CARAVAN PARK
Morning
Carter and Birkett step into the house and glance around.
"Well, have you found out who it was?"
Kirsty desperately wanted Kane's shooter to be found. What if they tried it again? What if they succeeded in killing him next time?
"No... we just have to speak to a few more people - since you're the only person in we'll have to start with you"
Kirsty frowned. She was meant to be visiting Kane and she was already late as she had purposely waited for everyone to leave before coming out of her room. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. She didn't like to think they could have pulled the trigger, but she knew anything was possible. She knew how much her Dad hated Kane. She knew the lengths he was willing to go to.
"Look, I've got to be somewhere"
"I'm sure it can wait - we're trying to track down an attempted murderer here"
Kirsty scowled. Why did Carter have to be so patronising? And the younger officer was just stood there, doing nothing of any importance. She nodded reluctantly.
"So... where were you at around 7:20 last night?"
"Working - at the kiosk - you'll have about two dozen witnesses who saw me there so I can't have shot him"
Kirsty couldn't even believe Carter had asked. Why would she shoot Kane? She loved him. More than anything. More than anyone. She'd be lost without him.
"Your shift finished at 7:00 - I checked the rota"
"Jade was late to arrive for her shift so I was there longer - she was about twenty minutes late"
"'About' twenty?"
"Yes... well twenty-two to be exact"
"That's very precise"
"Yes - I was meant to meet Kane at seven - that's why I was keeping track of the time"
Carter nodded as Birkett scribbled into a notebook
"Is that it?"
Kirsty was keen to leave. Carter's questioning made her feel small. As if she was still a child.
"Yes... do you know when your family will be home? Where they are?"
"No... we're not exactly on speaking terms at the moment - all this Kane stuff..."
She paused, not wanting to go into details about hthe fued with her family. Carter nodded. He'd heard all about it from various sources. The forbidden romance. He had suspicions about Rhys Sutherland but they'd spoken earlier when he visited the kiosk and his alibi seemed to be solid. He and Nick Smith had watched the football together and Nick backed up the story.
"Thank you for your time"
Birkett snapped shut his notebook.
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HOSPITAL
Kirsty arrives in Kane's room and the pair embrace.
"Hey... sorry I'm late - the police appeared and started asking a load of questions"
"Yeah, they were here yesterday - after you left"
"What did they say?"
"Not a lot. They just wanted to know the full story - y'know all the stuff with you and your folks and Scott and Seb"
"What else did you tell them?"
Kirsty was trying to work things out in her mind. Trying to put the pieces together. But so many people hated Kane that she couldn't pinpoint a suspect.
"All I could remember - I remember talking to Dani on the beach... then Josh appeared and started having a go... I remember seeing Flynn... then they all left and... well that's about it"
"Josh is back?"
"Yeah... so it seems - and he's still got it in for me big time"
"No one listens to him anymore anyway so I wouldn't worry"
She squeezes his hand reassuringly and he smiles weakly up at her.
"Oh... and have you any idea why the nurse was warning me against getting married this young?"
Kane looks curiously up at her. He had sat puzzled as the nurse had told him about waiting until later life to marry. He could only guess it had been something Kirsty said.
"Well... I might have told them that we were engaged - they wouldn't have let me in otherwise... you didn't say anything did you?"
He shook his head, slightly amused.
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WHARF
"It's awful at the minute Scott - Kirsty's barely talking to us and the rest of the family are acting as if nothing's wrong... as if he doesn't exist"
She couldn't even bring herself to say his name. Scott hugged her.
"You know you're welcome at mine at any time"
"Thanks... I might take you up on that"
"Didn't take him long"
Scott indicated towards the approaching Carter.
"Scott Hunter and Dani Sutherland?"
"Yeah"
"I need to talk to you both - separately - about your movements at the time of the shooting"
"We were together at the time"
Scott's reply was sudden. Unexpected. Dani shot Scott a nervous look, not quite understanding the lie.
"Whereabouts?"
"Here - I was finishing up work"
Scott kept a straight face but Dani's concern was evident. Carter nodded and turned to her.
"Kane says he saw you shortly beforehand on the beach"
"Yeah - I was on my way here"
She had to back up his lie. Maybe it was safer that way. For both of them.
"Right"
Carter looked at them both suspiciously.
"And you didn't see anyone on the beach acting suspiciously?"
"No - I wasn't looking"
"Right... well thank you for your time"
Carter turned and walked briskly away. Dani turned to Scott.
"Why did you lie?"
"I had an argument with Kane earlier - I just didn't want them thinking I had anything to do with it - because I wouldn't... I mean I just couldn't"
Dani nodded understandingly.
"Lets just hope they find whoever did do it soon"
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WAITING ROOM
"Hey!" Do you know which room Kane Phillips is in?"
The nurse felt slightly intimidated by this visitor and replied timidly.
"Are you a relative?"
"I'm his brother - where is he?"
She points towards the door to Kane's room.
"His fiancée is in there with him at the minute"
Scott walked briskly towards the room. Kane? A fiancée? It had to be some sort of joke. He opened the door without knocking and strolled inside. Kirsty and Kane looked up in alarm at this intrusion.
"G'day bruv... long time no see"
Morning
Carter and Birkett step into the house and glance around.
"Well, have you found out who it was?"
Kirsty desperately wanted Kane's shooter to be found. What if they tried it again? What if they succeeded in killing him next time?
"No... we just have to speak to a few more people - since you're the only person in we'll have to start with you"
Kirsty frowned. She was meant to be visiting Kane and she was already late as she had purposely waited for everyone to leave before coming out of her room. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. She didn't like to think they could have pulled the trigger, but she knew anything was possible. She knew how much her Dad hated Kane. She knew the lengths he was willing to go to.
"Look, I've got to be somewhere"
"I'm sure it can wait - we're trying to track down an attempted murderer here"
Kirsty scowled. Why did Carter have to be so patronising? And the younger officer was just stood there, doing nothing of any importance. She nodded reluctantly.
"So... where were you at around 7:20 last night?"
"Working - at the kiosk - you'll have about two dozen witnesses who saw me there so I can't have shot him"
Kirsty couldn't even believe Carter had asked. Why would she shoot Kane? She loved him. More than anything. More than anyone. She'd be lost without him.
"Your shift finished at 7:00 - I checked the rota"
"Jade was late to arrive for her shift so I was there longer - she was about twenty minutes late"
"'About' twenty?"
"Yes... well twenty-two to be exact"
"That's very precise"
"Yes - I was meant to meet Kane at seven - that's why I was keeping track of the time"
Carter nodded as Birkett scribbled into a notebook
"Is that it?"
Kirsty was keen to leave. Carter's questioning made her feel small. As if she was still a child.
"Yes... do you know when your family will be home? Where they are?"
"No... we're not exactly on speaking terms at the moment - all this Kane stuff..."
She paused, not wanting to go into details about hthe fued with her family. Carter nodded. He'd heard all about it from various sources. The forbidden romance. He had suspicions about Rhys Sutherland but they'd spoken earlier when he visited the kiosk and his alibi seemed to be solid. He and Nick Smith had watched the football together and Nick backed up the story.
"Thank you for your time"
Birkett snapped shut his notebook.
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HOSPITAL
Kirsty arrives in Kane's room and the pair embrace.
"Hey... sorry I'm late - the police appeared and started asking a load of questions"
"Yeah, they were here yesterday - after you left"
"What did they say?"
"Not a lot. They just wanted to know the full story - y'know all the stuff with you and your folks and Scott and Seb"
"What else did you tell them?"
Kirsty was trying to work things out in her mind. Trying to put the pieces together. But so many people hated Kane that she couldn't pinpoint a suspect.
"All I could remember - I remember talking to Dani on the beach... then Josh appeared and started having a go... I remember seeing Flynn... then they all left and... well that's about it"
"Josh is back?"
"Yeah... so it seems - and he's still got it in for me big time"
"No one listens to him anymore anyway so I wouldn't worry"
She squeezes his hand reassuringly and he smiles weakly up at her.
"Oh... and have you any idea why the nurse was warning me against getting married this young?"
Kane looks curiously up at her. He had sat puzzled as the nurse had told him about waiting until later life to marry. He could only guess it had been something Kirsty said.
"Well... I might have told them that we were engaged - they wouldn't have let me in otherwise... you didn't say anything did you?"
He shook his head, slightly amused.
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WHARF
"It's awful at the minute Scott - Kirsty's barely talking to us and the rest of the family are acting as if nothing's wrong... as if he doesn't exist"
She couldn't even bring herself to say his name. Scott hugged her.
"You know you're welcome at mine at any time"
"Thanks... I might take you up on that"
"Didn't take him long"
Scott indicated towards the approaching Carter.
"Scott Hunter and Dani Sutherland?"
"Yeah"
"I need to talk to you both - separately - about your movements at the time of the shooting"
"We were together at the time"
Scott's reply was sudden. Unexpected. Dani shot Scott a nervous look, not quite understanding the lie.
"Whereabouts?"
"Here - I was finishing up work"
Scott kept a straight face but Dani's concern was evident. Carter nodded and turned to her.
"Kane says he saw you shortly beforehand on the beach"
"Yeah - I was on my way here"
She had to back up his lie. Maybe it was safer that way. For both of them.
"Right"
Carter looked at them both suspiciously.
"And you didn't see anyone on the beach acting suspiciously?"
"No - I wasn't looking"
"Right... well thank you for your time"
Carter turned and walked briskly away. Dani turned to Scott.
"Why did you lie?"
"I had an argument with Kane earlier - I just didn't want them thinking I had anything to do with it - because I wouldn't... I mean I just couldn't"
Dani nodded understandingly.
"Lets just hope they find whoever did do it soon"
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WAITING ROOM
"Hey!" Do you know which room Kane Phillips is in?"
The nurse felt slightly intimidated by this visitor and replied timidly.
"Are you a relative?"
"I'm his brother - where is he?"
She points towards the door to Kane's room.
"His fiancée is in there with him at the minute"
Scott walked briskly towards the room. Kane? A fiancée? It had to be some sort of joke. He opened the door without knocking and strolled inside. Kirsty and Kane looked up in alarm at this intrusion.
"G'day bruv... long time no see"