The Cry

And after I leave the car, you count.

I count to 60, and then I come into the shop.

Why are you coming into the shop?

I forgot something.

Do you shut the car door?

Yes. I shut it.

Hey, there!

Hey, can you tell mum, Nanna, that we're a couple of hours away?

I'll call her when we get to the cottage.

I'm really looking forward to seeing you.

We just saw a far bit of smoke here.

Is there any there?

Well, look, we're going to have a rest when we get to the cottage,

and maybe get something to eat

It's fabulous.

Yes. It's fabulous, you told me. He can't wait to see you too.

OK.

I'll see you soon.

Love you, bye.

Hey, sleepy head. Come on.

Noah? Noah?

Noah? Noah?

Jo?

What's wrong?

- What's wrong? - He's...

He's cold!

- Is he breathing? - I don't know!

There's no pulse. When did he stop breathing?

I don't know! I don't know.

- How long's he being like this? - I don't know. I don't know.

What happened, you just checked him just then?

Yes! I just checked him, I just opened the door,

I checked him, and he's cold. He feels really...

He's not... He's not breathing..

Jo!

Jo.

- Give him to me. - No.

Please. Please.

Jo!

Jo!

Get in the car.

We'll go for help.

Did you buckle him in?

What?

Did you buckle him in? He has to be buckled in.

You had to buckle him in.

Alexandra's been arrested for kidnapping Noah.

We conducted a search, and found something of Noah's

at your mum's house.

No, no, no, no, no.

What?

Chloe, I understand how upsetting this is,

but we're going to have to ask you some questions now.

All this was my fault.

- No, no, no... - No, Dad...

...I took something out of Joanna's bag.

I had her bag, and I just took it.

Dad!

Thanks, Chloe.

There you go.

It wasn't Mum.

What did it look like, Chloe?

It was blue, it had little white stripes.

Will you let her go?

It was my fault.

I'm sorry.

Shame on you.

Noah's out there somewhere, and you waste this precious time

trying to frame a single mother, a jilted ex who occasionally likes

a glass of wine, who runs every day to stay strong for her kid.

You could jail half the woman in this town under 40

if that were a crime.

Alex, I know this hasn't been easy on you.

But we're doing everything

that we can to find out what happened to Noah.

Everyone in this town now looks at me like a child-killer, Peter.

You know what they're like.

Thanks.

- See you later, Dad. - See you soon.

Hey, I'm sorry you had to go through that.

I never thought you'd hurt him, Alex.

Well, thank you.

Alistair, you're the world's best liar.

You always have been.

What happened?

Tell me what happened.

I, erm, I just...

I reached in for him, and...

He...

He wasn't cold. He was just...

He was just still.

When? When...?

When was he...? when was he last awake?

I don't know. In the plane?

When we got off the plane?

- When was he last awake? - I don't know! He was...

He cried for the whole flight. I think he was just tired.

He just... He fell asleep.

- Did you hold him? - OK, the trolley, the capsule,

the capsule was on the trolley, and the... With the luggage.

We went to the car-hire desk

I got us... I got us a coffee.

Jo, the medicine.

What?

Your medicine. Noah's medicine.

They were in the same clear bottles.

No. No. I ta... I tasted it. Mine, mine...

I tasted it bef...

I tasted it before I gave it to him. Mine... Mine tastes different.

Jo, you were exhausted and out of your mind on that flight.

Mm!

I've got to get some milk in for you.

Oh, thank you, that's very thoughtful of you.

How old is your baby?

Three months and 17 days.

We're really exhausted, Mrs Wilson. Thank you for the milk.

It's just... It's plane food.

- Can I get her anything? - Oh, no. I'll let you know.

- I'm just next door. - Great. Great, thank you.

Why don't you put him down?

Alistair, we should go to the police.

We should go to the police.

Jo...

...you'll be charged with manslaughter.

Do you understand?

You will go to prison.

I will never get Chloe.

Our lives will be destroyed.

I don't care. I don't care.

No, listen to me. Listen to me.

You don't deserve to be punished for this.

You don't deserve to be punished for this, but the world...

The world will not agree with me.

But you and me, together,

we can make our own way through this.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

I know we can do this.

I know it.

But you must trust me, and we must do it together, OK?

You can't abandon me on this.

You can't abandon me on this, OK?

- Hi. - Peter will be here in a moment.

Hi. I, erm, I came in as soon as I got the message.

- Thanks, Alistair. - What is it?

We just wanted to run over some of the details of the afternoon

- when you arrived in Melbourne. - We'll record this.

So, erm, am I the suspect now?

Just some questions.

So you arrived at the cottage at about 4.30.

What did you do during that time?

Oh, er, OK.

I unpacked, had a shower, put on some washing,

checked some e-mails, had a nap for about an hour, had something to eat.

All Noah's clothes and blankets and the covers

from the baby capsule were washed.

Yes. Yeah, I think so.

And you both stayed in the cottage until you left to go to Elizabeth's?

- Yes. - Did you put Noah into the travel-cot?

Er, possibly.

Did you change his nappy?

Probably.

You said you had something to eat at the cottage.

- Yes. - What did you have to eat?

What? What did I have to eat? A sandwich or something.

That night is a blur. I'm sorry.

Have you found something?

Do you know something?

There's no physical evidence of Noah at the cottage.

So, so you have no leads, your investigation's stalled,

and now you turn on us?

OK, can...?

Can I ask you to be very careful when speaking with Joanna,

that you don't push her. OK?

Please. I have nothing to say. I wish I did.

Alistair, did you kill your son?

Excuse me.

Jo?

Jo?

- Jo. - Mm.

- Come on, wake up. - Sleepy...

Jo. Jo. Wake up.

- Come on. Wake up! - Sleep...

Just leave me.

Fuck off. Fuck off, Jesus Christ.

Hi. You got the draft of the article?

Yeah. It's good, thanks.

Look, erm, I'm really worried about the level of competency

of this investigation.

Something needs to be said.

- Publish? - It's up to you.

But I can have no connection, OK?

I need them on my side.

- Hang in there, yeah? - Thanks, mate. Bye.

- Where is it? - Jo...

- Where is it?! - Jo...

Alistair, where have you put it?

Jo, I'm sure whatever it is, We'll find it.

It's all I have!

Mum, do you want to just give us a moment?