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Geoff struggles to tell Melody his true feelings. Morag presses Martha to make a shocking confession to the police.
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00:01Right now, I never want to lay eyes on Sam ever again.
00:03Quite honestly, if I did, I'm not sure I could control myself.
00:07Send that.
00:11Oh, my God.
00:13It's all in there, too. The blackmail and the drug deals with Shane and the whole lot.
00:16How's Jack? Where is he?
00:18He's taken off down the city to see Rory.
00:20Well, Sam is obviously capable of doing anything.
00:22I mean, you're best well out of it, Martha.
00:24Oh, what's happened to you?
00:25I got up in a fight with a tree.
00:28Tree one.
00:28Sam?
00:29Jas, please don't hang up. I'm begging you. You're the only one that can help me.
00:33Could I please speak to Senior Constable McGrath?
00:36It's Jack.
00:37Is he all right?
00:38He wants me to come and help him so he can find him at Stuart's Point.
00:41Sam?
01:05What's going on?
01:07I think someone's drowned.
01:09Again.
01:09What if it's someone we know?
01:12Again on three days. One, two, three.
01:16That's right.
01:19You guys go straight there and we'll follow you.
01:21Sure, if we're going.
01:21Someone drowned.
01:22No.
01:22Yeah.
01:24I'm taking some pictures for the person.
01:26Can you tell me what happened?
01:27We have nothing for the person at this time.
01:29Did you know this person?
01:33We haven't even notified the next of kin. I'm not going to release the deceased man.
01:36Sorry, Belle.
01:38It comes from a Fitzgerald if it wasn't a local.
01:47Did you guys see what happened?
01:49No.
01:50Imagine the poor person's family. How would it feel so terrible?
01:56Did you get your pictures?
02:00I'll have to get back to the office. I'll see you later.
02:09Hey, did you hear what just happened on the beach?
02:11No way.
02:12Cops in ambulance everywhere and a body in a bag.
02:15Did you get any pics? Was it a drowning, an accident?
02:17They wouldn't tell me what happened, but I did manage to get some shots.
02:20Good.
02:21Did you get any other details?
02:22Well, Lara Fitzgerald looked pretty upset, so I reckon it's either a local or someone she knows.
02:26Great.
02:27It's good to see that you're putting the pieces together.
02:29You did good, Belle.
02:31Like what you always say, we just can't beat a body for a good story.
02:39That doesn't sound like Belle.
02:41Well, I'm telling you, as soon as she saw that ambulance, she couldn't grab her camera quick enough.
02:44It wasn't that bad.
02:45Well, it was.
02:46Not for one second did she stop to think about the person that had died and admit it, Annie.
02:49She didn't.
02:50She was a bit disrespectful.
02:52Well, I'm sure she didn't even mean to be.
02:53She's just trying to do her job.
02:54Yeah, except she's the one always complaining about how insensitive that guy she works with is
02:58and then she turns around and does exactly the same thing.
03:01No, she felt bad when she realised what she was doing.
03:03I saw it on her face.
03:05Yeah, maybe.
03:06But her first instinct was to grab those pictures no matter what.
03:09I know Belle's finding her job really tough right now, so maybe for once you could try and cut her
03:12some slack.
03:14Anyway, it's not like she knew the person.
03:20I just got confirmation on the name.
03:22Great.
03:23Who is it?
03:24Samantha Holden.
03:25Now, next of kin hadn't been informed yet, so we're on standby for a door knock and we have to
03:29get a story together.
03:30Cops wife murdered Johnny Cooper and now this.
03:32It's a gift.
03:33It's gonna make national press.
03:35Okay, so now we have to talk to the guy that found her, talk to the cops and get a
03:39headshot together.
03:40Belle, wake up.
03:41Let's go.
03:47You wouldn't happen to know where Jack is?
03:51No, why?
03:52Is there something wrong?
03:53Does this have anything to do with the call that I made last night to the station?
03:56Yeah, it does actually.
03:58You phoned about Sam, that's correct?
04:00Yeah, yeah.
04:01I spoke to Ken Harper.
04:02He said he was gonna make a report.
04:03Which I've read, but I'd like to hear what happened in your own words if you wouldn't mind.
04:07Okay, okay.
04:08Um, shall we take a seat?
04:15Tony had already gone to see Jack and I was just about to start dinner.
04:20That's when I got a call on my mobile.
04:23She sounded so scared.
04:24Sam?
04:27So I just dropped everything and I went straight away.
04:30But she wasn't where she asked me to meet her.
04:32Sam?
04:34I was looking down the beach.
04:36I had a torch and that's when I saw the blood.
04:40Apart from that, I didn't see anyone.
04:42I was really worried about her so I came back here and I told Tony everything.
04:47And that's when I called the police.
04:49It would have been better had you called us before you went to meet her.
04:51I know that, but I was responding as a doctor.
04:53I thought it was more important to get her checked at the hospital, not to have her arrested.
04:57And there's been no contact since.
04:59Lara, what's going on?
05:02I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
05:04Is it, is it Jack?
05:06Sam.
05:08They found her on the beach this morning.
05:12I'm so sorry.
05:14Sam's dead.
05:16Oh my God.
05:17This can't be true, Lara.
05:20Hang on.
05:21Would she have been there when I was looking for her last night?
05:24We're not sure as yet.
05:25We're still waiting for a time frame.
05:28What actually happened, Lara?
05:29At this point, we're assuming she drowned.
05:32Oh my God.
05:33It seems it may have gotten too much for Sam and she's possibly swam out too far or gone off
05:40the point.
05:41Oh God.
05:41What if I missed her?
05:42I should have looked her for longer.
05:44However, we're not ruling anything out.
05:47Meaning what?
05:48We're still treating the death as suspicious.
05:50Well, why?
05:51Well, we have to cover all angles, Tony.
05:53I mean, Sam was on the run from the police.
05:55We know she murdered Johnny and she'd made threats against Jack.
05:58It doesn't mean someone wants to hurt her though.
06:00Look, I know that this has come as a shock to you.
06:04But we really need to find Jack and talk to him.
06:07Lara, he's not a suspect, is he?
06:09We just want to tell him what's happened.
06:12You mentioned that you saw him last night.
06:14Was that at home?
06:15No, it was at Stuart's point.
06:18He left town earlier on in the day and then out of the blue just called and said he wanted
06:22to meet.
06:34Hey.
06:36Hey.
06:38Thanks for coming up here.
06:40What's up, mate?
06:44I went to see Rory and he didn't even want to know me.
06:49Well, that's understandable, Jack. He's probably just angry.
06:52It's so hard for him to understand.
06:54You know, I don't even understand.
06:57We're all there to help you through it.
07:04I've been in so much trouble at work.
07:07And if Sam gives evidence against me, they'll just charge me for sure.
07:15I don't think I can face that.
07:17That may not actually happen, you know.
07:19Darren McGrath is on your side, Jack.
07:21And even if it does, you know, you've still got us.
07:25I lost my marriage.
07:28And Rory.
07:34And the baby.
07:36How long did you stay up there?
07:37I don't know. It was a while.
07:39After that, you both came back home?
07:40No, I had my own car.
07:42And after he got things off his chest, he wanted to be alone for a while.
07:45You left him up there in that state?
07:47He asked me to, Lara. And I took his keys.
07:49Where is he now, do you think?
07:51I had no idea.
07:52I offered him to come back and stay here, but he wasn't keen.
07:54So I just assumed he'd get home when he was ready.
07:57You said Sam sounded scared on the phone.
07:59Do you have any ideas why?
08:01I assumed that she was bleeding
08:03or experiencing other symptoms post-miscarriage.
08:06Okay, so when you told Harper
08:08I believe something is very wrong.
08:10What did you mean?
08:11I just thought I heard the panic in her voice
08:14and there was blood on the beach.
08:15Just something was physically wrong with her.
08:18Something like?
08:19Hemorrhaging, dizziness, fever.
08:22I don't know.
08:24Fitzgerald speaking.
08:27Where?
08:29We'll be there in 10.
08:32I've just found a note.
08:35Left by Sam.
08:52Getting out of a car here last night.
08:53Yeah. We checked it.
09:01Didn't my Rape Bellingham report Sam's getting out of the car here last night?
09:04Yeah, we checked it.
09:06The car was locked, Sam was nowhere to be seen.
09:09We checked the plates, sure enough it was stolen.
09:11So we figured she dumped it.
09:13You left it till this morning.
09:15We had a call out to a domestic.
09:16Fitzy, a stolen car wasn't priority.
09:18Where was this from?
09:20In the glove box.
09:22I'm sorry for hurting you, but I can't go on like this.
09:25Things are too painful.
09:26I know there's no one to blame but myself, and I just can't live with that.
09:29Sam.
09:31I guess that's it then.
09:33I can't believe Jack is going through all this.
09:36Are you sure that's all there is to it?
09:38You think this is forged?
09:40Not necessarily, but we should check it out.
09:42I think you're over-complicating it.
09:44The chances of this being a homicide are remote, in my mind.
09:47That's because you're worried about Jack.
09:49Do you seriously think Jack would kill his wife over a threat to his career?
10:01Hello, Mr Holden.
10:02Gavin Johnson, reporter for the Coastal News?
10:04Yeah, I know who you are, mate.
10:07On behalf of the newspaper, we'd like to offer our sincere condolences.
10:11Right.
10:11Tony, I'm so sorry.
10:12I can't believe this is-
10:13Is Jack Holden here by any chance?
10:14We tried next door.
10:15No, he's not, mate.
10:16And as far as I'm aware, he's not aware of his wife's death yet.
10:19Don't worry.
10:19We won't release any names until we get the green light.
10:21But then we'd like to run a small profile of Samantha.
10:23So any details would be fantastic.
10:25Now is not a good time.
10:26It won't take on.
10:27Just a few simple questions.
10:28No, I can't.
10:29How old was Samantha?
10:31Her son was 11 years old and doesn't know yet that his mother has died.
10:34So we'd really like some privacy, please.
10:36I understand that.
10:37But do you have any photos of Samantha?
10:39Mate, mate, mate, mate.
10:39Listen to me.
10:40You're not going to get any photos or stories out of me.
10:42So can you just go, please?
10:43Gavin, forget about it.
10:44Look, my job is to show the human face of this.
10:46I am so sorry.
10:47That is enough.
10:48Come on.
10:48I suggest you listen to her, mate, because I am losing my patience, all right?
10:52Now just get out of here, will you please?
10:56Jeez.
10:58Don't you ever undercut me like that again.
11:00Do you understand?
11:01Never.
11:08And as I told Senior Constable McGrath, I was on my way from the surfplugs.
11:11It was dark?
11:12Yes.
11:13But you're sure the person you saw locking the car was Sam Holden?
11:16Oh, absolutely.
11:18I recognised her straight away.
11:19She was in a hurry.
11:21She seemed flustered about something.
11:24Sam?
11:25Sam?
11:26She didn't answer me or even indicate that she'd heard me.
11:29She just took off and disappeared.
11:31So I decided to come back here and call the police.
11:34And that is all I know, as I've already told your colleague.
11:37Did you see anyone else?
11:38No one.
11:40Well, there's obviously been some development in the situation.
11:43May I ask what?
11:43Well, it seems Sam may have been on her way to take matters into her own hands when you saw
11:48her.
11:50Her body was washed up on the beach this morning.
11:52And there was a note left in the car that you saw last night.
11:57Sam's dead.
11:58Martha, I didn't realise you were here.
11:59She's really dead.
12:00I am so sorry.
12:01I would have broken the news more Jack.
12:02Where's Jack?
12:07I'm concerned about him.
12:08Is he OK?
12:10Martha, have you had any contact with Sam in the last 24 hours?
12:13Of course not.
12:15And you don't know where Jack may be this morning?
12:17No, why would I?
12:19Doesn't he know about this?
12:22We're not sure.
12:23It seems that Jack may have been one of the last people to see Sam alive.
12:29You'll let me know if either of you hear from Jack or if you remember anything that may shed some
12:34light?
12:35Oh, naturally.
12:37Martha.
12:38Martha.
12:39Scratches on your cheek.
12:40How did you get them?
12:42Um, I went for a run and that branch scratched my face.
13:01Jeff, have you heard?
13:04About Rory's mum, yeah.
13:06I'm just about to call Belle to see if it's true.
13:08Isn't it awful?
13:09Poor Rory.
13:10Yeah, don't try to make Belle feel any worse, OK?
13:14Yeah, look, if it's true, I'm going to call Irene and get her to drive me into the city to
13:17see Rory.
13:17Maybe there's something I can do to help.
13:18Well, I'll call him with you.
13:19No, it's all right.
13:20You didn't know Rory like we did.
13:21You don't have to come.
13:22But I want to support you.
13:23That's what girlfriends are for.
13:26Yeah, it's a great idea.
13:27Say hi for me.
13:29Yeah, I will.
13:30I'm going to go make that phone call now.
13:35But who were you calling in such a hurry?
13:37Noah?
13:38Rini.
13:40I thought Roman might like to know about Sam, that's all.
13:44Martha, what are you hiding?
13:46I don't know what you're talking about.
13:48Well, it's blatantly obvious to me and Constable Fitzgerald that you weren't being entirely honest.
13:53I haven't done anything wrong.
13:56Well, then what are you not saying?
13:58Martha, I need to know what you're holding back.
14:01Now, look, you tell me everything.
14:03And if you're lucky, very lucky, we might just be able to undo any damage before the police found out
14:08that you were lying.
14:17There were newspapers everywhere.
14:19With all the stuff about Sam and Johnny Cooper.
14:23I was still in a state of shock.
14:25I kept thinking about how bad Jack must be feeling.
14:28And then when I saw Sam, I seriously thought I was seeing things.
14:31Can you guys please give me a head?
14:36Hi, Martha.
14:40Doesn't feel good having another woman break into your home, does it?
14:43The police are looking for you.
14:44This is Roman's place.
14:45You have no right to be here.
14:46Just like you had no right interfering in my relationship with Jack?
14:51Didn't stop you, though, did it?
14:53Sam, what were you doing upstairs?
14:54How did you get in here?
14:56I might as well tell you.
14:57I came here to put an end to it all and let you be the one to find me.
15:02Since you're the one that destroyed my life.
15:04You're off your head.
15:04But I know exactly what happened to my life and I know what I'm going to do about it.
15:08What's that supposed to be?
15:09Some kind of threat?
15:10See, I realise that by doing away with myself, that would leave you free to be with Jack.
15:15And I'm never going to give you that satisfaction.
15:17Sam, you're delusional.
15:19Did you know I have enough evidence to totally destroy Jack's career?
15:21Why are you telling me this?
15:23Because I'm banking on the fact that you're not going to let your beloved ex-husband lose his badge.
15:28Especially since everything he did wrong, he did to protect you.
15:32He stole evidence to make sure you were off the hook.
15:36Clearly that's not news to you.
15:40What do you want from me?
15:42Money to get away.
15:43As much as you've got and I want it tonight.
15:45You expect me to believe that if I give you money, you're going to disappear?
15:49At nine o'clock tonight, I'm going to be on the beach.
15:52You bring me the cash and in return, I'll give you what I've got.
15:55How can I trust you?
15:57You can't.
15:58But if you bring the cops, I'm going to give them all the evidence I've got against Jack on the
16:03spot.
16:03And that's something you can count on.
16:06Just tell me you didn't get the money for her.
16:08Well, I didn't know what else to do.
16:10I wasn't going to let her stuff things up for Jack.
16:12Not if there was a way of stopping it.
16:14So you went and withdrew the cash?
16:15I went straight to the ATM.
16:17I waited and waited for her to show.
16:20But it was way past nine and she still hadn't come.
16:23I didn't know what to do or whether I should stay or if I was being set up.
16:28So I asked Roman to meet me and I told him everything.
16:32He said I was stupid for doing what Sam told me to do.
16:35Well, I couldn't agree more.
16:37I mean, you went alone in the middle of the night to the beach to meet a woman who was
16:41behaving erratically, to say the least.
16:42Okay, I need more. Expand me the lecture. I already had it from Roman.
16:45Besides, it's irrelevant. I'm not hurt.
16:47And Sam, well, she's dead.
16:50She was a fugitive and you didn't tell the police.
16:52That is not what I call being very smart, young lady.
16:56Well, what happened? I mean, did she get the cash?
16:59No, Roman told me to go to the diner and he stayed on the beach for another hour or so.
17:04She never turned up.
17:06Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's probably better that you didn't mention this to the police.
17:11But you just said Lara could tell I was lying.
17:14And the, um, scratches on your face, do they have anything to do with this?
17:19Yes, they do.
17:20I was just standing there trying to figure out what to do.
17:24She just lashed it out and scratched me across the face.
17:28You stupid girl!
17:30I mean, why didn't you come clean to the police when you had the chance?
17:33You just said that...
17:34Yes, I know what I just said, but those scratches change everything.
17:37They could find your DNA under Sam's fingernails.
17:40They will know you argued.
17:41And the fact that you have lied is going to be viewed in a very dim light.
17:46What should I do? I've already told them that I didn't see her.
17:49Besides, what does it matter? Sam left a note. They're not going to come after me.
17:53You just have to tell them everything before they find out.
17:55And Roman has to do the same. Now go and get your things. We'll call him on the way.
18:03And I'm going to the police station as your aunt, not your lawyer.
18:06And you turn up with counsel. It'll wreak of guilt. They're going to get your things. Move!
18:15Oh, Jeff. If it helps, I spoke to Belle before and she's devastated about Sam.
18:19Yeah, yeah, I know. I spoke to Belle before too.
18:22Matilda, how are you feeling?
18:25Sam was a part of your family. You must be really upset.
18:28Uh, yeah. It's, um, it's not something I really feel comfortable talking about.
18:33Well, Jeff and I are here for you any time you need us, aren't we?
18:39Ah, sure. Yeah.
18:41I'll see you at lunch.
18:44She's a bit intense.
18:46You think? She won't leave me alone.
18:49I made the mistake of spending time with her in Miss Fletcher's farewell concert and now she's acting like we're
18:52together.
18:53What, she thinks you're a boyfriend?
18:54Yes. I hung around with her for one day and now she starts assuming all this stuff.
18:58Are you into her at all? Because I can kind of see why she'll be getting mixed messages.
19:02Uh, well, she's nice, but she's just a friend.
19:05And I tried telling her that, but she thinks I like her like a girlfriend.
19:07And I can't tell her otherwise without offending her.
19:10I hope.
19:13Life can't have a suitcase.
19:15It's a good excuse to see you again.
19:20Social pages, weddings, babies, frocks. It's all yours.
19:24I'm busy with Sam's article.
19:25Not anymore, you're not. You're off my rounds. I'm taking Pete instead.
19:28He knows better than to sabotage his own work.
19:30You're putting me on the social rounds.
19:32You had your chance to work with me, Belle. You blew it.
19:34Look, do you know what is really, really funny about you, Gavin?
19:37You go on and on about what it takes to be a hotshot journo
19:40when you're just a second-rate, B-grade journalist working for a cheesy country newspaper.
19:45You're full of it.
19:46So unprofessional.
19:48Yeah, I know you are.
19:49So when I'm winning awards for my photography,
19:51I'm going to thank you for showing me what I don't want to be.
19:54Keep going. You'll lose your job.
19:56Guess what? Stuff your job.
20:22Fitzgerald speaking.
20:24Oh, what have you got?
20:26All right, well, when the autopsy's over, I want the report faxed urgently.
20:29OK, thanks.
20:33Um, Constable Fitzgerald, I'm sorry, I couldn't help overhearing.
20:36Um, was that about Sam Holden's autopsy?
20:39Yeah, I just got a preliminary report.
20:41Oh, well, and was it as you expected?
20:44There was no water found in her lungs.
20:47So whatever happened to Sam Holden, she was dead before she hit the water.
20:51This is now a murder investigation.
21:03Each of them had the opportunity.
21:05You think I had something to do with this?
21:07Each of them had a motive.
21:09The husband.
21:11The friend.
21:12Ex-wife.
21:15Who killed Sam?
21:16No, that's not what I said.
21:18I didn't kill for him, OK?
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