"NEWSREADER:" "A four-year-old boy has been found dead in bushland not far from the Brisbane River." "(REPORTERS FIRE QUESTIONS)" " My dad didn't do it!" "Eva!" "The hero, and he killed Thom." "Hey!" "Paul!" "You don't know anything about Paul." "BEN:" "What do you know about Paul?" "I know he didn't kill Thom." "CHRISTY:" "Didn't we get you a kit with one like this, couple of birthdays ago?" "Gone." " Christy, are you...'?" "Let's just get this over with." "I can't do this, but I know that I have to." "Leave that woman alone, Ben." "When did you sleep with Jessica Murnane?" "The DNA sample you gave us." "Did you know you were Thom's father?" "(PEACEFUL MUSIC)" "BEN:" "Careful." "I promised your mum no scratches." "Hey, watch it, kiddo." "Current's strong here." "I'm OK." "What happens if we don't put it back?" "Well, it'll die." "And then we'll eat it for dinner, if I can fool your mother into thinking we bought it." "(SPLASH!" ")" "BEN:" "Eva!" "Eva!" "(HUFFS) It's nice." "Come on." "(WHIMPERING)" "(RUSTLING)" "(TRILLS SOFTLY)" "(BIRDSONG)" "(MOTORBIKE ENGINE TICKS FAINTLY)" "JESS:" "Get away from me!" "Get away from me, Paul!" " PAUL:" "Get back here!" "JESS:" "Get away from me!" "BEN:" "Paul!" "And here he is!" " Let him go, Paul!" "Let him go!" "No!" "You lied to me, Jess." "(GROANS)" "JESS:" "You're killing him!" "What else happened, huh?" "What else?" "Paul!" "Stop." "(GAS PS)" "Call the police." "Nicky!" "(SPLUTTERS)" "I don't care what that test said." "You weren't his father." "(COUGHS)" " BEN:" "I'm OK." "JESS:" "Oh, my God." "BEN:" "I'm OK." "(DOOR SLAMS)" " You OK'?" "Yeah." " Are you?" "No, I'm fine." " Oh, God." "What did he want?" "He came in." "I was...asleep." "And I thought he was gonna kill me." "Thank you." "Did the police...'?" "Did Cornielle tell you about the DNA result?" "Yes." "You have to report this." "Jess's sister phoned the cops." "CHRISTY:" "Well, why didn't you do that'?" "Phone the cops?" "Why did you go in there?" "Because I thought he was gonna hurt Jess." " Did he'?" "No." "Just you." "Well, what did he say to you?" "Does he think that you killed Thom?" "Look, I don't know." "Did he find out that you slept with Jess?" "Or is there more to it?" "Has it happened again?" "No, I told you." "OK, it happened once." " Do you love her?" "No, I love you." "(SIGHS)" "CHRISTY:" "You're gonna look like you got hit by a bus." "About Jess..." "EVA:" "Dad'?" "CHRISTY:" "Dad's OK, honey." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm fine." " BEN:" "Dave." "Hey, mate." "Just shaking hands with the unemployed." "Not." "Oh, shit." "Who'd you piss off?" "Paul Murnane." "Oh." "It's a beauty." "Listen, I've gotta tell you to tone it down with the chicks, mate, I've got daughters." "Mate, they didn't see anything." "I will hide them better." "Get thinner ones?" "Mate, if Christy sees it, she'll boot you out." "Alright, I will behave like a priest." "But not a dodgy one." "MAN:" "Mr Gundelach?" "Yeah?" "MAN:" "We need you to come with us." "(BOTH GRUNT)" "(DOOR OPENS)" " BEN:" "Stuart." "Thanks." "STUART:" "G'day." "No problem, mate." "No problem." "Have a seat." "Are you OK'?" " Yeah." "Ah, wow." "Have you got any codeine?" "No, sorry, mate." "So they must have found Paul." "Not to my knowledge." "But he made the complaint, right?" "Well, not if they haven't found him." "CORNIELLE:" "Mr Haire." "Mr Gundelach." "STUART:" "Ah, Detective, are you charging Ben?" "Assault occasioning bodily harm is a serious of fence." "How are you?" "Most people would think twice about attacking a commando." "I thought he was gonna hurt..." "Mrs Murnane." "Jess." "Did you hit him?" " Yes." "CORNIELLE:" "How many times?" " I don't know." "CORNIELLE:" "More than once?" "Yeah, yeah, I guess." "Did he hit you?" "Just once?" "That's it?" "From a trained soldier?" "You're lucky he didn't kill you." "Must have shown some restraint hitting you only once when you hit him who knows how many times." "He was choking me too." "What did Paul say to you?" "Did he mention anything about Thom?" "I'm sure Nicole's told you." "He said that the DNA test didn't matter, that he was still Thom's father." "CORNIELLE:" "Did that make you angry?" " No." "Why not?" "Are you embarrassed that Thom is your son?" "No, I hit Paul because he was choking me." "But not the first hit." "Where are we going with this, Detective?" "I hit him first because he was going after Jess." "CORNIELLE:" "Were you afraid for her?" "Yes." "CORNIELLE:" "Afraid he'd hurt her, that would be terrible?" " Yes." "CORNIELLE:" "You like her?" "Well, you must like her." "You had a child with her." "I'm married." "That incident was a mistake." "Thom was a mistake?" "Sleeping with Jess was a mistake." "A mistake you wanted to keep secret?" " OK, Ben..." "We did." "We did, Jess and I." "We did keep it secret because we didn't wanna get anybody hurt." "Were you afraid that Paul was gonna find out about Thom?" "No, I didn't..." "I didn't know Thom was mine till you told me!" "Oh, Mr Gundelach." "You must have guessed." "He was growing up to look a lot like you." "(SCOFFS)" "Were you worried that people would start to ask questions?" "Paul Murnane?" "Your wife'?" "Oh, that's it." "Oh, you think I..." "You think I beat Thom to death so that Christy wouldn't find out about a one-night stand?" "Well, she knows." "So you told her that Thom is your son?" "Why is this your business?" "The cause of Thom's death was blunt-force trauma to the back of the skull." "Forensic services matched metallic paint from the wound to..." "Incredible, isn't it?" "Thousands of makes, they narrow it down to one." "Looks a lot like your missing torch, doesn't it?" " I don't remember." "Well, it must look familiar." "Look at the logo." "Take a closer look." " No, thanks." "It might jog your memory." "You alright, Mr Gundelach?" "(RETCHES)" "STUART:" "OK, may I remind you, Detective, that my client's been assaulted as well." "He's been choked and struck and I fail to see what your line of questioning has to do with the altercation between Mr Murnane and my client." "Now, he's sick and he's not saying any more." "Now, has there been a complaint made against Ben or not?" "Oh, there's been no complaint." "Yet." "But we're very grateful to get Mr Gundelach's side of the story." "STUART:" "Thank you." "Look, I'm sorry, Ben." "You really have to get a crim lawyer." " We can't afford it." "And you need to see a doctor." "I gotta fly." "Settlement." "I'm sorry." "I'm here." "Are you alright?" "We can go." "We should take you to Dr Turner." " I need to get my ute." "Well, it'll keep." "Have you thought about what we should tell the girls if you do end up under arrest?" "What do you mean?" "For assaulting Paul?" " EVA:" "How could you do that'?" "TASHA:" "It was an accident!" " DAVE:" "Alright!" "Settle down." "TASHA:" "Just grow up!" " EVA:" "It's completely wrecked!" "TASHA:" "Just make another one!" "EVA:" "Fine, I will!" " You cannot borrow these." "Why can't I use yours?" "Just..." "Hey!" "Settle, tiger." "Settle." "What's going on?" "(TASHAAND EVA SPEAK ON TOP OF EACH OTHER)" "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Guys!" "It's like bloody parliament in here." "OK, one at a time." "She won't let me use her glitter." "You're not wasting it." "I need it for tomorrow night." " What's tomorrow night?" "Cooper's brother's 21st." "I cleared it with Mum." "Well, how are you getting there?" "In his car?" "No, in his spaceship." "Cooper's had his license a week." " Almost two months." "He's not driving you." " Mum said it was fine!" "I say it's too dangerous." "Yeah, much safer living on a street where kids get murdered and dads get beaten up." "Forget it." "I won't go." " I still need glitter." "Dave will get you some." " Ohh..." "Yep." "Dave." " THOM:" "OK." "Ready?" "BOTH:" "One, two, three!" "Hey, good boy." "Wind it in, wind it in, wind it in." "Good boy." "We missed a mortgage payment." "We need to move some money over." "I'll phone them." "Oh, don't worry, I'll do it tomorrow." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "This needs stitches." "Thom was mine." "You remember the DNA test that the cops took'?" "It, um..." "Cornielle told me." "I didn't know." "Oh, Ben." "You said you only slept with her once." "Yeah, once." "It was five..." "Five years ago." "I can do the math." "(SIGHS)" "When, exactly?" " You didn't wanna know." "Now I do." "You went away..." "and I stayed here." "There was a...a street party." "When exactly?" "It was the weekend you went away with the girls up the coast, and we had that fight, you broke the green vase..." "When I went up the coast after I got out of hospital?" "Oh, my God." "I didn't plan it." "You didn't plan it?" "Our pregnancy didn't work out, and you run off and you fuck the nearest thing?" "That pregnancy didn't not work out, Chris." " You had an..." "We talked about it!" " Oh, did we really?" "Yes!" "Yes." "You said we should do whatever was right for me." "No, for us." "People are supposed to make those decisions together." "I thought we did." "You ran off to the clinic by yourself." "You didn't even tell me you were going." "You would have tried to talk me out of it." "Yeah." "But you still got what you wanted." " I didn't know." "CHRISTY:" "Get out." "Get out!" "Get out!" "Chris." "(SOBS)" " BEN:" "Thanks for the lift, mate." "DAVE:" "Yeah, no worries." "Brother, you must have been kicked in the arse by a Chinaman." "(LAUGHS) I know that's not PC but, man, you've been having some shit luck." "It's not luck." "It's just history." "Mm." "That'll cheer you up." "No." "You know, I didn't even know about the...the termination." "Why didn't you tell me, man?" "I am very good at keeping secrets." " Yeah." "(DAVE LAUGHS)" "You don't need to go through everything by yourself." "But Thom was your boy?" "(LAUGHS)" " That is huge." "Ha!" "Mm." " Makes sense, though." "BEN:" "What?" "He was a nice kid." "Yeah." "BEN:" "Thanks, man." "DAVE:" "Why..." " BEN:" "What?" "Oh." "Well, how...how would he have found out?" " Who'?" "Paul Murnane." "How would...how would he know that Thom was yours?" " The DNA test." "Yeah?" "BEN:" "Yeah." "Yeah, well, the cops, they haven't found him, so they wouldn't have told him, and Jess wouldn't tell him, would she?" "Well, I doubt it." "Then..." " Thanks." "DAVE:" "De nada." "(DISQUIETING MUSIC)" "JESS:" "Well, I didn't tell Paul." "Why would I tell him anything else about Thom?" "But you did tell Nicole?" "RECORDED MESSAGE:" "Hi, you've called Nicole." "Leave me a message or check my website for training time details." "She wouldn't have told Paul." "She knows what I think about him." "She reported me to the cops." "I told her to drop it and she did." "She's a good sister." "Left here." "(KNOCKS ON DOOR)" "(CLATTERING)" " Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait." "(GLASS SHATTERS)" "(GROANING)" "(GROANING GROWS LOUDER)" "(BOTH PANT HEAVILY)" "(JESS GASPS)" "(MUMBLES)" "(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)" "(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)" "Excuse me." "Where's Cornielle?" "POLICEMAN:" "I don't know, sir." "(CAR ENGINE STARTS)" "(CAR DRIVES OFF)" "(JESS COUGHS)" " BEN:" "Try not to think about it." "(GROANS)" "Are you OK'?" "Yeah." "Oh, how could she be with him?" "(SIGHS)" "It doesn't matter." "They've got him." "It's over." "Cheers. (LAUGHS)" "Did you ever wonder'?" "You ever think that Thom could have been mine?" "I wondered." "Once or twice, maybe." "I hoped." "I liked the idea of Thom being like you." "I should go." "CHRISTY:" "I wondered if I should ask you where you got to last night, but I don't think I wanna know." "We got Paul Murnane taken in by the cops." "We?" "You and Jess?" "Nothing happened." "Nothing's happening." " Are you punishing me?" "No, Chris..." "Have you told the girls about Thom?" "TASHA:" "If this is about driving with Cooper," "I told you Mum said it was fine." "I made a mistake." "A big mistake, and it's hurt your mother very much." "Have you said sorry?" "That's what you always tell us to do." "Sometimes sorry not enough." "They did some tests." "The police." "They found out that Thom Thom's real dad was me." " You're incredible." "Tash!" "BEN:" "Eva." "Eva!" "Eva?" "EVA:" "You can't come in!" "OK, I'll..." "I'll just wait here." " Eva...please talk to me." "(EVA CRIES)" "Thom was my brother?" "Yeah." "But I didn't know, not until the other day." "You and Mum can't break up." "That's not meant to happen." "I don't want us to." "Then promise you won't." "(EVA SOBS)" "NEWSREADER:" "A brief on people smuggling prepared by Sri Lanka's defense secretary, who is confident a diplomatic solution can be reached." "In local news, the father of murdered Brisbane boy Thomas Mumane was last night assisting police with their inquiries." "Paul Mumane, a soldier based out of" "Sydney's Hofsworthy Barracks, had been separated from the victim's mother." "An official from the task force investigating the murder stated that Corporal Mumane is not under arrest." "Corporal Mumane did not release a statement..." "MAN:" "Ben?" ""To continue to assist police as the investigation into his son's..." "BEN:" "Hey." "Hey, guys." "We thought you were finishing out here last week." "Yeah." "No, I just, um..." "A few little hold-ups." " Nothing chronic." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Sorry." "You did promise to finish by Christmas." "Yeah." "No problem." "A valuer from the bank is coming Christmas Eve." "Alright?" "It's gotta be done." "It will." "(PHONE RINGS AGAIN)" "BEN:" "Sorry, do you...'?" "Hello?" "MAN:" "Ben, it's Robert Liew." "Can you come to the office, please?" "Uh...is Christy OK'?" " Hey." "RECEPTIONIST:" "Can I help you?" "I'm Ben Gundelach." "Robert Liew called." "Oh, yeah, yes." "One minute." "Is Christy 0...?" "MAN:" "Thanks for coming, Ben." "Um, here are her things." "What's going on?" "Christy left this morning." "Left?" "What?" " Left us." "She quit?" "We had to let her go." "She left in a bit of a bad mood." "Here are her things." "Severance cheque." "Um, it's all a little bit, um, unfortunate, really." "You fired her?" "Why?" "I'm sorry." "These things happen." "And tell her to leave the car out the back." "RECORDED MESSAGE:" "Hi, this is Christy Gundela ch." "Sony!" "can't take your call." "Leave..." " EVA:" "Hello?" "Hey, sweetie, it's me." "EVA:" "Oh, hi, Dad." " Hey, look, is your mum home?" "EVA:" "No." " It's alright, Tash is here." "BEN:" "Ah, OK." "Well, listen, if your mum comes home, just have her call me, will you?" "EVA:" "OK." "Have you said sorry yet?" " Mm." "Uh-oh." "Dad's home." "Um..." "Hi." "I told her double-dipping's fine as long as we finish it." "Has your mum been home?" "Where's Tasha'?" " She went to that party." "What, with Cooper?" "EVA:" "He picked her up in his car." "Mate, you should sit." "Just come and sit down." " OK, do you know where he lives?" "Somewhere in the Gap." " Can you watch Eva?" "DAVE:" "Yeah." "Mate, what are you gonna do?" "Drive round the Gap'?" "His street sign's on his profile page." "(ROCK MUSIC)" "Solid party." " Or not." "Wait here." "(MUSIC GETS LOUDER)" "Tasha!" "Tasha!" " What are you doing?" "I said no to this." "You can't be here." "Get out." "Go!" " Mr G, this is not for you." "OK, let's go." " You go." "I'll drop her home, Mr G." "It's cool." "I'll drag you." " Let her go, man!" "(GROANS) -(SCREAMS) Dad!" "Freak!" "Come on." "TASHA:" "Let me go!" "You're hurting me." "They're all thinking it." ""There's the guy that killed that kid."" "What, you're gonna hit me too?" "I'm not getting in that car." " Just get in the car." "I will scream." "Fine!" "I'll walk." "Dave, can you take them, please?" " I'm going with Dad." "BEN:" "Eva." "Eva, can you just get back in the car?" "I'm going with you." "(TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)" "They don't have lights this good on our street." "Not this year, no." "Because of Thom?" "EVA:" "I miss him." "BEN:" "I miss him too." "(EVA YAWNS)" "Straight to bed, kiddo." " Goodnight." "'Night." "You're still bleeding." "Where have you been?" "I'm sorry you lost your job." "Oh, well." "I should be used to surprises by now." "Chris..." "I'm going to bed." "BEN:" "Tash." "(KNOCK ON DOOR)" "DAVE:" "Mm." "Oh, yeah." " Morning." "DAVE:" "Thank you." "You alright?" "Yeah." "Look, I just wanted to..." "I don't know, last night was pretty shit." "Mate, I just wanted to say thanks." "Oh, no worries." "Oh, it's just this last week or so, things have just..." "DAVE:" "What?" "What did you do?" "Oh, mate, nothing. (LAUGHS)" " What did you do?" "Nothing." " What the fuck are you thinking?" "I know you, Dave." "What, with Tash?" "Mate, she's 16." "I've seen the way that you look at her." "Alright, whoa, OK'?" "It's me." "You're losing it, alright?" "I know you're under..." "Oh, you didn't touch her?" "Tell me you didn't touch her, Dave!" "I was helping her out of the car." " OK, get out." "I did not touch her." "Get out of my house!" "Out." "(SOMBRE MUSIC)" " What the hell's going on?" "Ask Tash." "She's furious." "She said you attacked Cooper." " Oh, just..." "Did you hurt him?" "No, I didn't!" "I was..." " He is a teenager, Ben!" "Stop yelling!" " Shut up, Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "(YELLS) Fuck!" "(TENSE MUSIC)" "(BEN PANTS LOUDLY)" "I promised I'd get him up in one one day." "They let you go." "I was with someone that night." "And now you know who." "Did you know he was yours?" "No." "I never hurt Thom..." "and I never hurt his mother." "But I will hurt you." "If they find out that you did it that you killed my little boy, then I will end you." "(OMINOUS MUSIC)" "(MOTORBIKE REVS)" "(CAR DOOR CLOSES)" "Hi, Ben." "Wow." "Are you OK'?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Thanks." "They're putting you through the ringer, aren't they?" "Yeah." "Have you seen Tim about that eye?" "He's home." " Oh, yeah, I will." "Thanks." "Take care." "See ya." "You OK'?" " I'm sorry." "I'll fix it." "Paul didn't do it." "(DISQUIETING MUSIC)"