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Lindsay’s house. He observes her silhouette in an upstairs

window.

Conflicts play out on his face, then he drives away sharply.

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548B INT. LINDSAY’S HOUSE. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay peers out, having seen Steve’s car. She wears an

unreadable look.

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548C

INT. BAR/CAFE. THAT NIGHT.

Hastings reflects on his situation.

Enter Roisin.

He stands to kiss her on the cheek.

ROISIN:

Hiya.

HASTINGS:

Hi.

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They sit.

From his uneasy manner, she immediately spots something’s

wrong.

ROISIN:

Ted?

HASTINGS:

I got ahead of myself.

ROISIN:

You got my hopes up. Why, if you

couldn’t follow through?

She snatches the cruise brochure from her bag and chucks it

on the table. Heads turn.

HASTINGS:

I had to do what was right.

She looks sad and bitterly disappointed. She leaves.

Hastings is left to reflect. Gradually he pulls himself

together.

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551

INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. CUSTODY SUITE. NEXT DAY.

Uniformed Custody Officers open a cell door, revealing Dryden

slumped on a bunk, unkempt, unshaven, crumpled clothes. He

composes himself.

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INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. CUSTODY SUITE/INTERVIEW

ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

The Custody Officers lead Dryden into an interview room.

The officers sit Dryden beside his Solicitor (female, 30s),

and handcuff him to the desk.

Dryden’s fall from grace drips off him like sweat.

A few beats later, Steve and Kate enter.

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STEVE:

(To officers.)

Thanks.

Exit officers.

Steve and Kate sit opposite Dryden.

STEVE:

The format of this interview is the

same as with any other suspect. You

no longer have the right to be

questioned by an officer at least

one rank superior.

Dryden nods glumly.

Steve starts the tape.

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553

INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. OUTSIDE INTERVIEW ROOM.

CONTINUOUS.

Hastings and Cottan come to the one-way glass.

STEVE (O.S.)

Interview of Michael Edward Dryden

in the presence of his solicitor by

DS Arnott, DC Fleming.

As ever, Dryden looks cool and confident. It only makes

Hastings tenser.

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INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Dryden eyes Steve and Kate confidently.

STEVE:

May I begin, sir?

DRYDEN:

I’ve already been in custody eight

hours. Think you ought to get a

move on. Clock’s ticking.

STEVE:

In respect of the night of 5th

September, the night of the ambush,

you received a phone call from DI

Denton.

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DRYDEN:

We’ve covered this.

STEVE:

One question requires further

examination. Prior to the call,

what was your relationship, if any,

with DI Denton?

DRYDEN:

Two things. One -- there was no

relationship. Two -- this lies

outside the parameters of the

investigation.

STEVE:

We’re at liberty to investigate any

connection to the ambush, its

conspirators and its alleged

conspirators.

Dryden turns to the solicitor; the solicitor whispers in

Dryden’s ear:
“You should answer.”

STEVE:

May I continue, sir?

DRYDEN:

Apparently you may.

STEVE:

Did you know her?

DRYDEN:

Yes. We worked in Crime Analysis

together, a six-month posting,

about five years ago.

KATE:

DI Denton was on duty that night

because she covered for Inspector

Joseph Barlow. Inspector Barlow had

been invited by you to a Crime

Executive Seminar.

DRYDEN:

By my office, not by me. The Crime

Executive sits once a month. We

regularly invite officers of all

ranks and specialisations.

STEVE:

If Barlow hadn’t been there, he

would’ve been the Duty Inspector

the night of the ambush, not

Denton.

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DRYDEN:

The names come up on a list. No one

cherry-picked Barlow. It’s a

coincidence.

STEVE:

But you accept that as a result of

your invitation -

DRYDEN:

It’s a coincidence, an unfortunate

one. Move on.

Dryden looks very formidable all of a sudden. Steve’s stride

has been broken. Tense beats.

KATE:

On the call from DI Denton, you

addressed her as “Linda”.

DRYDEN:

Did I?

STEVE:

According to Denton, that’s what

you called her.

Dryden shrugs:
“So what?”

STEVE:

We know from previous statements

you’ve given us that your wife

overheard the call.

KATE:

Was there a reason you might say

Linda instead of Lindsay?

DRYDEN:

I don’t get where you’re going with

this.

KATE:

One theory would be that you wanted

to conceal from your wife that you

were receiving a call from Lindsay

Denton.

DRYDEN:

And it’d be wrong.

STEVE:

According to Denton’s statement,

when you worked together your

relationship went beyond the purely

professional.

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DRYDEN:

First half-baked theories, now

innuendo. You must want to face a

suit for wrongful arrest.

KATE:

You deny an affair with DI Denton?

DRYDEN:

I do.

KATE:

You deny spending nights together

at among other places her residence

and the Queens’ Arms Hotel?

DRYDEN:

I strenuously deny an affair with

Lindsay Denton.

STEVE:

An affair isn’t necessarily the

same as sexual relations.

KATE:

Have you ever had sexual relations

with DI Denton?

DRYDEN:

I’m not answering that question.

STEVE:

Okay.

They glare at him. Tense beats. More whispers between Dryden

and Solicitor:
“You’ll have to answer some time.”

DRYDEN:

I need a definition of sexual

relations.

KATE:

If I may ...

(Consults document.)

“For the purposes of this

investigation, a person engages in

sexual relations when the person

knowingly engages in, receives or

causes:
contact with the genitalia,

anus, groin, breast, inner thigh,

or buttocks of any person with an

intent to arouse or gratify sexual

desire. Contact means intentional

touching, either directly or

through clothing.”

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DRYDEN:

(Beats.)

I shagged her a few times, she was

a bunny-boiler, and I moved on.

Obviously she wanted there to be

more to it.

KATE:

(To Solicitor.)

Ma’am, if you’d kindly refer to

Document 3 in your folder, you’ll

see a signed authority to access

your client’s telecommunications

records.

DRYDEN:

I see Superintendent Hastings’

signature.

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INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. OUTSIDE INTERVIEW ROOM.

CONTINUOUS.

Hastings reacts to the name-check.

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556

INT. EAST MIDLANDS CONSTABULARY. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Kate continue.

KATE:

Sir, if you’d kindly turn over to

Document 4, you’ll see said records

relating to 16th August of this

year.

DRYDEN:

I see them.

KATE:

You’ll see a call made at 9.33 p.m.

from your mobile phone lasting

approximately 20 seconds. Do you

recognise the number receiving the

call?

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