The Missing Page #11

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The trouble is that people continueto disappoint me.

STEFAN:

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I’ll take you. To Azwya.

JULIEN:

What changed your mind?

STEFAN:

I thought about what you said. Andyou were right. I’m here to filestories. And you, MonsieurBaptiste, have a habit of finding

them. If I didn’t follow you Iwouldn’t be doing my job.

Julien looks at him for a moment. Wondering if there’s moreto his change of heart. But he hasn’t been witness to thephone-call we saw at the top of the scene, so he just nods.

JULIEN:

Well then. This is why I like toput my faith in people.

STEFAN:

Good. Give me a few weeks to pullthis together...

JULIEN:

It has to be sooner.

STEFAN:

How soon?

JULIEN:

Tomorrow morning.

Stefan looks at Julien.

STEFAN:

I need to ask around for the best

route. Find out where the troopsare. Get a good fixer...

JULIEN:

I may not have weeks. I have abrain tumour. You are looking at adying man.

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Stefan nods, feeling for Julien. He says it so casually.

STEFAN:

I’m sorry.

JULIEN:

You have nothing to be sorry for.

You did not put it there. So? Canyou take me tomorrow?

Stefan hesitates - then nods.

STEFAN:

Yes. I can. Can you at least tellme who we’re looking for?

JULIEN:

Right now, all we need is to findthis man... Daniel Reed.

Julien pulls the dog-eared photograph out of his pocket.

Hands it to Stefan, and we see it for the first time - an

intense-looking black guy in his mid-twenties wearingmilitary garb. This is DANIEL REED.

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76 INT. ARMY CAMP. CHAPEL - DAY 7 (2014) 76

CAPTION:
Eckhausen, Germany. 2014.

We’re CLOSE IN on DANIEL REED. He’s in a chapel, full ofsoldiers in formal dress uniform. Daniel is staring at alarge photo of the deceased up at the front, beside acoffin. His father - HENRY REED. A VICAR speaks

VICAR:

Henry Reed was a soldier, yes, buta father first. He leaves behind

his son Daniel, who followed him

into the service...

He nods at Daniel, who is barely listening.

VICAR (CONT’D)

We will never know why Henry tookhis own life - but we can remember

the good he did, and the joy hebrought to those around him...

As the vicar’s voice fades out, it’s replaced by the ringingtinnitus sound. We CLOSE IN on Daniel, who stares at the

photo intensely. His intense expression hard to read.

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Later. At the back of the chapel, Daniel is accepting

condolences. As he talks to someone, we pick out NADIA - thewoman we saw Matthew chasing in the present day. But shelooks like a very different woman - healthy, smiling. Theway Daniel looks at her is odd, impossible to read. Nadiadoesn’t even notice, but Daniel is clearly wonderingsomething...

EXT. HOUSE - DAY 7 (2014) 77

DANIEL approaches a modest terraced house in the heart ofthe town. He pulls out a key.

INT. HOUSE. HALL - DAY 7 (2014) 78

DANIEL enters a narrow hall, and opens a door at the farend.

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 7 (2014) 79

A small but well-kept living room. In the far corner is alarge, gift-wrapped item with a rip in it. DANIEL doesn’teven glance at it. Instead, he puts a plastic bag on thefloor. As he closes the door behind him we throw focus,

beyond the bag, until we see

-a deep red bloodstain on the floor.

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Later. Daniel is on his hands and knees, rubber gloves on, abottle of bleach beside him, scrubbing at the bloodstain.

Relentlessly just scrubbing and scrubbing. And as he works,

tears are running down his face.

EXT. HANNOVER HOSPITAL - DAY 7 (2014) 80

Outside, the hospital still glistens with fresh snow. JULIENwalks towards the entrance.

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INT. HANNOVER HOSPITAL. RECEPTION - DAY 7 (2014) 82

JULIEN approaches the busy front desk. He leans forward.

JULIEN JULIEN:

(German; subtitled)(German translation)

Good morning - do you speak Guten Morgen - sprechen SieEnglish? Englisch?

The receptionist nods.

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JULIEN (CONT’D)

I am looking for Alice Webster.

The RECEPTIONIST looks at her computer and shakes her head.

RECEPTIONIST:

I have no patient in that name.

Please spell for me.

Julien’s about to comply - but then there’s a look on hisface. Like he’s realised something.

JULIEN:

I think I have made a mistake.

Forgive me.

He looks thoughtfully down the hall and we track forwards,

down the corridor, into the heart of the hospital

83 INT. HANNOVER HOSPITAL. PRIVATE ROOM - DAY 7 (2014) 83

SAM and GEMMA sit either side of ALICE - who faces several

POL officers, JORN among them, and EVE with another MPofficer in his mid-40’s, O’SULLIVAN. MATTHEW in the corner.

The atmosphere is painfully tense and everyone utterly quietexcept Alice, who talks in a low monotone without lookinganyone in the eye. The cops are itching to ask questions butletting Alice talk in her own time, not wanting to push her.

ALICE:

After the van stopped, he opened

the door. He put a bag over my

head, a dark plastic bag, and he

tied it over. I couldn’t see and I

couldn’t breathe. Every time I

screamed, I sucked the plastic into

my throat. He put me over his

shoulder and carried me. I felt him

tie my hands behind my back. And he

told me, do what I say and I’ll

take you back to your Mum and Dad.

EVE:

This was the man who kept you?

Alice nods.

EVE (CONT’D)

And he spoke in English?

Alice nods.

O’SULLIVAN

Did he have an accent?

A beat as Alice looks O’Sullivan. Then

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ALICE:

Yes. He’s German.

EVE:

Did you ever see his face? Can youdescribe...

But Alice carries on as if she hasn’t heard. Like this is

something she has to get out.

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ALICE:

I said please take me home, and hetold me to stop crying. But Icouldn’t. I was so scared. So he

hit me.

It’s almost matter-of-fact the way she talks about this.

Like it happened to someone else.

GEMMA:

Love, you can stop this whenever

you want..

ALICE:

He hit me twice. Then he pulled offmy skirt. That was the first timehe raped me. He hugged me after.

Just put both arms around me andstarted stroking my hair. He toldme he’d always be my first.

There’s a horrified silence. Sam and Gemma are silentlycrying. Matthew can’t believe what he’s hearing. But Samsimply can’t take any more and stands up and walks out.

84 INT. HANNOVER HOSPITAL. CORRIDOR - DAY 7 (2014) 84

SAM leans against the door and breathes lungfuls of air,

like it can purge what he’s just heard.

85 INT. HANNOVER HOPSITAL. PRIVATE - ROOM - DAY 7 (2014) 85

Back in the room, GEMMA - shaking with grief and anger -

refuses to leave her child’s side. No matter how hard it is.

EVE speaks gently to ALICE -

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