The Missing

That is Vincent Bourg from a list of sex offenders in the district.

You thought I would tell on you?

As of this moment, our association is to be terminated.

'As far as you're concerned, we never even met.'

Olly! Olly!

What are you looking at?

Trouble for Tony Hughes.

THEY CHATTER IN FRENCH

HE WHISTLES

SIREN BLARES

SIREN BLARES

THEY SHOUT IN FRENCH

GLASS SMASHES

I can't find Olly's fox. Have you seen it?

Cos he'll want it when he comes back.

~ KNOCK ON DOOR ~ Mr Hughes? It's Julien Baptiste.

OK, um...

Coming, just one minute.

~ What is it? ~ We need you to come to the station with us.

We need to ask you some questions.

What questions?

Please come with us to the commissariat now.

Why? Why do you need to talk to us?

It's just your husband we wish to speak with for now, Mrs Hughes.

It's better that you stay here.

OK.

I'll put my shoes on.

I should... I should come.

I'll be back soon, OK?

THEY KISS

RAISED VOICES OUTSIDE

~ Where have you been? ~ I'm on time.

Yeah, exactly. You're usually early.

~ Merci. ~ Yes, thank you.

I have found you a corner of the office. Follow me.

~ Bonjour. ~ Bonjour. Ca va? ~ Tres bien.

~ If you need anything, come to me. ~ What about the basement?

A forensics squad is already there working on the room.

Oh.

I will do everything in my power to help you.

Oh, and before I forget...

Thanks for meeting me.

Don't flatter yourself. I do not get many visitors.

And I got your little... present.

I was simply trying to demonstrate that the way I write about you

in my book can paint you in a very positive or a negative light.

You do want your story told, don't you?

What do you want?

It's about that man again...

.. Vincent Bourg.

He was on the solitary wing in this prison -

the same wing you were placed in for your own protection.

What about him?

I tried to get ahold of him while he was inside,

but he declined to respond.

Putain de merde, this case again.

Did I not help you enough back then?

What do you want with Vincent Bourg?

He can help me...

.. because I know what happened to Oliver Hughes.

Did he talk to you?

Gardien!

CROWD CLAMOURS

OK.

Sit down, please.

Do you know this man?

Are you going to tell me what this has to do with my son?

His name is Greg Halpern. In February 2000, you assaulted him.

He required stitches. Several ribs were bruised.

Of course, you were never charged,

but your financial record

showed an unusual cash withdrawal in February 2000,

paid to Mr Halpern.

With Detective Walsh's help,

I managed to find the original incident reports.

It's amazing, to put a man in hospital

and never see the inside of a police station.

Lucky for you that your father-in-law

is a very experienced lawyer, non?

Anyone else...

Could you tell me what this has to do with my son being abducted?

Are you a violent man, Mr Hughes?

In September 2004, your son was almost three years old.

You took him into hospital.

He had a fracture on his ankle.

~ You think I had something to do with this? ~ Did you?

No.

No way, no way, this is wrong.

What happened with Greg, it shouldn't have happened, OK?

It was a mistake, that's all.

Is that how your wife sees it?

Physically assaulting this man a mistake?

Emily didn't know about it. Her father and I agreed that...

.. she didn't need to know.

She still doesn't, and I'd like it to stay that way.

We've got enough on our plate at the moment.

The night Oliver went missing,

what were you doing between the hours of 10.16pm and 10.25pm?

Olly broke his foot because he jumped off our bed -

that's why he ended up in hospital.

He jumped onto the floor, he broke his ankle.

~ Where were you? ~ This is insane! You can't possibly think...

I was looking for Olly,

my son. I was just running around looking everywhere I could.

I was scared. Someone must have seen me.

There are nine minutes in which no-one can account for your whereabouts.

Because they were watching the fucking match!

~ Jesus Christ, you can't think... ~ Sit down. Sit down!

Come on.

You cannot possibly think I'd ever, EVER do anything to hurt my son!

Tony, sit down.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, Christ.

MAN SHOUTS IN FRENCH

PHONE BEEPS

L'addition, s'il vous plait.

They will find him, my love.

What if they don't, Mum?

Tony is going to be out of that station...

.. soon.

You look so tired.

I can't sleep.

I mean, I do, for a few minutes but then...

I dream about him.

And then I wake up and I remember he's not here.

I got you something.

You can get them over the counter here and they're not too strong.

They'll just help you get some rest.

I'm fine.

Where were you?

The changing rooms...

.. male and then female.

Then back into the pool, then outside.

Where?

~ Into the car park? ~ Yeah, I think so. I mean...

~ You have a demanding job, Mr Hughes. ~ What?

You've been taking phone calls from the office, even on holiday.

That puts a man under a great deal of stress, non?

Then your car breaks down.

You find yourself stuck here, of all places.

A man with a history of violence, under stress...

Was it too much?

What?

Did something happen?

Help me understand.

No...

I...

You... You say there's nine minutes that I can't account for.

I didn't have a car, it was being fixed

so where the hell am I supposed to have gone in nine minutes?

There is a lake in the woods, just behind the swimming pool.

Nine minutes would give you time...

~ No, no! ~ If you speak now, the procureur will be easier on you.

~ KNOCK ON DOOR ~ If not...

Il y a quelqu'un qui veut vous parler.

I'm telling you the truth...

DOOR CLOSES

I thought you were here to help, not just sit there.

Answer his questions,

then we can move on.

THEY WHISPER IN FRENCH

Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude.

No, it's OK.

HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Absolument.

Mark, this is Antoine Arnette.

He has been undercover for 14 months as Leon,

working his way up the ranks of an organisation -

~ the Caids des Cites. ~ I'm connected to a Romanian outfit

working out of Paris but with links across Europe.

Antoine...

THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH

What is so important? What brought you here?

The last two days, the bosses have been distracted.

They are transporting something.

If it is drugs, usually, or weapons, then we learn about it.

But this... nothing.

From what I understand, this package is to be

transferred from somewhere just outside Lille to Thailand.

Thailand?

Sex trafficking.

At three o'clock this afternoon...

.. in an abandoned warehouse off the road leading into Lille -

this is where they will be handling the transaction.

MUSIC BLARES

VOLUME DECREASES Georges!

Listen, the reason I'm calling you is because

I'm putting some money into a fund for Tony and Emily Hughes.

'An appeal, you know, a sort of keeping-up-awareness kind of thing.'

Most generous of you.

If I were you, though,

I would be most careful about putting money in this case.

'It seems Tony Hughes is now being questioned on the matter.'

Oh. Um...

Thank you for letting me know.

'You're welcome. Bye-bye, then.'

Hello, sweetheart.

I want to speak to my husband!

Asseyez-vous, si'l vous plait.

I want to speak to my husband.