Turks & Caicos Page #6

I'd forgotten about this.

About what?

What fun it is.

The first sheet is like a trap door.

It gets us into the catacomb,

but it doesn't get us through.

10% on everything

goes to the Bridge.

Rogers is charging for his services.

Then...

Then what?

I don't get it. "Future projects."

Can you go back?

Can you get any more?

This is good,

but it it's not good enough.

Did Johnny tell you what happened?

You remember,

we were together for a long time.

And we thought we'd be

together for the rest of our lives.

You could put up with the jazz?

I could put up with everything.

Except being a spy.

I decided two spies wasn't a good

idea. Together. Too many secrets.

Too many lies.

It was you who left?

Johnny's promised me. Whatever

happens, he's going to protect you.

How exactly is

he going to protect me?

I don't even know where he is.

Margot?

Yes?

He's on Turks and Caicos.

Well, I had a feeling he might be.

I have to congratulate you, Rollo.

You've done well.

'Have I?' Of course.

'Not just dragged her back in,

but ruined her life as well? Just

when she thought she was rid of you.'

She's going to thank you for that.

'Is she? Is she really?'

Yes. In the long run.

What about the other thing?

Yes, there is

a new boss at the CIA, a new broom,

and, yes, it's true,

he wants to make a fresh start.

Whatever that means.

And the man who calls himself

Curtis Pelissier?

In your description, six foot two,

160 pounds,

cultured, striking...

'That's the chap.'

We don't have a match. I'm sorry,

I know you don't want to hear this,

but he could be anyone at all.

Ah, there you are.

I've been looking for you.

I'm a man of regular habits,

Mr Eliot.

I take coffee here every morning.

Harry, another cup.

So, how may I help?

Oh. I've been wondering how

the investigation was going.

Have you? What's your interest?

Well, if you remember,

I was briefly a suspect, I believe.

It was done with an oar.

Really?

Yeah. Wham! Across the face.

Two people out in a boat, only one

slugged the other with an oar.

Smashed the cheek.

Parsons fell in the water?

Are you some kind of professional

investigator, Mr Eliot?

I'm a civil servant looking

for somewhere pleasant to retire.

And what's Pelissier?

The lost prince of the Romanovs?

If you want to know,

I'd put my money on an angry woman.

Yes? Why?

It's a crime of passion, isn't it?

Passion? Yes.

If it's a woman,

have you have a suspect?

Better than that,

we have her passport.

And in 24 hours we'll have her DNA.

You weren't

thinking of telling her, were you?

Do you understand

the constitution of these islands?

Did you know Turks

and Caicos is a Crown Protectorate?

I think I do, yes.

And the currency is American

but the jurisdiction is British.

We trade in the dollar

and kneel to the Crown.

Yeah. What you might call

the worst of both worlds.

Down at my level, you keep

coming across people who

think that murder is a minor crime.

I've noticed that. They don't seem

concerned about it at all.

When the CIA wants something, the

rest of us have to step out the way.

Consider yourself fortunate.

I happen to like you.

Personally, I mean.

Why on earth do you like me?

Family reasons. I like the way

you've treated my sister.

Your sister?

And you've been good to my nephew.

Yeah.

Aldous needs a man in his life.

He's a good boy. I like him.

I know you do.

It's a shame. I don't imagine

you'll be sticking around.

Hello, how are you?

Welcome back, Mr Rogers.

Nice to see you again.

Great to see you too. This is

Margot Tyrell. Welcome, Miss Tyrell.

Thank you.

Please, help yourselves.

How's your business?

Business is great, we're comfortable.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Like it? What do you think?

Wow! I just think wow,

that's what I think.

PHONE BEEPS:

Oh, by the way, shout

if you need a room of your own.

Hey, stranger. What can I get you?

Can I pour you a drink?

It's a little early for me.

Do you know what I like best?

I like lying on the bed.

I can see everyone else's lives.

It's so much more fun to watch other

peoples', don't you think?

Anything's better than

living your own.

Melanie, time's come,

we're going to have to level.

Yeah, I had an idea we might.

I had a talk with Pelissier.

Did you?

He told me some of the things

your friends do for a living.

Had you already guessed?

I was in the general area.

I had them down as foot soldiers

in the war on terror.

No, Tom, they're not foot soldiers.

They're quartermasters.

You wouldn't know the world was

suffering, would you?

Look at these guys, how do you think

they're doing so well?

You tell me.

Gary, Frank, Dido,

they did a thousand things.

Some good, some bad.

According to what was

needed at the time.

Then they saw an opening.

Not so much a coalition

of the willing,

more of a coalition of the billing.

Frank and Gary build

detention camps.

Yes. Among other things.

Give me a cigarette, would you?

LAUGHTER AND CONVERSATION

WOMAN:
Senator, welcome.

Prisons, cages, fences, watchtowers.

Electronics. Security systems.

The camps had to be built and nobody

had to know it was happening.

Do you have any idea

of the scale of the thing?

Yes. I think I do.

Think about it, camps sprouting

up all over the world.

It was a growth business

like no other.

And the best part,

there isn't any rate.

How much do you charge for building

a detention camp?

Not as much as you charge

for keeping quiet about building

a detention camp.

The boys, they just took what

they liked.

But now everyone's starting

to ask questions.

So, everyone's rushing to

get their money re-invested.

Re-invested how?

Look around.

This place?

Exactly. It's laundry.

It's good, isn't it?

You could say it's perfect.

Selling off those places,

buying up these.

Prisons for the poor,

prisons for the rich.

And that's how the world goes round.

Curtis is looking for proof, isn't

he? Proof America's been swindled.

Yes. That's what he wants.

Yeah, well, tell him

if he wants it, I've got it.

Or rather I know someone who does.

It has to be on paper.

Oh, it's on paper. Good.

Tell him the person

he needs is flying in today.

Today?

I told you. I've been planning

this thing a long time.

Will you close the blinds?

I'm sleepy.

BEEP:

WHIRRING:

Melanie?

Yes?

There's an Englishman, isn't there?

An Englishman?

Is that who you're after?

Not the Englishman.

The Englishman's friend.

How long are we going to sit here?

Until she arrives.

How are we going to know her?

Ah.

I'm glad to see you.

Have you had a good flight?

Couldn't have been better.

Melanie sends her best.

Well, I should hope so.

This is Curtis Pelissier. Curtis,

meet Clare Clovis.

Clare's an accountant.

Is that all you've got?

What else should I have?

I'm not planning on staying long.

Curtis is the man you'll

actually be dealing with.

He's the money?

You're right.

Then who are you?

Oh, you know. Home help.

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