[slightly haunting music]
[music continues]
[music crescendo then stops]
[vehicle approaching]
[click of door latch then squeak of door opening]
[knocking on door]
[click of door opening] [Barry] Can I help you?
Come inside, out of the cold.
Have you got any kids?
No, well yes. One, but he's grown up now.
[Barry] Are you alright?
[soft quiet music]
It's quite a business you've got here.
[Barry] I can make some tea if you'd like some.
Would you like some tea? [Dawn grunts then thwack]
[Barry groans in pain]
[Dawn grunts then thwack]
[thwack then Barry groans]
[metallic clang]
[silence]
[slam of car trunk]
[jingle of keys in ignition]
What are you doing mum?
Put your seatbelt on.
[electronic beeps of cash register]
Thirty six eighty.
[chink of coins]
[mechanical garage whirring]
[patter of rain]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing continues]
[beep]
Hello.
- [man] You at the house? - [John] Yeah!
You find it?
No, still looking.
Can you do a search on the plate?
- Yeah, okay. - Keep it to yourself yeah?
Sure. I found the hospital.
- I'll text you the address. - Okay, thanks.
[whirring of machine]
[soft rhythmic music with vocals]
[music stops]
[big rumble of thunder]
[phone rings in distance]
[quiet ominous music]
[Barry] My lawyer's handling this.
Your lawyer's the one who suggested I talk to you.
You need to leave it.
She could have killed me.
[John] If you go to the police...
it won't be long until the media finds out.
You don't want a bunch of reporters camped out in your front yard.
[Barry] I don't care about that.
Did she say anything?
She asked me about my kid.
[ominous music intensifies]
I'll sort it!
[Barry] Don't have much time, you know.
I'll find her.
[John] No police.
[music fades out]
[vehicle approaching]
[car door opening then closing]
[ominous music]
[knocks on window]
[cop] You alright in there?
Come here.
Roll the window down.
Are you alone?
Do you see anyone else?
Where are you headed?
[Dawn] North!
Can you get out of the car please.
- Why? - Just get out of the car.
- [Dawn] How do I know you're even a cop? - Look, it's fine.
Come on. [clunk of door opening]
[cop] Have you been drinking?
I wish!
[cop] I'm going to have to get you to walk the length of your car.
It's this way, go on, here.
[cop] Stop there.
Can you touch your toes?
[foreboding music]
[Dawn] Are you serious?
[cop] Okay, we're done. [music fades out]
There's a motel about 30 k's along this road.
They'll have a room, I suggest you get some proper rest.
It's not safe to sleep out here in your car.
[exasperated sound from dawn]
[cop] Night!
[Dawn] Okay.
[soft piano music]
[engine starts up]
[engine revs then recedes]
[Dawn] Steph.
[soft knocks]
Steph?
[soft knocks]
[soft ominous music]
[quiet running water]
[Dawn calls out] Hello!
[ding of bell]
[click of door opening]
- [Carl] Hello. - Have you got a room?
[Carl] Yeah. [jingle of keys]
How much are they?
[Carl yawning] A hundred a night.
Payable in advance.
Eighty bucks for key and damages,
- [Carl] You stay a seventh night, you get that free. -Okay.
[Carl] Fill this out and sign the bottom.
- [Carl] And I'm going to need some ID. - I don't have any ID.
What are you going to do?
I have a hundred and eighty cash though, do you want it or not?
Check out's at 10 a.m.
That's in six hours. You stay any longer and you'll have to pay.
It is what it is.
Hey you.
Come on!
[Steph] Have they got a pool?
[Dawn] It's too cold to go swimming.
Come on, you've got to put something warm on.
Here, put that on.
I don't want you wandering off without me, okay?
Steph!
[Dawn] Stay close and keep the door locked.
Okay. [squeak of bed springs]
[patter of rain]
[muffled bang]
[couple of thuds]
[clink of ice then crunching of ice]
[couple of thuds]
- What? - Can we go outside?
No...
Because I want you where I can see you.
You can come too.
Why can't you sit still for one minute?
You've always got such ants in your pants, haven't you? [laughter]
[both laugh then soft thud]
We can't stay in here forever.
[Dawn] Sure we can.
[Steph] It's boring.
Can I go outside now?
I need to hide the car.
[click of door opening] [Dawn] Come on.
Hi...
Have you seen this woman?
She might have been here yesterday.
Are you with the police?
[groans] Well, I used to be.
Didn't like the hours.
If you want to know something...
she stocked up on junk food.
People usually only do that when they're about to hit the highway.
Five years of working in this place will teach you that.
I'll take those.
You can grab another pack, fifty cents.
[beep of cash register] Three dollars.
[soft gentle music]
[shouting] Steph!
[small splashes of water]
[Steph] Yeah?
[music turns slightly daunting]
[Dawn] You need to trust me now, okay?
Okay.
[clatter of stone on stone]
[Steph] Are we in trouble?
[Dawn] Not you...
just me, I'm in trouble.
[Steph] Why?
Because I hurt someone real bad.
[Steph] Okay.
- [Dawn] Good night. - Night.
[lively music playing] [water running]
[Carl] Seven dollars.
Can I set up a tab?
[rustle of paper]
[grind of glass on bar]
[creak of door opening] [grind of glass on bar]
[jingle of keys then thud]
[cop] Hi Carl.
[cop] I never got your name.
No, you didn't.
[lively music continues]
[chink of coins]
[upbeat song starts to play]
[music stops]
[Dawn] Thanks for walking me home, but I can take it from here.
Why? You got a husband or something?
[cop] I...
[inaudible]
[clunk of door]
[drunkenly] Look at that!
[soft bangs]
[cop] Mine or yours, up to you.
[soft clunk of door closing]
[Dawn grunts softly]
[cop] What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this anyway?
I bet you say that to all the girls you pick up off the highway.
Yeah. Pretty much.
I don't want you coming to my door.
Yeah, no problem.
[police and Dawn gasp]
[police grunts]
[police] If you do that again...
I can hit you back.
[police sighs]
[police gasps]
[gasping continues]
[police gasps and grunts]
[police gasps slower]
[police sighs]
[urinating]
[police sighs]
Thanks for the fuck.
[spinning noise]
[waitress] No one remembers her.
It doesn't mean she wasn't here.
Well, thanks for asking.
[waitress] Is she dangerous?
If you see her, would you please call me?
[waitress] Ok.
[thunder]
Steph!
[soft music]
[soft music continues]
Got you!
What are you doing out here?
It's so cold!
You left me.
Well, you know.
Come back inside, it's freezing!
I wanna go home.
Hey, we are home.
Home is you and me now.
Come on Steph, it's freezing.
Let's go back inside and have some breakfast.
We can go shopping if you like.
Can I get some jeans?
Nautilus?
[Dawn giggles] Yes.
If we can find it.
[soft music continues]
[Steph] How about this?
Umm... ok.
This one, please! Come on!
It's lovely!
Can you try this on?
[Steph] Ok.
I'll be back in a minute.
[surprise noise]
I like the jacket...
but I wish you to take that swimsuit off.
Well I'm not the one who forgot my underwear, am I right Dawn?
This is a real find.
Isn't it just.
[old woman] Eighteen dollars.
Something else take your fancy?
Actually yeah... that hat.
- [old woman] This? - Um hum!
This is nice, I'll take this too.
[old woman] I need you to pay for the necklace.
How much?
[old woman] Everything comes to a $120.
Look, I will give you $90 and I don't want the hat.
I can do that.
[Dawn] When I was a little girl...
my mother gave me a necklace like this.
She said when I wore it, it would keep me safe.
Did it work?
[Dawn ] Yes...
I guess so.
It lead me to your father.
[raining] [crickets coruscating]
[Dawn sighs]
[Dawn gasps]
[gasping continues]
[coruscating continues]
[door knocking]
[coruscating continues]
[keys noise]
[police gasps]
Shh!
[police] What?
- I 'm going to pee. - [Police] No you don't.
- I've got to. - I want to sleep tonight?
- Come on. Just take this off. - [Dawn] Did you hear something?
- [gasping continues] - [police] Come on!
- Please! - [Police] No!
[police gasps]
[police and Dawn gasp]
- [Dawn sighs] - [liquid splashes]
[spits] You're fucking kidding me!
[tap running]
[soft gasping]
[police] You fucking pissed on me!
[police] What the fuck?
[police spits]
[police] Fuck!
[door closes]
[crying softly]
[Dawn whimpers]
[Steph] It's ok.
It's ok... shh.
- [whimper continues] - [Steph] Shh.
- [whimper continues] - Go to sleep now.
Shh, shh, shh.
[car speeds by]
[door slams shut]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing continues]
Hey!
MPIK called the car on the ferry.
She could be hiding in the hills.
Any more hits on the credit card?
No.
Alright.
Thanks...
I mean it.
Let me know if anything else shows up.
There's one thing.
You're undertaker mate checked himself out of the hospital.
[man] Alright.
Thanks, I'll see you.
[birds singing]
[soft suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music crescendo]
[Steph] Mom?
Mom?
[suspenseful music intensifies]
Mama!
[Dawn grunts and sighs]
[Dawn vomiting]
[Dawn gasps]
[vomiting continues]
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
[toilet flushing]
Was I afraid of the dark when I was little?
Your favorite game was hide and seek.
You'd hide in every cupboard.
All the darkest corners of the house.
And then when I'd open a door around a corner, you'd leap out of the shadows at me.
You'd scare the crap out of me.
[crickets chirruping]
I guess if anyone was afraid of the dark, it was me.
[Steph] I keep forgetting things.
[Dawn] Like what?
Like how we got here.
[Dawn] That's a silly question, we drove.
[Steph] But what are we doing here?
- [Dawn] We're hiding. - [Steph] From what?
[Dawn] I'm keeping us together, Steph.
[birds chirp] [leaves rustle]
[heavy rain falling]
[Dawn] You look so pretty.
You were right, it does suit you.
I'm going to need some help today baby, I don't feel so good.
[unsettling music]
[Dawn] Could you get me a drink?
There's some juice in the fridge.
[Steph] I want to leave this place.
[Dawn] There's nowhere to go.
Come here baby.
[unsettling music continues]
[shower water running]
Steph?
[door opens]
[Dawn] What are you doing?
You owe me for two days.
Okay, fine.
Are you sticking around?
- [Dawn] I don't know. - Oh.
Where are you going?
Can you get out of my room please.
I want my money.
You can take it off that.
The person who's looking for me.
He'll be watching for transactions off that card.
He'll burn this place to the ground to find me.
Well just so you know.
I'd better make sure to give myself a big tip then, eh.
[door shuts]
[husband] You seen this woman around here?
No.
But I saw the car.
Come by a few days ago.
- Which way? -[shopkeeper] Come from that direction.
Went back the same way.
This car?
Yes... I reckon.
Thanks.
[solitary bird call]
[metallic clicking]
[failed ignition] [Dawn] Come on.
[sighs]
Heard you might be a bit short of petrol.
It's yours if you want it.
[Dawn] I'm fine.
[door slams shut]
- [Dawn] What are you doing? -You left me in the middle of something last night.
Do you want to rape me now?
[cop] Maybe. [groans] Oh, fuck!
[cop] Fucking bitch. [yells in pain]
[groans] Oh, fuck.
What the--
[laughing]
[Dawn screams] Get out!
[grunts]
[banging]
[unsettling music]
[Dawn] Pack your things.
[Carl] You're going to have to pay for that chair.
[cop] Fuck you.
And the door. [car door slams]
[tires screeching]
[suspenseful music]
[Steph laughing]
[Dawn] Steph, get in the car.
[bell rings]
[suspenseful music continues]
[husband] Hello.
[guitar plucking]
[liquid splashing]
Come on Steph.
Come on!
[loud crash]
[ignition fails]
[Dawn] Fuck.
[suspenseful music continues]
[ignition failing] [Dawn sighing]
[ignition failing]
[engine acceleration]
[husband] Dawn!
[Steph] Hey, there's dad.
[suspenseful music]
[police siren wailing]
[car door slams shut]
You're aware this is 80 kilometers an hour along here, hey?
Yeah.
Get out of the car.
[bleeping] Oh fuck.
[tires screech]
[cop] Any reason for left foot there, chief?
[husband] I'm looking for someone.
[cop] Yeah, who's that?
My wife.
Got your license on you there, mate?
One second.
[petrol pump running]
Come on, come on, come on.
Just the petrol.
You're an ex copper?
[husband] Yeah.
So... are you a wife beater or something? Is that what's going on here?
What makes you say that?
[cop] I'm just trying to figure out, why you're in such a hurry to catch someone
who doesn't want to be caught.
[husband] You seem to know a lot about it.
Na... I'm just doing my job.
Protect and serve.
Or service.
As the case may be.
[grunting and groaning]
[cop grunts in pain]
[knife flicks open]
[tire pops then air blows]
[beeping]
- Check, saving or-- - Credit.
[shop keeper] Credit.
[Steph] Dad!
Dad! [screams]
[tense music] Steph!
You come back from the road.
Steph!
[tires screeching]
Steph!
[tires screech]
[shouts] Dawn!
Dawn!
Dawn.
[Dawn] Steph!
Steph! [crying]
[husband] Dawn.
Where is she?
I don't know, I can't see her.
I don't know where she's gone!
[screams] Steph!
Dawn, where is she?
[Dawn] I can't see her.
- Tell me where she is. - I don't know!
[screams] Steph!
[Dawn crying]
[cries and screams] Steph.
[clicks open]
[cries]
[gasps]
[cries]
[car trunk creaks, slams shut]
[breathes heavily]
[car accelerating]
[emotive music]
[music intensifies]
[music continues]
[keys jingles]
[gate squeaks open]
[music fades]
[crickets chirping]
[trunk clicks open]
[footsteps walking away]
[trunk creaks]
[trunk slams shut]
[footsteps walking away]
[gloomy music]
[door opening, slams shut]
[poignant music]
[cupboard opening]
[water pouring]
[music continues]
[John] I cannot do this on my own.
[music continues]
[breathes deeply]
[music continues]
[water dribbling]
What do we dress her in?
[John sighs]
I will call Barry in the morning.
He has agreed not to press charges to the assault.
He has to bury her.
It is the right thing to do.
[Dawn] I let her die.
[mournful music]
Kids drown.
It was an accident.
[Dawn] I heard her.
She hit her head.
It was not your fault.
[Dawn] She was with me until you came along.
[John] She is gone now.
You need to let her go.
Forever remember.
[emotive music]
Make love to me.
[John] Wait.
[John] Look at me.
[birds chirping]
I know you are awake.
Yes you are.
[both laugh]
I have to get up.
[Dawn] Shhh.
I am late.
Come back.
[sighs]
[breathes heavily]
Shhh! Do you hear something?
- No. - Listen.
Think she is awake.
No.
Listen [laughs]
[crickets chirping]
[birds chirping]
[laughs]
[thunder rumbling]
[door unlocking]
[Dawn screams] Steph!
[door slams]
[birds chirping]
[eerie music]
Let us play hide and seek.
You count to ten.
[Steph] I will go hide.
No I cannot.
Yes you can.
[Steph] We can count together.
No cheating.
- [Steph] Ten. - Ten.
Nine.
- Eight. - [Dawn] Eight.
- [Dawn] Seven. - Seven.
- Six. - [Dawn] Six.
- [Dawn] Five. - Five.
- [Dawn] Four. - Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
[sighs]
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