Sacrifice Page #3

He was in such good condition

that the Danish thought

that he was some recent murder.

Turns out he was from

the 4th century BC.

- Ah!

- Hey. What are you doing?

- Oh, I..

All this wood's rotten

I've got to throw it all out.

- What happened?

- Builder in the village said

there was a-a flood

a couple of years ago, some

big storm and the whole area

was underwater for three days.

Seriously, I thought this place

would be a nice 12-month flip.

- Need a hand?

- You with a hammer?

No. Can you get me some pizza?

- Thought you were

off the slices.

- Yeah, well..

- Hey..

...when did you say

this happened?

- Uh... Early 2012.

- Are you sure?

- That's what he said. Why?

Tora!

- Already did a thorough

autopsy, Dr. Hamilton.

- What's going on?

- If the peat bog floods, its

preserving abilities become diluted.

Just take a look at the dates.

- So, if Jane Doe was in

the ground before the storm

her body would be in much poorer

condition than it is.

- The case is closed,

Dr. Hamilton.

- Okay, well, what if I'm right?

What if she was murdered

less than three years ago?

- You're not!

- Okay, so you're

going to turn your back

on a sacrificial murder?

- Now, you listen to me,

and you listen to me good.

Sacrificial, satanic,

ritualistic.

They're all words

I don't want to hear.

- If you want someone dead

you slit their throat or you put

a pillow over their head.

Maybe you blow their brains out

with a shotgun

but you do not do what was done

to that poor girl

and I don't care

what you call it.

- What are you doing

still standing there?

- Well, what do you

expect him to say?

He's just trying to keep a lid

on things.

Tora, you've got to let it go.

- There is one question

nobody's asking.

- What's that?

- What happened to the baby?

- Tora..

- So when did you find it?

- This morning.

But I'm pretty sure I haven't

worn those boots since that day.

- "Z.M. And J.H."

- Zoe McClaskey and Joss Hawick.

- Councilor Hawick?

You must be mistaken.

- Well, I checked

the island records.

You know how many women

whose names begin with z

have been married on this island

in the past 50 years?

- No.

- 3.

How many Z.M.s?

1. Plus there's a child

and his age fits.

- Okay, I'll look into it.

- That's all I ask.

- Hey.

How are you feeling?

- Oh!

I'm fine.

- That was a terrible thing,

you finding that body.

You're tense as hell.

- Yeah.

Duncan.

- Guthrie!

I was wondering

when you were going

to show your face around here.

- Get your hands off my wife.

- Just being friendly.

- What are you doing here?

- Lunch, remember?

- Right.

- So, you know you've got

nothing to worry about

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