Liar

Hi. Hi.

Did you hear about Andrew?

It was like the sun had finally come out.

Maybe we should just nip this in the bud

before we both get too hurt. Bye, Laura.

Hello, is that Luke? My name's Oliver.

I was wondering if we could meet up.

Greg! You owe me a bloody conversation.

I'm being framed, and your dad's part of it.

Going against everything he stands for. For you.

Laura's sat-nav, it had no prints.

Weird! What I did is not on you.

There's always two sides, though, right?

I need help. I put a bag together... 'Money, a passport. Car key.'

But it's at the hospital where I work.

I still have that recording.

How much longer till I can go back to my life?

You're done when I say you're done. He's a liar.

If I see him, he's dead.

DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS

CAR APPROACHES, UNIT DOOR BANGS LOUDLY

You're late.

I keep on missing the bloody turning.

Use your phone. No.

I'm not having anything else connect me to this.

You look like shit. Yeah. Well. Not much longer now.

So, why am I here?

Why have I driven back from Scotland?

I need you to hold onto something.

Medical records belonging to the son of a detective called Rory Maxwell.

I don't want this.

When Laura accused me, I took precautions.

I looked into the officers investigating me.

Those records show that DS Maxwell's son, Greg,

was admitted three times to A&E with cocaine in his system.

And he's a police officer, too.

That would ruin his career if it got out.

Why are you giving this to me?

Well, I never got the chance to use it.

By the time I got this, Laura had found my...

collection.

But we can use it now.

Because the police, they need pointing in the right direction.

I'm up to my neck in this,

and you're telling me to blackmail a police officer?

We need people to think that I'm dead,

we need them to think that Laura killed me.

Look, we need all the help we can get.

It's you.

Excuse me?

You keep on saying "we". There is no we.

I'm being treated the same as this detective.

Sorry. SCOFFS

If you were really sorry,

you'd let me turn around and go home.

Well, you know that can't happen. Yeah.

But if you were to disappear right now,

well, that video of me would never see the light of day.

So, why should I do what you tell me?

Why should I risk my life for yours?

You must think I'm stupid?

You think I haven't made arrangements

for that video to come out if anything happens to me?

What arrangements? Well, like I'm gonna tell you.

Look, Olly, mate...

Don't pretend we're friends.

We are not friends.

HEAVY BREATHING

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

Hi.

You again. You've got a guest staying here.

He's driving a black Ford Focus.

We're trying to find out who the car belongs to.

Why? Is that important?

Give me a moment.

The guest is in room 23, under the name of...

Uh, there's no record. Is that normal?

No. I'm sorry.

Checked out this morning. Paid in cash.

You're not the only ones to come looking for him.

He had a visitor pop in the other night.

Did they give a name? It was a kid. A teenager. Luke.

He said his name was Luke. Thank you.

Luke. Hi.

This is Katy, my sister. Hi.

Can we talk to you about something? I need to get back to the garden.

That's my dad's favourite shirt. His lucky shirt, he called it.

Now he's rotting in a morgue. Some luck.

I need to see someone in twenty minutes,

so what's this about? Erm...

we've just been to The Marina Inn and there's a guy staying there.

Reception told us that you met with him the other night.

So, what?

We don't know who this man is.

But I think he's been trying to frame me.

I think he's trying to make it look like

I'm the one that killed your dad.

I got a call... from this guy.

He wanted to talk to me...

not about Dad.

About my mum.

He said, "Go to The Marina Inn, ask for room 23." So, I went.

Knocked on the door, no-one there.

So, he asked you there and then he wasn't there when you got there?

Didn't that seem odd to you?

Course it did. But...

..I mean, that's what happened.

And you have no idea who this man is?

I didn't get a name. I'm sorry. I can't help you.

Mum gave my dad this.

First edition of his favourite book. Wouldn't let me read it,

wouldn't even let me take it off the shelf.

"Cost a fortune", he said.

If there's a hell, I hope he's there, watching.

So this can kill him all over again.

Luke. This stuff here, it's the past.

Try and leave it there.

I know this doesn't make much sense right now.

But we don't have to be defined by the bad things that happen to us.

I'm sorry.

For everything he did to you. You don't need to apologise, Luke.

Ever.

Take care of yourself.

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Yeah, Laura's been here asking about you.

Laura Nielson? Yeah, her and her sister.

She knew I came to see you. You told them?

No, but I don't think they believed me.

They need to.

Remember, this is for your sake, Luke, not mine.

If they come back, don't let them rattle you. Just...

'stay focused on what we're trying to achieve.'

OK.

Call me soon. OK? 'Will do.'

Welcome back, headmaster. Hello, Rose.

KEYS JANGLE Y'know what? I think he's lying.

But, why?

I've gotten pretty good at spotting it.

He's been through a lot.

Maybe he blames me for what's happened.

Or, maybe he's helping to set me up.

Maybe he did it.

He clearly hates his dad. Burning his stuff.

What else is he throwing in that fire?

Yeah.

Do you remember Ned Hartley? Yeah.

You used to climb out of your window on a Friday night

and go for a ride on his motorbike.

What made you think of that? I was, what... 15? 14?

I was just... thinking about when Dad found out,

and grounded you for nine months.

He...

..he didn't just find out. I told him.

You told him? I was worried about you.

SIGHS

What I'm trying to say is...

..I'm really sorry I hurt you.

I'm the worst sister in the world.

I do love you, Laura. I love you, too.

DOOR BANGS

Oh, here we go.

What are you doing? I'm gonna take another look.

Before he burns it all.

Laura, how are we gonna get in?

Got it.

What are we looking for?

Anything to link that man to Andrew Earlham.

Laura.

Laura, look! That's him.

That is the man I saw on hospital security tape.

That's him. Oliver Graham.

Got you, whoever you are.

What are you doing? This is...

How are you gonna fool a whole team of forensics?

I don't have to... all right?

Just muddy the water, so it's impossible to be sure.

Look, I need this to work. So, you do what I say.

Just pick up my car from the hospital.

The money's inside. Just bring it back here, OK?

Tomorrow morning, mate. That's all that's left.

Then you can go back to your old life.

And Laura can watch hers burn to the ground.

SHRILL MUSIC PLAYS

Can I help you?

Erm, the patient in this room, Luke Earlham, has he been moved?

He was discharged a few days ago.

OK.

Thank you.

I know you can't promise anything. I'm only asking that you try.

I can do that. Just...

don't do anything stupid in the meantime, OK? Stay put...

Bollocks, I'm wasting my breath, aren't I?

Whatever happens, I appreciate this.

Thank you. OK. Bye.

Bye.

So?

So, we'll see.

She thinks this is a really bad idea too, right?

I need to speak to him face to face. It's the best way.

Well. We're here now.