"You see?" "I can use a camera, too." "You can add it to your collection." "The doctors say I need a new heart." "I just have to wait." "It is a very strange thing To wait for someone to die." "Please switch it off." "I want to recharge it before I go to the airport." "I wish you were coming with me." "It will be okay." "They say he is the best." "Good news." "Doctor Cisco says a heart has arrived." "Please... come soon." "Doctor Cisco... he says..." "I am too weak for the operation." "I feel no different." "Where are you?" "#ACT OF GOD#" "You've reached Frank O'Connor." "Leave a message and I'll call you back." "Hi, dad, it's me." "Er, I've just left a message on your mobile." "Urn, I'm at the shop." "Give me a call, listen it'll be okay, dad." "I know this is horrible." "We'll get through it." "Give me a call as soon as you get this." "Love you." "I have a statement to read on behalf of my client. "For the past seventeen years" "I have served this city as a member of the london metropolitan police." "My reputation has been dragged through the mud by the false and malicious accusations made against me by certain police officers." "I have never fabricated evidence." "I am totally innocent." "On counsel's advice, I will not be making any further statements." "Thank you." "Inspector..." " Inspector O'Connor." " Why did you do it?" "Are you going to apologise?" " How do you feel about the sentence?" "Are you going to appeal?" " Is the pope a catholic?" "Is your family ashamed of you, inspector?" "... made against me by certain police officers." "I have never fabricated evidence." "I am totally innocent." "You did?" "All right, well tell granny I said you could have one just before your bath." "All right, I'll be home in an hour and, and we can read through it together, okay?" "I have to go." "Christ, you're a good-looking woman, Anna." "And photogenic with it." "How's the soup?" "Vegetable." "My favourite." "Cup of coffee, please, love." " Go home, Frank." "Make love to your..." "I hear you've moved on to great things, huh?" "Part of the murder squad." "And promotion, too, huh?" "Well, here's to you, inspector Freedland." "To all the good men that you stabbed in the back." "What do you want, Frank?" " You grassed me up, Anna." "You grassed me up." "Say you're sorry, I'll call it quits." "Go on, say you're sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry you planted evidence." "I'm sorry that every scumbag you put away is now screaming "frame up"." "And, most of all, I'm sorry that a good man turned out to be such a complete fuck-Up!" "Would there be anything else?" " Just the bill, please." " Certainly." "How are your kids?" "You love them, don't you?" " What?" "If somebody was messing with your kids what would you do?" "Are you threatening me?" " What the hell is this?" "Some kind of sick joke?" "Did you do that?" " What?" " It's a simple question, Anna." "Did you do that or was it one of those journalists you're so fucking fond of?" "#6 HOURS EARLIER#" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Anybody here?" "Who are you?" " I'm here to view the house." "Who the hell are you?" "Doctor Cisco?" "Doctor Cisco, love to meet you." "Sorry." "Slight problem with the... glamorous life of an estate agent, eh?" "Richard Short." " How many do you smoke a day?" " Twenty, thirty." "Six years off your life." "Don't smoke around me." " No, course not." "I'm sorry, but I'm sure Catherine said that you'd be here at two-thirty." " It was two." "Really?" "I'm sure she said two-thirty." " Two." "My mistake obviously." "Well, the important thing is that you're here now." "I suggest we start down here and we'll work our way up." " Good." "Lead the way." "Well, the house was built in 1898 as a private sanatorium." "How great is this kitchen?" "I mean, look at the space." "It's just a chef's dream." "This house is, er, fully wired for digital video and sound." "This is the first floor." "It has four bedrooms on it." "That's um, one of the larger bedrooms." "Now the garden is rather sparse, but if you think of it as a blank canvas to do with what you wish... do you have green fingers, doctor Cisco?" " Mine are usually red." "I'm sorry?" " I'm a surgeon." "Cardiothoracic surgeon." "So it's mr Cisco, not doctor Cisco." " A heart surgeon." "How wonderful." "Hello?" "Oh, jeez." "Eejit left that there?" " Dad?" "Is that you?" "Are you all right?" "Where have you been?" "I was so scared." "I thought you'd..." "What, slashed me wrists and done us all a favour?" " Don't say that." "You look good." "Are you going out?" " Oh, shit." "I'm supposed to meet someone." "It's okay, I can cancel." " No, no, no, no." "You go, you go." "You just promise me that you're gonna come tomorrow to my famous sunday lunch." "Of course I'll come." "But you have to promise not to cook." " Deal." "I'll get my coat." " Yeah." "You haven't seen anybody hanging about, have you?" " It's a bookshop, dad." "I'm going with you on monday." "Oh, Laura, why would you wanna do that?" " I'm going." "All right, well that'd be nice." "It's six months." "You'll be out in three." " I'm looking forward to the rest." "I'd better go." " Yeah." "It's all right, I'll lock up." " Are you sure?" " Yeah, yeah." "Dad..." " Got a few calls to make." " Thank you." " All right." "You take care of yourself, Yeah?" "Have you seen Stephen?" "He's the only brother you got." "He and I have nothing to talk about." "See you later." "Who's that?" "Who's there?" "Step out." "Now, doctor Cisco I could just imagine you, in the summer ... out here with your colleagues." "Glass of pinot, selection of fine cheeses, discussing the latest breakthrough in medical science, huh?" "I don't eat cheese." " I'm sorry?" " Bad for the heart." " Course." "Don't sell me, Richard." "So tell me about the owner." " Media type." "Bought the house with his wife a couple of years ago." "She died recently." "Heart attack." "Nothing the doctors could do, apparently." "Still, one person's misfortune can be another one's good fortune." "Don't you think?" "Yeah, Stephen, look, it's me, I don't have much time." "If you get this, give me a call." "I really need to speak to you, okay?" "Bye." "#HELLO FRANK#" "#SECOND LITTLE BIG.#" "Cisco." "Cisco, are you there?" "Fuck." "Come in." " Inspector O'Connor's here." " Bring him in." "Yeah, nice cup of coffee there, Billy boy." "You know how I like it." "What have you done to the office?" "So spartan." "You wanna get a few plants in here, you know, liven the place up a bit." "My old fella now, he was a great man for the plants." "Shrubs." "Spare me the bullshit, Frank." "How do you know Benjamin Cisco?" "Well, I really don't think I should be talking to you." "Not till my lawyer gets here, anyway." "I hear the police can't be trusted." "Nice looking lads." "What's it like working with a snitch, Billy?" "I'd watch me back, if I was you." "Good lad." "Back when Frank was still a copper, we used to call him 'the magician'." "It didn't matter what case he was working on, evidence would just appear." "Always did like a bit of magic." "But I'll tell you what," "I'm really tired." "It's getting late." "So why don't you show me yours, Anna, and I'll show you mine?" "We found Cisco." "And his wife." "And the corpse of a young man." " Who?" " Don't know." "Face was blown off with a shotgun." "What was Cisco doing in the house?" "Beautiful, isn't it?" " It certainly is." "Bath looks small." " Actually, that's slightly larger than average." "And, after all, this is only a guest bedroom." " Right." "Well, get in." "Pardon me?" " Get in the bath." " In the bath?" "Yes." "Photograph." " Right." "Stretch out." "Good boy." "Three more viewings, you say?" " Yeah." "Can they pay cash?" " I really wouldn't know." "I can." "And at the asking price." "Think that might interest the owner?" " I'm sure it would." "But he's bound to ask me whether I think a better offer might be forthcoming, and..." "I used to own a Porsche." " Do you like fast cars, doctor Cisco?" "Now you can call me Benjamin." "What if you said no?" " Sorry?" "What if you were to tell the owner that he wasn't likely to get a better offer?" "Why would I wanna do that?" " Money, Richard." "Makes the world revolve." "Go round." "I'm willing to pay you a fee, to explain the advantages of my offer to the seller." "A fee?" " Yeah, a success fee." "Half a per cent of the asking price." "And if he says yes, I get my house, the owner gets a cash deal." "And, well, you buy your own Porsche." "You can't be serious." " I may be many things, Richard, but a comedian I'm not." "Good god." "No." "I mean..." " Why not?" "This is ridiculous." "I could lose my job." " Only if you tell." "Can you keep a secret?" "I certainly can." "What's he saying?" "What's Cisco saying?" " Cisco's in hospital with a heart attack." "His wife hasn't made a statement, yet, which brings me to you." "So how do you know Benjamin Cisco?" "It's a long story." " You like to tell stories." "Yeah, all right, so I met Cisco five years ago." " Not another word, Frank." "Inspector." "How nice to see you again." " He's agreed to co-operate." "Perhaps later." "Right now my client and I need to have a little chat." "I'm sure you understand." " She's the boss." "Hi." " Just give me a second." "Take a seat." " Okay," "I'm so sorry I'm late." "It's just been one of those days." "I've been rushed off my feet and then my dad turned up and started... um, and the tube's fucked, the circle line's..." "So..." "Anyway, the most important thing is that I'm here now." "Good." "Are you ready?" "I don't know." "Well... what's stopping you?" "Ethics." " You're an estate agent not a doctor." "Leave the ethical questions to me." "Look, why are you doing this?" "I mean, you obviously have money." "Why not just put in a higher bid?" "Well, I may lose." "This way I'm in control." "One per cent." " Point seven-five, but that's as far as I go." "You truly are an astonishing man, doctor Cisco." "Deal." "Who is he?" "I don't recognise him." "In or out of the bath." "Take another look." " Really, inspector, my client has already answered." "Who is he?" " Don't answer that, Frank." "We're leaving." "This isn't about planting evidence, Frank." "This is murder." "What, you wanna plant this on me as well?" " Frank." "Now." "Better do what mummy says." " You wanna watch yourself." "Catherine, don't keep me waiting." "Call me." "Heart." " How ironic." " Yeah." "What would happen if I walked out of here on to the road and... bang?" "Hit and run, leaves me for dead, what would happen next to my organs?" "Well, you, young man, reasonably good health." "Smoking probably hasn't caused too much damage, at this stage." "So we'd take your heart, kidneys, liver, pancreas." " Good god." "Yes, young healthy men like you are very valuable to us." "Once you're dead, of course." "Suppose there was two people who needed the same organ." "I mean, how do you decide?" "What if you liked one of them more than the other?" " No, no." "There are very strict criteria." "Ultimately, it's a review board that decides, not me." "Does that not frighten you?" "I, I mean... playing god?" "Look, I just said, it's not me that decides." "All right?" "I just recommend." "But the board listens to your recommen- dation, right?" " Yes, of course they do." "What if, um, one of them was black?" " What?" "One of the people was black... would that change your recommendation?" "Just what are you implying?" " Nothing, I just..." "I would never allow personal feelings to affect my professional conduct." "Of course not, I understand that..." " I mean what a racist thing to say." "I'm not a racist." " I've had enough, all right?" "Just call me when the owner gets back to you." "Bloody marvellous." "Oh, shit!" " Can I help?" " D'you realise how much my hands are worth?" "Look, I behaved atrociously in there, and you have absolutely every right to be angry." "But I'm really not a racist." "I just heard that there can be problems when you swap organs between races." "You know, rejection issues and all of that." "Honestly, sometimes my big mouth, you know?" "Look, please, let me make it up to you." "Why don't you go inside and take care of those hands, and I'll change the wheel?" "I'll have it finished before you can say "heart transplant"." "I promise." "Have we got anything new from forensics?" "The only thing they're certain of is the man in the bath is not the man in the basement." "But, there is some good news." "Mrs Cisco wants to make a statement." "Okay." "Just give me a minute." "Bill?" "I expect your full support on this case, no matter where it leads." " Sir." "The man in the bath is Richard Short." "An outstanding arrest warrant from three years ago." " What for?" " He's a mercenary." "None of this makes any sense." "What the fuck is Cisco up to?" " How do you know him?" "I met him at a charity gig." "He's a nasty little fecker." "And his wife?" " A real tight-arse." "Said he was gonna get rid of her." "Why did you call him, Frank?" " What?" "So you think I've got something to do with this?" "No, of course not." "What's the matter with you?" "Oh, it's... it's just been a real desperate, desperate day." "What's wrong?" " Nothing, I'm fine, I'm fine." "Okay." "What are you doing?" " Well, I thought I heard a noise down there, so I just..." "It's just a storeroom." "May be some old pipes in there, but nothing to worry about." "Right." " Have your wheel changed." "Well, I wanna check it first." " Of course." "The door." "Not the wheel." "Absolutely, whatever the customer wants." "Sorry." "Hello?" "Hi." "That's fantastic news." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'll ask him." "Okay." "Speak to you later." "That was the owner, house is yours, if you still want it." "Yeah, I want it." " What about Catherine?" "I make the decisions." " Excellent." "Catherine, I've bought the house." "Just get over here before you make me look like a bloody fool!" "I'll see you in a bit." "Okay?" "All right." "Great." "Bye-Bye." "He's on his way over, look, I, urn, I wanted to say sorry about earlier." "I was out of line." "I hope we can put it behind us." "May this house bring all you deserve." " Yeah." " You stupid fuck." "Stephen." " Hello, Frank." " Who is this?" "You know the story of the three little pigs, don't you, Frank?" "Well, I'm the big bad wolf." "And I'm gonna huff and I'm gonna puff and I'm gonna blow your house down." "So you're the little bollocks that's been following me about." "Big bad wolf, my arse." "You're just some pathetic little gobshite." "Fuck it." "Fuck it." "What have You done with my son?" "Stephen's been a naughty boy." "But Laura, she's a lovely girl." "See you back at the apartment." "Don't you look at me!" "Don't you ever fucking look at me!" "Now all we're waiting for is Catherine." "That won't be for long." "Oh, don't play the caring husband with me." "I know you better than that." "You and your boring, mundane life." "About the only interesting thing... is her." "She looks ripe." "Couple of drinks down the dog and whistle... bet she couldn't wait to take her panties off for a good-Looking boy like me." "What's all that about, eh?" "Don't have the balls to leave Catherine?" "Don't worry, Ben, I'm only messing with you." "She's not my type." "Let me show you my type." "Recognise her?" "Her name is Rose Angawi." "This was taken just after she was admitted to St Martin's hospital." "Now I want you to pay very close attention to this." "Doctor Cisco... he says..." "I am too weak for the operation," "Three days later, my fiancee died." "I know what you did." "Richard." "Rose had a sickness." "She was weak." "She would never have survived the transplant." "It would have been the waste of an organ." " Shut up!" "Do you think you need one of your little heart pills?" "No, I don't think so." "You can look at me now, Ben." "Now I'm gonna crush one of your fingers, and then another, and then another, until there's nothing left of your murdering hands, apart from a bloody red pulp!" "This little piggy went to market." "This little piggy stayed at home." "And this little piggy had roast beef." "And this little piggy had..." "Jesus." "Saved by the bell." "Had you there, though, didn't I, Benny boy?" "I was only fucking with you." "Don't worry." "Get out of the way." "#DOCTOR DEDICATED TO FIXING HEARTS OF MEXICAN CHILDREN#" "Yes?" " Hi." "My name's Alison." "Mrs Alison Barber." "I'm a neighbour, number 32." " Lovely to meet you." "I think you've, er, cut yourself." " Mending floorboards." "How can I help you?" "Unfortunately, I'm showing round a prospective buyer as we speak, so..." "I hope you understand." " Yes, of course." " Er, maybe tomorrow?" "Tomorrow will be fine." "Should I call the office and make an appointment?" " No, no." "Yours?" " Yes." " It's lovely." " Yes." "Well, I will see you tomorrow." " Can I have a brochure?" " Sorry?" "Can I have a brochure?" "You know, for the house." "I'm thinking of selling my own." "Of course." "I think I have one upstairs." "If you'll give me a minute." "There we go." " Thanks." "Can you hear something?" " No." " Well, I really should be getting back to my client." "Oh, yes, of course." "I'm so sorry to have kept you." "Well, urn, I'll see you tomorrow." "I'm looking forward to it." "Is that what you brought this for?" "To record my mutilation?" "Is that, is that it?" "Is that the kind of sick scum you are?" " We all have our vices." " Shit!" "Be careful, old man, you'll give yourself a heart attack." "Who the hell are you?" "You say she was your fiancee." "I never saw you at the hospital, where were you?" "I was in prison." " What?" " I was arrested in Africa." "Oh, jesus." "Oh, yes, yes, that's it." "You couldn't be there so... someone else has to pay the price, huh?" "You're pathetic." "All right, so tell me, what, what do you think you know about Rose's death?" "I know that you killed her." " Why would I want to deliberately kill a patient?" "You tell me." " No, you know nothing." "You are a very sick man." " Is that your professional opinion, doctor?" "My professional opinion is that you should go back to prison." "Police." "You talk to the police, Catherine dies." " Come on, no more lies." "You're bluffing." "You've been with me here all the time, waiting for Catherine to arrive." "Hang up the phone, Ben." ""Benjamin, I've found the most exquisite house." "I want you to see it." "This afternoon." "25 Wood Green Hill." "I'll, I'll tell the agent that you'll be there at, at two." "Untie me and I release Catherine." "What do you think I am?" "Some kind of idiot?" " Actually, yes." "I don't think I ever showed You the basement, doctor Cisco." "Laura." "Oh, my god..." "Do I look like a kiddie rapist to you?" "No, I'm something a lot worse than that, what would you do to save your daughter's life?" "Personal feelings never affect your decision." "That's what you said, isn't it, Ben?" "Let's see." "Look at this poor woman." "55 and looking every day of it." "All the make-up in the world can't hide the fact that her best years are behind her." "But you already know that, don't you, Ben?" "And then this... pig... is a very lucky little pig." "He's young, he's vibrant." "He's got his whole life ahead of him." "Cos you see, Ben, today one of these two is doing to die." "Mrs Cisco, I'm inspector Freedland." "I'm very sorry about your husband, and I'm sure this is very difficult for you." "But we need your help." "All you have to do is choose." "You don't have to pull the trigger." "All you have to do is point." "It can't be hard." "I mean, obviously it's gotta be the little pig, cos he's got his whole life ahead of him." "But, on the other hand, that is your wife of 28 years." "We're having a little difficulty piecing all of this together, we need to know what happened in the basement." "Shut up!" "Choose!" "Richard... my pills, please..." "Of course, your heart." "How could I forget?" "Here we go." "You have ten seconds to decide." " What do you want?" "I want you to tell the truth." "The whole truth and nothing but the truth." "You leave anything out, she dies." "Time is up." "Choose." "Please, Ben." "Please." "I mean, Laura could never play with the other kids." "She didn't have the strength but she never complained." "And then last year it got bad again, real bad." "She needed a transplant, but there were so many in front of her on the list." "I mean, I begged Cisco." "I got down on my knees and I begged him." "But he said it wasn't his decision." "I mean, she was dying there, right in front of me, and all this smart fuck could do was tell me to wait!" "So I took care of things." " No." " No?" "Okay." "Stephen and I set him up." "By the time he found out, it was too late." "Oh, we, we've killed a man." " My dad's a copper." "It's all right." "And Laura got her heart." "My son." "Don't hurt Stephen." "For god's sake, he was only trying to help his little sister." "Please." "You are responsible... for everything that has happened." " Read it!" "You caused the death of an innocent woman." "And now you must pay the price." "Your son is already..." "Already dead." "Please, please..." "I don't even know..." "If he hadn't picked one of us, then the man would..." "Freedland." "Yeah." "And now you must pay the price, your son is already..." "already dead, oh, god, no." "No, please, please..." "I don't even know..." "Where is he?" "And then last year it got bad again, real bad." "She needed a transplant, but there were so many in front of her on the list." "I mean, I begged Cisco." "I got down on my knees and I begged him." "But he said it wasn't his decision." "I mean, she was dying there, right in front of me, and all this smart fuck could do was tell me to wait!" "So I took care of things." "They blame me, don't they?" "Course they do." "Add it to the list." "Maybe they're right." "Maybe if I'd kept my big mouth shut about everything, Frank wouldn't have..." " Listen." "Frank and the others are dead cos of Short." "Whatever Frank did, he didn't deserve this." "Yeah, Freedland." "Hello?" "Short?" " Hello, Anna." "I'm surprised to hear from you, Richard." " I like surprises." "What do you want, Richard?" " I want to tell you a story, so sit back and relax." "You can take off your seat belt if you like." "The story's all about a doctor." "Heart surgeon." "He was given a choice." "He could save his wife or one of the little pigs." "He chose to save the pig." "You're so predictable." "I told her how all this would end." "Couldn't kill this maggot, not while his father was still out there." "If it wasn't for you, none of this would have happened." "She didn't believe me." "She does now." "I told her everything." "Everything." "What would you have done, Anna, if your husband had picked you to die instead of the blackmailing pig?" "Please." "Don't do it." "Give, give me the gun and let's get out of here." "Catherine, I knew." "Don't you see?" "He told me." "I knew he wouldn't do it." "Come on." "Just, just give me the gun." "Come on." " Catherine." "My pills, please?" "Just give 'em to him." " You expect me to believe that?" "She couldn't leave a witness behind, Anna." " What are you doing?" "You're gonna kill him." "Are you fucking... are you crazy?" "What the hell?" "You stupid fucking bitch!" "You fucking whore!" "Hello?" "Bill, it's me." "I want mrs Cisco brought in now, and I want her checked for gunpowder reside." "No, I'll explain later." "I'm going back to Frank's." "Your son is already... already dead." "Oh, god, no." "No." "Please, please..." "I don't even know..." "Was that... okay?" " Yeah." "That was pretty intense." "Was I okay?" " You were perfect." "Did he say anything?" "Not to worry, love." "He died peacefully." "So, when do I hear about the part?" "It's a great movie." "Soon." " Okay." "That's quite a scar you have." " Oh, that." "Don't worry." "A little bit of make-up and no-one will ever notice." "Was that a heart operation?" " Yeah." "My friend was supposed to have a new heart." "She died before it happened." "What was her name?" " Rose." "So how is it, the new heart?" " I'm still here." "I, I should be going." "Do you ever think because you got the heart, the next person on the list didn't?" "Sometimes." "It's an act of god."