REBUS A Cold War. Mutually assured destruction. It’s a 60’s thing Shiv. Before your time.
SIOBHAN (to CAFFERTY) Is that right? I need to hear you say it.
CAFFERTY Get him out of here.
SIOBHAN Are you withdrawing your statement?
CAFFERTY YES! Now get him out of here before I... Just get out.
They start to leave. SIOBHAN is out and on the stair, recovering. She can’t hear the following dialogue.
CAFFERTY John...
REBUS stops.
CAFFERTY What do you mean... you recognised her?
REBUS People can say anything Big Ger. Especially when they want to get rid of you. Maggie lied to you. But DNA canny lie.
CAFFERTY Where is she? Where’s my daughter?
REBUS I wouldny tell you if I knew.
Transition into—
Stairwell, Quartermile
SIOBHAN and REBUS on the stair. We see the stairwell but if the penthouse remains visible CAFFERTY does not move.
REBUS Panic over. See? I told you. You just had to trust me. It’s fixed. I fixed it.
SIOBHAN Do you know where I’ve just been, in the dark?
REBUS Round the Meadows?
SIOBHAN Don’t talk to me.
REBUS Hey. You’ve seen me bend the rules before. You’ve helped me a few times.
SIOBHAN The price of losing was never this high.
REBUS We didn’t lose. We won.
SIOBHAN Yes. I suppose you did.
She’s gone into darkness. ANGELA is in front of him.
ANGELA But I’m still dead.
MAGGIE is there.
MAGGIE And I’m still waiting.
ANGELA Nothing solves murder. The dead stay dead.
MAGGIE You promised me justice. You promised!
ANGELA We’re lost in the dark.
MAGGIE Always.
We see MORDAUNT. He walks forward. MAGGIE and ANGELA watch.
Outside court
SIOBHAN is making a press statement. We still see MORDAUNT.
SIOBHAN I have a statement from Angela’s father which I’ll read to you now. (takes it out, reads) ‘Peter Mordaunt has been found guilty and today our daughter has finally received the justice she deserves. Nothing can fill the dark hole she has left in the lives of those who loved her. Nothing can replace her spirit or compensate for its loss, but there is some comfort in knowing that her killer has finally been identified and punished. All her surviving family would like to thank the police for their persistence and dedication over twenty-five years.’
Lights are going down on MORDAUNT. ANGELA fades away. MAGGIE is still with REBUS, watching.
SIOBHAN In return I’d like to thank Angela’s family for their faith in the police over those twenty-five years. A conviction like the one we saw today would not have been possible in 1992. It is possible today because of advances in science, modern police techniques. It was not the work of one but of many, a team, working together to painstakingly preserve and examine evidence. No one person could have won justice for Angela. Good police work is team work and I’m grateful to each and every person who built this case. Thank you.
A flash of press cameras. SIOBHAN is moving away as we still see REBUS and MAGGIE.
MAGGIE What about me?
REBUS (quiet) I’m sorry. I’m sorry Maggie.
MAGGIE What good’s that to me? You let me down John.
MAGGIE is gone. REBUS steps into—
Stairwell, Police H.Q.
SIOBHAN is coming downstairs. REBUS is waiting for her.
REBUS I owe you breakfast.
SIOBHAN says nothing.
REBUS Saw you on the box. Good stuff. You’re taking the promotion then? Sounded like a Chief Inspector to me.
SIOBHAN What do you want John?
REBUS Just... wanted to say congratulations. You got him.
SIOBHAN Yes. We got him.
REBUS Well done.
SIOBHAN Thanks.
REBUS Got to be worth a cappuccino, come on...
SIOBHAN What have you got on Cafferty?
A beat.
REBUS I can’t tell you that Shiv.
Another beat. Then SIOBHAN’S moving.
SIOBHAN ’Course not.
REBUS Siobhan...
SIOBHAN (cutting him off) But it’s something big, something that could put him away for good, something that scares him. And the thing is John, the thing I’ve worked out is, that if we didn’t have to keep him quiet about your drunken, stupid violence, we could turn that weapon on Big Ger. We could use it. We could put him away. But hey, Mordaunt’s finally locked up eh? That what they called a win? In your day?
SIOBHAN is gone. REBUS waits a moment then moves into—
Stairwell, Arden Street
Slowly REBUS starts to walk up the stairs. HEATHER is sitting on the stairs.
REBUS Where did you go to?
HEATHER Och... around and about. You know.
REBUS is taking his phone out.
REBUS I need to call this in...
HEATHER (urgent) Don’t! Wait till I’m gone. I just wanted to know if you’d found anything. About my Mum.