"THE INTRUDER" "I'ma doctor." "I see peopledie." "Life stops, thas it." "But sometimes, lfeel a draught, a breathofair passing through a roomlikethe eveningwind." "Are the dead really dead?" "Itwas his fault." "He was goingtoo fast." "He triedto overtake me." "There was nothing I could do." " Johan." "There was nothing I could do." " Is OK." "Stayhere." "The driveris trapped." "Wait." "The tankercan catch fire at any moment." "The fire brigade is on its way." "What ïyou think?" " We can'twaitforthem." "Neck collar." "Tourniquet." "Yourovertime." "I've alreadyfilled itin." " Thanks." "I'm goingto go and see howthe driveris." "Fine." "Give me a ring." "I'm off." "No time fora drink?" " No, my daughter's waitingforme." "I can phone her." "I'm sure she won'tmind." "Don'tmake ittoo personal." " Itis personal." "Arisklike today, I'd onlytake thatwith you." "Well, can'tblame a girlfortrying." " See you tomorrow." "Little monkey." "Howmanytimes have Itoldyou?" " Sorry." "Didyou miss me?" "Liar." "I missedyou." "Come on, brush yourteeth and geting yourbed." "Yourdinner's in the microwave." " You're an angel." "18 MONTHS LATER" "Tom?" "Tom." "He's been waitingfor 15 minutes already." "All byhimself." "Our Father, who artin heaven, hallowed be Thyname..." "Frankie." "Staythere, mate." "Don'tworry." "I'll help you." "Butfirst, you're goingto help me." "Take a look." "Hey, take a look." "Look and listen." "I'm lookingforpeople who mayhave seen her." "Have been for 18 months." "I've checked allthe places where she coulïve been." "But..." "Nowl see thatyou lived above a night shop fora while." "Thas an address thas on mylist." "So you mayhave seen her." "Maybe you can give me a lead, a clue." "18 months is a longtime." "Well?" " Bastard." "Are you gonna help me?" "Have you seen her?" "Let go ofhim, Tom." " Stay out ofit." "Don'ttouch me, Tom." "Don'ttouch me, please." "Tom." "You can't saywe haven'tbeen patient orsympathetic." "Norcan you saywe didn'twarn you." " I don'tneed a lecture, Mike." "You wantme to be straightwith you?" "We're all sick andtired ofhearing aboutyourdaughter." "Is driving yourdepartment crazy." "You're suspendedforsix months." "Go and see a shrink." "And, ifthe medical board agrees, you may getyourjob back afterwards." "Here you are." " Thanks." "Excuse me." "Are you waitingforsomeone?" " No." "Can I sit down?" "Wouldyou like a drink?" " No." "I can take you home, ifyou like." "I've got a car." "Is notnecessary." "Have you got somewhere to sleep?" " I'll be okay." "Have you run awayfrom home?" "Thas my daughter." "Look." "Thas my phone number." "Wait a minute." "Lfyou don'tbelieve me." "Look." "Look." "Do you knowher?" "Have you seen hersomewhere?" "Where?" "I can'tremember." " Howwas she?" "I'm asking you a question!" "Where?" "Hey, calm down!" " Sorry." "I'm sorry." "Forgive me." "Sit down." "I'm sorry." "Agreed?" "Andyou can tell me more tomorrow." "Whas yourname?" "Good morning." "Whatis this about?" "Are you alone?" "No." "Can my colleague take a lookround?" "Yes." "You don'tknowwho she is?" "So whas she doing here?" "Ifound her." "Justfound her." "In a bar." "In a barbythe station?" "54 to control." "Nextto the bedwe find herclothes, including herknickers and herbra." "We findthe minorhalfnaked." "The man in question, Mr Vansant, states he'dfallen asleep nextto her." "He smelled ofalcohol." "Bloodyhell!" "You don't expectme to be able to help you, do you?" "I've gotto wnite a report and lockyou up for24 hours." "As long as she doesn'tmake a statement andtell us hername, you'll be kepthere forpossible sexual assault ofa minor." "She sawmy daughter, Wes." " Tom!" "When we were at school, yourmarks were twice as high as mine." "Nowis the time to use thatintelligence." "Can Italkto her?" " No, ofcourse you can't!" "Once you knowwho she is, hername will be in the report and I'Ilfind her." "Tom." "Didyou touch her?" "BRUSSELS POLICE UNKNOWN" "Charlotte." "Mylittle girl." "You're alive." "I've missedyou so much!" "We'Ilforgetthe past." "Yes, Mum." "Hername is Charlotte Florent." "She's 151"l"2." "She lives in Bergmont, a village in the Ardennes." "Herfatheris a vet and she has a 17-year-old brother." "In the Ardennes?" "She speaks better Flemish than you do." "And better French than you." "So?" "What else do you know?" "What aren'tyou telling me?" "Nothing." "Thas everything." "Overand out." "Christ!" "I'm innocent, remember?" "I onlywantto talkto her, thas all." "I can find outvia Child Focus or the Internet." "I'Ilfind heranyway." "Don'tmess me around." "What else do you know?" "She was missingfor 18 months." "What didyou say?" "18 months?" "She disappeared on 10th May." " 10th May?" "Where has she been allthis time?" " She doesn'twantto talk aboutit." "Tom?" "Tom." "Thatmaynotmean anything." " Says who?" "She disappears on 10th May." "My daughterdisappears two weeks later." "Andwhen she sees a photo ofLouise, she says she sawher." "She was lookingfora place to sleep." "Ofcourse she saidthat." "Listen." "Listen very carefully to what I'm goingto say." "She'll receive therapy andthen there'll be an investigation locally." "Soonerorlater, she'IItalk about those 18 months." "Justbe patient." "Iwantto knowwhathappenedto my daughterand she knows something." "Waitforthe investigation." " You can't stop me!" "ForGoïs sake, Tom." " She holds the key, damn you!" "Empty?" "Itoldyou." "They'll rip you offwheneverthey can." "Good morningto you, too." "You musthave a good reason forburying yourselfhere." "Mywife leftme." "You won'tfind anotherone here." "Go and readthe names on the graves in the graveyard." "There's the Cassimons, the Dunewolts, the Florents andthe Philipses." "Fourfamilies." "The women divide everything amongstthemselves to keep the land andthe moneytogether." "Andthe animals can talktoo, I suppose?" "Thatwouldn't surprise me one bit, mate." "Hello." " Hello." "Have you forgotten my order?" " Thatboy'll be the death ofme!" "Freddy." "Freddy?" "Yesterdayhe forgotJosiane's tights andtoday yourchocolates." "Tuesday?" " Fine." "Howmuch do I owe you?" " Eighteen." "Bye, Gaby." "Thas forHenri." " Forwho?" "You arrived atthe campsite yesterday at 6, didn'tyou?" "You rented Cassimon's caravan." " Yes." "Thas forHenri." "Willyou take him his groceries?" "Are you on holiday?" " Yes." "Here you are." "Thanks." "Freddy, don'ttease them." "The Florents?" "What do you wantto knowaboutthem?" "Well, theiraddress." "Where theylive." "Is itforsomeone from the family?" " I'm lookingfora vet." "I'm thinking ofbringing my dogwith me." " Oh, you're the guyfrom the campsite." "Nowl knowwhy you bought a bottle ofgas from Victor." "Hello, gentlemen." " Hello." "Howare you, Freddy?" "Here you are." "Thas the guyfrom the campsite." "He's Flemish." "Right." "Anotherone who's come to seekhis fortune here." "Roland Dunewolt, forestranger." " Hello." "Matthieu, this rounïs on me." "He's lookingforthe Florents." "The Florents?" "Ithought I sawyou there fifteen minutes ago." "In the courtyard." "Thas possible." "Butthere's no sign that says there's a vetthere." "Nowthas true." "I've told him he should putup a nameplate." "May I?" " Be my guest." "I'd betterdo my duty, first." "As a forestranger, I'm responsible foryoursafety." "There's the programme forthe rest ofthe hunting season." "It says where andwhen there's anyhunting andwhere to avoid." "You don'tneedto learn it offbyheart." "Is simple." "Keep to the paths." "Don't getin anyone's way." "Accidents happen fasterthan you think." "No, thankyou." " Asmall aperitifwon'thurt." "Enjoy yourstay." "Don'tyou like it?" "Do you want something else?" "Tell me whatyou would like, I'll make itforyou." "Arlette!" "Have you mended hermoped?" "Can she use itnow?" "Eat something." "Last seen by Dunewolt Roland, forestranger." "The witness sawCharlotte Florent atthe Esso petrol station, getting into a dark-coloured Volvo estate." "Dark-coloured." "No otherdetails." "Nice animal, Omer." "Help us, Paul." "Nowwe'IItake that out." "Give me the guns." "Holdthese, Paul." "Ready?" "Congratulations." " Thankyou." "Congratulations." "There's someone there." "Thanks." "Bye." "Bye." "You can wash yourhands inside." "Bye." "Thanks." " Bye." "Hi, I'm Tom." " Erika." "Dunewolt, Philips, Florent, Cassimon?" " No, no, I'm notfrom round here." "Do you like it atthe campsite?" "Everyone knows everything in this village." "When someone hides himselfaway we assume he has a reason." "Wouldyou like some soup?" " Soup?" "Yes, please." "Do I look as ifl've got a reason forhiding myselfaway?" "I don'tknow." "I quitmy job." "Too many problems." "Always on the road." "Lots ofstress." "I hope to get some peace and quiethere." "Andthere's onlyme, so..." "What aboutyou?" "Do you do this all by yourself?" "Since myhusband died three years ago, yes." "Sorryto hearthat." "Children?" "No." "What aboutyou?" " I've got a daughter." "She's with hermother?" "She's..." "Yes." "Sorry." "Forgive me." "I've gotto go and collect some customers from the otherend." "Otherwise theywon't getback." "I have to turn the trolleys round." "There's only one track." "4 km there, turn the trolley,4 km back." "Can I askyou something?" "Couldyou..." "I'd rathernottake you back." "Too many eyes watching?" "You don'tknowhowscared Iwas." "Ithoughtyou weren't coming back." "I'm a bitlate, thas all." " It doesn'tmatter." "It doesn't." "I really don'tmean to keep tabs on you." " Yeah, yeah." "He sawthe baptism ofa hunter and gotthe fright ofhis life." "When you shootyourfirst animal, theyrub its blood overyou as a reward." "Is tradition here." "Have some more." "The place is awash with snails." "Eh, darling?" "No, thanks." "Asales rep who doesn't drink?" "Everyone has theirown storyto tell." "Whas yourstory?" "Nightporterin a hotel near Brussels North railway station for30 years." "You hadto be deaf, dumb and blind." "Don't ask." "Do you find anythingwith that?" " Anything?" "Everything." "You'd neverbelieve whatthese tourists leave behind." "Wait a minute." "Watch out, darling." "She's not as mobile as she was since herstroke." "Apartfrom that, she's as healthy as anything." "When did ithappen?" "Two years ago." "I didn'tknowyou could swear and pray atthe same time." "Andthen we saidwe were goingto make the most oflife." "Sod everyone." "Look." "Thatwas the firstthing." "A Pontiac watch." "And here, a wedding ring." "Jos and Rita." "He probablywasn'twith Rita when he lostthat." "Afewfrancs, some euros." "Even some cartridge cases." "They shoot atlarge game with these." "7.64 calibre." "Fatal at 600 metres." "The bloodthinner is all she has to take." "Is4 mg." "No, 1 mg." "No, is Sintrom4 mg." "Is probably a mistake." "Too much can cause a haemorrhage." "Right, I'm off." "Thatwas delicious and I've had a nice time." "Thanks." "Lfyou like I'IItake itwith me and change it atthe pharmacy." "Charlotte?" "Are you asleep?" "Ljustwantedto holdyou." "I can't sleep." "I have nightmares and dream thatthey come and getyou." "Charlotte..." "Sweet dreams, darling." "Charlotte, this is Mr De Koster." "He's a psychotraumatologist with the police." "He works in the Missing Persons department." "Don'tyou?" "He'd like to talkto you." "I'll leave you now." "I'll come back and getyou later." "Isn'tthat strange?" "Itell greatbig lies andyou don'treact." "I've heardthings aboutyou, Charlotte." "You wouldn't give yourname because you didn'twantto come home." "And not a single word aboutthose 18 months." "Is not easy, is it?" "Keeping quiet about one and a halfyears ofyourlife." "Asecretlike that has a life ofits own." "It grows." "Itwants to get out." "Andyou're probably scared stiffthat, soonerorlater, you'IItell someone." "I couldn't care less aboutthat." "Apartfrom one thing." "Iwantto heareverythingthat has anythingto do with my daughter." "Iwon't go away." "I'll be everywhere you look." "Even in yourdreams." "I've neverseen yourdaughter." " Nottrue." "You did see her." "I needed somewhere to sleep." "Damn you, you did see her!" "You recognised her!" "Right, I recognised her." "I nodded atherphoto, thas all." "You shoulïve seen yourself." "I even got given herclothes." "Who knows what else I coulïve askedfor." "So you haven't seen her?" " No." "I'm sorry, OK?" "Is thatit?" "Then I'm off." "Wait, Charlotte." " Leave me alone." "Or I'll say you're assaulting me." "Theywanted me to saythatlasttime." "Theybelieve anything I say." "You can be sure ofthat, Mr Psychotraumatologist." "Charlotte." "Hermarks don'tmean much." "She's two years behindforherage." "Has she talked aboutherpast?" " No, she's newhere." "She didn'twantto go back to herold school." "She's also very shy." "She doesn'thave much contactwith the others." "Is she seeing a psychologist?" " Herparents don'tthinkis necessary." "Theyhave an agreementwith the police that she won'tbe questioned anymore." "An investigation with no questions?" " Butthere is no investigation." "What didyou say?" " She's back." "Whas there to investigate?" "Thas notpossible." "Are you OK?" " Yes, I'm fine." "I'll be in touch." "Thankyou." " Goodbye." "I need newclothes." " Butyou chose those yourself." "I don'tlike them anymore." "Andthis time I'm going on my own." "Don'tworry." "I'll come back." " OK." "Howmuch do you need?" " I'IItake yourcardwith me." "You justhave to give me yourcode." "Letme holdyou fora moment." "Thas enough." "Mum." "Anything else?" "Anything else?" "Thas 14.80 euro." "I've changed mymind." "Give me a box ofchocolates, please." "There you are." "So you will be stayingfora while, then?" "And a pack ofwaterand six litres ofmilk." "Freddy, go and get a pack ofwater." "Afriendlylad, yourson." " Freddy's mynephew." "His parents are dead." "Everyone has a cross to bear, eh?" "Yes." "Don't standthere." "Thas justwhat she wants." "Can you pass the salt, Dad?" "Thanks." "These are foryou." "I'm sorryto saythis, butyou lie easily, don'tyou?" "Pardon?" "You're a doctor." "Who says so?" " Roland Dunewolt." "You're here about Charlotte." "I'm the one who found her." " Butthas not all." "I don'thave to stand here and defend myself, do I?" "Does ithave to do with yourdaughter?" "My daughterdisappeared aroundthe same time as Charlotte." "Whas hername?" " Louise." "Louise." "Didtheyknoweach other?" " No." "So what are you doing here?" "Some people have arrived." " Right." "Didyou enjoy yourselves?" "Itwasn'thardwork?" "Bye." "What a beautiful little girl!" "Sorry, but I can't see the connection with Charlotte." "Do you knowhowmany children run awayfrom home every year?" "1200." "1200 children disappear." "Andthey don't come back." "Some do." "Butmost ofthem..." "Each yearmore disappear." "Theybecome shadows." "An army ofshadows wandering around." "Then lfind Charlotte." "Iwas meantto find her, see?" "Thas the connection with my daughter." "Itwas meantto be." "I'm convinced my daughter's spirit..." "She's guiding me." "She sentme here." "She knows I'Ilfindthe solution here." "There's something here." "I can't see ityet, butis here." "She's dead, isn't she?" "Yourdaughter." "Howlong?" "Amonth aftershe ran away." "She jumped out ofa window." "Why?" "I don'tknow." "I don'tknow." "I can't acceptit." "As long as I don'tknowwhy, Iwon't acceptit." "I can't acceptit." "Notwithout a reason." "You didn'tnotice anything before then?" "Didn't ask anything?" "Whynot?" "Whynot?" "She was 14." "Still a child." "You don'twantthem to getbigger, to growup." "You wantthem to stay children forthe rest oftheirlives." "Even though you realise that she's probably not so innocent anymore, butyou don'twantto know." "One day, Iwalked into herroom and she'd gone." "DAD" "DAD, I'M REALLYSORRY." "I LOVE YOU VERYMUCH." "L." "She musthave confided in someone." "With difficulty I discovered 4 addresses where she stayed." "39 people who spoke to her and 105 who sawher." "But she didn'tleave anything behind, not a message, nothing." "Andthen lfind Charlotte." "Is that a coincidence?" "There's something seriouslywnong with that child." "Isn'tthat obvious?" "Howcome she speaks Flemish?" "There's a connection, there mustbe." "Good morning." "Nice to see you again." "Am Itrespassing?" " No, not at all." "You've chosen a great spotto..." "Howshall I putit?" "Observe the wildlife." "Holiday goingwell?" " Is a beautiful area." "Are you a nature lover?" "2800 hectares, more than 100wild boars." "And 80 deer." "Have you got some time to spare?" " Yes." "Come with me." "Nature wnites the laws here." "Civilisation is oflittle consequence here." "One wnong step andyou're dead." "Thatis some message aboutnature." "I have a call ofnature to answer." "Is ratherurgent." "Nowl come to think ofit, Mr Dunewolt," "As forestrangeryou're a bitlike a policeman, aren'tyou?" "An enforcerofthe law." "So itwas probably easyforyou to find outwho I amvia my carnumberplate." "Wasn'tit?" "I can reportyou forcoming afterCharlotte, doctor." "We findthe minorhalfnaked." "The person in question, Mr Vansant, states thathe'dfallen asleep." "He smelled ofalcohol." "Iwatched Charlotte growup." "I've been a friend ofthe familyforyears." "They've justbeen through a terrible time." "Lfyou've come to upsetthem, you'll have me to dealwith." "You were the lastperson to see her." "You sawhergetin that Volvo." "Do you know whattheylearn in the police?" "Nevertrust the lastperson to have seen someone." "Go backto the city, doctor." "Is safer." "Explain to me..." " I'll do what I like." "I'll cutmyselfiflwantto." "Is mybody, is mine." "Tell me what I have to do." "I'll help you." "I protectyou from the police, the doctors." "Everyone who bothers you." "No, everyone who bothers you." "I'm not scared." "I don't shutmyselfup." "I'm not afraid ofmy own shadow." "D'you wantme to tellthem the truth?" "Allthose hypocrites in the village." "Is thatwhatyou want?" "Is it?" "Because I'll do it." "Don't do it." " Iwill do it." "Don't do it." "What didyou think?" "The rentis lowhere." "Whatwas so urgent?" " Iwas justmaking some tea." "Come in." "Didyou take allthese?" "Those?" "Yes." "Is a hobbythat got out ofhand." "I sellthem fora feweuros each." "As a souvenir." "Didyou take those too?" " Yes." "They're great." " Thanks." "The village as seen by an outsider." "Those are the ones thatweren't sold." "I oughtto throwthem away, but I can'tbring myselfto do it." "They're all laughing." "Abox full ofhappy people." "Foran hourorso." "Whatwas his name?" "Marc." "Were you happytogether?" " Yes." "Lfeel guilty." "Erika, I shouldfeel guilty." "In yourcase itwas an accident." "Lfeel guilty because he reads mythoughts." "There came a time when she changed." "From a child, notinto an adult, butinto someone independent." "And I missed it." "I missedwhen ithappened." "It... passed me by." "To me, she will always be mylittle girl." "Was she happywith you?" "Maybe thas why she nevertoldyou." "She didn'twantto disappointyou." "Because she lovedyou so much." "I need a cigarette." " Right." "Tom, there's something I have to tellyou." "Acigarette first." " OK." "You knew." "Since when?" " Um..." "Since when?" "Iwas lookingfora photo ofCharlotte yesterday evening." "Andyou didn'ttell me." " I didn'twantto spring it on you." "No, you wantedto getlaidfirst." "Bloodyhell!" "She was here." " Itwas a schooltrip." "On 10th Maylastyear." "Yourdaughterwas here the day Charlotte disappeared." "They'd bookedfor3 o'clock andthe coach left again at 5." "Nothing special happened or Iwoulïve wnitten it down." "You can keep the photo." "There's onlythe one." "Maybe you're right." "Maybe you're here because thas what she wants." "Maybe she has to finish something, somethingthatis incomplete." "Otherwise she can'trestin peace." "What do you knowaboutit?" "You're a widow." "There isn't even a name fora man who loses his child." "You were here, from 3 o'clockto 5." "You go home by coach." "Circumstances ofthe disappearance." "Exacttime: 5.30 p.m." "Last seen by Roland Dunewolt." "Unknown Volvo, Esso garage." "5.30 p.m., Dunewolt." "Yes..." "OK." "I agree." "Lfshe was there, thatis a huge coincidence." "No, I'm not saying you're right." "Listen, I've made lots..." "I've made lots ofnotes." "Yes, but..." "Are you goingto help me, ornot?" "Got a light?" "Thanks." "Can I have that?" "Thatposter." "Damn you." "You look a lotbetter." " I'm followingthe doctor's orders." "You look athome amongthe local hordes." "They've justtriedto kill me." "Come on, les go somewhere else." "My daughterwas here on 10th May." "Have you discovered anything else?" "You're asking a lot ofme." "No one moved away ordisappeared from the village after 10th May." "Andthe names and numberplates I gave you?" "I've foundthree convictions, but onlyforpoaching, illegal hunting rifles and drunkenness." "The usual stuffing a village like this." "And anyway, everyone was checked when Charlotte disappeared." "Look atthis." "I maybe rightyet." "Stop drinking andfall in love!" "Erika Pauli, widowforthree years." "39, no children." "Has lived atthe same address for 15 years." "Very promising." " Can I have that?" "Didyou get a look at Charlotte's medicalfile?" "She was no longera virgin." "It doesn't saywhetheritwas with orwithoutherconsent, but..." "Well..." "Well?" "What else?" " Something doesn't add up." "The doctor's conclusions." "The patientis in betterhealth than the average adolescent ofthis age." "Thas notthe profile of someone who's run away." "In those 18 months she grew12 cm and put on 17 kg..." "Strong biceps, well-developedthigh and calfmuscles." "Is as ifshe were fattened up in a 5-starhotel duringthose 18 months." "Shall Itellyou something?" "The case has been closed here." "What didyou say?" " Is true." "It can'thave been." " She hasn't even been questioned." "Howdoes she behave?" " Like a bitch on heat." "Howdoes the village react?" " They all lookthe otherway." "You're the cop." "What do you think?" "I'm goingto say something I shouldn't." "Is pure speculation." "And I've no idea howyourdaughterfits in." "Maybe she saworheard something that day." "Don'thold me to that." "Right..." "Charlotte neverran away." "She was kept somewhere, God knows where." "Locked up, shuting." "You knowwhat I mean." "And she ran awayfrom there." "Thatmeans she was abductedfirst." "Andthere are those in the village thatknowthat." "Is happened before, a whole communitythatis an accessory." "There are four, five clans in thatvillage." "Everyone is related." "And allthey're covering up foreach other." "Well?" "What are you goingto do now?" "I don'tknow." "I really don't." "Thanks foreverything." "Call me ifyou need something." "You knowwhere to find me." "Good luckwith yournewgirlfriend." "Hey, waitforme." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Hello, doctor." "Ithoughtyou'd leftforgood." " Thadtake more than a bottle ofgas." "You'll leave in the end." "No, in the end Charlotte will reveal whathappened here." "Here?" " Yes, here, in yourfuckin'village." "You don't care whathappens to her, as long as she keeps quiet." "Yourfeeling ofguilt about yourdaughteris driving you crazy." "True." "Especiallynowl know she was here on 10th May." "You maynotbe the only person who was the last one to see Charlotte." "She can no longersay whetheryou're lying." "Butyou're lying." "And iflfind any connection between you and my daughter," "I'll drown you in yourown blood." "You don'tknowwhatyou're saying." " Oh yes, I do." "Andthere's more." "This." "I gotthis from the registerofbirths." "Freddyis yourson." "An accident somewhere here in town?" "His motherdoesn'twanthim, so Gabylooks afterhim." "Gaby." "Yoursister!" "Yourchild is still alive." "Don't getin myway." "Don't get anyideas about Erika, doctor." "She had a moment ofweakness." "I don'thold it againsther." "But don'ttryit again." "Get out!" "Bastard!" "Howabout a dance?" "I don'tthinkthas a good idea, Charlotte." "D'you wantme to start screaming?" "Come on." "Come on." "See howthey're all looking atus." "Itwon'thelp you." "My daughtersawyou here." "Here?" "Stop the play-acting." "You didn't run away." "Who abductedyou?" "You're mad." " Where were you?" "Andwith who?" "Leave me alone." "Don'tyou dare saywho you were with?" " Leave me alone." "You're completelymad." "Mister..." "Go backinside." "Is notworth it." "Please don'tblame her." "She's still got a lot ofproblems." "Howcome?" " Itwon'thappen again." "I promise." "Les get out ofhere." "Be reasonable." " Roland!" "We'll see." "One question." "Just one." "What do you knowaboutmy daughter?" " About Louise?" "Is thatwhy you wantedto getme in yourbed?" "To interrogate me?" "To find outwhat I knewabouthim, about Charlotte and everything." "When Marc died, afterthe funeral the whole village turned againstme." "Roland is the only one who helped me then." "Awoman on herown is seen as a threathere." "He's a good man, even though it doesn't always show." "Thas whyis so difficult." " Difficult?" "I'm leaving." "I've justtold him." "I'd already decided." "Itwas definite." "Andthen you arrived." "You're cold." " You're colderthan me, Tom." "I love you." "Keep yourhands down, Charlotte." "Yes, thas better." "Good morning, Father." " Good morning, Roland." "Keep yourheels down." "Heels down." "Hey, hello." "Thas Tom." "Tom, these are my oldfriends." "Hello." " This is Tom." "Congratulations." " Thanks." "Hope you have sixtymore." "Pleasedto meetyou." " Pleasedto meetyou." "Wait." "I can see it." "Gotit." "Dad." "Dad." " What, son?" "I've found a euro." " Well I never." "Nowlookfora 2 euro coin." "Here you are." "Kids... andfriends that call once a yearand leave you in peace the rest ofthe time." "Whatmore can you want?" "Thanks." "Right." "Here we are." "Here are the sausages." " Finally." "I'll putthem here." "Help yourself." " Thankyou." "Henri, where didyou get thatpendantfrom?" "Where?" "Easymate." "This is my party." " Is my daughter's chain." "Who are you?" "Can I have itback?" "Where didyou getit?" "What ïyou think?" "Ifound it." " Where?" "Nearthe track." "Bythe tunnel." "Was she still conscious?" "Didyou find herright away?" "Could she still move?" "Was there any otherparalysis?" "Ill be OK." "You're a doctor?" " Yes." "Is itbecause ofthe pills?" "So what did I do wnong?" " Nothing." "Itwoulïve happened anyway?" " Yes." "Even ifwe didn'tlive here?" " Maybe even sooner." "What are you goingto do now?" "Move." "Sitbyherside." "She waitedforme atnight for30 years." "Is myturn now." "Do you wantme to take you to the hospital?" "Tom." "I'm really sorry aboutyourdaughter." "Don'tmove and don't say anything." " Luc, is over." "Sit down, there!" "Brotherand sister, eh?" "Whas yourname?" " Julie." "Andthe rest?" " Ost." "Where do you live?" "Brussels, Kennedystraat." "You ran awayfrom home?" " Yes, from myfather." "I'd missed mytrain." "Iwas waiting in the barforthe next one." "You came in." "The same evening?" "He made hersleep with him." "She hadto sleep with herfather since she was 12." "He forced her." "Look." "She wantedto hurtherself." "Lfl hadn'tbeen there..." " Calm down, no one's blaming you." "Is ittrue?" " Yes." "So whathappened atthe police station?" " I didn'twantto saywho Iwas." "So they circulated photos ofme." "An hourlaterthe cops from here were there with a photo ofCharlotte." "They said itwas me." " Andyou saidyes." "No, I said no." "They didn'tbelieve me." "They said I hadthe same birthmark." "Andthen his motherturned up and you thought, here was youropportunity." "Butyou couldn'tkeep itup forlong." "Andyou knew." "Ofcourse." "Mymotherwas going crazy." "She couldn't accept thatmy sisterhad disappeared." "Every day, she said Charlotte would come backthat day orthe next." "Every day." "To hershe was Charlotte." "She is Charlotte." "Mymotheris living in a dream." "We've told her, butis no use." "Does anyone else knowaboutthis?" " Ofcourse." "Andthey all keep quiet." "Listen." "Both go home and pretend nothing is wnong." "Waituntilyou hearfrom me and don't do anything." "OK?" "Hername is Julie Ost." " It can'tbe!" "I've seen hertwice." "I've even talkedto her." "Andyou didn'tnotice anything." " Butwho'dthinkthat..." "And hermother." "Arlette is an intelligentwoman." "Howcan she carry on believing is herdaughter?" "I didthe same." "I enticed herbackto myhouse." "To my daughter's room." "Putherin Louise's clothes." "Lethersleep in Louise's bed." "Laid nextto her." "Ithought I'd got something back." "I didn'twantto lose it again." "I onlythoughtit, but she did it." "And now?" "You don'tunderstand." "And now?" "Lfshe's not Charlotte, where is the real Charlotte?" "Where is she?" "God, no!" "Didvolunteers search the tracking the quarry after 10th May?" "Who was in charge?" "Dunewolt?" "What did he saywhen he gotback?" "We didn'tfind anything." "I've alreadytoldyou, the case is closed." "Is the magistrate here?" " No." "Then I'll go and see the public prosecutor." "Justtry stopping me!" "PUBLIC PROSECUTOR" "Excuse me, sir..." "ForChriss sake, Erika." "Willyou justlisten?" "Getin yourcarand go to the Florents and getJulie out ofthere." "I don't care." "Getthat childto safety." "Do as I say." "Now!" "Is me, Wes." "You've gotto help me, mate." "What?" " Theywere asking aboutyou." "Whatthe bloodyhellwere you doing atthe courthouse?" "Pardon?" "Herbodyis undera hut in the quarrying Bergmont." "Do ityourself." "Don't go via the public prosecutor's office here." "I don'tknow." "Is eithera conspiracy orthey're all related." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Bloodyhell!" "What are you doing here?" " You wantedto see me." "Me?" " I hadto waituntil I heardfromyou and Roland said..." " Dunewolt sentyou here?" "Thatwas the arrangement, wasn'tit?" " They sentyou here to killyou." "Why?" " To bury you as the Florents' daughter." "Andthen no one will lookfor Charlotte's body." "Is Charlotte dead?" " Yes." "Come on!" "Quick!" "Come on." "Quick." "Freddy!" "ForChriss sake!" "Come on." "You go thatway." "Charlotte?" "Are you OK?" "You were dead." "Freddy!" "Are you OK?" "Are you OK?" "Come here." "Our Father, who artin heaven, hallowed be Thyname." "Forgive us ourtrespasses, as we forgive those who trespass againstus." "And deliverus from evil." "Deliverus from evil!" "Things were fine here." "Untilyou arrived." "Getup." "Getup." "Stand up!" "Sit down overthere." "Sit down." "Freddylikes children." "What does he call it?" "Playing?" "Freddy didn'ttouch yourdaughter." " So you knowwhathappened." "She was bythe tunnel." "Then what?" "Then what?" "Freddy's 11 years old." "Here." "She was older." "She playedwith him." "Gether." "Go on." "To Freddy, everything is a game." "There's no harm in Freddy." "Stop!" "Whathave you done?" "You've killed her." "Whathave you done?" "Whathave you done?" "You've killed her." "My son is innocent." "Andyou?" "You don't say a word." "Andyou buried Charlotte, like a dog." "Undera pile ofrubbish." "What else could I have done?" " Reported everything..." "Reported everything." " He tells so many stories." "I didn'tbelieve him." "Who was that otherchild?" "Whywould she be there?" "Why didn't I hearanything?" "Ithoughthe'd done it." "You coulïve still reported him." " You don'treportyourown child!" "Then mine would still be alive!" "She'd have been able to talk aboutit all!" "Gotit offherchest." "Butyou keep quiet." "And she's justleftthere, all alone!" "With allthatweight on hershoulders!" "Achild!" "Until she can'ttake it anymore." "You killed my daughter." "You keep quiet and carry on keeping quiet." "Mylittle girl..." "Mylittle girl..." "You killed mylittle girl." "Andyou're still alive." "So are you." "Whas the difference between you and me?" "Thanks." "Alright?" " Yeah." "I don't getit." "You were the perfectfather." "Why didn't she say anythingto you?" "Because she was an independenthuman being." "Aperson in herown right." "A 14-year-old girl?" " She didn'twantto burden me with it." "Itwas herdecision." "Itwas wnong, but she hadthatright." "I've neverlooked atitlike that and I'll have to learn to live with it." "Butyou knowwhat, Wes?" "I can finally start grieving." "And as a matteroffact, she has spoken to me." "THE INTRUDER BASED ON ATRUE STORY"