The Captive Page #6

skate with anyone else.

We were so good we didn't need

anything like that to get attention.

The promise was made.

Was that promise kept?

Nicole, just tell me what it was like.

What was it like to sleep in

an abandoned van on your...

fourteenth birthday? Yeah?

Does this remind you

of what it was like?

Sorry if I got some

of the details wrong.

But you didn't tell me what

colour the van was so...

I found the yellow to be quite striking.

Just tell me, is this anything like

what you experienced, is it?

Start thinking of the details

or else I might not be back.

Excuse me, you probably shouldn't...

What other rooms do you work in?

Every room on this floor.

Hey, baby.

I was wondering if you could

please come to the house?

- Come home?

- We need to talk.

Talk about what?

Just come to the house.

Okay. It's gonna take me a few hours.

I'm gonna be right there.

- Three cameras found.

- Can't trace the uplink yet.

- In all the rooms that Tina works?

- Yeah.

- Alright, what's going on? Ideas?

- Yeah. Some kind of thrill crime.

What's the thrill?

Watching mummy twist.

It's actually not a bad

idea for a reality show.

Look it, it's out there, I know,

but listen, you got the kid.

So why not watch the mother's pain

and confusion? A blank trophy.

- A teacup. Throw in some baby teeth.

- A hairbrush. A pinwheel.

Eight years after the abduction?

Hey, they might have

been watching all along.

The personality driven to abduct

the child, we're used to.

Noticing a mother's quiet desperation.

That's something else.

What are you saying, Sam?

There's a kidnapper

and there's a watcher.

Or watchers.

Maybe even subscribers.

A whole new class of freaks.

Let's go.

Hi.

Hello, Matthew.

What's going on?

Let's talk for a minute.

Well, I don't... I don't really

have anything to say.

Please?

Nicole thinks that they might be...

they might be watching me.

Who's watching you?

It looks like the abductors

aren't so far out of the picture.

Nicole found some cameras in

my rooms that were hidden.

Why?

We'd love any ideas you have about that.

Well, I have no idea.

Did you keep any of Case's teeth,

her baby teeth?

What?

Tina's found some baby teeth

- and some other things in the rooms.

- Other things? What other things?

A trophy. Like the one she won.

The teeth?

- Okay, are they hers?

- Why would you think they were hers?

If they're not hers, then why the

f*** are we talking about them?

I'm not saying... I'm not saying

anything else with this...

Get outta my house. Go.

What do you want from me?

The teeth were placed in the rooms,

under the pillows.

I found them like they were

left for the Tooth Fairy.

You know, like we used

to do with Cassie.

Have you asked the Tooth Fairy?

- Do you think this is funny?

- Yeah. A little. I do. How...

how long has this been going on, hon?

How come no one's told me?

Tina, why tell me, right?

Why ask for my help.

You guys are doing great on your own.

It's only been eight years.

You people can't even do your job.

All you can do is turn my wife against me.

Tina, do you think that I did this? Is that

what you think? That I went in there,

I put a bunch of... cameras in there?

And then... and what? And what?

Tina.

Mr. Lane, is there something

you're not telling us?

No! No!

So now what?

You gonna arrest me?

Go ahead, please do it.

Please. If you think that I did this, you...

you come here and you arrest me.

What's with the shrine here, man?

It's just there's so

many people from before.

There's Jill from my soccer team.

My best friend, Karen. Albert.

And now that I can't see

my mum anymore I need...

new experiences.

I need to feel inspired.

Oh, yeah.

Do you remember that story

I told you about the trophy?

About the moment I skated over to

my mother and handed it to her?

Remember how moved you were?

I want to feel that.

You told me it was the best

story I ever told you.

It was.

So why don't we make it even better?

How?

I'm just wondering if you kept

that trophy or if Cass kept it.

- What's this for?

- It's just for an article I'm writing about

children who disappear and the impact

that it has years later on the...

This article sounds

like f***ing bullshit.

- No, it's not. It's very serious...

- What, you come here eight years later

and then bring up Cass?

I'm just wondering about the impact that

it had on your life. I'm wondering...

Yeah, it impacted my life.

What do you want to know?

I want to know about this

trophy that you won.

- I wondered if you kept it.

- No. No.

I'm done. No, this is f***ing bullshit.

- Did you keep the trophy?

- Yeah, I kept the f***ing trophy.

Okay. I can...

I can see that you're upset.

- I won't ask you any more questions.

- Great. Are we done?

- Yeah. Thank you very much for your time.

- Awesome. Thank you so much.

Albert?

Who's that?

Some creepy b*tch asking about Cass.

- Yeah?

- I don't know who's in charge here anymore.

I used to deal with Nicole Dunlop.

'kay... This is urgent.

- Who is this?

- Matthew Lane.

Matthew Lane.

- Case's father. Cass Lane.

- Yeah, I know who you are, Matthew.

I've found them. Those people who

took my daughter, I found them.

They're at a diner on Route 15.

You been watching a lot

of movies, lately, Matthew?

Listen to me.

These people have my daughter.

I've seen her. I've been...

I've been with her.

She's alive.

Hey. I need you to listen

to me very carefully.

I have a phone and the phone has GPS.

I'm gonna plant it on their car.

I'll give you the number.

I'm gonna plant it on their car

and then you can track it.

And then you can find them in case

something happens to me, okay?

Do you mind if I...

if I ask you a few questions?

- About what?

- About Cass Lane.

- Okay.

- Yeah, I... I'm writing an article about...

children who disappear and the effect

that it has on the people in their lives.

Yeah.

- Just got a call from Matthew Lane.

- Yeah, I overheard you.

What is it with you and that guy?

Says he met this guy at a diner.

Thinks he's the one that

stole his daughter.

So he tossed his cell

phone in the guy's car.

Want me to check it out?

Yeah.

Hey! Put that back!

- It's my daughter. - I don't care

who it is, I said put it back!

Do you want me to call the cops?

Yeah, I want you to call the cops.

Do it. Do it.

Have you seen this girl?

I lost her a few miles from here,

at a diner just like this one.

That's awful.

Yeah, it's awful.

I went in to get a and I

came out and she was gone.

Just like that.

Eight years ago.

I've spent... I've spent

eight years looking for her.

Without a trace?

Without a trace.

Isn't that an awful story?

Well, isn't that an awful story?

You know something?

The police think that I had

something to do with it.

That maybe I sold her.

- Sold her to who?

- To monsters.

How could I do that?

I'm her father. I'm her dad.

I... I'm supposed to protect her.

I'm the one that loves her.

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