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You all right?

Deb, I'm just gonna go check... I'll be two seconds.

You okay?

I think she was happy here.

Please, tell me.

Will Ma die?

Tell me!

Hey.

We've rested longer than we should've.

We need to push on now.

Yeah?

So last night, old man from number 32 reported what he reckons

- was gunshots from somewhere in the area. - All right.

We had a patrol car nearby.

They drove past, didn't spot anything unusual.

Okay, what about that church? Anyone talked to them?

I thought I'd phone the bloke that does the bookings for the church hall.

Got a list of people with a key.

The local AA branch showed up,

which has Donald Reid listed as the contact person.

Okay. All right, you two, around the back, yeah?

- Check that out. - Yes, ma'am.

Come with me.

Good work.

Yeah.

Hello?

Police. Anyone here?

Hello?

Police.

Clear.

There's no one here.

Clear.

Ben.

Hi, I've just dropped Debbie at home and it turns out that Ian was here.

And he took Bill's gun.

Any idea where he's heading?

No. But he is driving a vehicle belonging to his son, Dean.

Put an alert out on the car.

I'm serious, Ben. I don't care. Whatever it takes.

Yep, I'm on it.

Yeah.

Should be about another two hours, okay?

Your shoulder hurting?

It's just I reckon you might have burst through some of those stitches.

I don't give a shit.

Okay.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

Donald, what the fuck are you doing?

- I wanna know what happened, Ian. - Drive the car, or I will shoot you.

Fucking do it.

You don't know where we're going.

You shoot me, you're fucked.

You wanna know what's going on? I'll tell you.

Your brother, Henry, has killed a police officer.

Bill McCracken is dead.

I got shot. And Henry's wife got shot.

Now you're up to speed.

Well, is she all right? Was Henry's wife okay?

I don't know, Don.

I was too busy bleeding out on the ground to check if his wife was okay.

We should go to the police, mate.

Yeah. Don, you should've thought of that when I begged you to help me.

- I begged you. - I know, mate.

And I'm sorry for that. I really am. But we need to...

- Are you sorry? I'm sorry too. - ...we need to finish this thing.

Now, drive.

Okay.

There's no more water.

Well, we're back on the main road now.

We can stop and refuel soon. Get some water, food too, snacks.

She shouldn't still be asleep.

After all this time, she should've woken up.

She's going to be fine. Trust me.

What if she's dying?

She needs a doctor. A hospital.

- 'Cause she's getting worse. - Okay.

Okay, I'll tell you something.

I'm taking us home.

Home to my father's property.

Your grandfather.

Your grandfather is a great man.

He's a prophet and a healer.

You know, I have seen him heal people a lot sicker than your mother is.

We're making good time and soon we'll be safe.

And so will your mum.

You just have to have a little faith in your old man, okay?

That's all.

Here we go. I knew it. I told you.

Hey, listen to me.

No matter what happens, you do not leave this car.

And don't draw any attention to yourself, yes?

- Yes. - Thank you, possum.

Look after your mother.

Ma?

Ma? You okay?

- Hey. - Hi.

We were so selfish.

What we did to you--

Ma, listen to me.

You need to tell Da that you need a hospital.

I've been telling him.

And if we both say it, he'll take us there and you'll be okay.

- No, no, no, no. - Okay, but it's really, really important...

that you tell him.

Let's look ahead, mate.

You getting hungry?

I'll be back in a minute.

Are you okay?

- I told you to stay in the car. - Is that Donald?

- Uncle Donald's there. He can help her. - No. Uncle Donald...

Mags! Maggie!

- Get in the car and lock the door. - Mags!

- Lock the door! - Maggie, no!

No, no, no, no, no. Maggie, open the door.

Open the door. Open the door. Unlock the door.

Maggie, open the door!

Please, unlock! I can help! It's okay!

Maggie, open up!

Maggie!

Someone call the police!

Get in the car.

Now! Now!

Why was Uncle Donald with that man?

- Why? - Because your uncle Donald is a weak man.

- That's why. - They must've been following us.

How else would they have been at the same place?

- It doesn't matter. - It does matter! What is going on?

Da?

The fact is they were on their own without the police.

That means they haven't told anybody where we're going.

That's the important thing.

Now, I know a shortcut up here. It will get us there faster.

When we get there, Grandpa will protect us, okay?

That's the plan.

Dean, your dad took Bill's gun.

Why didn't you call us? We could have figured something out.

My father didn't have much faith in this investigation.

Can't say I disagree.

Sorry, but it's true.

Did your father say anything

that suggested he knew where they were heading?

Dean? Please.

No.

I wanted to help, but he didn't want me involved, okay?

Sorry.

Excuse me, boss. Can I?

Yeah, just give me a second.

Yeah?

I just got a crime report from a service station near Naracoorte.

Two men creating a disturbance, one armed.

Witnesses say he had a heavily injured shoulder.

We're leaving.

We'll be in touch, yeah?

If we don't do something about your shoulder,

you're gonna bleed out.

Come on.

Out you come.

Yeah.

I'm just gonna pull this back.

Okay, can you hold this?

Just put the gun down, would you?

I'm on your side.

Now, this is really gonna hurt.

All righty, one, two...

Fuck!

There we go.

All right. Where is it?

Yep. Yep, yep, yep.

You're on my side, are you?

Yeah.

What a relief.

Jenna Reid came to visit me yesterday.

She came to say goodbye.

We used to be lovers.

She told me why they took Mags.

Go on.

They had a little girl of their own.

Her name was Sarah.

And she was outside playing...

and she caught her neck between two fence posts.

And she died.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, then... Then that... That's all right then.

They should've said.

I should forget what they've done.

- That's not what I'm saying. - Isn't it?

Sorry. What are you saying?

What are you saying, Donnie?

- I understand. - No, you don't.

No, you don't understand.

You don't understand, Donnie.

Nobody understands.

Because Maggie was my baby.

She was my baby.

She was my child.

She was perfect.

She was my perfect child who looked up to me and loved me.

She needed me.

She trusted me.

And I failed her.

'Cause she was taken away from me.

She was torn away from me.

And I've grieved her for 11 years and I've grieved myself.

And I've blown up my life and I've eaten myself alive.

And what am I supposed to do with that, Donnie?

What am I supposed to do with that? Because even when I get her back...

that baby is still lost.

To me.

Forever.

So, what am I supposed to do to make that right?

I don't know, mate.

You don't know because you don't understand.

I'm sorry.

I should've told you as soon as I found out about Sarah.

If you're sorry, Donnie, you tell me where they're going.

Okay.

They're going to my father's compound.

Where's that?

It's about 20Ks down the road.

You come to a big gully.

It's just to the left of that.

Ian. Ian, listen.

- Listen, I wanna help you, mate. - Step away, Donnie.

No, I wanna help you. But going in there and shooting...

Step away. Donald, step the fuck away!

Three steps back.

Don't fucking move.

Mate, pl--

Please.

Ian.

- Thanks for driving. - Ian.

Ian, you're gonna--

Okay, the service station is here, right?

Both vehicles exited the freeway heading north,

and we established roadblocks on the main routes out,

but neither vehicle's been sighted.

Sizemore.

We did a search for known associates. Okay, we came up with one name.

Gareth Reid.

This is Henry's father.

Now, he was involved in some... Here we are...

Some religious group back in the day. The Church of the Chosen Apostles.

2017, allegations that they were depriving children of education

and proper medical care.

A number of charges laid, and the group broke up.

But at that time, they were based right here.

- That's Three Mile Hill. - That's, like, 40Ks.

Yeah, from there to there.

The report we got is

- that Three Mile Hill was abandoned. - Yeah, clearly not.

Lewis, get a tactical unit up there and the perimeter locked down.

Let's roll out, yeah? We know what to do?

- Okay. Let's go. - Yes, Sarge. We'll head out with you.

Look, there it is.

I thought you said lots of people live here.

I did say that, but they're probably all out working in the fields.

That's what we do here.

See? There's the church.

We're here.

Dad! Dad!

I'm Henry. I'm Henry.

I'm Henry. It's Henry.

Dad.

What do you want?

I'll explain everything, but I... Come here.

I need your help, Dad.

Jenna... You remember Jenna? She's been hurt.

This is your granddaughter, Sarah.

She's in there. She's been hurt. Can you help us, please?

Can you help?

Do we pray for her, Dad? Or...

Dad?

What happened here?

She was shot.

Can you help us?

I can't help you, boy.

Your wife's dead.

No.

No. Ma, wake up.

Ma. Come on. Ma, wake up, please. Mama...

Please wake up. Ma. Ma, wake up.

Ma!

You promised me that he would heal her!

Wake up, Ma.

You can't leave me here.

Ma, wake up.

Your child needs you.

Sarah.

Sarah. Sarah, you gotta let go.

No! Ma!

You promised me.

You promised me she would be okay.

You promised me that she would be okay.

Why is this guy following you? Why?

Well, he claims he's her father.

Now, why would he say that? Is he?

No, he's friends with Donald, Dad.

He's an addict and he's sick in the head.

Why are you looking at me like that? I'm her father. I brought her up!

Where is everyone, Dad?

It's empty here.

Few years ago, the government came, took the children.

Congregation deserted me.

I'm sorry I turned my back on you, Dad.

I was weak.

I was faithless.

I'm sorry, but...

I'm here now.

And I need you, Dad. I need you.

What do you want from me?

I want you to help me stop him.

You know what these people can do.

The government. The police.

He wants to take my daughter away.

He wants to take your granddaughter away.

And... I can't let him do that.

And we won't.

Sarah, we need to go now, please.

How did I get to be with you if the man chasing us is my father?

Sarah, I will explain everything, but we need to go now, please.

You taught me that lying was a sin.

But you've lied to me for my entire life.

We have to go now!

I'm not going anywhere until you tell me the truth.

Okay, okay.

God led me to you.

When I first saw you through the light of the window,

I knew in my heart that I had to protect you.

That that was my life's purpose.

So, God told you to kidnap me?

He told you to steal me from my home?

I won't regret it.

I will not regret our family, no matter what happens.

And the girl in the forest that you told me about?

The one you said was murdered.

Did you do something to her?

Did I...

Did you kill her?

The girl I told you about,

her name was Sarah.

And she was our daughter.

And a very terrible thing happened to her.

There was an accident.

So I buried her away from the farm,

to not upset your mother.

What about my real family?

Did you even think about them?

Sarah, we are your real family.

Don't you remember?

I fathered you.

So I am your father.

You were happy, weren't you?

Weren't you, Sarah?

- What's going on? - Sarah, you were happy.

What is going on?

He's coming.

Grandpa and I are going to protect you.

But you need to do what the adults tell you.

Rebecca, take the girl.

- Come on. Come on. - No. Don't do this.

Do they know who he is? Who he really is?

You stay here until I tell you it's safe.

What's she mean by that?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Okay, let's go.

I love you.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Sarah.

No, no, no. Get...

- Hey! Hey, watch out! - Maggie!

Watch out, they're gonna shoot!

- They're gonna shoot! - What?

- They're gonna shoot you! - Who? Hey, where? Where? Where?

- Dad, no! - Go, go, go, go, go! Go, go!

No, Dad!

Here, here, here.

Okay, come.

Dad, no! It's Sarah!

Don't shoot, Dad! Dad, no!

Go, go, go.

No, Dad!

Dad, no! It's Sarah, Dad.

You brought this trouble here. I'll finish it.

Eli, around the front.

- John, take the back of the shed. - Got it.

You, stay here and hide.

Dad!

Go. Here, quick.

Run. Run. Stay.

Stay here. Here, here. Stay in the center of the room, okay?

I can't see them.

Is this all my fault?

What? No.

I ran away from home, and that's what started this whole thing.

No. Bad things happened to you.

And they were done by bad people.

None of this is your fault. You're a child.

This is not your fault. Okay? Okay?

The toy you showed me. I remember it.

At least the tune.

Yeah, of course you do. You loved it.

You kept asking me to play it.

You kept saying, "Again, again." You remember?

You remember me? Maybe a little bit?

Maybe.

You've got a mum.

You've got a brother.

And they love you so much. Look, look.

See? That's you. That's you.

Do you remember?

That's you. We're all together. We're family. Look.

I've missed you so much.

I've missed you so much.

Up, up. Come on.

How many are there? How many are there?

- Why? What are you gonna do? - I have to stop them.

They're gonna kill us otherwise, okay? How many?

Three? Maybe four.

Okay, come on. This way.

Okay, stop. Sit here. Okay, stay here. Okay? Just stay quiet.

Don't leave me alone.

I have to leave you, but I'll be back. I promise I'll be back. Okay?

Just stay here and be brave. Okay? Stay here.

My eye!

Stay down. Show me your hands.

Show me your hands.

- Show me your fucking hands. - My eye!

Show me your fucking hands.

- Shit! - Shut the fuck up.

Shut the fuck up or I'll kill you.

Ian?

Da?

Quiet.

When we get out of here,

I'm gonna tell you to scream your lungs out,

and you're gonna have to do that. You understand?

'Cause if you don't, you're gonna be in trouble.

- You understand? - Dad.

- Dad, what are you doing? - Shut up.

- Dad, you're hurting her. - Hurting her?

I'll break her neck if that's what it takes to flush him outta here.

- Stop it. - Help me!

- Look at you. - Da!

You come here asking for help,

and when you have to do what's needed, you can't do it.

Dad?

Dad, I'm sorry.

But you...

You made me do it, Dad.

You were hurting her, Dad.

You made me.

Sarah?

Possum?

You in here?

I'm so sorry. Can you come out now?

And I'll make it up to you. We'll start again.

- We'll go somewhere new, and you-- - Drop the weapon.

Drop the weapon, or I'll shoot you. Now.

- Now. - I'm doing it.

- Now. Now. - Okay.

Look at me. Look at me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I've been dreaming about this moment for so fucking long.

So long.

Please.

- Stop. Stop. - Don't.

Stop. No, no, no, no.

I know what he did was wrong. I know.

But I love him.

Sweetheart, this man isn't your father. I'm your father.

Maybe,

but I don't know you.

You did once.

We're a family, and we're gonna be family again.

Please.

My ma is already gone.

That woman was not your mother.

I don't care.

I loved her, and now she's dead.

I have lost so much already.

I can't lose him too.

Please. Please.

Stay down. Stay down.

- Mags-- - Stop calling me Mags.

My name is Sarah.

Sarah.

I'm so sorry.

Da, we need to go.

Come on.

Let's go. Let's go.

Your family looks nice.

I wish I could have met them.

All persons in the vehicle, stop there.

Do not exit the vehicle unless you are instructed.

Maybe we should just give up.

I'll go to a normal school.

I'll do everything that the government wants, and...

maybe we can even go back to the farm.

Occupants, I want you to step out of the vehicle, one at a time.

Only as directed.

Driver only, slowly exit the vehicle with your hands raised.

It won't be so bad, will it?

Take three steps away from the vehicle

and lay on your stomach with your hands outstretched.

Sarah, I need you to get under the dash for me, please.

- Da, we have to give up. - Just do what I say

and get down under the dash, please, darling. Come on.

What are you gonna do?

- I love you so much. - No.

- Please. No. I still need you. - And I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything.

You're gonna be great.

Slowly.

- You're gonna be so great. You are great. - Show me your hands!

Drop the gun!

Drop the gun now!

Don't move!

Get on the ground! Put your hands in the air!

- Hi. - Hello, how are you?

Good, come on in.

Do you want me to...

No, it's fine.

- Hey. - How have you been?

- Good. - Just head down there.

Do you want a drink? Water or tea or something?

Juice...

Well, how about I leave you to it? You need me, just ask Debbie to call.

- All right? No problem. - Great.

- I can see you out. - No, that's okay. That's okay.

We've been getting your room together upstairs.

Your easel and the beautiful piano is there.

Can I see the baby?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

She's just in here.

Do you wanna hold her?

I'll just look, if that's okay.

Was I a good sleeper?

No.

No, you used to keep me up all night, wanting to be fed.

Sorry.

I used to look at you and you had...

such determination.

Such character.

I knew you'd be a world beater.

Later on,

you're going to your husband's memorial?

I'd like to come. If that's okay.

That would be wonderful.

That's sweet. Thank you.

Thank you for everything. It's good.

Thank you. Thank you for everything.

Excuse me, Father. I don't know where these go.

Thank you.

Thank you, girls. This is Sarah.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

We'll see.

Sarah. Deb.

Just wanted to say how sorry I am, again. For both your losses.

Thanks.

I'll see you.

I'm so sorry.

Hey.

- Sam. - Hey.

Hey.

- How's she... - Hey.

How's she going, do you think?

As good as you can hope.

Give her some time. She'll find her way.

Come here.

I love you, Deano.

Love you, Dad.

Sam. Cheers, mate.