Page 202 of Murder in the Family

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

Oh, I think you do.

JJ NORTON

Laila? What’s he getting at?

MITCHELL CLARKE

(slowly)

Actually, I think I know—

LAILA FURNESS

Mitch – we discussed this – Itoldyou—

JJ NORTON

Can someone please tell me what the hell’s going on?

MITCHELL CLARKE

(turning slightly from Laila and looking round at the others)

It was a while back, when I was researching that hit-and-run in Sydney. I came up with a name for the victim, remember? In that student magazine?

JJ NORTON

Mohammed Khan, right?

MITCHELL CLARKE

Right. Well, a couple of days later I stumbled over an article by Laila from years ago – something about coping strategies for sudden bereavement.

JJ NORTON

(frowning)

So?

MITCHELL CLARKE

The point is, that article was written before Laila got married. She wrote it in her maiden name.

Laila Khan.

HUGO FRASER

Oh fuck.

MITCHELL CLARKE

So I emailed her about it – just to make sure, you know? Because like I said when we were filming, Khan is a reallyreallycommon Muslim name—

JJ NORTON

And what did she say?

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