[breathes heavily]
Hey.
Hey, I'm glad you called.
What's that?
I stopped by the public records office this morning.
All I had to do was ask. Sophie Huntley. Six years old.
They erased me.
Why?
I remember the first time I went to the Huntley estate.
I was just a kid.
It was raining.
I remember this man's face talking to me by the fire.
Wait, what man?
He was a priest.
He took me away. Put me into care. Gave me a dead girl's name.
[sighs] It all makes sense.
That's why I was there ten years ago. I needed to see for myself.
[sighs] And what did I find?
A girl who grew up with everything...
when I had nothing.
Do you think that's why I did what I did to you?
- Taking the money. What I deserved. - [stammers]
Soph, you don't need to do this. I...
Maybe that's why I needed all those things.
The house. The fancy clothes.
[sighs]
I don't know.
[sniffs] It says I'm dead too. Just like my mum.
But I'm sitting here on this bench right next to you.
So, where is she?
[birds chirping]
Where were you?
I needed to clear my head.
He's going to be here any minute.
Right. Well, I'll... I'll get changed then.
Is everything else all right?
It will be.
What did Richard say?
He has a plan. Makes sense.
I always knew that she'd find her way back here.
Now is not exactly the ideal time.
[clicks tongue] I'm handling it.
[doorbell rings]
Mmm.
Father Martin. How good to see you.
Richard. Yeah, it's me.
- Uh, I need you to do something for me. - [Richard] Sure.
Uh, I met with a chap a few days ago, James Ellis, from a firm called Ascendant.
He told me he was heading back to California in a few days.
Okay. Is this guy a threat?
I need to m-make sure that he's left the country.
I'll get right on it. Run a background check.
- Right. Let me know. - Will do.
- [knocks on door] - ["Hot Tub" playing]
- Yeah? - Who are you?
Eliza...
what's going on?
[music continues]
I thought you deleted this guy's number.
- [Eliza] Turns out we found another guy. - [sighs] For fuck's sake.
- What are you doing? - Making breakfast. Do you want some?
Oh, my God. You gotta pull yourself together.
You know that this shit doesn't go anywhere good.
Then leave.
Grace's family have just arrived. The welcome party is tomorrow.
Aren't you worried I'm gonna embarrass you?
Dad's expecting you to be there.
Do you actually think I want to see him right now?
He's sorting it.
Oh, right. Yeah. [chuckles] Okay.
Yeah. Just a... Just a few decades too late but...
If we let her come between us, then she wins.
Everything okay in here?
Yeah... [sighs] ...everything's fine.
[sighing]
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
[Sophie] Hi. It's your daughter. I got your message.
Well, I'm... I'm glad you called. I was wondering when you would.
You could have found me anytime you wanted.
It was a little harder the other way around.
But that was the point, right? [chuckles]
Took me a little while to retrace my steps.
But I'd never have imagined how fulfilling it would be
to finally find my roots.
We have some things to talk about if you'd be open to that.
I was thinking the same thing.
Okay, well, let me send you a car tonight, and we can go somewhere private.
- I'd like that. - See you soon.
[Callum sighs]
[phone ringing]
[sighs]
[Julia] Course, you didn't pick up.
I haven't seen you in a week, Callum.
Are you aware your research assistant has quit?
Walked out with her belongings.
Look, there's something you need to know.
I need you in my office by end of day tomorrow.
Unless you're ready to hand in your resignation too.
[sighs]
[Lucas] It's just through here.
Do you want me to take you?
No, thank you. I'll go by myself.
Sophie. Nice to meet you.
Richard Wilcox. I'm serving as Henry Huntley's council.
Uh, sit with me, please.
[sighs] I'm fine. Thank you.
The family thought it best if you and I went through some of the basics together.
Now, I understand the connection between Mr. Huntley and your mother.
I'm not sure you do.
We've, uh, prepared an offer.
I think you'll find it generous.
What is this? Money?
A contract, that if executed, would result in a payout. Yes.
And what exactly are the terms? [sighs]
All they're asking of you is to keep your distance.
Not speak publicly about the situation. It's pretty standard.
Uh, you don't have to rush into anything.
Take a look, think about it.
We're trying to make this right.
It's a... a delicate situation.
This is what they did to my mother.
Did you know that?
Except her terms were a little more aggressive.
Wanted her to get rid of the baby.
Please tell the family that I appreciate their offer,
but it's not gonna be that easy to get rid of me.
Nice to meet you, Mr. Wilcox, was it?
I'll find my own way home.
[footsteps departing]
["Idioteque" playing]
[line ringing]
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
Eliza?
- Eliza? Hello? - [music continues]
[music stops]
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
I'm glad you called. We need to talk.
You know, I was never gonna speak to you again.
But then I realized that you're the only person that would understand
how fucked up what happened between us really was.
Did he tell you?
Yeah.
Yeah, he did.
Apparently everyone knew. Oh, apart from me and you.
Or was it just me?
Eliza, I had no idea who we were to each other.
Really? What, so you just turned up at my dad's house by accident, did you?
Got a job? Sought me out?
You know, I was only 17.
[chuckles] I have to admire the commitment though.
You really, really took it so much further the second time.
I actually thought we had something.
There are things going on here that you really don't understand.
You're telling me what I understand?
No one will know what happened between us.
- I promise. - I will.
I have to live with it. And you made that happen.
If I told you why I did this, you'd never believe me.
Try me.
[scoffs] You know what, actually, this... [stammers] ...was a mistake.
Nice chatting.
I hope you can forgive yourself, Tess, because I never will.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
[breathing shakily]
- [patrons chattering] - ["Capsized" playing]
[Sophie] Are you there?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm... I'm here.
Can you come over?
Of course.
[knocks on door]
You okay?
What happened?
[breathes shakily]
- Here. - [sighs]
It's okay.
[sighs] It's okay.
[kisses]
I didn't mean to wake you.
[sighs] No, it's okay.
[sighing] It's late.
[sighs]
Sophie, what, uh...
what are we doing here?
[Sophie breathes heavily]
I was supposed to meet my father yesterday...
but he stood me up.
Sent someone else in his place.
Will you go somewhere with me?
Where?
Do you know who Quinn Huntley is?
[stammers] Yeah. I mean, I've heard of him. Yeah.
He's getting married this weekend.
And, uh...
your plan is to crash the Huntley wedding party? [chuckles]
There's gotta be a better way.
Everyone they know will be there. He won't want to make a scene.
[sighs]
And I just thought it might help to have you by my side.
[James chuckles]
- I'm gonna get us coffees. You want one? - [chuckles] Okay. Uh, yeah. Thanks.
It's just down the road. I'll be back in five minutes.
[James] Okay.
[door opens, closes]
Didn't think you'd show.
Sit down.
[Callum sighs]
What have you got to say?
[sighs] I know you think I'm not a proper journalist anymore.
But I started out as a researcher too.
I looked into your assistant, Claire.
First I thought you were sleeping together.
She spends so much time at your apartment.
- But then I realized... - [sighs]
...she turned you against me.
Julia, you're the one that broke protocol. Asking me to give up an anonymous source.
No, Callum.
[Julia sighs]
I was just looking out for you.
She's the one who was selling information.
Sorry this happened. I know you trusted her.
[breathing shakily]
Come back, Callum.
Before it's too late.
[sighs]
[Sophie breathes shakily]
Wait, um, people are gonna ask who I am.
Okay. So lie. No one's gonna recognize you.
[stammers] Look, um, this isn't about me.
Look, you-you gotta do this on your own. I'm a wild card.
Look, I... I wanna be there for you, I do.
But it's... it's not worth the risk.
Look... [stammers] ...I-I can wait for you. I'll wait at your place.
Okay.
I'll call you when it's done.
Okay.
- Feels like old times. - [chuckles]
Good luck.
- Excuse me. - [guest] Yeah.
Hello, love. Don't you look stunning.
Oh, this old thing?
Hmm. Come and have a drink. Your cousins from Windsor are here.
- [scoffs] Have a drink... - Yeah.
...chat with the cousins?
Pretend everything's fine? Is that... Is that the plan?
[gasps] Do you know what, actually, I would love a drink.
It's a party, darling. Not the time. Nor the place.
Where's Dad?
Well, thank you for meeting me.
Seems we need a new strategy.
I guess she wasn't exactly amenable to the terms.
To be honest with you, sir, I'm not sure I would have suggested those terms
if I'd known the whole story.
What did she say to you?
Some pretty disturbing things about her mother.
What does she know?
Look, I'm not entirely comfortable with where this is headed.
I feel like there's a different reason you asked me to handle this,
and it's not the work I've done for your son.
Working for my son... [stammers] ...that's child's play. This is a real job.
One that could lead to a-a real future for you,
but not if you let your emotions get in the way.
It's up to you.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm needed downstairs.
[footsteps departing]
[guard] Excuse me, miss, may I take your name?
He knows who I am.
Miss Caldwell. Nice to see you.
Don't call me that, you know better.
How may I be of assistance?
My father promised me a meeting.
Now's as good a time as any, don't you think?
Surely I'm on the list, being family and all.
Go on. Search me. I'm not dangerous.
Thank you, Lucas. I'll take it from here.
Party's already started.
What are you doing here?
I came to see my father.
He wouldn't agree to a meeting.
I see.
I'm sorry it had to happen on such an important day.
- Not at all. I'm glad you're here. - [piano playing]
I know what happened to you, being cast aside.
Take him for all he's got.
[breathes shakily]
[sighs]
We didn't get to have our conversation yesterday.
I was so looking forward to it.
Should we, um... Should we do this somewhere else?
What did she say to you?
No, she's not gonna make a scene.
Did you let her in?
She didn't need my help.
That is not your call, darling.
Are you asking me to pick sides?
I met with your attorney last night. Nice guy.
But I don't need your money.
It felt like you were trying to buy my silence
or maybe just ease your own guilt.
Do you know, I-I... [stammers] ...wondered if it was you,
first time I saw you.
You look so much like your mother.
I wish we could have met under... [sighs] ...different circumstances.
Really?
Do you know... [stammers] ...you haven't been honest about who you are.
And that, Sophie,
makes an already difficult situation that much worse.
What do you want?
You know what I thought I wanted?
A father. A relationship. A family.
[Henry inhales deeply]
But the only thing I care about now is finding out what happened to my mother.
You don't know?
Well, I-I can tell you if you... if you want.
If that's what you came for.
[sighs] Your mother came to see me and-and...
[sighs] ...she was paranoid. I'd never seen her like that before.
And there's, um, a-a hairpin bend on the road,
going back out to the country.
It's very easy to s-slide off if you're going too fast,
it was raining.
Well, of course, I went after her, but I-I couldn't get to her.
[stammers] The car was on fire. And...
[sighs] It shouldn't have happened.
But... [stammers] ...I-I... She just wasn't thinking straight.
[Henry sighs]
Why should I believe a word you're saying?
E-Everything that I did after that I regret to this day.
Especially what I did to you.
I sh... I should have been there for you.
I should have... I should have handled it. But I-I-I-I... I was... I was scared.
I... I had a family and I di... I just... I didn't know how to figure it out.
And so I did what my f-father s... [stammers, sighs] ...said that I should do.
I let you go. And I'm...
so sorry, Sophie.
The way you feel about what you did doesn't change anything.
[Eliza sniffles]
- What are you doing here? - [chuckles] I'm just checking on you.
[inhales deeply] I'm fine.
Darling, I am sorry about this.
I don't know what she's doing here.
I really, really don't want to talk about this.
This is what her mother used to do.
Show up. Ambush him like that. [sighs]
You knew her mother?
[gasps] Oh, no, no. He ended it before he and I met.
It didn't mean anything to him, but the child complicated things.
[scoffs]
[sighs] He did want to do the right thing by them.
H-He gave them money, a car, but I think she saw him as an opportunity.
Darling, did anything happen between the two of you?
What?
I couldn't help but notice that... that you two were close.
- [sniffling, crying] - Oh, darling, it's not your fault.
- [sighs] - [sniffling]
[Quinn] Rushing off again, are we?
What's the hurry?
Listen, none of this has anything to do with you.
Yes, you're right. It doesn't. None of his mistakes do.
But somehow they all have a way of worming their way back.
Saw you had a nice chat with Daddy.
Had a chance to meet the rest of the family?
Of course, you already know my sister.
Did he offer you a payout? A deal?
You really want to talk about this here?
Of course, that's his usual MO,
but then if you don't take the money, gets a lot worse.
I just want you to know what happens after this,
it's not personal.
I wish things could have been different.
Yes, but it... it never would have been though, would it?
You made sure of that.
Nice getting to meet you properly, Sophie.
Do look after yourself.
[door closes]
[knocks on door]
- Who is it? - [Sophie] It's me.
How did you find me?
I have my resources too.
Well, I feel underdressed. [sighs]
You have, um... [inhales deeply] ...I don't know,
exactly two minutes to explain yourself.
Sophie Huntley. Nice to meet you.
Sorry we got off on the wrong foot.
Sophie Huntley?
[laughs] Jesus fucking Christ.
Oh, that is... that's... that's quite a story.
And where'd you get that?
Learned a few things from you.
This one has Henry Huntley admitting to
trying to erase the existence of his illegitimate daughter.
- You have that on tape? - Mm-hmm.
Did you ask him about your mother?
He told me she died in a car accident on their property.
- Do you believe him? - I don't know.
I need this article to come out. Trigger a proper investigation.
Why not just go to the police yourself?
[sighs] I can't do that.
I become the face of this, it'll define me.
Follow me wherever I go.
Look, I'll give you the story on one condition.
My name stays out of it. I stay anonymous.
I can't promise that. A story like this it...
Talk to your editor. See what's possible.
Otherwise, you'll never see me again.
Keep it. I have another copy.
[door closes]
[sniffles, sighs]
He gave them money, a car.
[alarm dinging]
[door creaks]
[breathing heavily]
[sighs]
[breathes shakily]
[sighs]
[sirens wailing in distance]
James Ellis?
[car engine starts]
[James] Whoa! Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[engine revs]