Puppy (2005) - full transcript

Attempting suicide, sultry but down-on-her-luck swindler Liz is rescued by lonely tow truck driver Aiden. But instead of rushing her to the hospital, Liz's savior abducts her to his remote farmhouse, convinced that she is the wife who abandoned him years earlier. Cut off from civilization, kept prisoner and guarded day and night by vicious attack dogs, Liz realizes she must rely on her skills as a con artist to talk her way out of this hostage situation. In the satiric tradition of Buffalo '66, Misery, Black Snake Moan, and Secretary, comes this captivating black comedy about the ties that bind.

Excuse me. I need
to return these please.

You can't return them unless
there's something wrong with them.

Shhh...

The point my friend.

The point.

The point is it's mathematical.

It's cause and effect. Action

and equal and opposite reaction.

Even with emotions
in the equation,

you can calculate the
outcome based on hypotenuse.

You take five eggs and you bash them together and
they change form but they're still just five eggs



and laughter even when it stops it's still
there because you can hear it in your memory.

Eggs. Your favorites.

I'm a vegan.

A vegan? You think
this is fucking Star Trek.

Can you smell the smoke?

It's burning my nose.

Can you smell it?

I can't smell anything.

Stay here. It's not safe.

What are you doing?

I was looking for
some plaster for my cut.

Is this a plaster? On the fucking planet
Vegan is this what a plaster looks like.

Who are you? Where am I? I want to
go home. I want to go. I want to go home.

It's OK. Everything will be alright. I'm
looking after you now. I made you breakfast.



My family... my father, Louis,
he's going to be worried about me.

You're in deep shit. Do you know who he is?
Have you got any idea what he could do to you -

- I won't take this shit from you anymore.
You always test me and push me and belittle me

I knew you'd come back. I always bought eggs so
you can bake those sponge cakes and Madeira cakes,

and go swimming and feed the
birds when the Madeira got stale.

The sparrows always go
at night but they come back.

You're like a sparrow Helen.

Who's Helen? What did she do?

Don't fuck with me.

You planned it all along.
You left me to starve.

I left you to
starve? Am I Helen?

Am I Helen? Am I Helen? Does this belong
to Helen? Does Helen have one of these.

If I'm not Helen, then by process of elimination he
who isn't Helen can't be her, which makes her you.

Do you know me?

Do you know yourself? You don't even know your own
name. They got to you. They've erased your memory.

I can't remember everything.
I can't think straight.

I found you in the city. You were sleeping. I'd
been looking for you for weeks, since you got lost.

I was lost?

You lost everything when you
stopped taking your medication.

My medication?

I don't want them
to take you away.

I'm not your girlfriend, or your wife
or whatever. I don't even know you.

I've never met you before. Maybe
I just look like her, like Helen.

Don't do this.

I'm just saying, these things happen,
and that people make mistakes and

maybe if you take a really good
look at me you'll see that I'm not her.

And that doesn't mean
we can't be friends.

You're Helen. You're Helen.

OK.

If you say that I'm
Helen then I'm Helen.

After all I'm the one with
a hole in my fucking head.

June the eleventh.
7.36am. Raining.

April fourth. 3.20 in the
afternoon. The burning started.

It's not the same.

Who are you talking to?

You. I'm talking to you.

My head hurts.

I don't know your name. I mean,
I don't remember your name.

Aiden.

Aiden.

Can you show me around
the house Aiden? Yeah?

Can you take the
rope off. It's hurting me.

It's protecting you.

But I've got you to protect me.

Can you just loosen
it a bit? Please.

Don't you have any work today?

No work at all?

How are we going to pay
the bills if you don't go to work?

What colour are my eyes?

Blue.

Will you be alright without me?

Yeah.

You won't be worried?

No.

The baby's crying.

Be a doll Liz. I expressed a
bit last night. It's in the fridge.

You see to her.
You're her mother.

Yeah, and you're her God mother. Didn't I make you
her God mother? Didn't you promise you'd help out.

I’ve got a head ache.

You've got a headache.
I've got a job interview.

Shut the dog up.

Shut the baby up.

Come here. Come here. Oh good boy.
Good boy. Come here. Come on. Oh yes, yes.

What are you doing?

I can't find my perfume.

Why would it be in my room?

It’s worse than we thought.
The hind leg will have to come off.

Will he be able
to get around OK?

Depends. But more importantly he needs surgery to stop
some internal bleeding. The cost could run to 700.

I don't have that kind of money.

Four fifty.

I need more.

Maybe there's something
you could do for me.

I don't think so.

Fine. I see you're
immune to my charms.

Three fifty, four fifty.

Would you be
interested in my watch?

One fifty.

Done.

He slipped away peacefully,
like he was sleeping.

Can we call someone for you?

What’s up?

Liz. Have you seen
Jackie's necklace?

What necklace?

My necklace. It's my nest egg.

What are you, a fucking chicken?
No I haven't seen your necklace.

You bitch. I know you took it.

Just put it back Liz and we can all forget about
it. You know how Jackie is about that necklace.

It's virtually a
family heirloom.

You stole it from Myers. It's not an heirloom.
It's a crime. And I haven't seen it anyway.

Is that it then? That's
all you're going to say.

What do you expect me to do.
Turn her upside down and shake her?

I’m not living like this anymore,
Dan. I'm not having that bitch in my house.

She’s your sister, not mine.

It turns my stomach watching you hanging around
her like a dog on heat. I want her our of here.

Alright, calm down.

Nice one. She must have won
this playing the stock market.

Get out here.

I'm on the toilet.

I don't care if you're
up to your knees in shit.

Where’d you get the money?
What have you been doing?

Nothing. I haven't
done anything.

Don’t you lie to me. I can
read you like a fucking book.

Get off me.

It’s not enough that Mikey has to die because you're too stupid
to look after him, but now you come in here and you steal from us.

I didn't steal anything. I had
to pawn it for Louis' operation.

What operation?
What's wrong with Louis?

I ran over him.

Jesus Christ. What is it with you? You can't
even be trusted to look after a dog. Where is he?

It was an accident.

Where is he?

He's dead.

You won't be happy until
you destroy this entire family.

It's not even my fault. If you
hadn't left the front door open -

- Oh that's fucking rich. That's right. You blame
everyone else. When are you going to wake up to yourself.

Calm down. Jackie,
it's just a dog.

No. It's Mikey's dog.

That dog was the only
thing he had that was his.

The only time he came outside his
own head was to play with that dog.

He was a good kid Liz and all you had to do was look
out for him one night a week. One fucking night a week.

God. Look at you. You're a black
hole. You suck the life out of everything.

Go out Jackie. Take the baby.
Go to the park. I'll sort this.

She’d better not be here when I get back.
There's only room for two in this flat.

Lizzie, I can fly.

I thought this is
where I'd find you.

There's only two places to go around here,
one of them is up.

She doesn't mean it. All that stuff
about Mikey. She doesn't really blame you.

She doesn't have to.

You have to go.

OK

Now.

Where am I supposed to go Dan?

It’s been six months.

It's not like we haven't
been good to you.

Oh you've been
real good to me Dan.

Don’t be smutty.

I love Jackie.

Do you want to take that filthy thing
off the table. You might get a disease.

If you don't teach those dogs to behave I'm going to
have them put down because they've been barking all day,

and wash your hands,
dinner is almost ready.

You'd better eat it before
it starts talking to you.

Is something wrong?

Yes. I forgot.

For you. For coming back.

What are they?

Flowers.

I know but what kind are they?

Flowers.

They're funny flowers.
They make you laugh.

They're nice.

Put them in water.

No. Stop. No.

Don't. It's late. Don't. It's late,
I'm tired.

You're my wife.

I'm not you're fucking wife.

Lies. First past the post. Take it all
down and there's like no tomorrow.

No. No. OK. No. Listen to me you fuckwit. No. Aiden. No.
Listen to me. Don't. Don't. You're hurting me. Don't.

Don't. You'll hurt the baby.

Our baby. You'll hurt the baby.

My baby?

Yes. It's your baby.
Don't hurt your baby.

If we set sail for Trinidad we
can be there by the morning.

Shush. He can hear you.

There. Can you feel his leg?

No.

What's this?

A necklace.

People don't wear these.

I thought you'd be pleased.

Oh yeah. I'm so happy
I could piss myself.

I need to piss.
Really. Can I get up?

I can't feel my legs. Paralyzed. I'm paralyzed. The chicken. I'm poisoned. No
more walking barefoot for you Mister. Swing from the trees like an Orangutan.

I need to piss. I'm bursting.

Don't leave me.

My legs.

It's pretty serious. I
don't think you'll make it.

I think we should get an ambulance.
Where's the nearest doctor?

No. No. No doctors.

OK. Alright. I
know what's wrong.

Don't cut my legs off.

No. It's the circulation. We are going to have
to warm your feet before gangrene sets in.

C'mon Aiden. OK Aiden. You're going to have to
help me out here OK. We don't have much time.

One banana. Two banana.

Can you feel that?

Can you feel the water?

You can't feel anything at all?

Aiden. Listen to me. Where are the keys to
my car? We're going to have to get some help.

The river.

What? You threw
my keys in the river.

I put the whole
fucking car in the river.

OK. Stay here. I'm going to see if I can get some help. If you feel any heat
on your legs you don't take them out OK? They're going to fall off. OK? Yes?

What's for breakfast?

Eggs?

No. No. No more
eggs. No more chicken.

Beans?

Beans, beans,
good for the heart.

You ought to take
better care of yourself.

Is something burning?

Where?

No I mean can you smell
something burning again?

No. Dog shit. Can you smell it?

No

You should get your nose fixed.

Aiden. Aiden, I was wondering if
you'd like to take some medicine.

Medicine?

I'm not sick.

Ahhhh. See,
disease free in the twenty first century.

I know that you're not sick, now. But maybe, this
is just to make sure that you don't get sick.

Because if you get sick, then I could
get sick, the baby could get sick, and

you don't want that to happen just because
you didn't take some pills now, just in case.

Do you want to take some more.

It says on the packet you
should take four. Go on.

Don't let it get cold.

What's wrong?

I don't like it.

I forgot the sugar.

Do you want me to play with you?

I taught you to play. Remember?

How could I forget?

I forget. Sometimes.

It hurts to remember.

I can remember things from a long time ago, but I can't
remember people's names or places I've been even from last year.

What do you remember?

From a long time ago?

When you were a child.

A lot of things I guess.

I can remember Space Dust, you'd put it on your tongue and it would
go all fizzy and feel like there were explosions in your mouth.

You used to
write me little lists.

Notes?

No. Lists. So I wouldn't forget. Every
day you used to give me a new list.

Some days it was wash-the-windows day,
or clean-the-chimney day,

or fix-the-fucking-hose-on-the-washing-machine
day.

Some days you'd write a little
heart at the bottom of the list.

In the beginning anyway.

Why did you stop doing that?

I don't know.

I guess that's the way things go
after a while. The romance dies.

When I was about fourteen or fifteen I had my first
serious boyfriend and he used to write lists all the time.

And one day I was looking through his school
bag and I found two lists in an exercise book

and one of them was a list of all
the countries that he wanted to visit,

and at the top he had Spain, and it was followed
by France and Norway and Mexico, Turkey and Israel,

and the other was a list of
all the people that he loved

and right on the top of that list
was my name - I was so stoked.

And then a week later I wanted to see the list again. Because I
needed to relive that feeling you get when something good happens

and so I found
the list of countries

and he'd put number one next to Turkey, and number two next to Mexico and
I couldn't even bring myself to look at the list of people that he loved

because I knew that he would
have put numbers on that as well.

Lists suck.

Cut that out. You're like a kid with a new toy. And your hair
is sticking up too. You look like you just got out of bed.

Cut it out.

Or what?

Or you'll be seeing stars.

Don’t make me angry.
You wouldn't like it when I'm angry.

I don't like you anyway.
I tolerate you. I put up with you.

That’s not very nice. Is it?

Yeah, well life isn't always nice. And it's that much
harder when your husband has the IQ of a ten year old.

Why did you have to say that?

Because you fuck up everything. You ruin everything. Do you know
how annoying it is having that thing in your face all the time.

But you gave
it to me as a present.

Yeah. Well I thought it would mean that I'd have more
time for myself and I could stop baby-sitting you.

Fine. I'll put it away
then and I won't use it ever again.

That ought to
make the world a safer place.

Fuck off and leave me alone. Go.

Mostly I just wanted you to see yourself this
way. I used to love you when you were sleeping.

Now I just love the memory of what
you were like when I truly loved you,

and I've tried Puppy, I've tried to
believe that things will get better.

I can't waste my life with you. I
hope you can get your head around that.

Aiden.

I made some soup.

Aiden,
what's wrong? You can tell me.

Do you want me to
leave the soup here?

I am not the creature
from the black lagoon.

Of course you're not. Did
somebody say something bad to you?

Nobody loves me. Everybody thinks what you see if
what you get. But what you see isn't always me.

You shouldn't talk like that. Of course people
love you. Everybody has someone that loves them.

Who? You have me. Who do I have?

Your parents. Your
mum and your dad?

Your dogs. They love you. You can
see it in the way that they look at you.

My dogs.

My dogs.

I had a little brother. He was slow. Most of the time he
didn't even seem to know if you were in the same room as him.

He was a genius at figures and fractions,
you name it.

If you asked him a question, like, what's the square root of
13,456. Without even thinking about it he'd know the answer.

And a lot of the kids on the estate they used to tease him, so I had this special
T-Shirt printed for him - and it said 'If you think I'm stupid. You're not very smart.'

Hey,
it does not matter what people think -

- You never told me you had a brother.
What else have you kept from me?

He died. A long time ago.
Long before we were married.

But you never even mentioned
him. That's unnatural. How did he die?

It's a long story.

You can tell me.
That's what I'm here for.

It's a bit of a long story. He fell. He
thought he was flying and he ended up falling.

It's snowing.

I need the bathroom.

Have you been poisoned again?

Frostbite.

I need to pee. Aiden. If you love me you'll untie me. The temperature is
going to drop to minus seventy tonight. There's going to be a blizzard.

Let me go you crazy fuck. Let
me go you twisted fucking moron.

Pssss.

I can't. Not while
you're looking at me.

Pssss.

Don't look at me. I've been holding
on so long it's hard to get started.

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

Wait.

Six, five...

Wait!

Four, three, two, one.

Blood!

I'm losing the baby. I'm losing the baby.
Get a doctor. Get a doctor. Get a doctor.

The baby will die if you
don't get a doctor. Go. Go.

You’re not making
a lot of sense Aiden.

She's bleeding.
She needs a doctor.

I think you're confused. Come inside,
I'll call an Ambulance.

No. No. We don't have time.

Well. I'll leave a
note for Maggie.

But she's dying.

OK. No need to get wound up.

Who are you to say the world isn't round. If the world was flat all the ambulances
would fall off the edge into the abyss and no one would be any the wiser.

OK Aiden. You can stop
worrying. My bag's right here.

Is Helen back at the house?

When did Helen come back?

Aiden. Have you been
taking your medication?

Every day?

I want you to take some deep breaths
Aiden. See if you can do what I'm doing.

Good. Now keep holding.
And holding. Still holding.

Now exhale slowly.

Let the air out so you can
take some more breaths.

Take the dogs out Aiden. I need
to work in a sterile environment.

I'll want you to boil some water
for Helen and bring it to me.

Water?

Yes. And make sure you scrub
your hands after touching the dogs.

You poor thing.
What's your name?

Elizabeth. Liz.

I'm going to call you
Helen. Do you understand?

Now, I just want you to
relax and breathe normally.

Where's the water Aiden?

I want to see the baby.

Not yet. This is woman's
business. Like in the old days -

- This is not the middle ages.

The man always waits outside.

We’ll need that water soon
Aiden. Can I rely on you or not?

It isn't very warm Aiden.

I'm going to give
Helen a small injection

No. No needles.

No needles. Don't you hurt her.

I'm not trying to hurt her. Sweetie.
You're going to have to be brave.

Aiden. We need to get some privacy
for a minute. Please wait outside.

No. No. No. No. No.

He's just trying to help. Can you wait
outside please. If I need you I'll call you.

I'll tell him you need to go to a
hospital and you've got a blockage.

But I'm sure with expert attention you and the baby
will pull through. I'll talk to Aiden about it.

Are you alright?

Don't worry sweetheart. I'm
going to get you out of here.

What did you do to her?

Her condition is stable. For now. She's got a blockage and if
it's not removed she could lose the baby. She could even die.

I think it would be better for
everyone if Helen comes with me.

No.

Now listen to me Aiden. This is important. She's got a
blockage. She needs an operation. She needs to go to hospital.

You can't take her to a
hospital. She's a Vegan.

Do something.

Aiden, where's the doctor?
What did you do with him? Aiden?

Helen. Listen to me carefully. This is important. There's a
blockage. They put an implant inside you. It's taking over your mind.

What did you do with him?

You'll have to work
with me to get it out.

Let me up. Let me up!

My Helen.

I'm not Helen. I'm not your wife. My name is Liz. I've never
been married before. Christ. I never even finished school.

My head hurts.

Your head hurts. Your fucking head hurts. What about
me? You think it's alright to tie me up and paw me.

You think it's alright. You think I like being busted up. How
do you like it? How do you like it. How's that. How's that.

You wanted sex.

Alright. Alright. This is not love. You don't
love me. And I sure as hell don't love you.

It's all the food you're
going to get for three weeks.

I'm flying out to Barcelona in the morning.
So eat up. This could be your last meal.

Where's... Helen?

What did you say?

I want Helen. Where is she?

Are you a friend of Helen's?

What's happening to me? Am I
in a hospital? Are you a nurse?

You're dead. This is heaven.

I'm dead? Are you dead?

There was a nuclear
war. Everyone's dead.

Helen's dead? No. No.

Don't get yourself worked up. No one's dead.
You're a psycho. I'm just fucking with you.

Don't leave me. Miss!

My name is Liz.

Did I hurt you. Liz?

I'm sorry. I'm really,
really sorry.

Eat. Save your strength.

How long have I been away?

I don't know. When did you
stop taking your medication?

I don't know. I woke
up and I was alone.

Did Helen send you?

You really don't remember?

It's confused. Bits and pieces. I remember
you had flowers. Did you have flowers?

You gave me flowers.

Why would I do that?

Why would anybody do that?

I don't know.

How long do your pills last for?

Two, twice a day.

It smells in here.

We should get you cleaned up.

What is it?

I thought …

Sit on the bath.

Here I am. Sortof.

You're a lot younger
than I thought.

Did I do anything bad?

No.

I never mean to.
Sometimes stuff just happens.

Stuff happens to us all.

Your dog died. Remus I
think. You stabbed him.

Why would I do that?

I don't know. You had a smell up your nose. It was
getting to you. You could smell shit everywhere.

If you have to be a little bit mad, wouldn't it be nice to
be able to smell strawberries or chocolates all the time.

Yeah. You could get fat
just on the smell of them.

Remus was Helen's dog. He had a bad temper. You
couldn't even wash him because he'd bite your hand off.

What's that?

It's nothing.

Is it sore?

It's a nipple.

Really? You've
got three nipples?

Yeah, and three testicles.

You're having me on.

Yes. Just about the
testicles. It really is a nipple.

Can I touch it?

Yeah.

Helen cared more about that
horse than she did about me.

There were times when I thought she'd have me committed just
so she could have the house and the horse all to herself.

What?

Nothing. My bum is sore.

You have a weird sense of humor.

You were trying to kill yourself,
in the car?

No. I was just drunk.

Do you always try to kill
yourself when you're drunk?

No. Usually I just dance.

I want you to take these.

They'll help you to sleep.

What are they?

Just Valium.

You woke me up so you
could give me a sleeping pill?

I made you smile.

I don't want you to wake
up in the middle of the night.

Stay with me?

Who's there?

Who are you?

That's my dress. Why are you
wearing my clothes. Where's Aiden?

He's sleeping. Helen?

Do I know you?

We haven't met. Liz.
I'm a friend of Aiden's.

Bullshit. He doesn't have any
friends. Why are you covered in dirt?

I was going to bury your dog.

What happened?

Aiden reversed
over him by accident.

Let's go inside.
It's getting cold.

You still haven't told me
what you're doing here.

There's been a bit of
drama since you left.

I'm not interested in talking
in circles. Where's Aiden?

Oh Aiden. Puppy.

Oh baby, I'm sorry.

It's easy to be sorry now.

What do you mean?
Who do you think you are?

You're the reason he's
trussed up like a pig.

Who the fuck are you? What
have you done to my husband?

I've done what you should have done, I've looked
after him. I've kept him on his medication.

You have no right to tie him up. Do you have any idea
how distressing it is to be restrained like that.

It's the worst thing that you can
do to someone with his condition.

How does it compare to a
fond farewell on a video tape.

You have no idea.

That's the fucking
understatement of the year.

Don't do that.

Don't do that. He's not stable.

And you are? He's not dangerous. He's more
likely to hurt himself than anyone else.

And you think
Remus killed himself?

You said that Aiden
rolled over him.

That's when I thought
you had feelings to protect.

What's in there?

See for yourself.

Oh my God. That's Dr. Holden.

What happened?

He had a heart attack. I think.

What do you mean 'you think'?
What are you doing burying him.

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't believe you

I don't care what you believe. He just,
he … I don't know. He had a heart attack …

This isn't happening

What's that?

What?

Shine your torch over there.

That's just great. Why doesn't he just
park the truck in the fucking living room.

Look, I know you're having like some 'house and garden' moment
here, but in case you forgot, there is a dead guy in there.

What are you doing?

I'm calling the police.

That's not going to help anyone.

Aiden needs help. He needs
to be in a secure environment.

Locking him up will destroy him. He's better off out here, away from
everyone. If you hadn't left him, none of this would have happened.

I think you've had
enough to say for one night.

If he's so bad to live
with then why come back?

It's none of your business.

You're making him sick. You knew what would happen if
you left him. You want him to be institutionalised.

Don't be ridiculous.

He's obviously
wearing off on you.

You didn't even come back for
Aiden. You came back for the house.

I'm doing what's best for him. And I
don't intend to justify my actions to you.

Fucking signal.

What time is it?

It's after two. You
had a long sleep.

I heard voices. I
thought I heard Helen.

You must have been dreaming. I'm going to make you
something to eat, but I want you to take these pills first.

Do you want to …

No. Are you OK?

Yes. Thank you.

That's Helen's car.

Yeah, of course it is. Are you sure you're alright? You're
acting a bit strange. It's been there the whole time.

The whole time?

Yeah. It's been here as long
as I have. Did you block it out?

I don't know.

That's good Aiden. It's a sign that you're getting better. You're
not blocking things out anymore. You're seeing things for real.

You gotta let Helen go.

Maybe we should get rid of
it so it doesn't torment you.

What was I doing …trying
to move the house?

I don't know what you were thinking
when you did this. You can get it out?

Yeah. Piece of cake.
Y'know what's really weird?

You?

You'd think I'd remember that.

It smells funny in here?

Don't start.

Not psycho funny. Just stinky.

Did you dump my car around here?

I sold it. For scrap.

You said you
dumped it in the river.

I'm unreliable.

Aiden,
you have to stop. Slow down please.

Good afternoon Sir. Do you mind
switching the engine off please.

Now the reason you're being stopped today is we are conducting
roadside interviews into the disappearance of a local gentlemen,

and we're asking members of the public if they might
be able to help us. Now, ah, you live around here?

Sir?

Yes. We're at Beacon Valley.

Have you been away in
the last three days at all?

No. No. Just local

Do you know this man?

Are you sure. Have a
good look Sir. He is a local.

That's Dr Holden. He's,
he's a lot older now than in that photo.

So,
have you seen him in the last few days?

No.

Is there something
the matter Sir?

Is he dead? Like has
something bad happened to him?

And who might you be?

I'm his wife. I'm Helen.

So, have you had any
personal contact with Dr.Holden?

Well of course. He's our family
doctor. How long has he been missing.

I'm afraid I can't answer
any questions at the moment.

Can I see your
license please Sir?

Thanks, won't be a moment.

Dr Holden was at the house.

No. You're just confused.
We'll talk about it later.

It seems that your towing license expired two
months ago. You shouldn't be carrying Sir.

That's my car on the back there officer. It broke down this morning. We're
just taking it to get fixed. It's not a paying job. It's just for private use.

Have you any ID?

Um...

I think my purse is in the
back of the car. I'll just, I'll get it.

No Aiden. It's
fine. I can manage.

I only seem to have my
credit card on me. Is that OK?

Is the vehicle
registered in your name?

Yep.

Please wait in the
truck if you like. Thanks.

What are you doing?

Don't make a fuss.

Here's your card. Now, since this is a private
matter I'll let you off with a caution this time.

But you're not licensed to carry any vehicles until
you get a road-worthy certificate. Did you understand?

OK

Is everything OK?

Yeah. My husband is just a bit
upset. We've had a death in the family.

Ah, I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah. It was very sudden.

OK, take it easy

Who died?

What do you want?

Detective Superintendent Harper, Detective
Sergeant Reece. We're looking for Aiden Price.

What for?

We're investigating the
disappearance of Helen Margaret Price.

Well, he's not here.

Then you won't mind if
we have a look around.

Do I have a choice?

We could do this quietly, or we can
come back tomorrow with a warrant.

Suit yourself.

Harper. Come and
take a look at this.

Are you alright?
What's going on?

Cops. They're looking for Helen.

What is it? What have you got?

I'll have a better
idea in just a sec.

Christ. It stinks.

Show a bit of respect, Mate.

Shit. It's just a dog.

Any relation to you?

Let's finish up inside.

Babe, can I just get the two of you a bit
closer. I want to get you both in the same shot.

Ready? Hello.

Good boy.

Oh big boy.

Do you think he's got my eyes?

No. But he's got your nose.

You think?

Definitely.

Yeah. I still don't get
the red hair though.

It must be a throwback.

Yeah

I know. I know.