Page 137 of Murder in the Family

(getting to her feet and pulling off the mic)

I am absolutelynotgoing to talk to you people about that.

She throws down the mic and walks away.

CUT TO: Studio, team now around the table.

LAILA FURNESS

I find the Howard family dynamics endlessly fascinating.

(looking slightly embarrassed)

Sorry, I know that sounds rather insensitive. And rather off the point.

BILL SERAFINI

I think it’s thewholepoint.

HUGO FRASER

Stating the obvious, I know, but it doesn’t look like we’re going to get anywhere pushing the family on the therapy issue.

LAILA FURNESS

Which is only to be expected.

(giving an arch look at Nick beyond the camera)

Though it might have helped if Mr Vincent had been atadmore sensitive.

JJ NORTON

The thing that fascinatesmeis the psychology of this ‘Luke’ person, whatever his real name was.

Is it just me or is anyone else wondering whether the relationship with Caroline might have been rather different from previous ones?

ALAN CANNING

In the sense that—?

JJ NORTON

In the sense that he wasn’t just ‘really nice’ to her, he actually married her.

Conmen like that tend to fleece women and move on, don’t they? You don’t need to bother with the legals to achieve that. Indeed, I’d argue it just makes things a whole lot more complicated.Andfar more likely to attract unwelcome attention from the powers that be.

MITCHELL CLARKE

We don’tknowhe didn’t marry any of the others.

BILL SERAFINI

JJ’s right, though: marriage leaves a paper trail. He’d be much easier to track down.

ALAN CANNING

Only if you knew the name he was going under at the time.

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