"MISSING GIRL AT THE PYLA" "Hi, sweetie." "Reynald put the press conference forward." "To what time?" " Half an hour ago." " Oh, shit." "Don't worry." "I said you were interviewing an early bird." "Cool." "Thank you." "Did I miss anything good?" "No more than usual." "Here." "The news bulletins." "See if you fancy anything." "Here, at the Pyla, people are astonished and horrified." "Early this morning, workers digging the foundations for a new building made a morbid discovery." "The police refuses to comment, but someone who wishes to remain anonymous confirmed that the exhumed body was in a bad state." "In all likelihood, it had been there for years and the identity of the victim is as yet unknown." "Michel Théboeuf, Fr.3 Aquitaine." "They found a body at the Pyla." "I'm on it." "Hello to you too." "Sorry, the answer is no." "Listen to me." "No." "Next week, you're working on a court case." "Reynald, I'll be here on Monday but I want this case, or..." "Or what?" "You're a bloody pain, Elise." "You come in here as if we were still together." "I need this case." "If you still love me..." "Don't say things like that, it's too easy." "Fine, I'm due some time off." "I'll have it now." "If you do that, ask the accounts office for your final settlement." "Threatening to sack me?" "Don't bother, I'm going." "Hello." "Can I see the person in charge?" "No access to the public." " I'm a journalist." " No comments to the press." "Make sure you get all the samples." "What have we got?" "It's definitely a woman." "Given the size of her hips, she was under 20." "It takes over ten years to reach such a state of decay." "Barthélemy!" "Get the old files out." " You know where they are?" " Downstairs." "Hey, you're not allowed!" "I have to speak to her!" "Let me go and talk to her!" "What's going on?" "It's a girl, about 17, buried there a long time ago." "Let go of her." "You have two seconds to explain." "She's my sister." "I was there when she went missing." "I've been waiting to find her for 15 years." "Long live the bride!" "Make sure you stick to the prescription, this time." " I'll be careful." " Two a day, no more." " I promise." " I wrote it on the packet." " Thank you very much." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." " Elise?" " Hello, Carole." "What are you doing here?" "Your dad didn't say you were coming." "I tried to call him, no reply." "Antoine is in Toulouse." "A building site." "You look like you've seen a ghost." "A body has been found, at the Pyla." "I immediately thought about Laura." " I went to see the police." " The police?" "It's not every day a body turns up." "I was right." "The body matches that of Laura." "I have to go to the police station to identify the body." "That's why I wanted to see dad." "I don't want to go by myself." "Don't worry." "I'll come with you." " You don't have to." " You can't face this alone." "I must inform you that you won't see the body." "There's no use, and I'd rather spare you the ordeal." "So how can we identify her?" "There are some personal belongings." "Not many to be honest, but if you think they belonged to your sister, we'll run DNA tests to confirm." "I expect that after all this time..." "It's her." "It is Laura." "Can you confirm this?" "Yes." "I gave her this bracelet for her 17th birthday." "What are you looking for?" "Laura was wearing one of my mother's necklaces." "No necklace is listed here." "As I said, I'm going to need DNA samples." "I'll also have to ask you questions as soon as possible." "When will your husband be back?" "This evening." "I'll come and see you around 7 o'clock." "By then, the autopsy should have shed some light on the cause of death." " Bye." " See you later." "How are you feeling?" "I don't really know." "Part of me is relieved we finally found her." "On the other hand..." "The little ray of hope has gone out." "Even though I knew it was almost impossible, part of me was hoping that Laura had managed to escape from the forest and that she was alive, somewhere." "Now we know that she wasn't." "I don't like leaving you on your own, but I must go back to the pharmacy." "Mathéo is probably back from school, but just in case." "Thank you, Carole, for everything." "Lili." "Lili." "Open your eyes, sweetheart." " Laura, what time is it?" " Be quiet." "Daddy and Carole are in bed." "Why are you dressed?" "Are you going away?" " We're both going away." " What?" "But I don't want to leave." "What did I promise you, when mummy died?" "I swore that I would never leave you." "Never." "Elise." "Come on." "Come on." "Don't be scared." "You're not a baby anymore." "Bravo." "It was superb!" "Elise!" "It's so good to see you." "Come here." "Let me look at you." "I can't believe how much you've grown." "You're a proper young man, now." "We've not seen you since Christmas." "I don't know how to tell you this." "I've come back because of Laura." "They found her body, this morning." "What?" "It's horrible." "Where?" "Please, Mathéo, don't ask any questions." "I don't want to treat you like a kid, but you don't need to know more." "What happened to your sister was bad." "She was your sister too." "Yes, but I never knew her." "What was she like?" "Don't Dad and Carole ever talk about her?" "It doesn't surprise me." "Dad threw away all her stuff as if she never existed." "You're wrong." "He didn't throw everything away." "Mum doesn't like me coming here." "But sometimes, I rummage through all this." "Laura's things are in this box." "Do you miss her?" "All the time." "I think of her every single day." "This was Laura's guitar." "Did you know that she was like you?" "She really loved music." "What is it?" "Laura's diary." "1997." "1998." "I'd better go." "Mum will kill me if she sees me here." " I'm coming." " Yes." "Darling." "How are you?" "I've been better." "Carole told me what happened." "It must have been terrible to relive this after all these years." "I should have been with you." "It doesn't matter, Dad, Carole was great." "Listen, about this interview with the police woman," "I thought that it might be better if Carole and I talked to her." "Why?" "You were so young, when your sister went missing." " Your memory could..." " Dad." "I may have been 10, but I haven't forgotten what happened." "It was deeply traumatic, but I remember Laura very well." " Have I missed something?" " No, no." "We were just talking." "I expect you'll be staying, tonight?" "Yes, if that's OK." "Don't be silly." "Come on." "Do you mind sleeping in Laura's room?" "We're redecorating the spare room." "No, that's fine." "I'll leave you to unpack while I cook dinner." "Thank you, we've finished." "Excuse me." "Our expert measured the skeleton we found." "Same morphology as your daughter's." "The autopsy revealed some fractures of the skull." "She could have fallen violently or someone could have hit her with a blunt object." "I'd favour the second possibility, otherwise, why hide the body?" "We also found traces of blood on her clothes." "Probably your daughter's, but I sent the samples to the lab." "The results will come back with the DNA results." "I've just read the report again." "What were your daughters doing in the woods, in the middle of the night?" "Laura often sneaked out." "I expect Elise wanted to follow her." "Did Laura often stay out all night?" "What did she do?" "Did she go and see a boyfriend?" "No idea." "To tell you the truth," "Laura was a secretive and troubled teenager." "Two years earlier, her mother died suddenly." "Her death affected her deeply." "What do you mean?" "Antoine is trying to tell you that Laura was very difficult, before she died." "She refused any kind of authority and couldn't stand my involvement in her education." "It made me very sad, but I never gave up." "I knew she was hurting and that she missed her mum." "Carole looked after the girls more than I did." "After her mother's death, Laura put us through it:" "anorexia, spliffs, stopping out, and her results at school were appalling." "It got worse and worse but I didn't know what to do." "Have you kept her things?" "When Laura disappeared," "I went into her bedroom every evening." "It was a living hell, but I couldn't help myself." "And one day, I decided to throw everything away." "I had to, or the torture would never end." "I understand." "I'll do everything I can to solve your daughter's murder." "But it's an old case, I can't guarantee we'll succeed." "The investigation report isn't well-documented." "Your predecessor didn't try very hard." "What do you mean?" "Jean-Pierre Gance very quickly closed the case." "He did what he could." "Laura's body had not been found." "We didn't know if she was dead or alive." "Barthélemy." "OK, I'll get it." "I'll find Gance's address." "I'll keep you informed." "Would you mind coming outside?" "I'd like a quick word with you." "I'm intrigued by your case." "You were with your sister, but you've never talked about what happened." "Are you suffering from a mental block?" "Avoidance coping due to post-traumatic stress." "That's what the doctors call my partial amnesia." "I'd give anything to remember." "Even hypnosis didn't work." "According to my therapist, only an emotional shock could jog my memory." "An emotional shock?" "Such as coming face to face with your sister's killer?" "It would help us if you stayed around for a while." "Just in case." "Thank you." "According to central records, Gance has retired." "He lives near Lerm." "Shall we pop in?" "Not now, I'll go and talk to him in the morning." "I want to re-examine the file." "After all these years, we knew there was no hope." "Mathéo, your sister's visit doesn't mean you can go to bed late." "Come on, bed." " Good night." " Good night." "Don't talk about Laura in his presence." "Mathéo's very sensitive, he could be disturbed by it." "I feel relieved, knowing that Laura will finally rest in peace." "We need to know what happened." "You heard Colombani." "We may never know the truth." "Is that good enough for you?" "Maybe you don't, but I need to know." "Your dad and I lost hope long ago." "You should give in too." "Carole is right." "It's dreadful, but there's nothing we can do." "I see." "We live our lives as if nothing happened." "That's enough, Elise." "I intend to forget your sister and so should you." "If you don't like it, go back to Bordeaux." "Elise." "It's the war of the kisses!" "Watch out!" "Watch out, he's getting closer!" "Watch out, to the left!" "Oh my God, are you in love or something?" "Why do you let him kiss you like this?" "Elise is in love." "14 September 1997." "Today was my little sister's birthday." "To celebrate, we all went to the beach." "Elise was thrilled, she kept laughing, but I was thinking about Mum." "She died over a year ago." "It was strange, celebrating without her." "Dad saw how I felt, but he kept quiet, as usual." "5 January 1998." "Virginie told me that Benoît was really selfish, but I didn't listen." ""You're so stupid, Laura", that's what I thought, when she said he had cheated on me." "When I talked to him, Benoît said he loved me, that it was just gossip, but I believe Virginie." "My best friend wouldn't lie." "Virginie..." "Pasteur." "Benoît..." "Ringer." "15 April 1998." "After weeks of not talking to him," "I saw B again, tonight." "My heart was pounding, as he walked me back home." "It took us a good hour to get back, walking on the beach, but it gave us a chance to talk." "And to kiss." "I can't describe how I feel about him." "Yes, I can." "I think I love him." "I've been going out with B for almost two months." "For the first time since Mum died," "I feel happy again." "B is my soul mate." "I want to keep our relationship secret." "It's not easy to keep a secret in a small town, but we've got a few tricks." "Like the shed near the St Nicolas cross." "It's not very comfortable, but it's ours." "And when B joins me there, it's the most beautiful place in the world." "I think Virginie suspects something." "I'll probably have to talk to her about B." "No." "I don't believe it." "Not now." "ANTOINE CASTELLE ARCHITECT" "Why wasn't I told about the Prés Salés building site?" "The planning changed." "The council applied when it was approved as building land." "It was in December, you were on holiday." "It's where they found your daughter's body." "I can't imagine how awful it must be." "But if you need to talk, I'm here, Antoine." "Thank you, Cécile." "Sergeant Gance?" "Spare me the etiquette." "I'm "Jean-Pierre Gance", now." "I'm retired, couldn't you just leave me be?" "Your report is very succinct." " Didn't I do my job properly?" " I have my doubts." "It's not easy to reopen such an old case." "The chance of solving it is very slim." "So when there is so little in the file..." "If you've come to tell me I botched the investigation the door is behind you." "You and I don't have to fight over this." "A kid died." "All I ask is you help me find the killer." "Right." "For a start, at the time, we didn't have today's technology." "For us, DNA was only a gadget." "We followed the procedure." "We talked to the family, the neighbours, the teachers..." "We didn't get anywhere." "Complete darkness." "With hindsight, did anyone arouse your suspicions?" "That little shithead, Benoît Ringer, was dodgy." "Laura's ex-boyfriend?" "That rich kid felt he could do anything." "According to our witnesses' statements, he and Laura were still together." "Well, more or less." "All the kid's friends told us he was an arrogant little prick." "And violent." "But I could never prove anything." "I tried to question him." "His parents paid for a bunch of solicitors." "For the first time since Mum died," "I feel happy again." "B is my soul mate." "I want to keep our relationship secret." "It's not easy to keep secrets in a small town, but we've got a few tricks." "Lots of tricks." "Like the shed where we meet, in the evening, near the St Nicolas cross." "Hello?" "Inspector Colombani." "Is this a bad time?" "Not at all." "Could you come to the police station?" "I'd like to try something." "POLICE STATION" "It's about what we said, the other day, about how an emotional shock could jog your memory." "We happen to have a suspect in our interview room." " Who?" " Benoît Ringer." "Your sister's ex-boyfriend." "It might come back to you, when you see him." "It's worth a try." "This way." "Take a seat." "Thank you for agreeing to come and answer my questions." "I didn't really have any choice." "But helping the police is always a pleasure." "Well, then..." "When you were 18, you were going out with Laura Castel." "Sort of, yes." "At the time, I had several girlfriends." "Laura was a girl amongst others." "Of course, a true Casanova." "Apparently, tenderness wasn't your thing." "It says in here that you liked a fight." "You even assaulted a college prefect." "I see what you're getting at, Mrs Colombani." "You want to know if I raised a hand to Laura Castel." "The answer is I didn't." "Look, Laura was just a pretty and easy girl, but she was nothing special." "We had fun together, that's all." "So tell me, why would I have hit her?" "Maybe because she cheated on you." "You were angry when you found out." "Who told you that?" "My innate understanding of women." "When a man cheats on his wife, you should expect her to do it too, in revenge." "Was Laura cheating on you?" "A few months before she went missing," "Laura had left me." "I was sure there was someone else." "And you couldn't bear it." "You were allowed to cheat, but she certainly wasn't." "I won't say this again," "I did not kill Laura Castel." "I don't know who she was going out with, but he's the one you should look for." "Very well." "My partner will be with you shortly." "What's your verdict?" "I don't recognise him at all." "I don't think he's guilty." "I don't think he cared at all about what happened to her." "Was he telling the truth about the secret lover?" "Given the state he was in, I don't think he was lying." "But the name of this man isn't mentioned in the file." "Virginie Pasteur." "Hello." "I'm looking for Virginie." "She's in front of you." "I'm Elise Castel, Laura's sister." "You look so much like her!" "I thought I was seeing things." "I'd like to talk about Laura." " You and I." " Of course." "I won't be long." "It gave me a shock, when they found her." "Laura didn't deserve to end up like that." "We were the best friends in the world, always together." "What was she like?" "She was really great." "She turned quite a few heads." "Laura wasn't just very pretty." "She had a mysterious side, which others didn't." "Not according to Benoît Ringer." "He's always been an idiot." "I never understood why she went out with him." "Did you know her last boyfriend?" "What boyfriend?" "Laura kept a diary, in which she often mentioned a boy she called "B"." "They were still together when she went missing." "I have old photos." "What is it?" "Him, here." "His name is Benjamin." "Every school has their resident rebel." "Ours was Benjamin Gance." "Your sister loved his angel face." ""Gance", like the policeman?" "It's his son." "Lucky his father was there when he did stupid things." "After your sister went missing, Benjamin joined the army." "We didn't see him for years." "He came back five years ago." "I'm told he's an oyster farmer." "If I owe you money, join the queue." "I've already seen a bailiff today." "It's not what I'm here for." "My debt is much older." "It's about Laura Castel." "What are you talking about?" "About my sister, who was killed 15 years ago." "Do you remember her?" "We went to the same college." "I didn't really know her." "And yet, it is you on this photo." "Yes, it's me." "We probably went to the same parties, but it doesn't make us friends." "I don't mean to be unfriendly, but half my oysters have been ruined by the algae." " So..." " It's fine, I get it." "You followed me, is that it?" "You know why I'm here." "You were going out with my sister." "You were "B"." "Let go of me!" "Let go of me, you raving lunatic!" "You're out of your head!" "You'll get into trouble, sticking your nose everywhere." "I'm not scared." "Mind your own business and leave me alone!" "I won't tell you again." "Antoine?" "What are you doing?" "I can't sleep." "Go back to sleep, I'm fine." "You're worried about Elise, I can tell." "What is she after?" " What would happen if she..." " Stop it." "She's much stronger than her mother." "I think so, anyway." "You see, you're not sure either." "I'll keep an eye on her." "It would reassure me." "And she trusts you." "I'll look after her." "Come on." "Hi." "What is so urgent that you came to see me?" "What do you think?" "I talked with Colombani, who's reopened the Castel case." "She seems tenacious." "She's not the only one." "Laura's sister came to see me." " What did she want?" " To ask me questions." "She found out I was going out with Laura." "I don't like the sound of this." "You'd better go away for a bit." "I can't, business is bad enough as it is." "Who cares about your oyster farm?" "Don't you understand what's going on?" "Leave me alone." "I'm old enough to know what to do." "Go on, hit me, what are you waiting for?" "Go on!" "That's all you've ever done." "I took the day off to get Mathéo's present." "His birthday is in three weeks but it's good to be prepared." "Do you fancy coming with me?" "It's been a long time." "Dad asked you to watch me?" ""Watch you", you're over-reacting." "No." "But you're right, we are worried about you." "I've already made plans." "But you can come, if you like." "I knew we weren't going shopping, but what are we doing here?" "See the house with the bike?" "Benjamin Gance lives here." "He was going out with Laura, when she went missing." "Isn't it strange?" "Are you going to spy on him all day?" "No, not really." "Don't tell your dad, he thinks I've stopped." "It's my little secret." "We all have them." "What do you mean?" "You didn't say you went into the forest." "I saw you, this morning." "Feeling better?" " I was going to Laura's shed." " You remember a shed?" "Come on, let's go." "To do what?" "Elise!" "I hope you're not going in!" "If I want evidence, I'll have to." "But we're not allowed to do this!" "Elise!" "Wait for me in the car, if you want." "I could do with help, searching." "Coming?" "Take this side, I'm going this way." "Do you recognise it?" "It's Laura's." "And what's this?" "Pages from Laura's diary." "The ones that were torn out." "She wrote that she loved Benjamin Gance and that she didn't want to hide anymore." "WHERE THE SECRETS LIE" "Let's go and talk to Colombani." "Why on earth did you do that?" " It's illegal." " I did tell her." "Without evidence, you'd have sent me away." "Who says I'm not going to?" "In that case, give me the necklace back." "Certainly not, it's evidence." "Benjamin Gance has been left in peace for 15 years, while my sister was rotting away in a hole." "I'll question him on the basis of your evidence." "From now on, stay away." "I want to see the interrogation." "It's the least you can do." "Where did you get this?" "Why was this necklace in your possession?" " Laura gave it to me." " Why would she?" "She loved me." "This necklace belonged to her mother." "I don't believe she willingly gave it to you, especially as the chain is broken." "No more tall stories, tell me how you got it." "What's the point?" "You won't believe me." "Try me." "You'd better be very convincing." "Laura and I had found an old wooden shed, not far from her house." "When I heard she'd gone missing, I thought she'd be there." "I thought she'd ran away." "When I got there, the shed was empty." "I found this necklace, on the ground." "The chain was broken." "I knew something serious had happened." "As if she'd had a fight." "It wasn't clever of me, but the necklace was all I had left of her." "That's why I kept it, as a keepsake." "Pretty story." "But do you know what I think?" "That this necklace wasn't a keepsake, but a trophy." "Laura had lots of admirers." "You went out together, and she got bored." "But you were madly in love with her, and you couldn't bear being dumped." "So, you killed her." "You have no right to say this." "I loved her." "I would never have hurt her." "Never, do you hear me?" "What he said is plausible, but a bit muddled." "I may be wrong, but I found him genuine." "I don't know, but I'll keep him in tonight." "Gance must have had a reason to keep his son out of the inquiry." "You're both as reckless as each other!" "I'm used to you being stubborn, but you going with her is beyond me." "You make me sound completely mad." "Is it normal to break in, to look for God knows what?" "I found Laura's necklace." "Isn't that evidence?" "What would be normal would be for my father to be happy that the inquiry progresses and that I may regain my memory." "But it's as if you don't care." "I don't know how to talk to her." "See what you can do." "The gunman was less than 100m away." "You're lucky he missed you." " I didn't see a thing." " I'm sure it wasn't Benjamin." "I let him out after your call." "Here." "It was embedded in a tree." "It looks to me like a 38 or 9mm." "Large calibre." "Whoever shot at you really meant it." "I shouldn't have involved you in the investigation." "Don't say that." "This shows that we're getting closer to the killer." "He's panicking." "All the more reason to stay away." "I don't want your death on my conscience." "You won't like this, but you should leave." "Go back to Bordeaux." "I promise I'll keep you informed, but I don't want you under my feet." " Still pestering me?" " I came to apologise." "Really?" "Don't bother." "Please." "I understand you being cross." "But if you really loved Laura, please give me a chance." "You really look like her." "I've not talked about her for years." "It's time to start again, don't you think?" "You seem to be the only one to care about Laura." "Round here, it's as if she never existed." "Wiped out." "Do you still think about her?" "I loved your sister." "Like I've never loved anyone." "How did you meet?" "The photo you showed me." "It was that evening." "She was crying, I went to talk to her." "We spent the night talking about our lives, about our mothers, whom we missed." "Mine left when I was eight." "She must have been sick of my father's anger." "Anyway, Laura and I, we felt like kindred spirits." "Do you know what might have happened?" "She didn't go to the forest just to see you." "She was planning to run away, wasn't she?" "We were going to meet up in our shed and sneak away." "We'd been talking about leaving this place for weeks." "But nothing happened as planned." "At the last minute, I didn't have the guts to go." "I was only 17, you see." "I got scared." "When Laura died," "I was getting drunk on the beach, like a cretin." "If I'd been there, she'd still be alive." "It's not your fault, Benjamin." "The culprit is the one who killed her." "Do you know why Laura wanted to run away?" "She couldn't stand living here, anymore." "Because of your mother's suicide." "What are you talking about?" "Your mother's suicide haunted her." "She couldn't understand it." "My mother didn't kill herself, she had a car accident." "It's not what Laura used to say." "You never told me Mum had killed herself." "What are you talking about, who said that?" "Stop lying." "This accident story is bullshit." "Why have you been lying to me all these years?" "How could you not tell me?" "Come with me." "Let's not talk about this here." "Come on." "This is where your mother died." "One morning, she went up there and jumped." "You're too young to remember, but your mother wasn't very stable." "I loved her, so I thought it could help her." "It was the case, for a while, but then, it got worse, after you were born." "Is that why you hate me?" "I don't hate you." "How can you say such a thing?" "What happened to your mother is not your fault." "She was ill." "When her condition got worse, we decided to have her hospitalised." "It went on for two years, always in and out of hospital." "And then, the psychiatrists told me about bipolar disorder." "So, we tried a new treatment." "And your mother started getting better." "She even came out of hospital, and I thought she was cured." "But I was wrong." "I don't understand why you didn't tell me." "You were eight." "I thought you wouldn't understand." "Maybe I was too much of a coward to tell you." "So, I invented this car accident story." "Did Laura know?" "She knew." "Yes." "We have the results from ballistics." "The weapon used to shoot at Elise Castel was an MR 73." "Registered in the name of..." "Jean-Pierre Gance." "Is this a joke?" "Gance claims this weapon was stolen from him in September 1998." "Exactly when the Castel girl disappeared." "I don't believe in coincidences." "What is it now?" "I have a few questions about a gun which belongs to you and has just reappeared." "I see you know what I mean." "So now, you decide." "Either you cooperate and we sort this out here, or you follow me to the station." "Do you think I'm a fool?" "That I would shoot at Elise Castel with my own weapon?" "It would cover your tracks, since this gun was stolen." "It's the truth!" "Laura Castel stole it from me!" " My son admitted it to me." " Was that after you hit him?" " I forbid you." " Don't forbid me anything." "Your son and I had a long chat, last night." "Killing time in custody." "I heard about your education methods." "I was heavy-handed, when he did stupid things." "Like going out with Laura Castel?" "You didn't like her, you said she was mad." "She was like her mother, they shouldn't have dated." "But they did." "Your son disobeyed you, and one mustn't upset Jean-Pierre Gance." "I get it." "You think I killed the Castel girl." "You're hot-headed." "No one should challenge your authority." "Your ex-men still say it." "What did Laura do to make you angry?" " She refused to leave Benjamin?" " What's your problem?" "You're a woman, is that it?" "You hate blokes." "I'm doing what you should have done 15 years ago." "At the time, you lead the inquiry as if it was of little importance." "What are you hiding?" "I didn't kill her." "All I did was protect my son." "The morning after Laura went missing," "Benjamin came home completely drunk." "I didn't ask any questions." "I was scared of the answer." "Even if he was innocent, being named in the investigation would have ruined his life." "You can't get over these things." "Not in a little town like ours." "I'll try to understand, but don't expect me to forgive." "Now, let's go back to the beginning." "When Antoine Castel reported his daughter's disappearance." "Benjamin?" "Why are you here?" "I came to apologise." "I shouldn't have mentioned the suicide." "You've done nothing wrong, honestly." "Good." "Laura wanted us to run away with you." "She was scared to leave you here." " Why?" " I don't know." "Someone was reading her diary." "That's why she gave me the last pages." "To hide her feelings for me from others." "Yes." "I've got the DNA results." "No surprises regarding Laura, she's definitely the victim." "But the blood on the clothes is another matter." " It's her father's." " How do you know?" "Gance said that Castel was well-dressed when he reported her disappearance." "If he'd been looking for her in the forest, he would have been scruffy." "That's a bit feeble." "But enough to check the land registry." "I found out that Castel knew the land where his daughter was buried very well." "His practice had been granted planning permission which was then cancelled to protect the environment." "What better place to hide a body?" "So Antoine Castel killed his own daughter." "It's no good, there's no light." "I don't like the circulation." " I did what you asked for." " Redo it" "Mr Castel, I'd like you to come with us." "We're arresting you for the murder of Laura Castel." "Ask my wife to look after Elise." "Hasn't my family suffered enough?" "I got the DNA test results." "The blood found on the clothing is your sister's." "But it's not just hers." "Can you understand any of this gibberish?" "It says that there was also the blood of someone else." "Given the number of shared alleles, this person is from your family." "It must be Elise's." "When we found you, your hands were covered in blood." "I'm sorry, Mrs Castel, but they are male chromosomes." "Take a seat." "Your father confessed." "As soon as I showed him this evidence." "Did he tell you why?" "Why he killed Laura?" "There are still some grey areas." "At the moment, he's refusing to talk to us." "He'll talk to me, if you let me see him." "Look at me, Dad." "If you want me to help, talk to me." "You can't help me." "Everything Colombani told you is true." "I don't believe you," "I refuse to believe you." "But it is the truth." "I'm sorry." "Fine." "So why did you kill her, then?" "Why did you kill my sister?" "I keep asking you to leave." "Do you understand why, now?" "Go away, please." "Come on, don't be scared." "You're not a baby, anymore." "You didn't know?" "Yes, I knew." "I've been keeping this secret for years." "Don't look at me like this." "After all, we did it to protect you." "I'm sick of being protected." "I want someone to finally tell me the truth." "Except you're not prepared to hear the truth." "If you really wanted to, you'd see it with your own eyes." "Don't you understand what your father is doing?" "He's prepared to sacrifice himself for you." "What do you mean?" "What are you saying?" "You killed Laura." "I've had enough, Laura." " And it's raining." " Hurry up." "We should have told Dad." "I didn't even say bye." " I want to go back." " That's enough, come with me." "No!" "No, I don't want to!" "Why are you tormenting me?" "Because it's what you want, isn't it?" "The truth." "It's time you heard everything your dad did for you." "It was him, who hid Laura's body." "I can't imagine what he went through, the pain he must have felt at that moment." "He sacrificed Laura to save you, the only daughter he still had." "But how could Dad think I had killed Laura?" "Because you're like your mother, Elise." "You're bipolar." "You're lying." "Look at yourself, for goodness' sake." "Your bouts of anger, your chronic depression..." "Your mother had the same symptoms." "The doctors warned your father, when they diagnosed your mother's illness." "They told him it was a genetic disease." "So your dad was forever watching Laura's and your reactions." "We soon realised that you had a problem." "When you killed Laura, your father felt guilty." "He thought it was his fault." "He didn't want you to be committed and to find out what you had done." "Leave me alone." "I didn't know where to go." "Come in." " I asked you to leave." " I nearly did." "But I talked to Carole." " What did she tell you?" " Everything." "Enough for me to realise that there's something wrong." "She should never have told you." "Someone shot at me." "Who would want to get rid of me, if I had killed Laura?" "Who, other than her killer?" "The gun which was used belonged to Jean-Pierre Gance." "His son said that Laura had stolen it." "She must have been carrying it." "It wasn't amongst her belongings." "The contents of her bag were on the ground, as if she'd spilled them." "Or the killer was looking for something." "Possibly." "Miss Castel, your time is up." "Elise." "Take care." "I don't want to lose you." "I miss you." "Be quick." "Benjamin" "Hello." "I can't take your call right now, so please, leave a message." "It's Elise." "I'm on my way." "I'll need your help." "Laura was holding something important, and that's why she got killed." "I'll tell you more in a minute." "I trust you, Benjamin." "You're the only person I still trust." "Benjamin?" "Come on, wake up!" "Come on!" "Open your eyes." " That's enough, come with me." " No!" "No, I don't want to." "Are you all right, Laura?" "I didn't want to hurt you." "It's nothing." "I just sprained my ankle." "Go and hide." "Quickly." "Why did you run away?" "Where's your sister?" "Far away." "You can't hurt her anymore." "Hurt her?" " What are you talking about?" " Save your breath." "I found the letter you sent my mother." "You advised her to take her own life." ""Your illness causes deep pain to Antoine and your daughters." ""While you were in hospital," ""your husband was happy, in my arms." ""He would still be," ""if the doctors hadn't discharged you."" "You see, I even know it off by heart." "Where is this letter?" " Give it to me." " I put it in a safe place." "How could you send this to my mother?" "You knew it would destroy her." "She killed herself two days later." "That's enough, give me the letter!" "At first, I wanted to kill you." "Then I thought:" ""It's too easy."" "You deserve to suffer." "Really suffer." "What will Dad say, when he finds out that Mum died because of you?" "Elise!" "Where are you, darling?" "Elise!" "Come on, sweetheart, come here!" "Laura?" "Call an ambulance, quickly!" "You bitch!" "Benjamin!" "The letter." ""Where the secrets are resting."" "I'm not buying your story." "Who says you're not trying to protect your husband?" "First, accuse the father, then, the daughter..." "Best way of casting doubt in the jurors' mind." "Inspector, the second Antoine hears" "I came to talk to you, he's going to hate me." "But I can't keep quiet any longer." "You've managed quite well until now." "Yes, it's true, I admit it." "We made a mistake, trying to protect Elise." "But I can't let him sacrifice himself and go to prison instead of her." "No." " No smoking in here." " I'm sorry." "Where is your step-daughter?" "She slept at Benjamin's." "She's probably still there." " What's the matter?" " Jean-Pierre Gance called." " Elise was at his son's." " And?" "She'd just shot him." "Gance tried to stop her, but she managed to escape." "If you'd talked to us sooner, this wouldn't have happened." "I'll tell you more in a minute." "I trust you, Benjamin." "You're the only person I still trust." "I know this look on your face." "Something's bothering you." "It's not a message a woman who's about to kill her lover would leave." "She shot my son and you're defending her?" " Nothing proves it was her." " I told you I saw her." "Really?" "Why didn't she shoot you, then?" " Did you see her gun?" " Not really." "Why did she run off?" "Let's start a search operation for Elise Castel." "Let's hope she's not going to do anything stupid." " Hello?" " How is Benjamin?" "Not good, let's hope he makes it to the hospital." "You won't believe me, but I swear it wasn't me." "Benjamin was already injured when I got there." "I'm prepared to believe you, but you must give yourself up." "I can't." "I know who killed my sister, but no one will believe me." "Especially not my father." "If you come and see me, I promise I'll help you." "It's too late." "You found the letter, it's wonderful." "Come on, give it to me, and your phone." "Come on!" "How did you know I'd be here?" "Intuition." "You don't have many places to hide." "You told me about this shed." "What are you planning to do now?" "Kill me?" "Like Benjamin?" "He hadn't done anything to you." "No, but his death fitted well with my little storyline." "You'll soon understand." "Let's go for a little walk in the forest." "Start another search operation for Carole Castel." "We must find her as soon as possible." "And fetch Antoine Castel." "I hope you're not scared of heights." "Why here?" "You might as well end on a high note." "Imagine the headline:" ""The dangerous psychopath kills her lover" ""and jumps to her death" ""where her mother had committed suicide."" "Sounds rather good." "You won't get away with it this time." "There will be an inquiry." "Some people will ask questions but you'll soon be forgotten, like your mother and your sister." "Come on, walk." "Do you feel no remorse?" "Why would I?" "I've not done anything." "I've always loved you father." "Your mother didn't deserve him." "She was ruining his life." "As for your unruly sister, she made our life a misery." "It was an accident." "With you, it's different, I have to." "Up you get!" "Quickly!" "Come on." "Jump." "Jump!" "No." "You killed all the people I loved." "If you want to kill me, do it yourself." "If you knew what an ordeal it's been, all these years, being scared that you'd suddenly remember!" "Your death will liberate me!" "Let go of her!" "Can't you see that she's like her sister?" "They've always tried to ruin my marriage." "They've always hated me." "They've always wanted me dead!" "Carole!" "How do you feel?" " When I see this, I wonder..." " Don't say that." "It had to be done, for Laura." "For your sister." "How could I be so blind?" "Healing from your wounds will take time." "I had a call from the hospital." "Benjamin Gance will be fine." "I thought you'd be pleased to hear this." "Thank you." "I'm so sorry, my darling." "If I'd known, I..." "Dad." "It's over, now." "Subtitles:" "Eclair Group"