Page 136 of Murder in the Family

Not that old bag.

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

—and she says that of the three of you, Amelie hated Luke the most. Do you remember it that way?

MAURA HOWARD

(looks dismissive)

She never came to the house so I don’t know how come she’s so fucking knowledgeable all of a sudden.

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

She got it from your mother.

MAURA HOWARD

So she says. Mum’s not exactly in any state to contradict her, now, is she?

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

You’re saying she’s wrong? Ameliedidn’thate him?

MAURA HOWARD

(shrugs)

I’m not saying shelikedhim, but we were just kids, none of it really meant anything. And we all really loved Dad. We were broken up when he died, so to be honest we’d probably have hated anyone Mum married. Especially so soon after.

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

The team now think ‘Luke’ may have been a conman. That he may have defrauded several other women.

MAURA HOWARD

If you say so.

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

You seem surprisingly unfazed about it.

MAURA HOWARD

(shrugs)

I didn’t like him, but he probably didn’t deserve the shit he got from us kids. He was always really nice to Mum—

(she catches her breath, suddenly emotional)

OK so back then I didn’t want him around, but looking back at it now, it would have been so much better if he hadn’t died. Mum was never really happy again after that.

(looks away, her eyes filling with tears)

NICK VINCENT (Producer) – off

I also wanted to ask you about the therapy—

MAURA HOWARD

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