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(British, male)

Voice 2:Hi there, are you Gary?

(US, female)

Voice 1:What do you want?

Voice 2:My name’s Robin. I’m a researcher. For a TV company in LA –

[sound of door closing]

No, wait – hear me out –

Voice 1:Go away.

Voice 2:The company I’m working for – they’re thinking of doing a program about what happened to your sister –

Voice 1:I don’t have a sister –

Voice 2:Daisy. I meant Daisy –

Voice 1:I told you to go away. I don’t want to talk to you.

Voice 2:Can I come in? Just for a minute?

Voice 1:No.

[sound of dog barking]

Voice 2:What about your parents? Could I talk to them? Things like this, you’d get paid to take part –

Voice 1:I don’t care – go away –

Voice 2:Can you ask them to come to the door?

Voice 1:They’re not here.

[sound of door closing]

Voice 2:Does the name Kelsie Smith mean anything to you?

Voice 1:No – go away –

Voice 2:Daisy didn’t know anyone called that?

Voice 1:Itoldyou –

Voice 2:Do you think there’s any possibility that Daisy’s still alive? She’d be 16 now –

Voice 1:I don’t want anything to do with her.

Voice 2:But –

[door shuts]

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They don’t call ahead this time. Sargent rings the bell and they stand awkwardly on the step until Jean Mann opens the door. She’s immediately wary, and Ev isn’t surprised. She must know this can’t be good.

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