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her general description, missing

two to six years.

Six years...

All right, good news:

We have someone who may be able

to identify the girl...

the family's lawyer.

Isabelle Saunders, 19.

Abducted on her way home

from school in Brantford

four years ago.

Her parents are understandably

eager to see her.

- What makes you so sure it's her?

- Left kneecap, shaped like a U.

It's in the description

you've been circulating.

Even if this girl is

who you say she is,

she's a key individual in the

investigation of Maya Henson's murder.

This girl has spent years

in captivity.

God knows what kind of

psychological and physical abuse

she's suffered. Finally,

the police stumble upon her...

completely by accident,

by the way - and now what?

- Now you want to implicate her in a crime?

- We just want to talk to her.

What I hear from the hospital

staff is she's half catatonic.

You want to talk to her, fine, but

when she is ready and not before.

- It's a little more complicated than that.

- Fire away. I love complicated.

The girl was found in

possession of the murder weapon.

She'd drawn a picture

of the body.

Oh. Oh, OK, I got it.

So, Isabelle somehow

magically killed a woman

from behind a locked door.

The point is, we don't know.

And when we don't know,

we act in the interest

of protecting everyone.

Inspector Caligra,

you really don't want headlines

about how you're

re-victimizing

a traumatized girl.

We don't care about headlines.

This is our call.

No, she's right, Aidan.

Holding her would

look terrible.

All I want is to have Isabelle

released to her family.

They've been waiting a long time

to see their daughter again.

You can talk to her

all you want, but first she has

to go home.

All those years

in that basement,

the sensory overload alone

must be crippling.

- She's not ready for this.

- Neither are they.

The whole family is gonna

need counselling.

But she's not

diagnosably mentally ill,

and her family wants her

released, so,

unless you want

to arrest her...

I'll get 24-hour surveillance

put on her house.

Hey, it's my little girl.

How was school today?

Relax,

I'm just messing with you.

I'm fine - for now.

Oh, yeah, that's hilarious.

You're real funny, Dad.

Listen, I am doing everything

I can to fix this. OK?

I don't think so. I...

I talked to the shrink.

I know what I've got.

No, so, we'll find

another doctor, right?

OK, look... look at you.

You are totally fine right now.

So, you go to your sergeant,

right, you ask for a desk job, you

tell him you want a desk job,

and you coast through the next

eight months, no problem.

Poppy. Poppy.

No, we need to fight this,

Dad. This is not right...

Poppy!

I've been fighting this,

you know?

For a long time.

Ray's been helping me.

I'm just not winning.

Dad...

Like... like I...

I always tell the rookies,

you know, if... if...

if you can't do the job right,

then just don't do it.

If I can accept this,

so can you.

Right?

Right?

- Tell me.

- OK.?

OK, dad.

That's my girl.

That's my girl.

I love you, Dad.

Morningside and Ellesmere.

Got it. Thanks.

Tim Lawton's car just showed up.

Ident's going over it now.

I mean, Maya was smart.

She worked with disturbed people

all the time. Why didn't she see

through this guy?

He had his act down.

I mean, there was no reason

for Maya to doubt that he was

exactly who he said he was...

an antique dealer who thought that

she was attractive and interesting.

This was at the front for you.

Oh, juvenile

psych records on Lawton.

But why go after

Maya at all when he had a girl

locked up in his basement?

Well, someone like Maya might

help him feel normal.

Except he wasn't normal.

Father died when Lawton was 10,

mother worked nights

as a cleaner at a private school

till it closed down in the '80s.

She was investigated for

physical abuse and confinement

of Tim, but committed suicide

before it went to court.

Got some audio here.

Tell me about

"the box," Tim.

Why did your mother put you

in there?

Just,

if I was bad.

I couldn't see if it was light

or dark outside, so I don't know

for how long.

I still dream about it.

Do you think that will stop?

I'd like to help you

make it stop.

Something tells me

she didn't make it stop.

So, Tim Lawton was locked up,

and abused physically

and emotionally

throughout his youth.

He can't have a relationship

unless he's in total control.

It's not about sex;

It's about power.

Now I see it.

Maya.

She liked the broken ones -

like Brendan. Always thought

- she could fix 'em.

- All right, so,

now we've taken away Lawton's

power. What'll that do to him?

He'll be under extreme stress. He'll

need to regain control at any cost.

Which makes him

more dangerous than ever.

Black.

Yeah, just follow at a safe

distance and keep me posted.

Isabelle Saunders has just left

her parents' house alone.

I think I know

where she's going.

Isabelle?

It's me, Dr. Malone.

All my stuff is gone.

It's evidence.

The police had to take it away.

What about

your parents' house?

You still have things

of your own there.

They're not my real

family. Tim is my family.

Is that what he told you?

Tim called my parents,

and they said

they didn't want me anymore.

He even drove me

over there, and I saw.

They were unloading groceries.

They weren't crying.

Tim said it proved

they didn't care about me.

Isabelle,

Tim is gone.

He left you here.

- He is not coming back.

- You don't know anything

about it.

He's always looking out for me.

He only cares about me.

You said Tim drove you

to your parents' house?

He took me on car rides

when I was good.

Where else

did he take you?

We looked at a school.

He said I could go

to school someday.

Do you want to go to school?

Tim says I'm not...

ready yet.

But I will be.

He told me I'm the fastest learner

of all the girls he ever met.

There were other girls?

I was the only one

he ever brought home.

With me, he doesn't

need them anymore.

I take care of him so he doesn't

have to hurt anyone else.

That's why I've stayed.

Isabelle,

you stayed because you were

a prisoner.

You don't understand.

What is it?

Isabelle.

What aren't you telling me?

Tim didn't know about it

at first.

I just wanted to feel the grass

under my feet.

But he found out.

That was a bad day.

I only went out when it was

dark and no people were around.

Were you out two nights ago?

Yeah.

Is that when you drew the picture

of the lady on the ground?

Isabelle,

what happened to her?

I told her to leave.

And then I hit her.

Where you headed?

To Barrie.

Your parents know

you're hitchhiking?

I'm careful.

You're running away?

I've been a youth pastor

for many years now,

and I know the look.

I'm going to my grandmother's.

It's dangerous out there,

you know?

OK, hop in.

I'm going past Barrie.

I'll drop you off.

You hungry?

There's a nice

hamburger joint up there.

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