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CIAN: Lily?!

- TEACHER: Lily! - Lily...

(WHISPERS) Fuck.

Lily, where's Frederica?

Lily...you're not in any trouble, do you understand?

Doesn't matter whose idea it was.

What matters now is that we find Frederica.

Do you understand me?

Lily!

He didn't have any ID on him and,

well, facial recognition wasn't exactly possible.

Then, when forensics came up short, we were going to go nationwide

with the whole missing person search

when we got the call from you guys.

Were there any witnesses?

It's a pretty quiet road.

And roughly how many properties

would you say there is within a one-mile radius?

Eight.

We've already been round them.

I don't suppose you have a list of those addresses?

Well, yeah, but like I said, already been round.

Nobody saw anything.

Please, if you don't mind.

You ever tried to eat one of these without licking your lips?

- Freddy, please. - Because of all the sugar,

- it's basically impossible. - Freddy...

It's a little game me and my dad used to play.

You had to eat a whole doughnut without licking your lips once.

Teaches you restraint, apparently.

Easy.

- See, it's hard! - Mmm, mmm, mmm.

See, with Dad, the rule was, if I licked my lips,

I wasn't allowed to finish the doughnut.

I could never get past the second bite, ever,

so one time I just stuffed the whole thing really quickly in my mouth

so he couldn't take it away.

You wanna know what he did?

He made me eat the entire pack.

Six jam doughnuts, one after the other.

- You licked! You licked! You did! - Mmm, no, no, no.

You licked.

Wait, six jam doughnuts? You must have been so sick.

Yeah, but it was OK.

I had just enough time to run upstairs and vomit all over his bed.

Oh, Freddy, please.

He signed me up to Houndsbury the next day.

Cian was the first person I met.

Made me feel like the whole place had been built just for me.

LOLA: Darren left the pub at 9.45pm,

and then he stumbles across the Matt Bowers's murder,

and then they bring him out here to kill him?

Well, he must have escaped. They chased him, they knocked him down.

And left him at the side of the road for us?

They didn't make a single mistake with the first two murders,

and then this?

Look, er, this should be a Mr Lowry, and then that's us halfway through.

This is only the third house, though, right?

This one's, erm, a holiday cottage.

- The owners live up in London. - OK.

Afternoon, Mr Lowry.

So, Cian lives on the school premises, yes?

- Mm-hm. - So, how will we get to him?

They won't give us another tour.

How do you feel about dressing up?

Oh, Freddy...

Shit, it's the new owners.

(GASPS)

(WHISPERS) Come on.

- Sh! - Shit.

Baba, they're coming.

FREDDY: Get down. Sh!

- (KEYS JANGLE) - (DOOR CLOSES)

(SNIFFS)

WOMAN: Oh, my God, there's a broken window!

MAN: What?

Back here, there's bloody glass everywhere.

Sh, sh.

Come on. Go, go!

OK, go.

FREDDY: Whoa-ho-ho!

BABA: Why are you whooping? This isn't a time for whooping.

(GATE CREAKS)

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Do anything fun last night?

Sat about.

Ate some nachos.

Tried not to overdose.

Sorry to bother you, erm, we're...

...investigating a hit-and-run incident near your house in Suffolk.

Oh, yes, it was terribly sad, but as we told the officer on the phone,

we haven't been to the house in months.

We just want to know if the name Freddy Lane means anything to you.

Er, yes, it does. Why?

This her?

Yes, what's going on?

How do you know her, please?

We have a lodger, Baba, and Freddy's his new girlfriend.

(CHURCH BELL RINGS)

FREDDY: Ooh, we could definitely get some clothes in there.

Ready?

Yeah.

Let's go. Race you!

(BOTH LAUGH)

BABA: Come on!

These are amazing!

God! Try these on.

(GASPS) It's 100% cashmere!

You know, I'm strangely drawn to this.

Why has no-one ever told me about church jumble sales?

I mean, look at that, they've got loads of Halloween stuff.

That's perfect for the school concert.

(BREATHING BECOMES SHAKY)

(SOBS)

Look at me.

Hey, hey, look at me.

Tell me why you're crying.

They had him staying in some halfway house at the time

and, erm, we invited him here, to stay with us.

And you met Freddy about two weeks ago?

That's when he introduced her to us, yes.

And how long has he been working at the club?

The club don't pay him anything, before you start.

He works for tips, half of which he has to give to them.

Baba's employment status is not of interest here, I assure you.

So, what's the problem?

Can you show us to Baba's bedroom, please?

We'd like to take a look around.

I'm afraid that won't be possible.

Then we'll just come back tomorrow with a warrant.

Well, then I guess we'll be seeing you tomorrow, won't we?

Mm.

Where is Baba now?

Baba's a grown man.

Comes and goes as he pleases.

I appreciate your loyalty,

but I should let you know, at this stage,

that withholding any information from us or contacting Baba without our knowledge

would be construed as obstructing a police investigation. Is that clear?

Look, I'm sorry...

...but if you had any idea what he'd been through, you wouldn't...

Oh, love, just...

No, Martin, tell them.

Baba was 12 years old

when the rebel troops came into his village...

I watched as they gave my brother a gun and told him he had a choice...

...to shoot my mother or my father.

When he refused...

...they shot him in the head.

And then they handed me the gun.

I bet you were the sweetest little boy in the world.

I'm right, aren't I?

Please...

Please do not ask me to kill this man.

What?

Baby, I'm not.

I just want to talk to him, I swear.

Baba, I promise you.

I just want to scare him a little bit.

That's all.

I mean, it is Halloween.

- (KNOCK AT DOOR) - (YAWNS) Yeah?

I mean, why can't everyone just agree to stop killing each other, eh?

(JACKSON LAUGHS)

I mean, would it be so hard? You know? All you'd have to do

is get up in the morning and not kill someone.

- Do you know what I mean? - Mm.

What's up?

What have you done?

You know I respect you.

And I would never do anything untoward or that would undermine you in any way.

Get to the point, Jackson.

The thing is, Susan,

Lola and I,

we've, erm, we haven't quite closed down the Matt Bowers' case in its entirety.

Excuse me?

I know.

Er, there's something you need to see.

We think it's linked.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello, Houndsbury School.

The head teacher's office leads out to the back.

If we can get Cian to his office,

we should be able to get him to the car without being seen.

What do you think?

Baba?

Hey, what's up?

Come here.

You said you ran down the corridor,

and he ran after you to grab you,

so you turned around and pushed him, and he fell down the stairs, right?

Yeah.

What?

But, if you were running down the corridor and he was chasing after you,

then surely his back would be to the corridor

and yours would be by the stairs.

I don't know, it happened over ten years ago.

And two students said that you did it on purpose.

Well, yeah, cos he told them to say that.

But why would they lie for him?

One, maybe, but two doesn't make any sense.

And why do we have to take him to the river?

It would be easier for us to speak to him at the school.

He needs to be at the river.

He needs to be there where it happened. He has to feel her...

...and he has to feel scared...

...or he won't confess, Baba.

I have to hear him say it, Baba.

I have to.

(BABA SNIFFLES)

You ready?

No, I can't tonight. Because I have to work.

No, I'm not going to ask my mum.

Look, she's not a baby-sitter, is she?

No, Gill... No!

No, you take some fucking responsibility for once!

It's clear for us to go inside.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry I shouted.

Erm, yeah, I'll talk to you... I'll talk to you later.

CIAN: "But in a short time, she saw that the floor

"was covered with clotted blood,

"on which the bodies of several dead women were lying."

Hey, Lily!

Would you like to come and read with us?

Come on, Lily. This is the good bit.

BABA: Freddy, come on.

Those damn Gideons.

We've traced their phones back to Freddy's parents' house in Cropdale.

- But? - The house was recently sold,

the new owners reported a break-in yesterday -

a smashed downstairs window and a bag was found upstairs

with Freddy and Baba's stuff in it, including their phones.

So that's, er, one way we won't be able to find them.

No, but at least Martin and Janet won't be able to warn Baba.

You seen them yesterday, right?

Hiding something?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I was thinking maybe

I should be the one to...

I think, possibly,

if we're both questioning them, it could get a bit...

Hmm?

You knock yourself out.

Thank you.

Lola, look maybe a little drop of the famed Jackson charm

might be just the thing this thing needs to grease the wheels on it, you know.

Jackson?

The man killed in the hit-and-run was Darren Cork.

We just found this in the Bible in Baba's room.

LOLA: So, you can start talking,

or we can go down the station - it's up to you.

Er...

They're in Martin's spare car.

Licence, please.

Hold on, use mine.

Thank you, ma'am.

So, it was really found inside the Bible?

Yeah, Lola found it.

Apparently, it's the one possession that Baba brought with him to the UK.

Whoever gives their life for me, saves their own.

Er, Luke, 9:24 - it was marked in the book where the licence was.

Here we go.

It was clocked this morning about 20 miles outside of Cropdale,

passing a camera here, and it should have passed

another one here, but it never did.

So it must have stopped around here somewhere.

And here's Houndsbury School, where Freddy went.

And where Cian Fitzgerald is now the headmaster.

Who's Cian Fitzgerald?

Denise, you've outdone yourself!

Look at that.

I mean, I'm genuinely...

...a little bit scared.

Give me a shout if none of that makes sense.

Yes, I will. Thank you.

GIRL: Excuse me, sir.

Freeze.

Hands in the air.

Where's your wand?

I haven't got one.

Oh, good, because if you turn me into a frog,

then Denise will have to give me a big slobbery kiss to turn me back,

and nobody wants that, do they?

Thank you.

(WHISPERS) Did Miss Phillips give you this?

I'm not sure. She had a mask on.

Did it sound like Miss Phillips?

Yes, I think so.

OK. Thank you. Off you go.

(CHUCKLES)

I do hope this is a treat rather than a trick because I, er...

Oh.

(DOOR BANGS)

"From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties

"and things that go bump in the night."

"Good Lord, deliver us."

So you do remember me, then?

I'm sorry.

I didn't recognise you yesterday.

You've changed such an awful lot.

You look well.

You too, sir.

Really rolling back the years.

(CHUCKLES DRYLY) OK.

Why are you here, Lily?

You never asked me why I pushed you.

Not once in ten years.

Everyone else asked me, but...

...not you.

I didn't ask...

...because my only occupation, preoccupation,

vocation, whatever you will, was to rage

against the darkness of a life in ruins that threatened to engulf me.

Don't...

...roll your eyes at me.

I've fought every single day to keep my head above water,

and talking to you would have dragged me under like a stone bust.

So, for better or worse, I chose not to.

And I apologise for that.

But here I am, still alive.

Doing OK, actually.

Precisely because I let go of my anger.

In fact, I did more than that.

I...

...forgave you.

Yes, I did.

I forgave you then...

...and I forgive you now.

So I'm glad you came, Lily. It's nice to see you...

...but if that is everything...

It's really good of you to forgive me, sir...

...but my name's not Lily any more.

It's Frederica.

(INTERCOM BUZZES)

SECRETARY: Are you available to take a call, Cian?

Cian?

Absolutely.

Putting you through to Detective Sergeant Lola Franks.

(FREDDY GRUNTS)

LOLA: Cian?

Cian Fitzgerald? This is DS Lola Franks.

Hello, Cian?

Freddy?

Thanks, John, keep us updated. We're heading up there now.

No-one at the school can find Cian.

Martin's car's been clocked on a B-road near the school,

hasn't been seen on another camera. Local police are doing an area search.

(CIAN COUGHS)

(SHOUTS) Are you insane?!

Lily, what the hell?

You're still going to sit there and act

like you don't know what's going on, even now?

I've no idea what you're talking about!

They pulled her out the river just down there, do you remember?

After we got lost that night, we lay next to each other and we just clung on,

waiting for someone to find us.

You're talking about Frederica.

Do you want to know what we talked about?

I need medical treatment, Lily, please.

I told her how much I loved you.

How you made me feel special.

Then Frederica told me what you'd been doing to her.

What are you talking about? What's this supposed to mean?

That's why you never asked me why I pushed you.

Because you already knew.

But I did...

Well, you can shake your head all you like.

What are we doing here? Huh? What are we doing?

I came to see you at the school today to confront you

- about the things you'd done... - You're wrong.

...and to tell you I was going to the police the next day.

Clearly, you couldn't live with what was coming,

so you drove out here and you threw yourself in the river.

- Now, just wait, please. - You chose the same place...

- Listen to me. - ...where they found her

all those years ago, very poetic.

Look, you're wrong. She's wrong, OK?

- I'm begging you! - I did fall asleep that night.

I tried so hard, but I couldn't help it.

And when I woke up, she was gone.

She would never just leave me like that.

All alone.

And that's how I knew what she was going to do.

What are you saying?

She didn't fall in the river, she jumped in because of you.

She died that day because of you, and I died with her.

All those little massages...

- I don't know what you're talking about! - ...all those little hugs

that went on a little too long.

I mean, she was your favourite, but you did it to all of us.

Those little visits to our room after lights out.

I was in loco parentis, that was my job.

Was it your job to get into bed with us?

- What?! - I remember you...

I never did! I never, ever did that.

I remember you reading stories to her in her bed.

Fuck you, Lily!

I never... I didn't do that.

OK?

You've got this wrong.

You're not remembering properly, you need to think. Think!

There were pills,

little red and yellow pills, I remember them.

Jesus, she had a kidney condition.

You're lying. He's lying, Baba.

Talk to the nurse. It's in her records.

I can get them for you, I can call her right now.

- No, you're bluffing. - I'm not. Call her, call the nurse.

ON RADIO: This is Sergeant Grady, Sussex Police.

JACKSON: Go ahead.

There's only one road in this search grid they could have gone down.

The road ends in a car park in two miles. There's no other way in or out.

All received. Approach with caution, OK?

Roger.

Look, Lily...

...what happened to Frederica was a tragic accident.

It wasn't your fault.

But she fell.

You told her you loved her.

No, I didn't. I swear.

- (BOTH ARGUE) - (CHAIR LOCK CLICKS)

OK, all right!

What? Come on, talk.

Frederica's dad died when she was small.

Right?

Well, one day...

...she came to me...

...and, look, she asked me if I loved her.

Jeez, I didn't have the heart to say no.

I swear to God, that is it.

Oh, please stop lying. It's just making it worse.

So, what was I doing?

Drugging her, then, was I? And then what?

Coming into her room at night.

- Yes. - Yes? And you saw me, did you?

Don't listen to him.

Baba?

Baba, tell me you're not listening to this.

You don't have to do this, you know. You have a choice.

- Shut up. Admit it! - No!

If you want to live, say it.

No.

He's fucking lying, Baba.

And if we let him go, he's just going to do it again.

I'm not asking you to do this for me, I'm asking you to think.

Think, Baba, think of all the little girls you'll be saving.

- What is she saying? - Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!

This...this isn't like Darren.

He's not innocent.

Please, Baba, say something.

I need you to be sure.

- What? - About what happened,

- I need you to be sure. - Course I'm sure.

- Freddy! - Baba, I'm sure.

I need you to be sure.

I need you to tell me right now so that I believe you.

Right now, Freddy, right now.

Tell me that you're sure.

(SNIFFLES)

(CALMLY) I'm going to ask you

one more time to admit what you did.

- And I am going to ask you... - It's very important to me, Cian,

- that you admit... - ...for a single piece of evidence.

# Iggy piggy washing, when we're washing our clothes

# ...and got your nose! #

Who gave you that?

What about the ring?

- What ring? - No, you know

what I'm talking about - a little...a little blue, shiny ring.

You said you were going to marry her

and you were going to get on a plane and fly far, far away

and live in a tall, tall castle in the clouds.

So, don't tell me there wasn't a ring because I remember it.

She showed it to me.

You're right.

There was a ring.

And there was a plane.

And there was a tall, tall castle in the clouds.

It was in a play that I wrote that Frederica was in.

(SIGHS)

We should take him back.

- OK, I just need a minute. - Freddy, we should take him...

(ANGRILY) I said, I get it, OK? I just need a fucking minute.

All right?

You didn't love her, then?

No. I didn't.

And me?

Did you love me?

Cos it felt like you did.

I cared, deeply, for all of you.

I wouldn't behave now like I did then.

Things have changed, I get that.

But it's the world that's sick, it's not me.

You can't blame me for caring too much. It's not fair.

No, it's not.

It's not.

So, you do believe me, then?

A child and a baby are left alone in a bath.

And the baby drowns.

Whose fault is it? The child's?

Or the adult who left them both alone?

I didn't do anything wrong, Lily.

Give it here.

No.

- Give it. - No.

I said give it!

No!

Get off me!

What if the adult comes back

to find the child holding the baby's head...

...under the water?

You know what the answer is, don't you?

I didn't do anything wrong, Lily.

It really doesn't matter.

Because what I've recently come to realise

is there's only one thing that should concern any of us.

Do you know what it is?

(LOCK CLICKS)

Make sure you're not the baby.

Get off.

No, no. (SCREAMS) No!

(FREDERICA SCREAMS)

GRADY: The road comes to a car park in about a mile's time.

If they came this way, then that's where they'll be.

OK. Keep your lights and your sirens off.

They have no idea you're coming.

Roger.

BABA: Wha...?

What?

What? I'm not going to apologise for doing the right thing.

The... The suicide thing works, it makes sense.

And tell me, who commits suicide with their hands tied to the chair?

Fuck!

You have damned us both.

(DISTANT SHOUTING) Down here.

- Now we run. OK? - OK, come on.

- (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) - (DOG BARKS)

(GROANS) Baba!

- Hey! - Wait...

- Gotta go. - Give me a...

Just get the fuck off me!

OFFICER: Yeah, no problem.

- LOLA: Where are those dogs? - Ten minutes out.

You said five minutes out, ten minutes ago.

Yeah, well, maybe they got lost.

You said we have a helicopter?

- And you will, excuse me. - Road blocks?

Going up on the A43

- in both directions as we speak. - And?

Listen, lady, if you want roadblocks

on every single little path and dirt track out of here,

you can get me more officers from somewhere

or you can do it yourself. OK?

OK, then, I will.

- JACKSON: Er, Lola, hang on. - Are you coming or what?

- To set up a roadblock? - Oh, yes.

- On our own? - Yes.

- For how long? - Oh, come on, Jackson,

we are so close, we can't stop. Come on.

Exactly, which is why we should wait until the cavalry get here.

It's the best use of our time.

In that case...

...as we have a few minutes...

...I got this for you.

- For me? - Mm-hm.

I didn't pay for it or anything.

- No-one's ever got me a plant... - Would you just take it, please?

My God, if I'd known you'd be crying about it, I wouldn't have bothered.

Lola, this is really...

Hey, Lily! Would you like to come and read with us?

Come on, Lily. This is the good bit.

How are your feet?

Are you ready to move?

Baba, wait.

- Baba! - We need to move, come on.

Where are we going to go?

Pascal lives in Morocco, I will go there first.

And what about me?

You do not want to come to Morocco with me, Freddy.

Yes, I do.

Yes, I do!

(DOG BARKS)

LOLA: OK. They can't have gone far. What we're going to do is

we're going to get officers around to every house in the area

- and then we're going to get into... - They've found something.

Oh, fuck!

I think I know where we are.

What?

I think I know someone that can help us, come on.

No, no, I said do the old git's house in the morning

and school in the afternoon.

- (KNOCK ON DOOR) - Oh, fuck him, I don't care, do I?

He's hardly fucking paying us anyway, so let him wait.

Carl, wait, two seconds.

I'm gonna have to give you a call back in a minute, Carl, all right?

Yeah, sound.

What the fuck happened to you, then?

So, you went to the river.

To pay my respects, yeah.

I just couldn't find my way back.

And what, you spent the whole day wandering round a forest

like fucking Mowgli?

Even by your standards, mate...

Can I borrow your truck, then?

I just need to get back to the village.

I'll give you a lift back, no worries.

Oh, no, it's fine, I've actually got some stuff I need to do, do you mind?

I'll have it back to you by tomorrow.

Freddy, I can't just lend you my truck.

Johnny, please, I...

I just need to borrow it, please.

What's going on with you?

Nothing's going on with me.

I'm freezing, though. Can you turn on the heating?

Where's that bloke that was with you the other day?

Can you get me a blanket or something?

- Freddy, where is he? - Or that big red jumper,

the one I used to always wear.

Please, Johnny.

I'm freezing.

All right.

Two secs.

There's another track through some fields further along the path.

You need a truck like this to get down it, but it'll take us out past the main road.

Ready?

- Fuck! - Get out of the fucking car now.

Freddy, out of the car!