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INT. GEORGIA’S PARENTS’ HOUSE. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve watches Georgia’s mum in the kitchen, loading the

crockery into the dishwasher; beside him Hastings continues

to talk with Georgia’s dad.

HASTINGS:

I wish I could tell you more about

the circumstances. I’m afraid it’s

all very sensitive at the moment. I

imagine not knowing can make these

things more painful, and for that I

apologise sincerely.

Despite her having her back to him, Steve realises Georgia’s

mum is wiping tears from her cheeks. He moves into the

kitchen and wordlessly takes over loading the dishwasher.

HASTINGS (O.S.)

If there’s anything I can do, I

want you to know you can call on me

any time.

STEVE:

(Thrown-away, unheroic.)

I promise you, I will find the

people who did it.

Bittersweet beat -- the comment helps Steve as much as it

helps Georgia’s mum.

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INT. PUB. THAT EVENING.

Hastings sits at a small table in a cosy little place. He’s

pensive, haunted.

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Enter Roisin. She sees him and approaches. He stands to

embrace her.

ROISIN:

Enough now.

Rejected, he sits. She sits opposite.

ROISIN:

So. I’m here.

HASTINGS:

Thank you.

ROISIN:

Well? Why the mystery?

HASTINGS:

(Beats.)

We lost Georgia.

ROISIN:

The girl we had dinner with? Oh, my

God. Ted, I’m sorry. I feel like

such a --I’m sorry.

She reaches across the table and grips his hands.

HASTINGS:

I didn’t know who to ... I’m

sorry.

ROISIN:

How’d it happen?

HASTINGS:

I can’t discuss the circumstances.

ROISIN:

Is there anything I can do?

He looks at her in a pathetically needy way. Horrible

uncomfortable beats.

ROISIN:

Don’t. Don’t use the poor girl’s

death to diminish what you did.

HASTINGS:

I’m not -

ROISIN:

No? A life lost -- any decent

person would see that’s worse. But

I’ve lost a life, in a way.

Tense awful beats again.

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ROISIN:

If you’re sending flowers, make

them from me too.

Exit Roisin.

Hastings is left alone with his situation.

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213 EXT. CLAIRE TINDALL’S HOUSE. NEXT DAY.

Steve pulls up in his car and shows ID to a PC guarding the

front door. The PC rings the door bell for him. There’s no

answer at first. The PC rings again.

Claire answers the door, looking frazzled. She hangs back in

the hallway, won’t come out into the open.

STEVE:

Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott.

You should’ve been informed I was

coming.

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