"SILENT FEAR" "Data, good morning." "It's me." "Can I speak to Lucas?" "Hans, are you back?" "My condolences." "Thanks, but give me Lucas." "He's gone to a conference for three days." "Jansonius, Hans." "Don't they know you anymore?" "Ramakers, how are you?" "It's alright." "He's come back." "You're way too tanned, man." "Terrible what happened to Eva." "My condolences." "Lucas." "Did you get my telegram?" "Jack?" "I'm sorry about Eva." "Me too.." "A beer, please." "Was Jack at Eva's funeral?" "Yes... of course." "And that beautiful woman with him?" "Cecil, his secretary." "Cecil..." "Did I hear my name?" "Let me introduce you:" "Hans Jansonius, Cecil Swart." "Nice to meet you." "Excuse me." "I guess you still have all Eva's things." "Only what I gave her." "The police have the rest." "What happened exactly?" "I wasn't there so I know as much as you." "But it was very convenient for you." "Listen, she wanted to jump and she jumped." "You pushed her in the right direction." "Have you met?" "Here you are." "Thank you." "You can take the lift to the 6th floor." "That's rather high." "Don't you have anything lower?" "I have one on the 2nd floor, but it may be a bit big." "Give me that one." "How will you pay?" "American Express." "This is your key." "I just picked up your bracelet for you." "Yes, the lock's broken." "I know." "You work in Administration." "I'm Hans." "And you're Miss Sanders." "Did you find it too crowded?" "No, but all those office types." "Let's go then." "Have a seat, Hans." "Those glasses look good on you." "More intelligent." "I think you'll sell more like this." "The only reason I'm here is Eva." "I know." "Of course I know." "That's Bruinsteen." "He publishes romance novels for women." "I'll sell him a survey." "Will you help?" "We'll say we have a panel of female proof readers." "With questionnaires." "More sex, less sex, you know." "Did Jack ever tell you about his fears?" "How often do we speak to Jack?" "Does he have a problem?" "This is Mr Bruinsteen." "Bruinsteen." "Jansonius." "So you're the man behind the scenes." "I'll order the coffee in my room." "The police, please." "Police, Kamper speaking." "Jansonius speaking." "I believe you still have my deceased wife's things." "Her clothes, yes." "Do you also have a golden bracelet?" "No, no jewellery." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "You don't like it as much anymore, do you?" "I don't know how often we've made love." "Yes, the first couple of months..." "I don't understand you still like your typing job." "What else should I do?" "Don't do anything for a while." "Relax." "That's what I'd do." "What do you think?" "I'll go to Ramakers tomorrow." "And I'll say..." "I don't know about you, but I'm quitting." "I've got something for you." "A gift." "With an extra strong lock." "Hans... why?" "Because I love you." "I know." "Don't you have any food?" "No, I didn't go shopping." "I'll do it tomorrow." "Shall we go now?" "Are you coming?" "A short walk." "Yes." "I'll get my coat." "It's not cold." "I want to change." "I don't look good like this." "It's really close." "I'll still get a coat." "You'll get warm by walking, darling." "Give me the keys!" "You go ahead." "I'm coming." "Come to me, Quintus." "You'll be fed soon." "He's spoilt, isn't he?" "We have to go shopping just for him." "I love you too." "I love you." "Please hold me." "RAMAKERS OPINION POLLS" "Jack almost ate it." "Didn't you, Jack?" "Happy birthday." "For our new office." "Agenda." "Nice." "A bit corny." "Normally, Eva gets the gifts." "Happy birthday, Lucas." "Thank you." "Good morning." "Hello, Mr Ramakers." "Hello, Hans." "I already did my shopping." "It's so crowded at 5:30." "That happens to me at counters." "I'm waiting in the queue, it's almost my turn and then I think... when it'll be my turn, I won't know why I'm there." "Eva gets like that when she's outside." "But you go out." "You go shopping and queue up." "Eva hasn't left the house all week." "It's very difficult." "Maybe you should give it some time." "Ignore it a bit." "I think I'll go for a walk." "Will you come?" "Just a block." "Get some fresh air." "You asked me the other day how it made me feel." "I tried to draw it." "I think you just have to get it out of your head." "Just get over it." "Are you coming?" "No, Hans." "We won't get any groceries." "No." "Those arrows... that's death." "I'll drop dead." "You have to understand." "No one would understand." "It's only inconvenient for you." "A woman who can't go for a walk with her husband." "Great." "I do understand." "Go on your own." "Leave me alone." "But you've been inside on your own all day." "So what?" "Why should I go out?" "I'm going to sleep." "It's not a good combination." "Alcohol, pills..." "Are you still afraid you'll drop dead?" "What about a therapist?" "Just have a talk to him." "We'll go by car." "Did you know phobias are very common?" "Phobia?" "I'm afraid outside, but I don't know of what." "That's a phobia." "But how do we get rid of it?" "Patience, relaxation." "Talk a bit about the past." "Go further and further outside." "10 meters, 20 meters..." "And when it gets too hard, we have this." "During an anxiety attack, you inhale too much air." "We try to prevent that with this plastic bag." "I thought of something." "Why don't you come and work for us in the new company?" "You could become Field Organisation Manager." "All over the phone, of course." "Manager of the pollsters..." "Next week is the opening party." "You could meet the most important clients." "I had been thinking of it myself." "But I was afraid to ask." "The board." "What shall I have?" "The entire tray." "The entire tray." "Compliments." "Thank you." "We won't see much of each other anymore." "Opposing characters." "How do you feel?" "Good." "I think I've met this client." "You don't know him anymore." "From now on, Jack is the competition." "I'll sleep well." "Did you know Jack has strange fears as well?" "No, but it doesn't surprise me." "Does he also breathe into plastic bags?" "He gave me the address of a psychiatrist." "One with a special method." "You don't need anyone anymore." "You have your work now." "Good night." "This can't continue, Mrs Kramer." "We don't care." "Those are private matters." "Only your questionnaires matter to me." "I hope I've made myself clear." "You have a nice day too." "Hello, how are you?" "It's that Kramer woman." "She has a sick child and wants to bring the questionnaires a day later." "Always the same excuses." "Isn't that the woman with eight children?" "No, five." "She takes no prisoners." "She's getting more and more fanatical." "She'll break that phone soon." "She should do something else." "Tables or something." "I'll talk to her tonight." "She just got over her fears." "Yes, yes." "I know what I'm doing." "Can we talk for a moment?" "Have you got a minute?" "I don't know how to put this." "I think you should encourage people, not put them down." "We have to make our pollsters last." "Don't you think you'd better do something else?" "Work up interviews, make tables..." "Typing again, I bet." "If you feel like it." "Taxi." "I'm going out for a drink." "Hello." "Hello?" "I'm stuck." "In a block of student flats." "Student flats?" "Eva." "You're not going to be sick, are you?" "I just have a headache." "Handbag." "You don't even have any aspirin." "Maybe we should make an appointment with a psychiatrist after all." "I fixed it." "I have an appointment with Doctor De Boer." "Waiting room, please." "Look at that." "That's nice." "Hello." "Hello." "How's the business?" "It's going very well." "They bought another computer." "Data will be bigger than Ramakers, one day." "Better go, Hans, or you'll be working overtime again." "Maybe Jack can drop me off at home." "I think the psychiatrist will want to talk to me as well." "Is that required?" "Better not." "Just go." "I'll be alright." "Will you call me at the office?" "Yes." "Yes?" "It's me." "It's going very well, but I'll be late." "Even later?" "How late?" "What did you say?" "Who are you talking to?" "To Jack." "It's a special group method." "It could get very late." "Just go to sleep." "I'll wait until you're home." "There's no need." "Don't worry so much." "We have to continue." "See you later." "Hi, I timed it well." "We can have breakfast together." "Jack was very nice." "Not as strange as you probably think." "He's just a bit strict." "Also towards himself." "He says it's a good thing." "I believe so too." "I guess you don't just talk." "It's all very innocent." "Just some obedience exercises." "Obedience games?" "And that gets rid of your fears?" "You said I couldn't continue to rely on pills and booze." "I'm just sorry that you don't like Jack." "And now I'm in therapy with him, of all people." "In therapy together." "One patient helps the other." "I can understand you find Jack strange." "He finds life hard too." "Who doesn't?" "Data, good afternoon." "One moment." "Hans, Eva." "Hello?" "Hi, darling." "I feel a lot better already." "We're having a group meeting again." "It could take longer this time." "What do you mean?" "Self-analysis." "Just like what you do, but with yourself, do you understand?" "No." "I don't completely understand, but I'll find out and tell you, ok?" "Yes, ok." "Just be patient." "See you later." "Bye." "I want to see psychiatrist De Boer." "De Boer." "You can't right now." "I don't care." "I need to see De Boer now." "Did you hear me?" "De Boer." "What's happening to my wife?" "Eva Jansonius." "What's happening with her?" "How long will it take?" "Eva Jansonius?" "Yes." "Am I supposed to know her?" "Don't you know Jack De Graaf either?" "Yes, he was supposed to come by the other day, but I didn't see him." "You?" "Dear Hans, you should know how I'm doing." "That's why I'm writing this." "I can't see you at the moment." "For a while, I'll be Jack's pupil, as he puts it." "He's very good to me, but not in a soft way." "His house is big and empty." "Jack loves naked and honest." "That's why I shaved off all my hair." "Everything has to be neat in the apartment." "He made a daily schedule for me." "I have to stick to it exactly." "Jack wants me to lay off the booze and then he'll cure my phobia." "You may not understand, but Jack says it's a matter of willpower." "But I have to be coerced and not the way you did it." "Not with understanding." "I think this is better for you too." "When I'll be alright again, I'll come back to you." "Jack's only temporary." "He said so himself." "Lots of love and look after yourself." "Eva." "Eva." "What are you doing with her?" "She doesn't want to go back." "Damn, open the door." "Damn!" "Dear Hans, sorry I haven't been in touch." "I wasn't doing very well." "The thing is that Jack has another girlfriend, Daniëlle." "That makes things hard for me." "But he says it's good I don't get that much attention for a change." "That's true, but it's hard." "Daniëlle wants to be nice to me, but Jack's very strict." "I should be able to handle it." "I think I'm too stuck to my own emotions." "But I think I'll be alright." "Love, Eva." "Dear Hans, the weather's gloomy." "I've started drinking again and it makes me feel sad." "It's all so hard." "I'm very lonely." "I think that when I get through this, you and I will be alright again." "I'll stop writing or I'll start crying." "And Jack says that doesn't solve anything." "Love, Eva." "Can I come in again?" "How are you?" "I want to be with you again." "A day off from Jack?" "No, no." "Don't you have a new girlfriend?" "Yes, I do, several." "Can I take off my shoes?" "What do you want?" "What are you thinking?" "Do I have to be happy you're back?" "If you don't want me anymore, just say so." "And what about Jack?" "He doesn't know anymore either." "Things aren't easy for him right now." "Maybe we should try to make the best of it." "You're not doing too well, are you?" "What do you want from me?" "Shall I come back when my hair's longer?" "I love you, Hans." "Yes." "I shouldn't have come, should I?" "Van Der Vlugt." "Lucas, it's me." "I have to get away, far away." "Where?" "When?" "Right away." "I'll send a postcard." "Hans!" "Hello, recovered a bit?" "Shall we take a break?" "I thought of something." "Tell me later." "Lucas, something's wrong." "These things can't be understood." "Such a sudden death." "You will have to get over it." "That takes time." "Eva's golden bracelet was never found." "Whoever has it, knows all about her last minutes." "Do you have a list of participants of the conference?" "Yes." "And what do we do now?" "Is that you, Jack?" "Get in." "Get out." "I'm not Jack and you're Daniëlle." "Not Cecil." "What kind of games are these?" "To Jack I'm Daniëlle." "And to me you're supposed to be an innocent secretary?" "Depends on how you look at it." "Don't get dressed, sit down." "And tell me everything." "Are you giving me orders?" "What did you want from Eva?" "What did Jack do to her?" "All you want to hear is that Jack pushed her." "Prove to me that it isn't true." "Jack underestimated Eva's fears." "He couldn't handle her anymore." "So I came over to see if I could help." "She was so confused." "And so was Jack." "My affair with Jack had been over for a while." "But I decided to move in with them temporarily." "I was afraid it would end badly otherwise." "Eva needed a lot of warmth and attention." "I wanted to help her." "But she couldn't handle that." "She wanted me to be strict for her." "That's not what she wrote to me." "Maybe you have a lot of imagination." "Why did she leave you?" "She left us because she wanted to." "You threw her out, apparently." "I was afraid to leave the house myself." "You're talking as if phobias are contagious." "I almost started to think that." "You were probably overworked." "Overworked?" "Don't feel guilty about it." "I'll talk to you later." "Jack, I need to talk to you." "Go ahead." "Where are we going?" "To the roof terrace." "Quite a roof terrace." "Good enough for us." "So, what do you want from me?" "That you come stand here." "And look down." "Leave it be." "We both did our best and lost." "You know the state she was in." "It's so easy to blame me for it all, so you don't feel guilty yourself." "It all started with you." "We all know that." "With me she was a bit scared to go out." "With you she went really crazy." "Weary of life." "That's what she was." "It started with you." "And your games made her enjoy life?" "Asshole!" "It works for some people." "As long as it's used as a means." "It didn't work for her." "In the end, she lost herself in it." "She abused the situation." "She abused the situation?" "That's the limit." "You can believe me or not." "She went further than I could handle." "She forced me into a role I didn't want." "She made herself dependent on me and wanted me to be dependent on her." "But I couldn't be." "I just couldn't handle it." "I had awoken something unforeseen in her." "I had to stop it." "We couldn't go on." "She started her weird behaviour while she was with you." "She never acted like a slave with me." "Only because she didn't know it." "It can be very good to give yourself to someone entirely." "Someone you can trust." "And you're very trustworthy." "You never mention her fall." "When was the last time you saw Eva?" "The three of us were going away for a few days." "Daniëlle thought a change of surroundings would do Eva good." "Suddenly she didn't want to come." "She wanted to go back to you." "Weren't you an expert on her illness?" "Weren't you going to cure her?" "How do you think she died?" "She didn't want to live anymore." "Let's go down." "Where's Eva's bracelet?" "Bracelet?" "Which bracelet?" "Stand over there." "I didn't push her." "And you won't push me." "I thought Jack had given the bracelet to you." "She took all her things when she went to you." "How much later did you leave?" "She left my place right away." "So you were still in the apartment when she came back." "No, we waited an hour for her and then we left." "I wanted to wait longer, but Jack couldn't go on any longer." "Go on with what?" "He was affected by what was happening to Eva." "He was quite confused himself." "Jack's always very punctual." "But he had forgotten something." "That was very unlike him." "He was supposed to cure Eva's fears, but couldn't handle his own phobia." "Phobia?" "Yes, Jack has a phobia." "And I can use it to force him to tell the truth." "Which truth?" "You mean your truth." "Anything could have happened." "While you were waiting downstairs." "Only Jack can tell me that." "Instead of looking for bracelets and phobias with Jack... find out how she went from your house to the apartment." "Nobody has been able to find out yet." "What do you mean?" "Didn't she take a cab back?" "No, no cab." "It's not important." "And bracelets are?" "That's a matter of investigation." "In the end you find the proof." "Jack has no phobia so you won't find any proof with him." "I'm just trying." "I think I have to protect Jack from you." "Better stay close to me then." "I'm putting him to the test." "And you can help me do that." "Hans, what's going on in that head of yours?" "Is it that hard to guess?" "Isn't it clear that I'm mourning Eva's death?" "But what about Jack?" "I'll make him confess his guilt." "Just a matter of the right question at the right place." "Occupational disability." "Not so serious, boys." "Look at the birdie." "Nice camera, Mr Ramakers." "Are you both coming down?" "What are you doing?" "What were you doing with our coats?" "I have the proof." "Did you find the bracelet?" "No, I didn't." "But we're getting there." "This isn't good, Hans." "Are you giving up already?" "If you're so sure Jack doesn't have a phobia... you don't have to be afraid." "What did you need to ask me in private?" "Every time Eva had a bad time, she'd take off her bracelet." "I don't have anything of hers." "Except her phobia." "Agoraphobia, you mean?" "Hans!" "Please let things be for a while." "Look back at everything later, without anger." "Take it from me." "Keep to the right here." "Stop, I think Cecil has car trouble." "I can't stop here." "You have to stop now." "Car broke down." "That way." "Why did it have to happen in a tunnel?" "Lucas, I'll drive." "What?" "Come." "I know where we have to go." "We'll go in the back." "The roof terrace, the field, the tunnel and now a bridge?" "If you don't have anything to hide, you don't have to be afraid." "You just get out." "Sure, if that's the only way to get rid of your obsession." "But not alone." "He used you and Eva because he can't be alone." "That's Jack's phobia." "He can't be alone." "Especially without plastic bags." "And I won't give them to him until he confesses everything." "You can't do that." "Come here!" "Let go off me." "Hans, Hans!" "Dear Hans, it's not your fault." "Eva." "I felt guilty too and I wanted to spare you." "You drove her back?" "Yes, I couldn't help it." "You couldn't help it." "Nor could Jack." "Jack!" "Don't!" "Don't!" "He jumped." "No, he didn't." "I saw it myself." "No, Hans, come." "Eva."