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00:00I don't care what you have to say. You were trouble from the moment Theo laid eyes on you.
00:17You are selfish and reckless and that's why he's dying.
00:22How did you keep living on every day after mum died?
00:25It's hard, but Theo would want you to live your life too.
00:30Please. I miss him.
00:34I miss him too.
00:36Harper, there's no easy way to tell you this. Your father died.
00:39What about mum?
00:41She's still alive. Do you think you'll get in touch?
00:43What is wrong with you?
00:44Knowing that dad's gone, you're not even the slightest bit curious about what's happened to mum.
00:48I don't care if she's alive. She is dead to me.
00:51Why did you interfere?
00:52Harper asked me to look into it for her.
00:53It's a private matter and one that I told her to drop.
00:56Our mother should never be near a child again.
00:58I am not denying that she was abusive and neglectful, but it's been four years since dad died and people change.
01:06Yeah, but monsters don't.
01:08What's that for?
01:25This work was a good idea, that's all.
01:27It was.
01:28Oh, isn't it lovely to see you two out and about?
01:32Oh yeah, one man said.
01:34How is everything going here?
01:36Oh, it's been a little bit busy, but it's nothing I can't handle.
01:39Well, I could come back to work early if it's too much.
01:42No, darling, no. There's no need to do that. I have everything under control.
01:46There you go.
01:47Thanks.
01:47Thanks.
01:48How are things going down the studio?
01:51Yeah, mate. They're, uh, shrugging along nicely.
01:55Come on. Give me more than that.
01:58You sure?
02:00Yeah, it's just rock stars I can't hang out with right now, but you on the other hand.
02:03Well, I, uh, saw the studio space finally, in person, and it's, uh, it's epic.
02:12I mean, it will be once we get the sound equipment. It's from overseas.
02:15Right. Can't wait to see it all come together.
02:26Hello. Got your afternoon caffeine hit?
02:28She tracked them down. She knew how against it I was, and she tracked them down.
02:32Talking about Harper?
02:33Yes. I mean, who else? She's now enlisted Cash to help her, so we're just in a whole new level of hell.
02:40Okay. What did she find out?
02:43My dad is dead.
02:47I'm, I'm so sorry.
02:49It's fine. It's really not that surprising.
02:51It's a pretty big deal, still.
02:54I guess.
02:55Okay.
02:57Look, I told you how bad my parents were.
02:59Yeah, but it's your dad.
03:00Yeah, well, now, Harper wants to contact our mum.
03:03Which is insane.
03:04Okay, baby, should we sit down?
03:05And what's more is that she thinks that I should have more perspective when it comes to mum.
03:10Why does she think that?
03:13Because I had my own addiction issues.
03:15Are you really okay with not being involved in Remy's record company?
03:31Yeah, I wouldn't be able to give it the energy that it needs, you know?
03:36Yeah, yeah, I guess he would be demanding 150% commitment.
03:40Yeah.
03:41And he'd deserve it, but that's not really my priority at the moment.
03:44Starting now, I've got my first session with the grief counsellor.
03:49I didn't realise that was today.
03:53Feeling a little bit nervous?
03:55Oh, I'm sure you'll be fine.
03:57You can come if you want. I'm sure the counsellor won't mind.
04:00I told you, I'm not interested.
04:02Well, that was a few days ago. I thought you might have...
04:04Nothing has changed.
04:06If this is how you want to handle your feelings, it's fine.
04:09It's just not for me.
04:12Understood.
04:13I spent my whole life just trying to get away from my parents.
04:24So, when I finally did escape, it was like there was all this stuff.
04:30They just caught up with me.
04:33I mean, what you went through was completely unfair.
04:37But I should have known better than to turn to drugs to cope.
04:41I think you should cut yourself some slack.
04:44You didn't save me at my worst.
04:46No, but how many people can say that they've turned their life around like you have?
04:52I don't think I even would have if it wasn't for Harper.
04:55Harper helped you, sure.
04:57But, you know, you recovered.
05:00Not her.
05:03This might be a bit of a silly question,
05:06but are you worried you'll relapse with your mum around?
05:09No, no. Honestly, it's nothing like that.
05:12It's...
05:12Regardless of what her life looks like now,
05:18I will never trust her around Archie.
05:21Ever.
05:22Ever.
05:22What's this?
05:34I don't know.
05:37I don't know.
05:39I don't know.
05:42I don't know.
05:45You look past her.
05:48Oh.
05:50Oh!
05:52Ow!
05:54Oh!
06:04Ow!
06:06Yeah.
06:08Ow!
06:12Ow!
06:14Oh, we're closing, sorry.
06:44You're going to have to come back tomorrow.
06:45Are you Lacey Miller?
06:46Who's asking?
06:47Peter Rolfe from Coastal News.
06:50Good for you.
06:52I just want to say how amazing you are,
06:54bringing down Craig Wendell the way you did.
06:56How do you know about that?
06:57I saw the police report.
06:59You're a hero.
07:00No, I'm not.
07:00I know a lot of our readers will disagree with that.
07:02I mean, Wendell was a piece of work,
07:04and you're the reason he's finally being brought to justice.
07:07I'd really love to do a profile piece on you.
07:09Am I interested?
07:14Make believe everything's fine
07:21and it will show on a video.
07:27Make them see what they want
07:29and even you could be a hero.
07:31You've gone full stalk now.
07:40Great.
07:41Look, I really think you should reconsider.
07:42Back off.
07:43Craig Wendell was a monster.
07:45Oi.
07:46You heard her?
07:47And there are some gaps in the case
07:48we could probably clear up to.
07:50I thought you were doing a profile piece.
07:51Look, there are a few different angles
07:52I could take on this story.
07:53No, no, it isn't a story.
07:55Theo wasn't a story.
07:56That's enough.
07:57No, of course not.
07:58He was your partner, right?
07:59The man you loved?
08:00Take a hint.
08:01Don't you think he deserves to be remembered
08:02as more than a victim?
08:02She told you to back off.
08:04You could do that for him.
08:04That is enough.
08:05You are not welcome here.
08:07Leave.
08:13And don't you ever come near me again.
08:20You okay?
08:21See, I sort of never understood
08:27why I ended up the way that I did.
08:30Because, like, Harper and I
08:31had this same experience
08:33and she didn't go down that path.
08:35I mean, everyone deals
08:36with things differently, so...
08:37I know, but it's like,
08:38I don't know if I'd even be here
08:40if it wasn't for her.
08:42She's protected me her whole life.
08:44That's what she does.
08:45Right, which is what she'll do for Archie, right?
08:47I guess.
08:50From what you've told me,
08:51Harper has spent most of her life
08:52saving people from bad situations,
08:54so if there's anyone
08:55that can handle it, it's her.
08:58Can you please get me another beer?
09:00Yeah, of course.
09:06Ooh, sad news.
09:07We're all out.
09:08Oh.
09:09Okay.
09:10Do you want to go to Salt?
09:11I feel like I owe you a dinner
09:13and a drink
09:14after talking your ear off
09:15all afternoon.
09:16Well, it sounds good,
09:17but just to be clear,
09:18you haven't talked my ear off
09:19and you can keep talking
09:21if you want.
09:22You know, some guys
09:24might have run a mile
09:25after all this.
09:27Ah, well.
09:28I'm not just some guy.
09:39Hello, Sergeant Langham.
09:41How can I help you?
09:42I'd like to talk to you
09:43about the arrest
09:43of Councillor Craig Wendell.
09:44And you are?
09:45Peter Rolfe
09:46from the Coastal News.
09:48Well, you know the drill.
09:49Email any questions you have
09:51to the police media.
09:52I'd rather hear
09:52from the arresting officer.
09:55I'll bet you would.
09:56Look, I'm not surprised
09:57you didn't hold
09:57a press conference,
09:58given your personal connection
10:00to both incidents.
10:02The conference was unnecessary.
10:04We got the gun.
10:04Yes, but there are some gaps
10:06in the police report
10:07I'd like to discuss.
10:08Just to clear things up.
10:09Well, it's not my job
10:09to clear things up for you.
10:11If you don't mind,
10:14I'm about to head home.
10:15Look, I'm giving you
10:16an opportunity here
10:17and I'm asking you to leave.
10:18Hey.
10:37Hey.
10:38Whoa.
10:39You been busy?
10:40Oh, there was a spill
10:41in the fridge
10:42and once I cleaned that up,
10:43I realised that the whole thing
10:45just needed a deep clean.
10:46Right.
10:47You know how long
10:48these things take.
10:49You want a hand?
10:50I'm OK.
10:51It's a good distraction.
10:54So my session was good?
10:57That's good.
10:58You know how sometimes
11:00you get a bit worried
11:01about a counsellor,
11:01but I think this one's
11:02a good fit.
11:03I'm happy for you.
11:05She said, uh,
11:08you've got to remember
11:09Theo's life,
11:10not what happened to him.
11:13So like when I'm feeling low,
11:14I think about
11:15hymn, front and lyric
11:18or our time surfing together,
11:21you know?
11:25Shall we go one a hand?
11:27No.
11:28I've got this.
11:31Right on.
11:31So what do you think
11:51will happen
11:51if Harper does
11:52get in touch
11:53with your mum?
11:55I don't know.
11:57Like if that does happen,
11:58I don't know
12:00how I would be around her.
12:02You know,
12:02you two have been
12:02through a lot together.
12:03Are you really going to
12:04let your mum
12:04tear you apart?
12:07I remember
12:08signing my statement.
12:11I just,
12:12I don't remember
12:12what was in it.
12:13Everything was in it.
12:14What's so wrong
12:15that a journalist
12:16can get a hold of that?
12:17I know,
12:17but to be fair,
12:18given Wendell's
12:19public profile,
12:20the case is of interest
12:21to the community.
12:23What did he say to you?
12:25Pretty much the same.
12:26He wanted to fill in
12:27any gaps in the police report.
12:30He was just
12:30trying it on
12:31because of my
12:32personal connection
12:33to the case.
12:34Father,
12:35husband.
12:35But how did he know
12:36that you were my dad?
12:37Why would that be
12:38in the report?
12:39It wasn't.
12:40So then how did he know?
12:42I don't know.
12:43It's a small town.
12:45Anyone could have told him.
12:47Who would do that?
12:50Someone trying
12:51to make our lives hell?
12:56Justin's only had
13:06the one session
13:07with the counsellor,
13:08but he definitely
13:09seems lighter.
13:11Well,
13:12it's good to hear.
13:13Yeah.
13:14He wanted me to go
13:14with him,
13:15but the thought
13:16of sitting down
13:17with a stranger
13:18and talking about Theo
13:19is not ready.
13:22Well,
13:22love,
13:22we all deal
13:23with this sort of stuff
13:24in different ways.
13:25I don't think
13:26I'm dealing
13:27with it at all.
13:29Justin did mention
13:31something the counsellor
13:32said to him
13:32that I've been thinking
13:33about all night.
13:34What's that?
13:35That he should focus
13:37on the positives
13:38in Theo's life,
13:40like his love
13:41of music,
13:42surfing.
13:43Hmm.
13:44That makes a lot of sense.
13:46Yeah.
13:46It just got me thinking
13:47about his guitar
13:48and the other things
13:49that are still
13:50at his place.
13:51Well,
13:51I thought you would have
13:51collected all that
13:52by now.
13:53Cassandra was meant
13:54to do it
13:54when she was here,
13:55but you know
13:56how badly
13:57that turned out.
13:58So it looks like
13:59it's up to you.
14:00It's been avoiding
14:01going over there.
14:02I'm worried
14:03I'm going to bump
14:03into Lacey.
14:06Wow.
14:10Leah still hates me.
14:12I don't think he hates you.
14:14He hates me.
14:16Just try to ignore him.
14:18Well,
14:18it's easier said than done.
14:20You could come with me
14:21to Yobby Creek.
14:22Pick up some supplies
14:23if you like.
14:24Count me in.
14:25All right.
14:26Let's talk.
14:27See you at home later.
14:29Next up.
14:41Hey.
14:42Come in.
14:42I wasn't expecting
14:47to see you.
14:48Yeah,
14:49I wasn't expecting
14:49to be back for a while.
14:53Um,
14:54I've realized
14:56that I don't think
14:57I'll ever understand
14:58why you want to see
14:59mum again.
15:00That I have to be
15:02willing to move
15:03past that.
15:04That's great.
15:05I'm not done.
15:06You're an adult.
15:11It's your life.
15:13And you are entitled
15:14to do what you want.
15:17But I just can't
15:18give you my support
15:19on this.
15:21I love you.
15:22And you are the only
15:23sister that I have.
15:25So,
15:25I have to respect
15:27that your needs
15:28are different to mine.
15:29Especially now
15:30that you have Archie.
15:31Okay.
15:35But what I need
15:36is that whatever
15:38you find out,
15:39I don't want to know.
15:43What if mum's
15:44doing well?
15:47I cut them out
15:48of my life for a reason
15:49and it hasn't changed.
15:51Okay.
15:59Lord,
15:59thanks for making me.
16:01What's this about?
16:03Out of respect
16:03for our friendship.
16:05I need a favour.
16:07Go on.
16:09Can you ask Leah
16:10to tone down
16:10the hostility
16:11towards Lacey?
16:16Honestly, mate,
16:17I'm not sure I can.
16:20Lacey's really struggling.
16:22I know,
16:22everyone is.
16:24But the attitude
16:24from Leah,
16:25it's not helping.
16:26You don't need
16:26to convince me.
16:27I get it.
16:28I have tried
16:30to talk her around.
16:32She's just not
16:34hearing any of it.
16:36Then answer me this.
16:38Have either of you
16:39been talking
16:40to any journalists?
16:42No.
16:42Why?
16:43Guy from the
16:44Coastal News
16:44approached Lacey and I
16:46yesterday,
16:46angling for a story.
16:47You think me and Leah
16:49had something to do with it.
16:50Well,
16:51did you?
16:53No, no.
16:54Trust me.
16:56We're not talking
16:56to any genies.
16:57where you going,
17:03darling?
17:04I'm a passenger for you.
17:07What you're thinking
17:08lately?
17:09Please just tell me
17:11what to do.
17:12Ever since we met
17:15my thoughts,
17:16yeah, they...
17:17Hey,
17:18come on in.
17:19Thanks for letting me
17:26stop by at such
17:27short notice.
17:28Of course.
17:29You're the only one
17:30home?
17:31Yeah.
17:31And Lacey's not
17:32due back.
17:33I just prefer not
17:34to bump into her.
17:35Lacey's moved in
17:36with her dad.
17:37I didn't know that.
17:39Yeah,
17:39just too many memories
17:40here for her.
17:41Is that Lyric?
17:46Yeah,
17:46sorry,
17:46I can turn it off.
17:47No,
17:48no,
17:48I just,
17:50I hadn't heard it
17:51for a while.
17:52I like hearing it.
17:54It's my way
17:55of remembering Theo.
17:57It's really nice.
17:59Although he'd probably
18:00insist to blast
18:01the volume right up
18:02and sing along.
18:04I bet he would.
18:11Hang on a sec.
18:36Peter Rolfe
18:43from Coastal News.
18:45Whoa, whoa, whoa.
18:46Is this what you do?
18:47Is it just waltz
18:47into people's houses?
18:48Sorry, no, no,
18:49you just looked like
18:49you had your hands full.
18:50That's...
18:50What do you want?
18:51Well, I'm keen to do
18:52a story about the arrest
18:53of Councillor Craig Wendell.
18:56I've heard about you.
18:59Should have known
18:59you'd turn up here.
19:00If I could just ask you
19:01and your wife a few
19:02questions about Theo.
19:02You need to leave.
19:03About the fine young man
19:04that he was.
19:05On your bike, mate.
19:06Hello again, Sergeant.
19:18What was that you said
19:19about not talking to journos?
19:21It's not what it looks like.
19:23Then what is it?
19:29I think that's everything.
19:31Oh, almost.
19:36I remember what Justin
19:44said to Theo
19:46when he gave this to him.
19:47Oh, yeah?
19:48Mm.
19:49In this house,
19:50music is never a waste of time.
19:52Amen.
19:54Never a truer word spoken.
19:57You know, Theo,
19:58he told me about
20:00how he came to live
20:00with you guys.
20:01About the stuff
20:02with his dad.
20:04He did.
20:05Yeah.
20:07He felt so lucky
20:08to have your support.
20:09No.
20:10I did.
20:12We were the lucky ones.
20:15Not everyone has a place
20:16to land.
20:17But you gave Theo that.
20:20Gave him my home.
20:23Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.
20:25I didn't mean to.
20:26I didn't mean to.
20:26No, you haven't.
20:30It's a really,
20:31it's a really lovely thing
20:33to say.
20:34It's just, um,
20:35I miss him.
20:38I'm just,
20:39I miss him.
20:39I...
20:41I...
20:43I...
20:45I...
20:47I...
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