My Sister's Bones (2026) Movie Script
1
[soft, ominous music]
[gentle music]
[soft, unsettling music]
[distant thump]
-[gasps]
[creaking]
[footsteps]
[soft music]
[foreboding music]
[floor creaks]
[foreboding music intensifies]
[music fades]
[woman grunting]
[loud crashing]
[foreboding music]
[explosion]
-[TV reporter] Iraq,
millions of people displaced.
Hundreds of thousands
of children killed,
others forced to flee
for their lives.
That is the reality of life
for the people of this country
since the invasion.
[tense music]
[indistinct shouting]
[Kate] It's not safe.
Do you understand?
It's not safe.
[Kate] The regime
may well change
for the better,
but the people of Iraq
will suffer the aftershocks
of war
for many years to come.
This is Kate Rafter
reporting from Baghdad.
-[speaks in foreign language]
-[speaks in foreign language]
-[Nidal] [speaks
in foreign language]
-Shall we play
[speaks in foreign language]
...three, four, five.
[distant gunfire]
Wonder where he is...
is he...?
Gotcha!
[door opens]
No!
Nidal!
[explosion]
[clattering]
-[Dr. Shaw] Kate?
Where did you go just then?
Would you like me
to close the blind?
When did you get back
from Baghdad?
-This has nothing to do
with Baghdad, Doctor.
-How's your sleep?
-Like any war correspondent.
-So, you suffer
from nightmares?
Shall we talk about that?
-No.
-Let's try another subject.
How did your mother die?
-She fell.
[car door opens, shuts]
[birds chirping]
- [Sally] Mom was born here
in Herne Bay
and lived here all her life.
My mother would have wished
that...
we'd all been there for her
at the end.
[door opens]
[church bell tolling]
Taking a break from saving
the world, are you?
-Oh, from one war zone
to another.
-Better late than never,
I suppose.
-You could have told me sooner.
-Oh, and that would
have made a difference?
-Yeah, I would have
dropped everything.
-Really?
Paul.
[louder] Paul!
Take her to the station, please.
-Sally?
-It's good to see you.
-You didn't tell her
I was coming, did you?
-Well, she hasn't been in the
right frame of mind, really.
-Yeah, figured.
Who's that?
-[Paul] No idea. Come on.
Let me give you a lift.
-You know,
you've got your hands full.
I should stay a few days.
-I'm fine.
-No, I can stay at Mom's.
I can help pack the house.
-Is that a good idea?
Honestly, I can sort everything.
[chuckles]
-I know you're Superman,
but I'd like to.
-Okay.
-[Dr. Shaw]
Ten years is a long time.
How did it feel
being back home?
[evocative melodies]
-How do you think?
-Why don't you tell me?
-What do you want to know?
-Are you going to answer
all of my questions
with a question?
-I don't see why I should answer
any of them at all.
- I think I might be able
to help you.
So it would be advisable.
Why is it difficult for you
to speak about your family?
[waves crashing]
[seagull squawking]
[car engine rumbling]
-You okay?
-It's hard to get my head
around it all.
-Mm-hm.
- I keep thinking
about Mom's fall.
The last time
I saw her she seemed so...
able.
-Are you sure you want
to stay here?
I could book you into a hotel
on the front if you like.
-It'll be fine.
-Okay.
[keys jingle]
Call me if you need anything,
yeah?
[car door slams]
[car engine starts]
[car revving]
[doorknob clicking]
[keys jingle]
[rhythmic drum beating]
[eerie music]
[unsettling music]
[footfalls]
[faint seagulls squawking]
-[sighs]
[tablets rattle]
[exhales]
[footsteps]
[floor creaks]
[dramatic strings]
-[shudders]
[footsteps]
[door knob clicks, door opens]
[door thuds]
[Kate's voice]
My name is Kate Rafter.
I live at 46 Smythley Road
[Young Kate's voice]
with my mommy and daddy
and my little sister, Sally.
[groans softly]
[unsettling music]
[marbles clinking, echoes]
[music stops]
[muffled explosion]
[kid giggles, echoes]
[dramatic thud]
Nidal?
[suspenseful music]
[curtain slides]
[music fades]
[Kate breathes heavily]
[water running, stops]
Oh, Jesus.
[groans softly]
[footsteps]
[birds chirping]
[soft, eerie music]
[footsteps]
[rope squeaking]
[door closes]
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[box thuds]
[sighs softly]
[Young Gillian humming]
[heavy footsteps approaching]
[door opens]
-[Man's voice] Gillian!
-[sighs]
[inhales]
-[Dr. Shaw] When was the
last time you saw her?
[clock ticking]
-I couldn't go there
when my father was alive.
-[Dr. Shaw] Why not?
-Because he was a violent,
alcoholic prick.
-Did he hit you?
-I know how this works, Doctor.
You will dig and then,
you'll dig some more,
and then you'll try
and blame my actions
on some trivial teenage angst.
It's just not like that.
-So, what is it like?
Would you say you were close
to anyone in your family?
-Hannah, my niece.
-Where is she?
-Australia.
Do you miss her?
Is this relevant?
[car beeping, rumbling]
[indistinct shouting]
[footsteps on pebbles]
[breathing heavily]
[footsteps on pebbles]
[waves crashing]
-[Kid's voice]
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[girl screaming]
[waves splashing]
-[Joe] You all right?
-Yes.
- [Joe] I thought I recognized
you earlier.
-I'm sorry, I...
-[Joe] Hannah's aunt, right?
-Yes.
-[Joe] We haven't met.
Hannah, she talked about
you all the time.
-Ah. I'm-- I'm really sorry.
I-I didn't--
-[Joe] Um... Uh, sorry.
Hannah and I were together.
-Oh!
Oh, yes, of course.
You're, um...
Urgh.
-Joe.
-Exactly. [chuckles]
Well...
-I-- I still don't really know
what happened.
Hannah and I were all set
to go away and then...
-Joe, I'm sorry.
I wasn't there.
I don't know what happened.
[door opens]
[unsettling music]
[waves splashing]
[distant scream]
-[Boy] Mommy!
[distant thud]
[rope creaking]
[knock on door]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
-[Kate] Hi. I'm Kate,
Gillian's daughter.
M-- Mom kept everything.
I-- I-- I put together
some of our toys
in case your little fella
would like them.
-I don't have children.
[door closes]
[footsteps receding]
[pensive music]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
[door closes]
-Uh, Sally couldn't make it.
-It's fine.
Look, I've got this
if you want to get back.
-Oh, no, no, no.
I'm-- I'm fine.
Sal said I could, um...
-[Peter] Kate, I'm sorry
about the circumstances.
-Thank you.
-[Peter] As you may be aware,
your mother had asked me to help
put her affairs in order.
And six months ago,
she asked me to make a change
to her will.
Gillian decided that she wanted
to leave her house
to a Mr. Ray Stone.
I'm sorry if that's not
the news you're expecting.
-[Kate] Did you and Sal know
this Ray Stone?
[footsteps]
-Sal thought she'd been seeing
someone but...
no, we never met him.
-[Kate] It's good
she found someone.
-She left the house to him.
-It's what she wanted.
I'll be thrilled
to see the back of it.
-You have the luxury
of not having to care.
[sighs] I'm sorry.
Came out wrong.
-No, it's all right.
I shouldn't have assumed
that you were...
-Things haven't
been easy for us.
Sal's not been able to work
for a while now.
-[Kate] How long's
it been this time?
-Oh, since Hannah left.
-[Kate] Three years?
-I've tried but there's only
so much you can do as a stepdad.
You know how stubborn
they both are.
Sal's tried to call,
of course,
but it's always
after she's had a few.
I've had to take
the phone off her.
[Paul exhales]
-[Kate] But you, at least,
speak to Hannah, don't you?
-Yeah, she calls every
couple of months.
I know Sal
would never admit this,
but I think she knows
it's best for Hannah
to be away from here.
She has to be away to be happy.
Look, I'll take care of Sal.
I'm pretty good at that.
You need to get back
to your life.
There's nothing for you here.
-Paul, Mom's new neighbor...
-Yeah?
-I got together a box
of our old toys,
and I took them round
for her son, and she...
She practically slammed the door
in my face.
-Frida doesn't have kids.
You know Sal mentioned
that you were looking
after a young boy in Iraq.
Must be hard dealing
with something like that.
[Inaudible] on you.
[eerie music]
[eerie music intensifies]
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[Kate] Swoosh went the wave...
[water gurgling]
[sobbing loudly]
[water gurgles]
[Kate gasps]
[breathes sharply]
[muffled squawking]
[birds chirping]
[wings flapping, loud thud]
-[Sally] Huh?
[door sliding]
[wings flapping]
[dove cooing]
[keys jingle]
[dove cooing]
[stone thuds]
-[Kate] Sal?
[birds cawing, chirping]
There's so much
blood in your hair.
-Thanks.
-[whispers] It's okay.
-It was in pain.
-I know.
-She blamed me.
Mom.
-What for?
-For Hannah going away.
She said I wasn't cut out
to be a mother.
So I told her I learned
everything I knew from her.
You could never really
allow yourself to see her.
-What's that supposed to mean?
-She was a terrible mother.
-No, she wasn't.
-Can you believe she
was seeing someone?
After Dad died.
-Well, who could blame her?
-There it goes.
Play that one.
Dad, the villain.
-Yeah, well, he never hit you.
-Ah, well, you think
you're so hard done by.
Is that why you go
around the world
pretending to be some
kind of hero
trying to rescue other children
from their shitty lives?
Well, it's bullshit.
I see you, Kate.
I know who you are
and I know what you did.
[footsteps receding]
[pensive music]
[waves splash]
[sighs]
-[female voice]
Swoosh went the wave.
-[shuddering]
-[Young Gillian]
Kids, this way.
No!
-Don't.
[dramatic whoosh]
[bed creaking]
[Kate sighs]
[Kate exhales]
[recorder clicks]
[Gillian VO] My doctor says I
should use this Dictaphone.
I'm afraid I don't remember
things so well anymore.
Okay, so this is Wednesday
and I'm making a list
and I need milk and eggs.
And...
[recorder clicks]
[dramatic music]
-[gulping]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Young Kate's voice] No!
-[Young Gillian's voice]
Dennis, please! No!
-[Young Sally's voice] My Katy
will be so cold out there.
Daddy, please let her in.
She's sorry, I know she is.
-[Young Gillian's voice]
I know she is.
[distant scream]
[footsteps]
[kid screaming]
-[Kate] Excuse me?
[louder] Excuse me!
-What?!
-What are you doing
to that child?
-Leave me alone.
-I heard screams.
-I'll call the police.
[window slams close]
-Fuck!
-[Dr. Shaw] It's not uncommon
for the mind
to reimagine painful scenarios.
Re-exposure to trauma,
even in dreams,
is a way of processing it.
-I know what I saw.
Look, if you want to sit here
and talk about dreams
when a child is in danger,
that's on you.
-You focus on children
quite a lot in your work,
don't you?
-Yeah, because they
need protecting.
-Like you should have been
protected from your father.
-No. Like I should
have protected Nidal.
[rhythmic Newton's cradle
clicking]
[lighter clicks]
-[Dennis] Kate, come here!
-[Young Gillian] Stop!
-[sighs]
[Young Gillian sobs]
[door slams]
[panting]
[kid strains]
[giggling]
[dramatic strings]
[branches rustle]
[suspenseful music]
Shit!
[door opening]
[panting]
[footsteps]
-[Frida] What the hell
are you doing?
-Where is he?
-You know
I've called the police.
-Just tell me what's going on.
I know he's here.
I saw him.
What the fuck
have you done with him?
-You know this has gone
far enough.
[intense music swells, fades]
[ambient music]
-[Dr. Shaw]
There are still a few things
we need to discuss.
I'd like to talk to you
about Baghdad.
-What about it?
-Are you aware that a number
of your colleagues
have made complaints
about your actions?
-He was in danger.
-Who was in danger, Kate?
-Nidal.
-Ah, yes.
Nidal.
On the day of the incident,
I understand it had been agreed
that everyone was to remain
in their designated safety zones
until the threat passed.
But...
you didn't do that,
did you, Kate?
-I was trying to save him.
-But your colleagues state
that you were alone.
[soft, tense music]
-[Dr. Shaw] They say you went
into that room alone
and were the only one
who came out.
[Kate scoffs]
-No.
-[Dr. Shaw]
Just before the attack,
you exited the safe room.
[marbles clang, echoes]
-Could I have some water?
-Yes, of course.
[water pouring]
[glass thuds, clanks]
-[exhales]
-In all this time,
you haven't mentioned him.
-Who?
-Do you remember
the day he died?
It was March 15, 1958.
Where were you that day, Kate?
[handcuff clanks]
[evocative melodies]
Kate, if you refuse
to confront your past,
it has a habit of revisiting.
[waves crashing]
- [David singing]
Four little seashells
Lying on the floor
-[Young Gillian] Kate love,
do me a favor
and watch your brother for me.
-Yeah.
-Okay.
-[Young Kate singing]
Swoosh came the wave
And then there were...
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[Young Kate gasps]
-[Young Kate] Mummy.
Mommy, look at this one,
for the baby.
-[David singing]
Three little seashells
Lying on the shore
-I'm going to love you more than
all the shells in the world.
[seagulls squawking]
[distant screaming]
David?
David!
[water gurgling]
-[Young Gillian] David!
[breathing heavily]
-[sobbing] Baby!
[indistinct]. Please!
[sobbing hard]
-I'm sorry.
-[Dennis's voice]
It's your fault Kate.
You should have
been watching him.
He should have never
been in the sea.
-I wish it had been me.
-[Dennis] He'd be alive
if it wasn't for you!
-I wish it had been me.
-I think Nidal,
and the boy in the garden,
are manifestations
of your brother David.
And I think you know it, Kate.
[Dr. Shaw VO] You were a child
and unable to process it.
-[Young Kate's voice] David?
-[Dr. Shaw]
So the trauma is buried,
for a while at least.
It's no surprise to me that
returning to your childhood home
triggered a perfect storm.
No matter how many children
you try to protect, Kate,
it won't bring David back.
[gentle music]
[clock ticking]
I think the time is up now.
-[exhales] I can go?
-Yes, you can go.
But I may need
to speak to you again.
[indistinct chatter]
-You okay?
-Can you take me to Mum's?
-I really don't think
that's a good idea.
Frida's trying to put
a restraining order on you.
Let me take you to a hotel.
I'll get your things.
-I'll be in and out.
Then, I'm gone.
Promise.
-Okay.
[car door shuts]
[car engine starts]
[soft, ambient music]
-[exhales]
I'm so sorry.
[sobs]
[door closes]
[birds chirping]
[soft, tense music]
I shouldn't have stayed here.
You were right.
These are for you.
[keys jingle]
And I'm sorry
I couldn't get through to Sal.
-I'm not sure anyone can.
-Hm.
Look after her.
-I will.
Promise.
-Well, for all her faults,
she had pretty good instincts.
-You think so?
-What was it she said about you
when she first met you?
"There's something about him.
I can feel it in my bones."
-[chuckles softly]
Bye.
[car door opens, closes]
[car engine starts]
[soft, unsettling music]
[distant seagull squawking]
[keys jingle]
[gate opens]
[gate thuds]
[birds chirping]
-[Kate] I need to go back.
-We haven't even talked
about what happened.
No, I'm fine, Harry.
-[Harry] Of course you are.
Would it make a difference
if I said no?
[metal clanking]
[wind whistling]
-You shouldn't have
come back here.
I can't promise
you will be safe.
-Please.
[car engine rumbling]
-[Gillian on recorder]
Today is Friday.
Paul is picking me up
for a doctor's appointment
at 10 AM tomorrow.
The sea is so calm tonight.
[vehicle creaking]
Who was that?
What's the matter?
-[Kid's voice] Help me.
-[Gillian on recorder]
Where did you come from?
-[Kid's voice] Garden house.
Come to the garden house.
[whoosh]
-[Hassan] ... stay safe.
[rapid gunfire]
[indistinct shouting]
[tires screech]
[loud explosion]
[soft music]
-[Kate's voice]
Happy birthday, darling.
-Who's that?
-It's from Aunt Kate.
[phone ringing faintly]
[music continues]
-[Sally] Look at you, all
grown up and flying the nest.
-Mum?
Mum...
I know what you've done for me.
-No, you don't.
-Yes, I do.
You have no idea
how lucky you are.
-[Hannah] Lucky?
-[Sally] Not at all.
-[Hannah] Lucky?
To have a mom
I've have had to clean up
and put to bed more times
than I can remember?
You didn't even take
the wake-up call when Dad left.
I should just have
gone with him.
[slap]
-Sally!
Oh, my darling.
[somber music]
[heavy footsteps]
[water running]
-[gags]
[bottles clanking]
-Sally?
-Do I know you?
I've--I've gotta be somewhere.
[bottles clanking]
[phone ringing]
[liquor pouring]
[phone ringing stops]
[Sally sniffles]
[phone starts to ring again]
Hello?
-[Harry's voice] Sally?
It's Harry.
Kate's editor.
I've been trying to reach you.
-Uh, yeah.
I was-- I was, um, vacuuming.
-[Harry]
There's been an incident.
-Hm?
- [Harry] I'm really sorry.
It's already on the news.
[TV slides]
Are you there?
-Yeah.
-[Reporter on TV]
...a day of bloodshed,
a series of incidents
on the outskirts of Baghdad
have left many dead.
Among the missing
is award-winning journalist
Kate Rafter.
Fighting continues to intensify
and this conflict
that seems to show no signs
of slowing down.
Among growing criticism
in the comments today,
the prime minister stood
by this decision
to invade the country.
-I just don't want
what happened to David
to happen to you.
-What happened, Daddy?
-It's her fault he's dead.
-You don't know
what she's capable of, Sal.
[door opens, slams]
[footsteps approaching]
-Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
I got away as quick as I could.
Come here...
Come here.
[Sally sniffles]
[Paul exhales]
Maybe it was a blessing,
you know?
For Kate.
She put herself
right in harm's way, often.
Because, see, she wasn't well.
-I want-- I want--
I need to walk,
or I need--
I need to get out of here.
-Do you want me
to come with you?
-No, I just want...
I don't what I want.
[mumbling] I just need to...
[birds chirping]
[distant kids chattering]
[Sally] So you're the boyfriend.
-I haven't been called
a boyfriend in 50 years
but yes, I suppose I was.
I don't want the house.
You grew up there.
It's yours.
-It's not exactly filled
with happy memories.
When did you and Mom meet?
-The day your brother died.
I was a fisherman back then.
I just happened to be
on the beach that day.
-[Young Kate] David?
David!
-I watched your sister...
so young...
and so brave.
-Brave?
-[Ray] She-- she could have died
herself trying to save him.
-[Young Gillian] David!
[water gurgling]
[waves splashing]
[Young Gillian] Baby!
[sobbing]
-[Ray] But there was nothing
she could have done.
Nothing any of us
could have done.
-It wasn't Kate's fault?
-[Ray] Oh, God no.
No, nor Gillian.
It was a...
it was a tragic accident.
-[sobbing] Please do something!
-He's gone.
-[Kate] Please help me.
-There's nothing I could do.
-[sobbing]
-Hey.
-Oh, David.
-I met her on the beach
that day,
and I didn't see her again
until your father died.
Towards the end,
she asked me to watch out
for you...
and your sister
-[sniffles]
[waves splashing]
[footsteps]
[melancholic music]
[footsteps]
[door knob clicks]
[door opens]
[melancholic music continues]
[sniffles]
[bed creaks]
-Dennis, please.
-Get out.
-[Young Gillian] No, Dennis, no!
No!
-Don't!
[clatters, glass shatters]
-[David] Come here.
-[Young Gillian] No, Dennis, no!
-[Dennis] Get up!
-[Young Gillian] No.
No, please.
-Mom!
-Get out.
-[Young Gillian] Kate!
Dennis, don't.
-My Katy will be
so cold out there.
Daddy, please let her in.
She's sorry, I know she is.
-It's just...
We're the same,
we are, you and me.
No. No! We are not the same!
[slamming]
[sobs]
[bottle clanks]
[bottles clanking]
[pensive music]
[coffee pouring]
[distant seagull squawking]
-[Man] It's really great
to see you all here today.
Taking your first step
towards recovery.
So let's start, shall we?
[gentle music]
-Kate. Look at me.
Are you okay?
[birds chirping]
-Hello.
-[gasps]
-Sorry, I'm sorry.
Are you all right?
-You can't go creeping up
on people like that!
-It's-- it's me, Joe.
-Yes, I know who you are.
-[Joe] Sorry.
-What are you doing skulking
about graveyards?
-Oh, it's um, my mom.
-Oh, shit.
Sorry.
-Thanks.
Me-- me too.
It's hard, isn't it...
when they're gone.
-Yes, it is.
-H-- how's Hannah?
-She's fine.
-Good.
I really regret
how we left things...
the way it happened.
-What d'you mean?
-Um, remember the day
of her birthday party?
-[Paul] So what are you looking
forward to most now you're 18?
-Well, Joe and I have
just booked our trip.
-[Gillian] Oh, how wonderful,
how exciting.
Tell us all about it.
-[Joe] She seemed so happy
and excited.
But after her birthday,
she started acting strange.
She was clearly upset,
I suppose.
She wouldn't--
she wouldn't tell me
what was bothering her.
Then it got right up to
when we were about to go away
and she asked me, she said,
"Will you always stand by me,
no matter what?"
That was it.
I've not heard from her since.
Did she ever say
anything to you?
-I have to go.
I'm sorry.
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[drawer opens, clattering]
[clattering]
[pensive music]
[Sally's voice]
Where shall we hide it?
-[Hannah's voice] Mm...
over there.
[closet door opens]
[shuffling]
- [Sally] Did you know
that shells hold secrets?
Secrets of the sea.
-Mm-hm.
-So you put
all your secrets in here
and they'll be kept safe.
[sniffles]
[door opens]
-Hi.
[door closes]
-Tell me you didn't know.
-Didn't know about what?
-About Hannah's baby.
-What are you talking about?
-Oh, my god, you did know.
-Hannah was pregnant...
uh, but she decided
to get rid of it.
I took her just
before she left.
-You took her?
-You were in no fit state,
Sally.
Uh...
She said she didn't want
to end up feeling like you did,
trapped and resenting her child.
-Oh, my God.
That is so awful.
She broke up with Joe
as soon as she found out.
She said she just wanted
to get away.
She...
well, she had the tickets
to Australia. She just went--
-That-that was the day we went
to lunch at Mum's
and then I...
that was-- that's when
everything changed-- changed.
-Sal-- Sally.
Don't beat yourself up about it.
It's fine.
She's happy now.
She's got a new life.
-Yes, she's got a new life
without me in it!
How could you
not have told me that?
How could I have
not known that?
-That's what ruined everything!
-Stop!
-[Sally] Everything.
-[Paul] Stop!
Stop.
My life changed
when I met you and Hannah.
You've got me, Sal.
You've got me.
I love you, Sal.
You and Hannah both.
I've loved you both so much.
Ever since I saw you.
Ever since he went.
[sobbing]
[soft music]
[waves splashing]
[footsteps]
-[Sally] Paul?
[sniffles]
[bottle thuds]
-[Sally's voice]
I want to call Hannah!
-[Paul's voice]
It's best you don't.
-[Sally's voice]
Where did you put my phone?
-[Paul's voice]
You're in no fit state, Sal.
You'll make things worse.
-[Sally's voice] I miss her.
[drawer opens]
[clattering]
[drawer opens]
[clattering]
[drawer thuds]
[faint footsteps]
-[Voicemail]
Message received yesterday.
-[Gillian on phone]
Sally, I'm okay.
[signal static]
I'm on my way back.
I've gotta get this.
You have to trust me.
[soft, suspenseful music]
-Sal?
[door closes]
[keys jingle]
Sal?
[heavy footsteps]
[Paul] Sal?
[heavy footsteps]
-[Gillian on phone]
You have to go to Frida's.
There is a boy.
He's in danger.
[twig snaps]
[bird cawing]
[Gillian on phone] Sally,
I think he's in the shade.
[soft, foreboding music]
[music continues]
[stone thuds]
[lock disengages]
[floor creaks]
[thuds]
[box thuds]
[lock disengages]
-[strains]
[door thuds]
Hello?
[dramatic strings]
Hi.
It's okay.
Don't be scared.
Are you--
are you here all by yourself?
-Mom?
[sobs]
-Hannah?
-[sobbing]
-Hannah.
Oh, my--Hannah!
[Hannah weeps]
[whispers] It's okay.
[shushes] It's okay.
I've got you.
-[sobbing]
-It's okay.
It's okay.
Who did this to you?
-[sobbing]
-Hey. Hannah, talk to me.
Look at me. Look at me.
Talk to me.
Who did this?
-[sobbing]
[tablets rustle]
[medicine bottle thuds]
-My God, Hannah.
Is he...?
-Miguel.
[Hannah sobbing]
-It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Honey, you must sleep now,
okay?
It's okay. It's all right.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[footsteps]
Okay.
Come here.
[Hannah sobbing]
What's going on?
-Nooooo!
-No one can hear you, Han.
[foreboding music]
-[Hannah] Please!
-I-- I don't understand.
-[Paul] You remember that day,
don't you?
[Kate's voice]
Happy birthday, darling.
-You all right?
-Mm.
-[Paul's voice] You didn't
want her to go, either.
-Why didn't you ever want
to see the world, Sally?
-[Sally] How could I do that?
I was too busy raising
this ungrateful girl,
who can't get away quick enough.
-[Hannah] Mom.
-[Paul's voice] Even though
you were doing your best
to drive her away...
-You have no idea what
I've done for you.
-[Hannah] Yes, I do. Mom, Mom.
-Joe, mate, I think
if you need to shoo off,
now's probably a good time.
-See you tomorrow, yeah?
Thank's, mate.
-I was too young
to have a baby.
You don't know
how lucky you are.
-Lucky? Lucky?
To have a mum
I've have had to clean up--
[slap]
-[Gillian] Sally.
I'm not staying here.
Can you just please
take me home, Paul?
-Uh, yeah, sure.
-Yeah.
-[Paul's voice] You handed her
to me on a plate.
I've never loved you.
It was Hannah from the start.
She fought me.
But I couldn't let her go
all the way
to the other side of the world
now, could I?
[Hannah sobs]
Not with my son.
[intense music]
-[screams]
-Please!
Don't touch her.
Don't touch her!
[wet squelch]
Noooo!
Stop! Please!
[Paul strains]
[sobbing] Mom? Mom?
-Your mom's been ill
for a long time.
Just like your nan.
But it's all right.
I've taken care of them both.
[panting]
-You monster!
-Yes, a shame about you nan.
I liked her.
But I couldn't risk her talking
after she'd seen him, though.
Hey, Sal...
Sal.
Do you know what the best thing
that's ever happened to me is?
It's Hannah.
And I'll always be grateful.
But you weren't
good enough for her.
None of you were.
Now she's safe.
It's okay.
[wet squelch]
Ow, Jesus!
-Get off her!
[punches]
What the fuck are you doing?
Get off!
-You're supposed to be dead!
[Kate straining]
-[Kate] Ahh!
-[Hannah] Please don't!
Please!
-[Paul] I'll make sure
you don't go back this time.
-[groaning]
[suspenseful music]
[knife clanks]
[wet squelch]
[Hannah sobbing]
[body thuds]
[Hannah sobbing]
-Sally. Sally.
Stay with me, Sal.
Stay with me.
-[Hannah] It's okay.
-Come on, darling.
Stay with me.
[mournful music]
[uplifting music]
[door closes]
-Hello, Kate.
How is your sister?
-It's too early to know.
-I'm sorry to hear that.
Your niece and her little one?
-They're safe now.
-Because of you.
You took the hardest step...
confronting your trauma.
-Dreams are a way
of processing it.
-Well, if you ever need
to speak to me again...
-I won't.
-[Nurse] Miss Rafter...
your sister's out of theater.
You can see her now.
-[sniffles]
[melancholic music]
And it still feels
Like yesterday
There were clouds
But the sun shone through them
And the sky
Was a hazy shade of blue
And I reached out
To you blindly
And suddenly you were
Right there beside me
When I looked
From the outside
Of this thing
That we call life
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
Last night I was in the moon
There were clouds
But the sun shone through them
And through the light
Was a hazy shade of blue
And I reached out
To you blindly
And suddenly you were
Right there beside me
Yeah that was you
Standing over me
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
And it still feels
Like yesterday
When I saw things
A different way
And I looked
From the outside
Of this thing
That we call life
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
[]
[soft, ominous music]
[gentle music]
[soft, unsettling music]
[distant thump]
-[gasps]
[creaking]
[footsteps]
[soft music]
[foreboding music]
[floor creaks]
[foreboding music intensifies]
[music fades]
[woman grunting]
[loud crashing]
[foreboding music]
[explosion]
-[TV reporter] Iraq,
millions of people displaced.
Hundreds of thousands
of children killed,
others forced to flee
for their lives.
That is the reality of life
for the people of this country
since the invasion.
[tense music]
[indistinct shouting]
[Kate] It's not safe.
Do you understand?
It's not safe.
[Kate] The regime
may well change
for the better,
but the people of Iraq
will suffer the aftershocks
of war
for many years to come.
This is Kate Rafter
reporting from Baghdad.
-[speaks in foreign language]
-[speaks in foreign language]
-[Nidal] [speaks
in foreign language]
-Shall we play
[speaks in foreign language]
...three, four, five.
[distant gunfire]
Wonder where he is...
is he...?
Gotcha!
[door opens]
No!
Nidal!
[explosion]
[clattering]
-[Dr. Shaw] Kate?
Where did you go just then?
Would you like me
to close the blind?
When did you get back
from Baghdad?
-This has nothing to do
with Baghdad, Doctor.
-How's your sleep?
-Like any war correspondent.
-So, you suffer
from nightmares?
Shall we talk about that?
-No.
-Let's try another subject.
How did your mother die?
-She fell.
[car door opens, shuts]
[birds chirping]
- [Sally] Mom was born here
in Herne Bay
and lived here all her life.
My mother would have wished
that...
we'd all been there for her
at the end.
[door opens]
[church bell tolling]
Taking a break from saving
the world, are you?
-Oh, from one war zone
to another.
-Better late than never,
I suppose.
-You could have told me sooner.
-Oh, and that would
have made a difference?
-Yeah, I would have
dropped everything.
-Really?
Paul.
[louder] Paul!
Take her to the station, please.
-Sally?
-It's good to see you.
-You didn't tell her
I was coming, did you?
-Well, she hasn't been in the
right frame of mind, really.
-Yeah, figured.
Who's that?
-[Paul] No idea. Come on.
Let me give you a lift.
-You know,
you've got your hands full.
I should stay a few days.
-I'm fine.
-No, I can stay at Mom's.
I can help pack the house.
-Is that a good idea?
Honestly, I can sort everything.
[chuckles]
-I know you're Superman,
but I'd like to.
-Okay.
-[Dr. Shaw]
Ten years is a long time.
How did it feel
being back home?
[evocative melodies]
-How do you think?
-Why don't you tell me?
-What do you want to know?
-Are you going to answer
all of my questions
with a question?
-I don't see why I should answer
any of them at all.
- I think I might be able
to help you.
So it would be advisable.
Why is it difficult for you
to speak about your family?
[waves crashing]
[seagull squawking]
[car engine rumbling]
-You okay?
-It's hard to get my head
around it all.
-Mm-hm.
- I keep thinking
about Mom's fall.
The last time
I saw her she seemed so...
able.
-Are you sure you want
to stay here?
I could book you into a hotel
on the front if you like.
-It'll be fine.
-Okay.
[keys jingle]
Call me if you need anything,
yeah?
[car door slams]
[car engine starts]
[car revving]
[doorknob clicking]
[keys jingle]
[rhythmic drum beating]
[eerie music]
[unsettling music]
[footfalls]
[faint seagulls squawking]
-[sighs]
[tablets rattle]
[exhales]
[footsteps]
[floor creaks]
[dramatic strings]
-[shudders]
[footsteps]
[door knob clicks, door opens]
[door thuds]
[Kate's voice]
My name is Kate Rafter.
I live at 46 Smythley Road
[Young Kate's voice]
with my mommy and daddy
and my little sister, Sally.
[groans softly]
[unsettling music]
[marbles clinking, echoes]
[music stops]
[muffled explosion]
[kid giggles, echoes]
[dramatic thud]
Nidal?
[suspenseful music]
[curtain slides]
[music fades]
[Kate breathes heavily]
[water running, stops]
Oh, Jesus.
[groans softly]
[footsteps]
[birds chirping]
[soft, eerie music]
[footsteps]
[rope squeaking]
[door closes]
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[box thuds]
[sighs softly]
[Young Gillian humming]
[heavy footsteps approaching]
[door opens]
-[Man's voice] Gillian!
-[sighs]
[inhales]
-[Dr. Shaw] When was the
last time you saw her?
[clock ticking]
-I couldn't go there
when my father was alive.
-[Dr. Shaw] Why not?
-Because he was a violent,
alcoholic prick.
-Did he hit you?
-I know how this works, Doctor.
You will dig and then,
you'll dig some more,
and then you'll try
and blame my actions
on some trivial teenage angst.
It's just not like that.
-So, what is it like?
Would you say you were close
to anyone in your family?
-Hannah, my niece.
-Where is she?
-Australia.
Do you miss her?
Is this relevant?
[car beeping, rumbling]
[indistinct shouting]
[footsteps on pebbles]
[breathing heavily]
[footsteps on pebbles]
[waves crashing]
-[Kid's voice]
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[girl screaming]
[waves splashing]
-[Joe] You all right?
-Yes.
- [Joe] I thought I recognized
you earlier.
-I'm sorry, I...
-[Joe] Hannah's aunt, right?
-Yes.
-[Joe] We haven't met.
Hannah, she talked about
you all the time.
-Ah. I'm-- I'm really sorry.
I-I didn't--
-[Joe] Um... Uh, sorry.
Hannah and I were together.
-Oh!
Oh, yes, of course.
You're, um...
Urgh.
-Joe.
-Exactly. [chuckles]
Well...
-I-- I still don't really know
what happened.
Hannah and I were all set
to go away and then...
-Joe, I'm sorry.
I wasn't there.
I don't know what happened.
[door opens]
[unsettling music]
[waves splashing]
[distant scream]
-[Boy] Mommy!
[distant thud]
[rope creaking]
[knock on door]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
-[Kate] Hi. I'm Kate,
Gillian's daughter.
M-- Mom kept everything.
I-- I-- I put together
some of our toys
in case your little fella
would like them.
-I don't have children.
[door closes]
[footsteps receding]
[pensive music]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
[door closes]
-Uh, Sally couldn't make it.
-It's fine.
Look, I've got this
if you want to get back.
-Oh, no, no, no.
I'm-- I'm fine.
Sal said I could, um...
-[Peter] Kate, I'm sorry
about the circumstances.
-Thank you.
-[Peter] As you may be aware,
your mother had asked me to help
put her affairs in order.
And six months ago,
she asked me to make a change
to her will.
Gillian decided that she wanted
to leave her house
to a Mr. Ray Stone.
I'm sorry if that's not
the news you're expecting.
-[Kate] Did you and Sal know
this Ray Stone?
[footsteps]
-Sal thought she'd been seeing
someone but...
no, we never met him.
-[Kate] It's good
she found someone.
-She left the house to him.
-It's what she wanted.
I'll be thrilled
to see the back of it.
-You have the luxury
of not having to care.
[sighs] I'm sorry.
Came out wrong.
-No, it's all right.
I shouldn't have assumed
that you were...
-Things haven't
been easy for us.
Sal's not been able to work
for a while now.
-[Kate] How long's
it been this time?
-Oh, since Hannah left.
-[Kate] Three years?
-I've tried but there's only
so much you can do as a stepdad.
You know how stubborn
they both are.
Sal's tried to call,
of course,
but it's always
after she's had a few.
I've had to take
the phone off her.
[Paul exhales]
-[Kate] But you, at least,
speak to Hannah, don't you?
-Yeah, she calls every
couple of months.
I know Sal
would never admit this,
but I think she knows
it's best for Hannah
to be away from here.
She has to be away to be happy.
Look, I'll take care of Sal.
I'm pretty good at that.
You need to get back
to your life.
There's nothing for you here.
-Paul, Mom's new neighbor...
-Yeah?
-I got together a box
of our old toys,
and I took them round
for her son, and she...
She practically slammed the door
in my face.
-Frida doesn't have kids.
You know Sal mentioned
that you were looking
after a young boy in Iraq.
Must be hard dealing
with something like that.
[Inaudible] on you.
[eerie music]
[eerie music intensifies]
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[Kate] Swoosh went the wave...
[water gurgling]
[sobbing loudly]
[water gurgles]
[Kate gasps]
[breathes sharply]
[muffled squawking]
[birds chirping]
[wings flapping, loud thud]
-[Sally] Huh?
[door sliding]
[wings flapping]
[dove cooing]
[keys jingle]
[dove cooing]
[stone thuds]
-[Kate] Sal?
[birds cawing, chirping]
There's so much
blood in your hair.
-Thanks.
-[whispers] It's okay.
-It was in pain.
-I know.
-She blamed me.
Mom.
-What for?
-For Hannah going away.
She said I wasn't cut out
to be a mother.
So I told her I learned
everything I knew from her.
You could never really
allow yourself to see her.
-What's that supposed to mean?
-She was a terrible mother.
-No, she wasn't.
-Can you believe she
was seeing someone?
After Dad died.
-Well, who could blame her?
-There it goes.
Play that one.
Dad, the villain.
-Yeah, well, he never hit you.
-Ah, well, you think
you're so hard done by.
Is that why you go
around the world
pretending to be some
kind of hero
trying to rescue other children
from their shitty lives?
Well, it's bullshit.
I see you, Kate.
I know who you are
and I know what you did.
[footsteps receding]
[pensive music]
[waves splash]
[sighs]
-[female voice]
Swoosh went the wave.
-[shuddering]
-[Young Gillian]
Kids, this way.
No!
-Don't.
[dramatic whoosh]
[bed creaking]
[Kate sighs]
[Kate exhales]
[recorder clicks]
[Gillian VO] My doctor says I
should use this Dictaphone.
I'm afraid I don't remember
things so well anymore.
Okay, so this is Wednesday
and I'm making a list
and I need milk and eggs.
And...
[recorder clicks]
[dramatic music]
-[gulping]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Young Kate's voice] No!
-[Young Gillian's voice]
Dennis, please! No!
-[Young Sally's voice] My Katy
will be so cold out there.
Daddy, please let her in.
She's sorry, I know she is.
-[Young Gillian's voice]
I know she is.
[distant scream]
[footsteps]
[kid screaming]
-[Kate] Excuse me?
[louder] Excuse me!
-What?!
-What are you doing
to that child?
-Leave me alone.
-I heard screams.
-I'll call the police.
[window slams close]
-Fuck!
-[Dr. Shaw] It's not uncommon
for the mind
to reimagine painful scenarios.
Re-exposure to trauma,
even in dreams,
is a way of processing it.
-I know what I saw.
Look, if you want to sit here
and talk about dreams
when a child is in danger,
that's on you.
-You focus on children
quite a lot in your work,
don't you?
-Yeah, because they
need protecting.
-Like you should have been
protected from your father.
-No. Like I should
have protected Nidal.
[rhythmic Newton's cradle
clicking]
[lighter clicks]
-[Dennis] Kate, come here!
-[Young Gillian] Stop!
-[sighs]
[Young Gillian sobs]
[door slams]
[panting]
[kid strains]
[giggling]
[dramatic strings]
[branches rustle]
[suspenseful music]
Shit!
[door opening]
[panting]
[footsteps]
-[Frida] What the hell
are you doing?
-Where is he?
-You know
I've called the police.
-Just tell me what's going on.
I know he's here.
I saw him.
What the fuck
have you done with him?
-You know this has gone
far enough.
[intense music swells, fades]
[ambient music]
-[Dr. Shaw]
There are still a few things
we need to discuss.
I'd like to talk to you
about Baghdad.
-What about it?
-Are you aware that a number
of your colleagues
have made complaints
about your actions?
-He was in danger.
-Who was in danger, Kate?
-Nidal.
-Ah, yes.
Nidal.
On the day of the incident,
I understand it had been agreed
that everyone was to remain
in their designated safety zones
until the threat passed.
But...
you didn't do that,
did you, Kate?
-I was trying to save him.
-But your colleagues state
that you were alone.
[soft, tense music]
-[Dr. Shaw] They say you went
into that room alone
and were the only one
who came out.
[Kate scoffs]
-No.
-[Dr. Shaw]
Just before the attack,
you exited the safe room.
[marbles clang, echoes]
-Could I have some water?
-Yes, of course.
[water pouring]
[glass thuds, clanks]
-[exhales]
-In all this time,
you haven't mentioned him.
-Who?
-Do you remember
the day he died?
It was March 15, 1958.
Where were you that day, Kate?
[handcuff clanks]
[evocative melodies]
Kate, if you refuse
to confront your past,
it has a habit of revisiting.
[waves crashing]
- [David singing]
Four little seashells
Lying on the floor
-[Young Gillian] Kate love,
do me a favor
and watch your brother for me.
-Yeah.
-Okay.
-[Young Kate singing]
Swoosh came the wave
And then there were...
Five little seashells
Lying on the shore
[Young Kate gasps]
-[Young Kate] Mummy.
Mommy, look at this one,
for the baby.
-[David singing]
Three little seashells
Lying on the shore
-I'm going to love you more than
all the shells in the world.
[seagulls squawking]
[distant screaming]
David?
David!
[water gurgling]
-[Young Gillian] David!
[breathing heavily]
-[sobbing] Baby!
[indistinct]. Please!
[sobbing hard]
-I'm sorry.
-[Dennis's voice]
It's your fault Kate.
You should have
been watching him.
He should have never
been in the sea.
-I wish it had been me.
-[Dennis] He'd be alive
if it wasn't for you!
-I wish it had been me.
-I think Nidal,
and the boy in the garden,
are manifestations
of your brother David.
And I think you know it, Kate.
[Dr. Shaw VO] You were a child
and unable to process it.
-[Young Kate's voice] David?
-[Dr. Shaw]
So the trauma is buried,
for a while at least.
It's no surprise to me that
returning to your childhood home
triggered a perfect storm.
No matter how many children
you try to protect, Kate,
it won't bring David back.
[gentle music]
[clock ticking]
I think the time is up now.
-[exhales] I can go?
-Yes, you can go.
But I may need
to speak to you again.
[indistinct chatter]
-You okay?
-Can you take me to Mum's?
-I really don't think
that's a good idea.
Frida's trying to put
a restraining order on you.
Let me take you to a hotel.
I'll get your things.
-I'll be in and out.
Then, I'm gone.
Promise.
-Okay.
[car door shuts]
[car engine starts]
[soft, ambient music]
-[exhales]
I'm so sorry.
[sobs]
[door closes]
[birds chirping]
[soft, tense music]
I shouldn't have stayed here.
You were right.
These are for you.
[keys jingle]
And I'm sorry
I couldn't get through to Sal.
-I'm not sure anyone can.
-Hm.
Look after her.
-I will.
Promise.
-Well, for all her faults,
she had pretty good instincts.
-You think so?
-What was it she said about you
when she first met you?
"There's something about him.
I can feel it in my bones."
-[chuckles softly]
Bye.
[car door opens, closes]
[car engine starts]
[soft, unsettling music]
[distant seagull squawking]
[keys jingle]
[gate opens]
[gate thuds]
[birds chirping]
-[Kate] I need to go back.
-We haven't even talked
about what happened.
No, I'm fine, Harry.
-[Harry] Of course you are.
Would it make a difference
if I said no?
[metal clanking]
[wind whistling]
-You shouldn't have
come back here.
I can't promise
you will be safe.
-Please.
[car engine rumbling]
-[Gillian on recorder]
Today is Friday.
Paul is picking me up
for a doctor's appointment
at 10 AM tomorrow.
The sea is so calm tonight.
[vehicle creaking]
Who was that?
What's the matter?
-[Kid's voice] Help me.
-[Gillian on recorder]
Where did you come from?
-[Kid's voice] Garden house.
Come to the garden house.
[whoosh]
-[Hassan] ... stay safe.
[rapid gunfire]
[indistinct shouting]
[tires screech]
[loud explosion]
[soft music]
-[Kate's voice]
Happy birthday, darling.
-Who's that?
-It's from Aunt Kate.
[phone ringing faintly]
[music continues]
-[Sally] Look at you, all
grown up and flying the nest.
-Mum?
Mum...
I know what you've done for me.
-No, you don't.
-Yes, I do.
You have no idea
how lucky you are.
-[Hannah] Lucky?
-[Sally] Not at all.
-[Hannah] Lucky?
To have a mom
I've have had to clean up
and put to bed more times
than I can remember?
You didn't even take
the wake-up call when Dad left.
I should just have
gone with him.
[slap]
-Sally!
Oh, my darling.
[somber music]
[heavy footsteps]
[water running]
-[gags]
[bottles clanking]
-Sally?
-Do I know you?
I've--I've gotta be somewhere.
[bottles clanking]
[phone ringing]
[liquor pouring]
[phone ringing stops]
[Sally sniffles]
[phone starts to ring again]
Hello?
-[Harry's voice] Sally?
It's Harry.
Kate's editor.
I've been trying to reach you.
-Uh, yeah.
I was-- I was, um, vacuuming.
-[Harry]
There's been an incident.
-Hm?
- [Harry] I'm really sorry.
It's already on the news.
[TV slides]
Are you there?
-Yeah.
-[Reporter on TV]
...a day of bloodshed,
a series of incidents
on the outskirts of Baghdad
have left many dead.
Among the missing
is award-winning journalist
Kate Rafter.
Fighting continues to intensify
and this conflict
that seems to show no signs
of slowing down.
Among growing criticism
in the comments today,
the prime minister stood
by this decision
to invade the country.
-I just don't want
what happened to David
to happen to you.
-What happened, Daddy?
-It's her fault he's dead.
-You don't know
what she's capable of, Sal.
[door opens, slams]
[footsteps approaching]
-Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
I got away as quick as I could.
Come here...
Come here.
[Sally sniffles]
[Paul exhales]
Maybe it was a blessing,
you know?
For Kate.
She put herself
right in harm's way, often.
Because, see, she wasn't well.
-I want-- I want--
I need to walk,
or I need--
I need to get out of here.
-Do you want me
to come with you?
-No, I just want...
I don't what I want.
[mumbling] I just need to...
[birds chirping]
[distant kids chattering]
[Sally] So you're the boyfriend.
-I haven't been called
a boyfriend in 50 years
but yes, I suppose I was.
I don't want the house.
You grew up there.
It's yours.
-It's not exactly filled
with happy memories.
When did you and Mom meet?
-The day your brother died.
I was a fisherman back then.
I just happened to be
on the beach that day.
-[Young Kate] David?
David!
-I watched your sister...
so young...
and so brave.
-Brave?
-[Ray] She-- she could have died
herself trying to save him.
-[Young Gillian] David!
[water gurgling]
[waves splashing]
[Young Gillian] Baby!
[sobbing]
-[Ray] But there was nothing
she could have done.
Nothing any of us
could have done.
-It wasn't Kate's fault?
-[Ray] Oh, God no.
No, nor Gillian.
It was a...
it was a tragic accident.
-[sobbing] Please do something!
-He's gone.
-[Kate] Please help me.
-There's nothing I could do.
-[sobbing]
-Hey.
-Oh, David.
-I met her on the beach
that day,
and I didn't see her again
until your father died.
Towards the end,
she asked me to watch out
for you...
and your sister
-[sniffles]
[waves splashing]
[footsteps]
[melancholic music]
[footsteps]
[door knob clicks]
[door opens]
[melancholic music continues]
[sniffles]
[bed creaks]
-Dennis, please.
-Get out.
-[Young Gillian] No, Dennis, no!
No!
-Don't!
[clatters, glass shatters]
-[David] Come here.
-[Young Gillian] No, Dennis, no!
-[Dennis] Get up!
-[Young Gillian] No.
No, please.
-Mom!
-Get out.
-[Young Gillian] Kate!
Dennis, don't.
-My Katy will be
so cold out there.
Daddy, please let her in.
She's sorry, I know she is.
-It's just...
We're the same,
we are, you and me.
No. No! We are not the same!
[slamming]
[sobs]
[bottle clanks]
[bottles clanking]
[pensive music]
[coffee pouring]
[distant seagull squawking]
-[Man] It's really great
to see you all here today.
Taking your first step
towards recovery.
So let's start, shall we?
[gentle music]
-Kate. Look at me.
Are you okay?
[birds chirping]
-Hello.
-[gasps]
-Sorry, I'm sorry.
Are you all right?
-You can't go creeping up
on people like that!
-It's-- it's me, Joe.
-Yes, I know who you are.
-[Joe] Sorry.
-What are you doing skulking
about graveyards?
-Oh, it's um, my mom.
-Oh, shit.
Sorry.
-Thanks.
Me-- me too.
It's hard, isn't it...
when they're gone.
-Yes, it is.
-H-- how's Hannah?
-She's fine.
-Good.
I really regret
how we left things...
the way it happened.
-What d'you mean?
-Um, remember the day
of her birthday party?
-[Paul] So what are you looking
forward to most now you're 18?
-Well, Joe and I have
just booked our trip.
-[Gillian] Oh, how wonderful,
how exciting.
Tell us all about it.
-[Joe] She seemed so happy
and excited.
But after her birthday,
she started acting strange.
She was clearly upset,
I suppose.
She wouldn't--
she wouldn't tell me
what was bothering her.
Then it got right up to
when we were about to go away
and she asked me, she said,
"Will you always stand by me,
no matter what?"
That was it.
I've not heard from her since.
Did she ever say
anything to you?
-I have to go.
I'm sorry.
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[drawer opens, clattering]
[clattering]
[pensive music]
[Sally's voice]
Where shall we hide it?
-[Hannah's voice] Mm...
over there.
[closet door opens]
[shuffling]
- [Sally] Did you know
that shells hold secrets?
Secrets of the sea.
-Mm-hm.
-So you put
all your secrets in here
and they'll be kept safe.
[sniffles]
[door opens]
-Hi.
[door closes]
-Tell me you didn't know.
-Didn't know about what?
-About Hannah's baby.
-What are you talking about?
-Oh, my god, you did know.
-Hannah was pregnant...
uh, but she decided
to get rid of it.
I took her just
before she left.
-You took her?
-You were in no fit state,
Sally.
Uh...
She said she didn't want
to end up feeling like you did,
trapped and resenting her child.
-Oh, my God.
That is so awful.
She broke up with Joe
as soon as she found out.
She said she just wanted
to get away.
She...
well, she had the tickets
to Australia. She just went--
-That-that was the day we went
to lunch at Mum's
and then I...
that was-- that's when
everything changed-- changed.
-Sal-- Sally.
Don't beat yourself up about it.
It's fine.
She's happy now.
She's got a new life.
-Yes, she's got a new life
without me in it!
How could you
not have told me that?
How could I have
not known that?
-That's what ruined everything!
-Stop!
-[Sally] Everything.
-[Paul] Stop!
Stop.
My life changed
when I met you and Hannah.
You've got me, Sal.
You've got me.
I love you, Sal.
You and Hannah both.
I've loved you both so much.
Ever since I saw you.
Ever since he went.
[sobbing]
[soft music]
[waves splashing]
[footsteps]
-[Sally] Paul?
[sniffles]
[bottle thuds]
-[Sally's voice]
I want to call Hannah!
-[Paul's voice]
It's best you don't.
-[Sally's voice]
Where did you put my phone?
-[Paul's voice]
You're in no fit state, Sal.
You'll make things worse.
-[Sally's voice] I miss her.
[drawer opens]
[clattering]
[drawer opens]
[clattering]
[drawer thuds]
[faint footsteps]
-[Voicemail]
Message received yesterday.
-[Gillian on phone]
Sally, I'm okay.
[signal static]
I'm on my way back.
I've gotta get this.
You have to trust me.
[soft, suspenseful music]
-Sal?
[door closes]
[keys jingle]
Sal?
[heavy footsteps]
[Paul] Sal?
[heavy footsteps]
-[Gillian on phone]
You have to go to Frida's.
There is a boy.
He's in danger.
[twig snaps]
[bird cawing]
[Gillian on phone] Sally,
I think he's in the shade.
[soft, foreboding music]
[music continues]
[stone thuds]
[lock disengages]
[floor creaks]
[thuds]
[box thuds]
[lock disengages]
-[strains]
[door thuds]
Hello?
[dramatic strings]
Hi.
It's okay.
Don't be scared.
Are you--
are you here all by yourself?
-Mom?
[sobs]
-Hannah?
-[sobbing]
-Hannah.
Oh, my--Hannah!
[Hannah weeps]
[whispers] It's okay.
[shushes] It's okay.
I've got you.
-[sobbing]
-It's okay.
It's okay.
Who did this to you?
-[sobbing]
-Hey. Hannah, talk to me.
Look at me. Look at me.
Talk to me.
Who did this?
-[sobbing]
[tablets rustle]
[medicine bottle thuds]
-My God, Hannah.
Is he...?
-Miguel.
[Hannah sobbing]
-It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Honey, you must sleep now,
okay?
It's okay. It's all right.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[footsteps]
Okay.
Come here.
[Hannah sobbing]
What's going on?
-Nooooo!
-No one can hear you, Han.
[foreboding music]
-[Hannah] Please!
-I-- I don't understand.
-[Paul] You remember that day,
don't you?
[Kate's voice]
Happy birthday, darling.
-You all right?
-Mm.
-[Paul's voice] You didn't
want her to go, either.
-Why didn't you ever want
to see the world, Sally?
-[Sally] How could I do that?
I was too busy raising
this ungrateful girl,
who can't get away quick enough.
-[Hannah] Mom.
-[Paul's voice] Even though
you were doing your best
to drive her away...
-You have no idea what
I've done for you.
-[Hannah] Yes, I do. Mom, Mom.
-Joe, mate, I think
if you need to shoo off,
now's probably a good time.
-See you tomorrow, yeah?
Thank's, mate.
-I was too young
to have a baby.
You don't know
how lucky you are.
-Lucky? Lucky?
To have a mum
I've have had to clean up--
[slap]
-[Gillian] Sally.
I'm not staying here.
Can you just please
take me home, Paul?
-Uh, yeah, sure.
-Yeah.
-[Paul's voice] You handed her
to me on a plate.
I've never loved you.
It was Hannah from the start.
She fought me.
But I couldn't let her go
all the way
to the other side of the world
now, could I?
[Hannah sobs]
Not with my son.
[intense music]
-[screams]
-Please!
Don't touch her.
Don't touch her!
[wet squelch]
Noooo!
Stop! Please!
[Paul strains]
[sobbing] Mom? Mom?
-Your mom's been ill
for a long time.
Just like your nan.
But it's all right.
I've taken care of them both.
[panting]
-You monster!
-Yes, a shame about you nan.
I liked her.
But I couldn't risk her talking
after she'd seen him, though.
Hey, Sal...
Sal.
Do you know what the best thing
that's ever happened to me is?
It's Hannah.
And I'll always be grateful.
But you weren't
good enough for her.
None of you were.
Now she's safe.
It's okay.
[wet squelch]
Ow, Jesus!
-Get off her!
[punches]
What the fuck are you doing?
Get off!
-You're supposed to be dead!
[Kate straining]
-[Kate] Ahh!
-[Hannah] Please don't!
Please!
-[Paul] I'll make sure
you don't go back this time.
-[groaning]
[suspenseful music]
[knife clanks]
[wet squelch]
[Hannah sobbing]
[body thuds]
[Hannah sobbing]
-Sally. Sally.
Stay with me, Sal.
Stay with me.
-[Hannah] It's okay.
-Come on, darling.
Stay with me.
[mournful music]
[uplifting music]
[door closes]
-Hello, Kate.
How is your sister?
-It's too early to know.
-I'm sorry to hear that.
Your niece and her little one?
-They're safe now.
-Because of you.
You took the hardest step...
confronting your trauma.
-Dreams are a way
of processing it.
-Well, if you ever need
to speak to me again...
-I won't.
-[Nurse] Miss Rafter...
your sister's out of theater.
You can see her now.
-[sniffles]
[melancholic music]
And it still feels
Like yesterday
There were clouds
But the sun shone through them
And the sky
Was a hazy shade of blue
And I reached out
To you blindly
And suddenly you were
Right there beside me
When I looked
From the outside
Of this thing
That we call life
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
Last night I was in the moon
There were clouds
But the sun shone through them
And through the light
Was a hazy shade of blue
And I reached out
To you blindly
And suddenly you were
Right there beside me
Yeah that was you
Standing over me
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
That day, that day
When everything changed
When everything changed
And it still feels
Like yesterday
When I saw things
A different way
And I looked
From the outside
Of this thing
That we call life
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
That day, that day
Everything changed
Everything changed
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