-So, this is where I come when I don't want to be found.

♪♪ -Oh, no use to you here.

No signal.

-Are you sure about this?

'Cause I'm not.

Her ex is a junkie with a string of convictions.

And there's something else in her history.

Something she's hiding.

-Then find it.

Maybe the truth is Liam reminds me a bit of me, and you of my mom.

♪♪ -The fire.

When you were a little boy... What happened?

-He forced us into a bedroom.

He locked the door, and my mother was screaming.

And the next thing, he was pouring something over the door, over the hallway... And that's when I heard it.

[ Gasps ] -Oh, my... -It's the same one as Elliot's!

-He bought you this?

-You didn't tell me it wasn't her ex who smashed the place up.

It was two kids I've never seen before.

-You don't think we should tell the police?

-That we've been using illegal surveillance?

-He hunted me down.

He took Alfie off me -- -For Liam's sake, leave while you still can.

-Olivia was sectioned.

She still blames me for everything that happened.

I had to get a restraining order.

You can ask Simone if you don't believe me.

-Why do we have to go?

Is it because of that woman?

-Darling, I'll explain everything later, okay?

Promise.

-[ Shakily ] Police.

Yes, pl-please come quickly.

M-My ex-wife, she broke into my home, and she attacked me... Tawny House, Shepperton Brook.

Please hurry, I'm bleeding!

♪♪ [ Tense eerie music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Birds chirping ] [ Faucet dripping ] ♪♪ [ Footsteps approaching ] [ Door creaks open ] [ Door closes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Students chattering ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -Have a good day, yeah?

♪♪ Are you okay?

-Yeah.

[ Rachel clicks tongue ] ♪♪ [ School bell rings ] ♪♪ [ Tense uneasy music plays ] [ Simone sighs ] [ Door creaks open ] ♪♪ [ Drawers open, close] ♪♪ [ Keys rattling ] ♪♪ [ Safe lock door clunking ] ♪♪ [ Papers rustling ] ♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ -Hi.

-Cameras at the house aren't working.

-Oh?

-Where are you?

-In the office.

-Well, can you look into it?

-Sure, I'm on it.

When are you back?

-Let me know when it's fixed.

[ Phone line beeping ] ♪♪ [ Keys thud ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Children chattering ] ♪♪ [ Rachel sighs ] ♪♪ [ Knock on door ] ♪♪ -His ex-wife is currently in custody for assault and breaching a restraining order.

-And how is he, Elliot?

-He needed some medical attention, but he's okay.

-Is he home?

-He is.

Do you feel in a position to make a statement, Rachel?

-Sure.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Doorbell rings ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Does it hurt?

-Yes.

-I'm...so sorry.

-What for?

-I should've believed you.

-You were putting Liam first.

How is he?

-Miserable.

First day back at school, so... -There's something I wanna show you.

-Ooh, what is it?

-A school.

Think Liam would love it.

-Hogwarts.

[ Elliott laughs, winces ] He's got a school.

-But this is for kids like him.

High-achieving.

He'd meet others just the same.

The chance to reach his full potential.

-Where is it?

-It's not far.

He wouldn't have to board.

-Board?

[ Laughs ] We can't afford that.

-I could.

I'd like to.

-No.

-Listen... this isn't about you and me and whatever happens between us.

Liam deserves this chance.

Just think about it, yeah?

Thank you for coming.

Any time Liam wants to come back and work on my car... -Yeah, I'll ask him.

[ Birds chirping ] [ Footsteps receding ] [ Tense ominous music plays ] ♪♪ Dinner's ready.

Pack away, please.

[ Cutlery clunking ] [ Indistinct TV chatter ] [ Ketchup squirts ] I saw Elliot today.

-How come?

-There was an accident.

He's fine.

He mentioned something.

-What?

-It's a specialized school for really smart kids, like you.

-How come it's so special?

-Well, look at it.

It's set in beautiful grounds.

There's only about 10 kids in a class.

Elliot knows the headmaster, reckons he could get you in.

-Me?

-Well, only if you wanted.

[ Knock on door ] It's okay, stay there.

[ Tense mysterious music plays ] ♪♪ -Who is it?

-No, nothing, no one.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Phone line ringing ] -[ Phone line clicks ] -Hello?

- Rachel?

-Who is this?

♪♪ -Hello?

-Simone.

I can't talk for long.

-What is all this?

-I think Elliot is lying about his past.

Some things just aren't adding up.

-What things?

- Look, I found out what I can for you.

I can't dig anymore.

♪♪ I've got to go.

-No, wait, Simone.

Hello?

[ Phone line clicks ] Hello?

...sake.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Rachel sighs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ "Child psychiatrist excuses themselves... "Refuses to testify in court."

♪♪ ♪♪ [ Keyboard clacking ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -I've been looking at some videos about the school.

[ Cellphone ringing ] They've got their own farm.

-Yeah?

-With pigs and sheep.

-Listen, I need to go somewhere today, so are you gonna be alright walking home?

-I'm not a baby.

-I know.

[ School bell rings ] Alright, I'll see you later.

-Okay, bye.

[ Children chattering ] [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Air brakes hiss ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -If you could just fill out your information at the top, emergency contact, GP, phone number, and address, date and sign the bottom, and there's a health questionnaire on the back.

-[ Cellphone ringing ] -I'll just give you a pen.

If you'd like to take a seat, someone will be with you shortly.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

Hi, how can I help?

-Does a Debra Mallon work here?

-Have you got an appointment?

-I was hoping I could have a quick word.

It won't take a minute.

-Can I ask what it's regarding?

-It's sort of personal.

She used to treat my fiancé when he was younger.

-Our staff aren't able to discuss clients without their consent.

-It's just she meant a lot to him, and we were hoping she might come to our wedding.

-I can leave a message for her, but as I say, this would really have to come from your fiancé.

-[ Telephone ringing ] -I know, but it's a surprise.

I don't mind waiting.

-I'm afraid it's out of the question.

[ Receiver clicks ] Willow River Clinic.

How can I help?

♪♪ -[ Sighs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Car beeps ] [ Car locks click ] Debra?

Hi, I wondered if I could speak to you about Elliot Fielding.

-You were the woman at reception this morning.

-Yeah.

-I'm sorry, it's -- it's completely inappropriate.

-All I want to know is why you stopped treating him.

-I've got nothing to say to you.

-Please!

I have a son.

His name is Liam.

He's 11.

The same age Elliot was when...

I just need to know if my son is safe with him.

♪♪ ♪♪ -This goes entirely against patient confidentiality.

If anyone were to find out... -I'm not gonna tell a soul...

I swear.

♪♪ -I met Elliot about a week or so after the fire.

♪♪ When children have been through something that traumatic, they often become closed off emotionally.

Elliot was... different.

-How?

-Well, he -- he wasn't just shut down.

It was like he wasn't there.

There was... nothing.

Then, after a few weeks, he started to come out of himself, to trust me.

-Okay.

-But he began to become... dependent.

Possessive.

When I had to change an appointment, he'd get agitated.

Abusive.

Well, we -- we tried to place him with a foster family, but every time, he'd run away.

-Is that normal for a kid like him, who'd been through what he had?

-Once, he turned up in the middle of the night on my doorstep.

I've no idea how he found my address.

♪♪ He was becoming obsessed, and, uh...

I'd never been frightened of a child before.

♪♪ -See you tomorrow.

-Bye!

♪♪ ♪♪ -Hey, buddy.

-Elliot?

What are you doing here?

-Your mom asked me to collect you.

Why don't we head up to the cabin?

We can work on the Land Rover.

-Okay.

Shall I call my mom?

-No, she's gonna join us there.

Hop in.

-In the end, I decided it would be best if I let someone else treat him.

♪♪ -And that's why you didn't testify?

-[ Sighs ] I've said too much.

-Please.

He said that it was his dad that started the fire.

And his dad was found guilty, right?

-His father had a history of drinking and violence.

It made sense to the jury.

-But?

-He always insisted he was innocent.

I mean, right up until the day he died.

-Why?

What did he say happened?

♪♪ -[ Sighs ] That the house was already in flames by the time he got home.

♪♪ -And did you believe him?

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Maybe we'll even get it started today.

[ Car door closes ] -[ Sighs ] -I'll go get everything ready.

[ Car door closes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Phone line ringing ] [ Phone line beeps ] -Hi, it's Rachel, leave a message.

[ Radio faintly chattering ] [ Phone line ringing ] ♪♪ -Hi.

-Hi.

-How can I help?

-I just wondered when you were coming back today.

There's a few things I need to go through with you.

-I'm not.

We'll talk Monday.

♪♪ -Is everything okay?

-Why wouldn't it be?

♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Sighs ] ♪♪ -Liam reminds me a bit of me, and... you of my mom.

-He began to become... dependent.

Possessive.

-You can stay at mine.

-Can we?

-She was gonna start again... without me.

-We're leaving.

♪♪ -So I just stood there... ♪♪ ...and listened to my mother screaming.

♪♪ -Liam?

♪♪ Liam?

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Phone line ringing ] -The number you have dialed cannot be reached.

Please try again later.

[ Phone line ringing ] The number you have dialed cannot be reached.

-[ Sighs ] -Please try again later.

[ Cellphone ringing ] -Hello?

-It's Elliot.

Everything okay?

Rachel?

-I'm fine.

♪♪ How are you?

- I was thinking about what we discussed, Liam working on the car again, so I dropped by the school and picked him up.

-What?

-I thought the three of us could stay in the cabin for the weekend.

-He's with you?

-He's right here.

♪♪ -Can you put him on?

♪♪ Elliot?

-He's busy with the Land Rover.

Sorry, it's really bad signal out here.

-Tell him I'll be right there.

I'm coming now.

♪♪ -How was Debra?

-[ Exhales heavily ] ♪♪ Is Liam okay?

-[ Chuckles ] Course he is.

I would have brought him.

He insisted he was old enough to stay on his own.

♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ [ Rachel grunts ] No need for phones at the cabin, remember?

No signal.

[ Cellphone continues ringing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Rachel?

♪♪ Rachel?

Hello?

♪♪ [ Rachel gasping ] ♪♪ -Ah!

You okay?

-Yeah.

♪♪ -[ Sighs ] -I have a surprise inside for you.

-We can't.

-What?

-It's getting late and you haven't had dinner.

-I'm making dinner.

-No, really.

Jasmine's expecting us.

Go get your bag.

We can grab a cab in the village.

-Come inside first.

I'll drop you back there later.

♪♪ [ Laptop chimes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Phone line ringing ] -Police, please.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Why does it smell of petrol?

♪♪ -Take a seat.

♪♪ This was my mother's recipe.

[ Knife swishes ] Shall I show you how to skin it?

-I want to go now.

-Yeah, look, we'd better be off.

-Oh.

-Come on.

[ Knife clatters ] -Please.

-You can't go.

-Elliot, we have to.

-Yeah, yeah, we do.

-No.

No!

Look... [ Liam breathing shakily ] We're gonna have a nice meal, and then you and I can work on the car for a little bit.

I'll even let you drive it round one of the back fields.

It'll be fun.

And then, when you get tired, I can carry you back.

♪♪ -Mom.

-Enough, now.

We're going.

-No, look, Liam, listen to me.

I found something out about your mom.

Sometimes...

Sometimes, people who say they love you, they do things to prove that they don't.

And your mom...

Your mom is one of those people.

-What?

-You can't trust her.

But you can trust me... because we're the same, me and you.

-Stop it!

-I'll always tell you the truth.

My mom abandoned me.

And yours did, too.

-Don't listen to him.

-What's he talking about?

-She put you into care.

Gave you away to live with strangers.

Ask her.

♪♪ Ask her.

♪♪ She didn't want you.

♪♪ I know what that feels like, Liam.

♪♪ Not to be wanted.

♪♪ -Mom?

♪♪ -Liam.

Liam!

-He deserves to know the truth.

And he'll forgive you.

And I'll forgive you, too.

And we can still be a family.

-You're hurting me -- -And you hurt me.

-Why are you doing this?

-You went to see Debra behind my back.

♪♪ I'm still trying to love you.

Even though you hurt me...

I'm still trying to love you.

♪♪ ♪♪ -Alright.

Of course, we can work through this.

But right now, I need to find Liam.

-He'll be back soon.

-Elliot, I need to see him.

-No.

-I'm his mom.

He's just a little boy, Elliot, please.

I need to know my little boy is okay.

You get that, don't you?

[ Sighs ] ♪♪ Elliot, if you love Liam... let me take him home.

Please?

♪♪ ♪♪ Listen...

I'm not gonna tell anyone about this.

We can start again.

♪♪ -Women always make promises.

They never keep them.

♪♪ You don't know.

You don't know the truth.

-Then tell me.

♪♪ -I didn't want to do it.

I didn't want her to suffer.

But she was going to destroy our family.

I couldn't let her.

She had to know that her actions have consequences.

She was mine.

She was my mom, and she was gonna leave me.

♪♪ What choice have you given me, Rachel?

I don't want you to suffer either.

-Elliot, I'm not your mom, I promise.

-But you're leaving me.

-I'm not.

I'm coming back.

-How can I know that?

-Because I believe you.

I do.

-But you can't be trusted.

You let people down.

You let Liam down.

-I did.

I know I did.

But listen to me, I'm... never gonna do that again to either of you.

-You don't deserve him.

-[ Sighs ] I don't... but I am trying to give him the best life I can.

And we can do that together... as a family.

What you went through when you were younger...

I get it, I get all of it.

You were just a kid.

You were confused, you were frightened, you just wanted your mom.

None of this... is your fault.

My life... has got so much better since you came into it.

And for the first time, Liam can be truly happy.

I don't wanna lose that.

♪♪ I'm not gonna leave you.

♪♪ I want us to be together.

♪♪ [ Grunts ] Argh!

♪♪ -I knew it...

I knew.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ You were the one.

♪♪ But you couldn't do it, could you?

You couldn't love me the way that I loved you.

♪♪ [ Rachel grunts ] ♪♪ You don't deserve to be a mother.

♪♪ -You're pathetic.

♪♪ Men like you have bullied me my whole life.

Wanted to control me.

You think you're the only one in pain?

My whole life is pain.

But I can hold it.

I live in it.

You, you're a coward.

You're a sad, sick little boy, that not even his own mother could love.

[ Rachel whimpers ] [ Rachel choking ] ♪♪ -Shut up!

[ Rachel groaning ] Shut up!

[ Rachel groaning, choking ] -[ Liam yells, hammer thuds ] [ Rachel gasping ] ♪♪ [ Hammer clatters ] Oh, god.

Come here.

♪♪ ♪♪ [ Car door knob rattling ] Argh!

♪♪ Stay here.

I love you.

-Mom!

-Stay here!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Elliot gasps ] -[ Rachel screams, gasps ] ♪♪ Run!

Come on!

[ Rachel panting ] ♪♪ [ Engine sputters ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Engine sputters ] ♪♪ -Liam!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Shh.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Rachel screams ] -Mom!

[ Both grunting ] [ Worktop clattering ] [ Rachel choking ] ♪♪ [ Rachel grunting ] [ Elliot grunting ] [ Rachel choking ] [ Both yelling ] [ Tool clanking ] [ Both roaring ] [ Blow thuds, Elliot grunts ] [ Rachel yelling ] [ Breathing heavily ] -[ Welding gun clanks ] -[ Panting ] -Mom, no!

-[ Rachel screaming ] -[ Flames whooshing ] [ Elliot screams ] [ Rachel gasping, sobbing ] [ Elliot screaming ] ♪♪ -[ Breathing deeply ] -[ Breathing shakily ] [ Siren wailing in distance ] ♪♪ [ Traffic rumbling in distance ] [ Chatter ] -Alright!

♪♪ -[ Chuckles ] ♪♪ That supposed to be me?

-[ Laughs ] Yeah, well, never said I was an artist, did I?

[ Gentle somber music plays ] ♪♪ I love you, mate.

♪♪ -Stick the kettle on, would you?

♪♪ [ Knock on door ] [ Door opens ] ♪♪ Hey.

-Hey.

[ Door closes ] -Can I?

-Yeah.

-[ Sighs ] What he said...

It wasn't true.

I always wanted you.

It's just when I had you, I was poorly.

Really poorly in my head.

I couldn't cope, and I wasn't sure if I could look after you properly.

But I got better.

And I realized I could.

So I went straight back and I brought you home.

I love you.

[ Knock on door ] -I'll get it!

-Hi.

-Want me to get rid of her?

-No.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

-How are you?

-Alive.

What do you want?

-I wanted you to have this.

-[ Clears throat ] What is it?

-Call it what you want.

Severance pay.

Compensation.

-Doing the rounds, are we?

Olivia getting one, too?

I don't want this.

-Just take it.

You can rip it up if you want.

But think about it.

♪♪ [ Audience laughing on TV ] ♪♪ [ Audience applauding on TV ] [ Indistinct TV chatter ] ♪♪ -She didn't want you.

♪♪ I know what that feels like, Liam.

Not to be wanted.

You can't trust her.

But you can trust me.

Because we're the same, me and you... [ Tense ominous music plays ] ♪♪ [ Slow solemn music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪