feeding me water from his hands.

Right, well...

We've got some more questions
to ask you about Sunday evening,

obviously, when Laura was murdered.

A witness said they saw a dog
running loose through the woods.

Can't have been Jess.
She never leaves my side.

Oh, well, where is she, then?

Home, in her basket.

Turned herself inside out
last night.

You were right
about not eating those chickens.

So, you weren't at Raven's Side
on Sunday evening?

You're beginning to annoy me
more than a bloody horsefly.

I'm just asking for your help

with a murder investigation,
that's all, Harry.

It's not too much to ask.

Well, I feel bad about what happened
to that girl.

I'm quite happy that Dominic Kirkham

goes through as much hell
as possible.

Now get, the pair of you.
Leave me be.

Come on.

When we've killed the sheep,
we're gonna burn 'em.

Wanna stay around
for a bit of lamb shank?

SHE SIGHS

I wonder what Harry's got
against Dominic Kirkham.

Well, I doubt he'll ever tell us.

You could always go and ask Helen.

Not quite the first date
I had in mind.

So, you reschedule our drink and
then turn up again out of the blue.

I know, I know.

I'm sorry for messing you about,
Helen.

I just, erm...

If it's OK, I just had a question
to ask you about your uncle Harry.

Is it to do with the investigation?
I'm not sure yet. Maybe.

All right.

So, it's safe to say
that your uncle Harry

is definitely not a fan
of Dominic Kirkham.

Is there a reason for that?

Did something happen
between the two of them?

Doubt you'll find anyone around here
with a good word to say about him.

That's not what I asked, Helen.

Listen, I just need
to find a background on this guy.

Anything that's gonna help us
solve Laura's murder.

It happened months ago.

Dominic called me up one afternoon,

asking if I'd come over
to the estate

and give Laura
some private riding lessons.

She were a lovely girl, Laura.

Real funny, smart,
tearaway look in her eye.

Yeah, that's what people have said.

I was only... teaching her
for a few weeks

when Dominic organised
this big garden party

for all his clients.

He said he wanted Laura
to ride in on the horse

just so he could show her off
to all his guests.

And you told him no.
Absolutely.

That horse wasn't used
to big crowds of people.

It would've gotten spooked
and thrown Laura off.

Dominic didn't like me saying no,
but I stood my ground.

I told Laura to dismount.

Then he just slapped me
right in front of her.

Jesus Christ.

Uncle Harry came home, saw the welts
coming up across my cheek,

and he grabbed his gun and said
he was gonna shoot off his kneecaps.

I talked him out of it, obviously.

But I don't understand.

Why would Harry keep on working for
Dominic if he's done this to you?

Dominic owns all the cottages
on the estate.

If I made a formal complaint
against him,

he'd fire my uncle
and make him homeless the same day.

In the end, I convinced Harry that
he serves the land, not the owner,

and we just put it to bed.

Well, I appreciate you
telling me all this.

I know it can't have been easy.
Do you know what?

It actually feels good
to have finally told someone.

Listen, do you want me
to take this any further?

I can call him in.

No, no, I don't.
What's done is done.

One thing I do regret, though...
about not coming forward, is that...

..I let Dominic get away with it.

I'm sure I'm not the first person

to be on the receiving end
of his anger.

You didn't ever see him hit Laura,
did you?

She kept away from him
as much as possible.

So make of that what you will.

When we spoke yesterday, Mr Kirkham,

you agreed with me when I said
appearances mean everything.

Like the portraits in your hallway.

Everyone's smiling.
Laura looks happy.

But I suppose it's all just part
of the illusion, isn't it?

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

We know Laura was rebelling
against you -

expelled from
an expensive private school,

smoking with a gardener.

Which is why she needed firm
parenting and strong boundaries.

On that Sunday, you found
Laura's phone in her bedroom.

Correct. And that's when
you realised she'd tricked you,

making you think
she was at home studying

when, actually,
she'd left the house.

She wasn't doing what she was told.

Now, I think
before you phoned the police

to say that Laura was missing,
you did find her.

And because
all your previous attempts

to try and control her behaviour
had failed,

you lost your temper
and you swung at her,

hitting her
in the back of the head.

This is bullshit.
I never laid a finger on her.

You've no idea the sacrifices
I made for that girl and her mother.

What sacrifices, Dominic?
Well, where do you want me to start?

When I first met Charlotte...

..she was stuck
in a toxic relationship.

Pretty awful man.

So I took her and Laura in.
I raised her as my own.

I gave them everything
that they could want in this world.

And what did I get in return?

Infidelity
and downright disobedience.

You're not Laura's real father?

No.

No, I'm not.

I tried to love Laura
as if she was my own.

And she resisted and rejected that
love with every fibre of her being.

Dominic always referred to Laura
as "my daughter".

I think being a stepdad
doesn't fit in

with Dominic's vision
of the perfect family.

Kept it quiet.

And unfortunately, as we all know...

..stepfathers are more likely to
kill children than actual fathers.

Yeah, we had
the same alarm bells ringing.

Boss, we've just had more forensics
in from the crash investigators.

I'm calling it.

Final nail for Dominic Kirkham.

It's the opposite, I'm afraid.

They found red metallic car paint
on Lee's clothing.

DS TODD: Dominic's car's black.

Yeah, which means
he can't be our hit-and-run driver.

No, but... but Gemma Ward might be.

Gemma. Police.

KNOCKING ON DOOR
Come on, Gemma, open up.

Lee called me saying
he was out on bail

and wanted picking up
on Bulmer Road.

I grabbed my keys,
went off to get him.

I was speeding all the way there
because I didn't want him waiting.

Then... I see him up ahead...

..and I knew
if I let him get in the car,

he'd lay it on thick with excuses
and promises, trying to win me over.

I couldn't give him that chance.

He didn't deserve another one.

So...

..instead of slowing down...

..I sped up...

..aimed right for him.

My mum didn't want me to marry Lee.

Said he brought out the worst
in everyone.

She was right.

So, what happens with Dominic now?

We have to let him go.
Pending further enquiries.

Unless anything came up
when you spoke to Helen Miller.

There was something, sir.

Dominic assaulted Helen
at his stables a few months ago,

struck her across the face.

Harry Dickinson found out,

and Helen managed
to convince him to keep quiet.

As you can imagine,
he wasn't a happy man.

Were you gonna tell us?

Right, this proves Dominic
has a violent disposition, yeah?

Well, this is new information
we can't use. Why not?

Because Helen wants to keep it
in the past.

Can't you just convince her
to make a statement, then?

I'm not sure I can do that.

You can't or you won't?

I won't.
It's a joke.

Look, even if Helen
did give a statement,

it don't prove
that Dominic laid a hand on Laura.

Thank you.

I just think
Harry Dickinson was lying

about not being in the woods
when Laura was murdered.

And I don't think he'd let Dominic
get away with hitting Helen.

It's his niece.

So you think he attacked Laura
out of revenge?

Well, he knows more than
he's letting on, put it that way.

Why don't I speak
to the roadkill cleaner?

I mean, he was vague about the dog
he saw in the woods.

If he can prove that it was black,

then we could put pressure on Harry
to tell the truth.

Yeah, and with your permission, sir,

I'd like to dig
a little bit deeper into him.

All right.

Thank you.

Did Lee ever mention anything
about a Harry Dickinson?

He was a groundskeeper
on the estate.

Harry went mad at Lee

for moving some old stone
inside the church ruins.

Harry started to shove Lee about,

so Lee threatened him
with the sharp end of the spade.

It was weird...

..this old man getting so upset
about a stone.

No, that's helpful. Thank you.

So, what did the roadside genie say?

The dog he saw in the woods
was black and white.

So not Harry Dickinson's, then?

Mm.

Hold on.

Whose dog is that?

Mr Kirkham, I need you
to look at this photo.

I'm done with all this.
It might help find Laura's killer.

Who does that dog belong to?

The old gardener.

He quit shortly after
that photo was taken.

He kept on banging on
about this sacred stone.

Who is he?

A man named Sam Beeley.

Sir, the dog in this photo
belongs to Sam Beeley,

ex-gardener of Dominic Kirkham.

I think it was this dog
the council worker saw running wild

on Raven's Side
the night that Laura was murdered.

And I think it was this dog
that bit Laura.

Not a fox or a badger.

And does this mean
that Harry Dickinson's not involved?

No, I think Harry knew
that it was Sam's dog who bit Laura.

Them two are closer than family
since the mining accident.

Let's arrest Harry Dickinson
and Sam Beeley.

Sir.

RINGING TONE

'DC Ben Cooper.'
PHONE BEEPS

SHE SIGHS

Ben. Ben!

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

DOG GROWLS

BARKING

I know. I know.
BARKING INTENSIFIES

It's your home.

I'm leaving.

Cooper?

TWIG SNAPS

Dave?

SHE EXCLAIMS
It's me, it's me, it's me.

What are you doing?
I have been looking for you.

Well, I was following Sam,
but then I heard you shouting.

I've lost him.
I know where he is.

Where?

He's gone to be with his wife.

Read this.

Sam.

We've read your letter, mate.
We know everything.

You're gonna have to come
to the station with us.

I'm afraid
this is how it has to end.

Now, go back.
You don't have to see this.

Oh, Sam, Sam.
You don't wanna do that.

Listen to me.

Do you not think Laura's parents

deserve to know
what happened to her?

Explain it to us, Sam.

So, a couple of weeks back,

Harry told me
that young Lee had been down here

and decided to move the stone
back towards the house.

I couldn't let that happen.

So I come down Sunday afternoon
to put it back in its place.

This was...

where I sat with my wife, Ruth...

..every day for nearly 20 years.

This was, like, our special spot.
We'd come here for our lunch.

She cooked up in the kitchens
at the house,

and I tended the gardens.

And we had, like,
this little arrangement.

She'd bring the sandwiches,

and I'd bring a joke
I'd made up that morning.

On a good day, her laugh would
scare the birds out of the trees.

She's been gone two years.

It just feels like yesterday.

I spread her ashes around the stone

so I could still come here
and be with her,

you know, and share a joke.

When I came down on Sunday,

Laura was sat here,
smoking a cigarette.

I told her to sling her hook,

let me move the stone
back into place.

She just laughed like...

..like I couldn't do it.

She didn't realise
what the stone meant.

This is Ruth's last resting place.

I shouted at Laura.
I said some things I'm not proud of.

She just flicked her cigarette
into the weeds

and walked away
like this place was nothing.

Connie went after her.
That's what she's trained to do.

Laura pushed her away.
Connie didn't like that.

Jumped up and bit her on the arm.
Laura started screaming,

going on about
how she's gonna get Connie put down.

And you lost your temper.

Yeah.

Hit her on the back of the head
with my stick.

That's when she went running.
Connie went after her.

I tried to make things right.
I went looking for her, but...

..couldn't find her.

Sam... we hear you.

We know you've lost everything.

But you need to put that gun down.

I just want to be with my wife.

It's OK, Sam, it's OK.

I just want to be with my wife.

CONNIE WHINES
Shush, Connie.

Are you warmed up yet, Harry?
It'll take a bit, lad.

The cold from them woods
goes in deep.

When Sam came to see you
late Sunday evening,

after he'd killed Laura,
why not get him to turn himself in?

There was no way Sam could deal with
being locked in a tiny prison cell.

See, he became claustrophobic
after the mining accident.

Even sitting in here,

you'd have to have the front door
open in case he needed to escape.

When he asked for my help
to end things his way... I agreed.

He saved my life.
How could I say no?

Fed you water from his hands.

And how many friends would do that?

You know, you're gonna have to
answer for your part in all of this.

I know, lad.

One thing before we take you away.

Why did you take me
to see Laura's body?

Cos you lot were searching
in the wrong bloody direction.

I didn't want that young girl
lying out in the woods any longer.

I've seen what happens to a deer
when it dies out there,

when the animals
and the insects take over.

DOOR OPENS

No-one deserves that.
Yeah.

DOOR CLOSES

Right.

CONNIE WHINES
Do with me what you will.

What's going on?
Nothing that can't be sorted, love.

Harry Dickinson, I'm arresting you

for attempting to pervert
the course of justice.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention,

when questioned, something
you later rely on in court.

Now, listen. Take Connie
back to my cottage, will you?

She'll be good company for Jess
while I'm away.

You all right?
Yeah.

Did you notice that
they've taken the wreaths down?

All right,
no more talk of the Black Dog, OK?

Welcome back to the 21st century.
Hang on, hang on.

I could've sworn you shouted out
someone's name in the woods.

Was Helen right?
Were the trees whispering to you?

No.
No.

But I actually have to admit,
it was creepy as hell.

Look, I love a good horror,

but I don't want to be
a main character in one.

What about me?
I'm stuck in a rom-com nightmare.

Boy meets girl,
girl takes boy for a walk,

boy arrests girl's uncle,
boy texts girl,

girl ignores boy's text.

Well, you don't have
to be alone forever.

Well, I'm not going on a dating app,
that's for sure.

No, I was thinking
of taking you up on the offer

to kip over for a few nights.

I just need a sofa.
Ah, that's right.

I made that offer, didn't I?
You were just being polite.

I could see it.
No, no, it's fine, it's fine.

You can stay.
Nah, it's all right.

No, you can stay.
It'll be good to have company.

You know, I'd actually
really appreciate it.

Well, that's fine.
Cheers to Black Dogs. Yeah?

No.
OK.

Ah. Right.

Joe was one of the finest.
He was a great officer.

A great colleague.

More importantly, he was a friend...

..a great husband
and a great father.

And nothing was too much trouble
for him.

And no-one, no-one,
could make you laugh as hard.

You remember the sheep in my office?
SHE LAUGHS

My damn jacket.

Here's to you, Barrel.

To Joe. God bless.

To Joe.

We miss you, Dad. Every day.

I'm really glad you came.
I've got a message for you, in fact.

Oh, you don't have to do that
right now.

It's more of a warning, really.

You're going to destroy someone
you really love,

ruin their life forever.

But it's not too late
to change a path.

I don't care
what the cards say, Isobel.

Cards can't lie, Diane.

I mean, we can, to ourselves,
but they can't.

Shall we make a move, Mum?
Yes. Yes, love.

I'll catch up with you in a minute.
All right, love.

All right?
Yeah, fine.

You?
Yeah.

There were more flowers last year.

Suppose that's life, isn't it?
People move on. People forget.

Not the people
that know and love Joe.

They'd never forget.

Home-grown, they're nice.

Yeah, someone leaves them
every year.

The same flowers, the same message.
"Always and forever."

Look, thank you
for inviting me, Ben.

I just wish I had the chance
to get to know him.

Thank you.

Sorry, Dad.

I'm gonna have to stop.