The Gulf

- It's time to go. - I can't go to prison.

You know that. Don't do anything stupid.

Alex used to abuse me.

And then I did tell you.

Then you had your accident,

and you forgot that.

And now I know I killed the bastard.

# When I look into your eyes,

# all I see is paradise.

# Wanna lay here by your side

# underneath these grapefruit skies.

# Oh, forever.

# Forever,

# yeah.

# Forever, ooh.

# Forever, whoa. #

# Between you and me is a body of water.

# Breathing.

# Breathing. #

- This is all I can eat in the morning. - Funny. It was the same for me.

I was big, eh?

Eh? Yeah.

Enormous.

Did you get totally huge with me? I did, yeah. Waddled like a duck.

- You still walk like that. - Mm.

Why're you all dressed up?

I'm going to the lawyer's.

Alex's will.

So did he... leave everything to you?

Well, that's good, isn't it? I mean...

you'll be OK for money and all.

Yeah. We'll be all good, Rubes.

Yup. There's been an abduction on Waiheke.

- OK. - Sending you through the details.

Spencer Marris. His wife and daughter were witnesses. Do you know them?

Yeah. I went to school with the wife, Lisa. OK.

Is that gonna be a problem? No.

OK, good.

Now, another thing...

Thanks, man.

Harding's been cleared of any wrongdoing over the shooting.

There's talk he might even be getting a promotion.

He's heading your way this morning.

Scone, sir?

The death of a former fellow police officer

is not something I want to see celebrated in the station. All right?

Even if it was a justifiable shooting.

See ya.

Mm. Mm! Hey, you can't steal from a pregnant lady.

Can't I?

See you tonight!

Nah, I'm at A.J.'s tonight.

Hey.

- How are they? - Better than when I got here. Took a bit to calm the mum down.

Jess.

And they were yelling at him, 'Where's the money? Where's the... F-word money?'

And Spence kept saying, 'I don't have it. I don't have any money.'

And then, uh,

the big one punched him in the face, and...

uh, Spence went down to his knees.

- Where were you when this was happening? - Uh, in the hallway.

I can-I can show you. No, we can't go inside.

- 'Course. Sorry. - It's OK. - I forgot.

You were in the hallway?

Uh, the one...

with the gun was, um, prodding us with it,

and Rach and I were kinda huddled together against the wall.

Weren't we, Rach?

Uh, and I was yelling at the other one to stop hitting him, and then...

Uh, and then Spence seemed to lose consciousness, and...

I went to help him, and, uh, the one with the gun hit me.

I...

I'm a bit vague after that. Mum?

It's OK. This is, uh, Detective Harding.

Good Morning.

Morning. Morning.

Um...

They tied you up?

Do you know what they used?

They asked me to get them something, so, uh,

I got them some tape from the kitchen drawer.

Uh, you said... they were both wearing full-face balaclavas, yeah?

Did you see their eyes? Skin around their eyes?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were both Pakeha.

After they tied you up, they took Spencer out to their car?

- He couldn't walk, Jess. - They dragged him over the gravel.

- Did he say anything? - Well-He sort of...

groaned, but...

OK. That's enough.

I just wanted a safe place to bring up kids.

- Mm. - That's why we came back to live on the island.

I wanted Rach to have the kind of childhood we had.

Did either of you see the vehicle that they were driving, by any chance?

- It was a black Hilux. A modern one. - Right.

That's very helpful. Thank you.

Rachel,

if I show you some photos, do you think you could identify the model?

- I'll try. - Hey.

Find him, Jess. Please.

Just find him and bring him home.

Yeah. Just look after yourself, OK?

You two are close.

No. No, not really.

We were when we were kids. Ah.

It's all she ever wanted - a nice house, nice family,

lots of nice animals.

What about the husband? He nice too?

- I don't know, but, um, must be. - Yeah.

Jess!

Harding.

I've had someone down at the ferry terminal and a search party out since first light.

Right.

What about we put something out on the local radio station,

social media? Yeah.

- Get people to check their properties. - Good idea.

Keep it casual, though. Spencer may be unconscious or confused, something like that.

OK. Thank you.

Forensics are on their way.

Check Spencer's bank accounts and his workplace.

There's gotta be a reason why the abductors thought there was money in that house. OK.

Cousteau!

Hey.

Cousteau.

- Your husband's dead. - Uh... yeah, he is.

- Why is Alex dead? - Huh?

Uh, well, we were in a car accident.

- You're not dead. - No. No, I'm not. Not today.

- Whose blood is that? - Um...

Can you hear me? Are you listening to me?

Uh, did you walk past Spencer's house earlier this morning?

Yes. Yes, Spencer's house is on my route.

Spencer's married to Lisa. Their daughter's name's Rachel. The pony's called Apple.

- Yeah? Uh, well, roughly, what time might that have been? - Mm, 4.13am.

Hey, whoa, whoa, OK. Stop. Hey.

Ah!

Are you sure about that exact time?

Yes.

My watch beeps four times on the half hour, then it's 357 steps to Ivan and Samuel's.

OK.

Uh, did you see any people? No.

- Did you see any cars? - No. I don't like cars.

I have to walk one and a half times faster now to keep to my schedule.

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Thank you!

Ivan. Sammy.

Either of you hear anything from the Marris house early this morning?

Might've heard something at some point.

We don't run to the cops at the first sound of a domestic. What's happened?

We don't call attacks on spouses domestics any more, Ivan.

What time was the noise? Been asleep a while.

- What time did you go to bed? - Around midnight. - Right.

What about you, Sammy?

- I sleep with headphones on. Dad's a snorer. - Yeah.

- Is that it? - I've got stuff to do.

Uh,

here you go. If you recall anything.

Thank you, Ivan.

Is Rachel OK?

- Yeah. Uh, just trying to locate her dad. - What d'you mean 'locate' him?

All I can tell you at the moment is that he's missing.

Friends with Rachel? Yeah. Totally. We've known each other our whole lives.

What about her dad, Spencer?

Uh, he used to tutor me in coding sometimes.

That's all. When did you last see him?

- Couple of days ago, I guess. - Mm.

- Can I go see Rach? - Yeah.

I'm sure she'd like that. Give her a call.

Oh!

I'm so sorry.

Come here, Rach.

Mia's inside. She's waiting for you.

Have you had something to eat? - No. - Oh.

Um, sorry. I should've sorted that.

Thank you.

- Oh, um, I'll, uh-I'll need to take their clothes. - Oh, OK.

Um, come in.

Yeah, I checked Spencer's bank accounts.

There are a couple of fairly chunky deposits from a company called 'All Too Easy' Cash & Loans.

Joe Daysh?

- Do you know him? - Yeah, I know him.

He's a nasty piece of work.

So is his brother.

Right. Well, maybe Spencer was late paying Daysh and he decided to take back what was owed him.

It's worth pursuing.

Sorry.

It's, uh,

a good time. It's OK. Should only take a minute.

OK, I just need your autograph there and there, and initial there.

Is that everything? That's everything.

All Alex's worldly goods.

- It's lot more than I thought. - Yeah, well, that's what life insurance is for.

And at least it takes away the financial pressure - especially now, with Ruby pregnant.

Sorry. Not the moment.

Right, we'll send you a copy, and, uh, we'll transfer the money today.

Hey.

I know you have your own lawyer, but...

do you have a will, Jess?

No.

You're kidding?

Superstitious, I guess.