Beautiful Creatures Page #4

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I didn't so much go to bed as crash.

Was Mr. McMinn in a similar condition?

He was probably.

I was only drinking Sea Breezes.

You got the bruise from walking into | something while you were inebriated?

Not from being punched by Brian?

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm a detective inspector, Petula.

Do you know | what a detective inspector does?

This is one of those police questions | you're supposed to say no to, isn't it?

What a detective inspector does, | is he detects things.

And then when he's successfully | detected them, he inspects them...

...in order to establish whether or not | there was any point in detecting them.

And from where I'm standing...

...I can detect some bruising around | your cheekbone, consistent with a blow...

...and discoloration around your neck, | consistent with an attempted throttling.

I'm not being too personal, am I, Petula?

Do you have other men in your life...

...or does Brian get violent when he drinks?

He doesn't.

I don't have any other men in my life.

So, either lover-boy hit you | and stormed out in a raging temper...

...or you've killed him and hidden his body.

That is just utterly...

...and completely ridiculous! | - What is?

That I've killed him and hidden his body.

I know.

I was being facetious | to stop you getting upset.

Even joking you shouldn't say.

How would you feel | if your wife had disappeared?

I'm not married, and neither are you.

What you're saying isn't the sort of thing | you should make facetious remarks about...

...because it could be the sort of thing | that people could get upset by.

Oh, my God!

Stuart, I've got a wee bit | of a situation developing here.

That's right, the missing persons.

Anybody needs me | I'll be in the office after lunch.

Could you look at it again?

I'm okay now, I think.

It's Brian's ring.

- Did he have it on when you last saw him? | - Yes.

He wears it all the time. It's stuck.

He says he'll never get the bloody thing off.

That's Brian's mobile phone.

Are you up to trying it now?

No, I don't... I mean, do I have to?

We have to know a few things quickly.

We have to know Brian's state of health...

...whether or not this is a hoax, | and we have to...

...you have to make sure | that if there is a real problem here...

...that we don't jeopardize | Mr. McMinn's well-being by our actions.

Am I being clear?

What's the matter?

Are you not okay?

I don't know what I'm going to say.

Find out what they want. They'll tell you.

Hello?

Hello, Petula.

If Brian's brother wants Brian back | he'll have to pay money for him.

They know my name.

Ask them what they want.

They want money.

How much money do they want?

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