Page 26 of Murder in the Family

BILL SERAFINI

Maybe. Apparently Luke had been intending to go to the partywithher, but changed his mind at the last minute. We know that from Caroline’s statement to the police, and it was also confirmed by Beatriz Alves, who was supposed to babysit but got a call from Caroline’s cell at 8.30 that night telling her not to come after all.

HUGO FRASER

So it’s possible Luke changed his mind about going out as a result of that mystery call from King’s Cross?

BILL SERAFINI

Yup.

(gesturing at the timeline for the evening)

Like I said, Caroline took the girls to the movies in Notting Hill at around 8.15, then came back to find her husband in the sitting room watching TV, at which point he tells her he’s not going to the party after all.

LAILA FURNESS

And that was OK with her?

BILL SERAFINI

(shrugs)

Evidently. She gets changed, comes down just after 9, at which point he’s still watching TV and having a beer. And that’s the last time she sees her husband alive—

JJ NORTON

According to her.

BILL SERAFINI

(nodding meaningfully)

According to her.

LAILA FURNESS

And what does Guy remember about that evening? I mean, I’ve read the transcript of the interview the police did at the time but I just wondered if he’s remembered anything else since – given he was the only other person in the house when Luke was killed.

BILL SERAFINI

(looking past the camera)

You want to pick that one up, Guy?

CAMERA TRACKS Guy who comes round into shot and takes a seat. He leans forward, elbows on his thighs.

GUY HOWARD

To answer your question, Laila, no, I haven’t remembered anything else. I know I played cricket with Luke in the garden that afternoon. He wasrubbish, incidentally, especially for an Aussie, which always pissed me off because it meant he never wanted to play for very long.

And then we had the pizza. It wasn’t a school night so Mum’d said I could stay up until ten because there was something I wanted to watch on TV, but Luke sent me to bed at 9.30.

(gives a wry smile)

I didn’t even get to see the end of my programme.

HUGO FRASER

---