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TEZ and DANIKA sitting in the Miskatonic Cafe.
TEZ: Johnny's involved - with Lily Shairan. Romantically. I'm so sorry.
DANIKA: Would be kinda nice if the guys I - if the guys I like stopped dating my relatives.
CUT TO: car colliding with Danika, sound of sirens. CUT TO: Tez slamming JOHNNY up against the wall of the hospital.
TEZ: It's my daughter who may be about to be born and you are asking me about a fucking statement.
CUT TO: AL talking to TEZ.
AL: Zuabi. He knows about us. But he has not told anyone. He is afraid there is a leak in the department. Quite rightly.The evidence he has can be destroyed.
TEZ: Think the term for that's 'accessory to murder'. Where do you need me when?
CUT TO: GLASS talking to LUCIEN outside the Diabolique.
LUCIEN: Dorian Gray is... you know he.... I try to help him, but I just... you. You are good for him. You mess up his focus, it makes my job all the harder, you scare the hell out of him... but you are the best possible thing that's ever happened to him.
CUT TO: TAMMY sitting in a bathtub and smiling at WANDA.
TAMMY: Come on in.
CUT TO: HERMIA sitting in a car with SYL.
HERMIA: I'm…yeah. I'm pregnant.
SYL: Th'father's Valmont, I guess?
HERMIA: I'm hoping he'll move in with me. He's…not so sure about that.
THE WHITECHAPEL, Christmas Eve, late afternoon
It's busy in here today, plenty of cops clocking off for Christmas and coming here for a festive drink before heading home. I like that it's busy. I've had a lot on my mind lately. Figuring out things about Marie, and then there's Hermia and her baby. Our baby. In a few months I'm going to be a father. She called me last night and told me about the accident outside the Miskatonic. I think of Danika Ibsen - a sweet girl, from what I've seen, despite the people she comes from - and think how it could have been Hermia. It could have been her nearly losing our baby in the back of an ambulance if she had got out of Syl's car a few minutes earlier. Shit. It's been a long time since I had anyone to worry about. Worry in a real way, I mean, sweating palms and guts twisting. I feel that about Hermia - about anything happening to her, and about how I feel for her. Sometimes it's too much. I've been playing at being charming Valmont Laclos for a long time now. Being a real person is harder. I think I want to be, for her. For our family. But -
There's always the pictures of Marie in my filing cabinet. I need to finish what I came here for, and then maybe I can be myself again.
TEZ and DANIKA sitting in the Miskatonic Cafe.
TEZ: Johnny's involved - with Lily Shairan. Romantically. I'm so sorry.
DANIKA: Would be kinda nice if the guys I - if the guys I like stopped dating my relatives.
CUT TO: car colliding with Danika, sound of sirens. CUT TO: Tez slamming JOHNNY up against the wall of the hospital.
TEZ: It's my daughter who may be about to be born and you are asking me about a fucking statement.
CUT TO: AL talking to TEZ.
AL: Zuabi. He knows about us. But he has not told anyone. He is afraid there is a leak in the department. Quite rightly.The evidence he has can be destroyed.
TEZ: Think the term for that's 'accessory to murder'. Where do you need me when?
CUT TO: GLASS talking to LUCIEN outside the Diabolique.
LUCIEN: Dorian Gray is... you know he.... I try to help him, but I just... you. You are good for him. You mess up his focus, it makes my job all the harder, you scare the hell out of him... but you are the best possible thing that's ever happened to him.
CUT TO: TAMMY sitting in a bathtub and smiling at WANDA.
TAMMY: Come on in.
CUT TO: HERMIA sitting in a car with SYL.
HERMIA: I'm…yeah. I'm pregnant.
SYL: Th'father's Valmont, I guess?
HERMIA: I'm hoping he'll move in with me. He's…not so sure about that.
THE WHITECHAPEL, Christmas Eve, late afternoon
It's busy in here today, plenty of cops clocking off for Christmas and coming here for a festive drink before heading home. I like that it's busy. I've had a lot on my mind lately. Figuring out things about Marie, and then there's Hermia and her baby. Our baby. In a few months I'm going to be a father. She called me last night and told me about the accident outside the Miskatonic. I think of Danika Ibsen - a sweet girl, from what I've seen, despite the people she comes from - and think how it could have been Hermia. It could have been her nearly losing our baby in the back of an ambulance if she had got out of Syl's car a few minutes earlier. Shit. It's been a long time since I had anyone to worry about. Worry in a real way, I mean, sweating palms and guts twisting. I feel that about Hermia - about anything happening to her, and about how I feel for her. Sometimes it's too much. I've been playing at being charming Valmont Laclos for a long time now. Being a real person is harder. I think I want to be, for her. For our family. But -
There's always the pictures of Marie in my filing cabinet. I need to finish what I came here for, and then maybe I can be myself again.