00:00:06

MAJA
You live right opposite.

ERIK
What do you mean?

ERIK
Hello!

MAJA
You live 100 metres away.

ERIK
Yes.

MAJA
You know him, don't you?

MARTIN
Let's go and look at the kittens.

MAJA
But you never thought it strange that they had newspaper in the windows?

00:02:11

EMMA
...please guide us now, shine Your light over us... Please show Yourself to us at
this difficult time.

MAJA
Emma? Emma! Please stop praying now, and listen to me: Emma, where's Emelie? Yes, here I am. Listen: Where is Emelie?

EMMA
Not at home?

MAJA.
Not at home

EMMA
They haven't come back?

MAJA
No.

EMMA
They... Could they be in church, maybe?

MAJA
They're not in church.

MAJA
Did you see when Martin took Emelie?

EMMA
No, I was sleeping. Martin gave me a sedative. I needed to sleep.

MAJA
Emelie gets sedatives too, doesn't she?

EMMA
Yes, she does.

MAJA
Maybe she slept when they left?

EMMA
Well, I think that would be rather awkward. I don't think she was asleep.

MAJA
I'll be blunt: Do you think Emelie was alive when she disappeared?

EMMA
Of course.

MAJA
Why "of course"?

EMMA
Because... Why would she be dead?

MAJA
Where could she be?

EMMA
She's with Martin.

MAJA
Is there a house or cottage you normally go to where she might be now?

EMMA
Please God, show me the way and protect me and Martin... Keep us in the palm of
Your watchful hand...

00:04:03

POLICE CHIEF
Well?

MAJA
I need to start squeezing her now. All she does... She seems totally blocked
and keeps praying to God.

POLICE CHIEF
Focus on yours. I'll see to the rest.

MAJA
I've been thinking. Look at this man. Kind eyes...but when you know what he's
up to... Then, they start to look evil.

POLICE CHIEF
You can never judge by appearances. That's why we need good investigators.

00:04:52

MAJA
How were the journalists?

CAMILLA
Great.

MAJA
I'm glad...

CAMILLA
It was bloody embarrassing, I tell you. Me, a prosecutor, facing those journalists with no information. Nothing to calm them, or to write about. Not a thing!

MAJA
There's quite a lot for them to write
about.

CAMILLA
Like what?

MAJA
We know who it is.

CAMILLA
Yes - and when we find out who it is, you decide to interview his sister. Why?
I really don't get you. Can you please explain to me why you're spending time
on her?

MAJA
What do you want me to do?

CAMILLA
You ought to...

MAJA
Exactly. Do you know one thing I'd really love? For you and me to be able
to work together. So you stop opposing me all the...

CAMILLA
I don't oppose you...

MAJA
Well, no, but you're always criticising. If I'm of the opinion that my best option right now is to talk to Emma, then please just respect that.

CAMILLA
While her brother is running free. Who's the suspect here?

MAJA
Hundreds of people are already out there looking. Maybe she can tell us where
they are. Bloody hell, Camilla...

00:06:13

MAJA
Why was Emelie captive in your house?

EMMA
She needed help. She was so upset.

MAJA
Locking her up in an attic, tied up in a bed - is that helping?

EMMA
Yes, that was helping her. She was not happy at all.

MAJA
And staying up there made her happier?

EMMA
No. It removed her protections.

MAJA
What protections?

EMMA
A resistance to receiving the divine existence in this world. Martin always
said we should help those we could.

MAJA
In what way is he helping her now?

EMMA
Maybe he's...playing music to her?

MAJA
Where would he do that? If he's not in church and not at your place...

EMMA
I really don't know.

MAJA
We have to find her now!

EMMA
Please! I can't... Your voice makes me very nervous.

MAJA
Okay, I understand. I'll speak calmly.

MAJA
Let's put it like this: Your brother and Emelie are gone. We need to know where
they are.

EMMA
But he's helping her.

MAJA
Where might he be doing that?

EMMA
I don't know where. If I knew, I'd have told you. I'd love to see Martin myself.
I'm a bit worried about him. Disappearing like this isn't like him.

00:07:35

EMELIE
I need to pee. Could you stop? I need to pee!

MARTIN
Please hurry up.

MARTIN
No! Stop! Wait! Don't run! Emelie! Stop! Wait! Don't run! Stop! Come back! Emelie!

00:09:11

EMELIE
Please God, help me out of here! Help me find the way!

00:09:26

REBECKA
Hello!

MAJA
What a surprise! Hello. Would you like some coffee?

REBECKA
Yes, please, I'd love some. Are dogs allowed in police stations?

MAJA
No, only if they are police dogs, but he... Ziggy's got special permission.
Do you want milk?

REBECKA
Yes, please.

MAJA
I avoided coffee when I was expecting you. The very smell made me feel sick.

REBECKA
I don't have that problem.

MAJA
I'm glad, since you work in a café. A biscuit? These may not be as nice as
those in your café, but... Help yourself.

MAJA (CONT'D)
So, why are you here?

REBECKA
To say hello - and tell you it all worked out yesterday.

MAJA
I'm so very sorry it came up like that. But he seemed to take it well, from what
I could make out. From over where I was.

REBECKA
Yes. Almost too well.

MAJA
What do you mean?

REBECKA
Well, it got a bit... He got too intense. Really weird. I got the feeling I really do not want this baby. So, I've booked a time for an abortion.

OLA
Hello, Rebecka! Fancy seeing you here!

REBECKA
Hello.

MAJA
Well, you already know one another.

REBECKA
Yes.

OLA
Yes.

MAJA
Ola met you when you were tiny. And then, you know one another...

OLA
How are you?

REBECKA
Fine. And you?

OLA
Just great.

REBECKA
I need to get back to the café.

REBECKA
Nice seeing you!

OLA
You too.

MAJA
Speak soon.

REBECKA
Yes. Bye!

MAJA
Bye!

OLA
She's grown to be beautiful. Hey, how are you?

MAJA
She came to tell me she's having an abortion. And I was disappointed.

MAJA
Oh well, let's make a move with this.

00:11:56

ERIK
How the hell can I have not known?! They must have screamed. 

OLA
What?

ERIK
They must have screamed. I ought to have heard them scream. My children...
They've been here on their own.

OLA
Erik? Come here.

ERIK
What is it?

OLA
Look at this.

MAJA
How's it going?

ERIK
Don't tell her.

MAJA
What's that?

OLA
The book is full of children. It doesn't have to mean anything. I haven't found
any other pictures of her.

MAJA
But... She can't be more than 9 or 10 years old there.

OLA
These are dreadful pictures.

MAJA
Any more photos of her in here?

OLA
Don't think so.

MAJA
Fucking hell. Damn!

OLA
Maja...

MAJA
Get the book. We're going back. Bring that book.

00:13:05

ERIK
I can't take this any longer. I must speak to her. I need to know...

MAJA
Erik, you are not to speak to her.

ERIK
Of course I can talk to her. Ola...

OLA
Erik... Both of you are equally involved on a personal level. Easy, now, Maja.
Breathe. Be that professional you tell others to be. Don't allow private emotions...

OLA
That didn't really...

ERIK
Damn.

OLA
Erik?

00:13:34

MAJA
Emma, I've just been at your house. I've been up in the attic and the things you see there are dreadful. Horrible. This book - is it familiar?

EMMA
Yes, that's Martin's book.

MAJA
Is it only Martin's creation?

EMMA
Yes, that's Martin's book.

MAJA
Do you know what's in this book?

MAJA (CONT'D)
Look. Look at this.

EMMA
Look, that's Mette.

MAJA
There, she had long hair. Who cut it off?

EMMA
I did.

MAJA
Why?

EMMA
Because hair is a distraction. It's a superficial thing. It can make it difficult to get close to God. And hers was so very long and beautiful.

MAJA
Do you know this girl?

EMMA
That's Rebecka. She sang in the choir for a while.

MAJA
Were you planning on taking her, too?

EMMA
No, I don't think so.

MAJA
Why was she spared?

EMMA
She was too far from God, I think. She wanted so desperately to be with God. As
did Mette. But they couldn't quite make it.

MAJA
Emma!

EMMA
You're shouting at me again. I find that difficult. Please talk to me like you talk to a normal person.

MAJA
If I'm to talk to you as if you were a normal person...then I'd like you please to reply like a normal person.

EMMA
Yes.

MAJA
Where is Emelie?

00:15:40

POLICE CHIEF
The press conference is at 10 tomorrow, you know that, don't you?

OLA
Okay. Sorry, I just need to see Maja about something. I'll pop by later.

POLICE CHIEF
Okay, do that. Remember tomorrow's press conference.

00:15:49

OLA
Maja - sorry, but can I have a word?

00:15:56

MAJA
What's happened?

OLA
Emma's ID number is all wrong. She's not Martin's sister.

MAJA
My God!

MAJA
Okay. How did you find out?

OLA
I checked the Population Register. Nothing's correct. They're not related.

MAJA
This just gets more and more weird.

OLA
I know. I don't understand how she can have lived with no identity.

MAJA
Martin probably took care of papers and documents. I imagine he's had her locked
up, too. That'd be my guess.

OLA
Yes...

00:16:43

MAJA
Emma? You're not Martin's sister - are you?

MAJA (CONT'D)
Who are you?

MAJA (CONT'D)
Have you also been a prisoner?

MAJA (CONT'D)
Were you also locked up in that attic?

EMMA
No.

MAJA
Were you unhappy, too?

MAJA (CONT'D)
Did Martin help you?

MAJA (CONT'D)
What's your real name, Emma?

EMMA
I can't quite remember.

MAJA
Where did you first meet Martin?

EMMA
At the same camp meeting Mette was at.

MAJA
But several years earlier?

EMMA
God...

MAJA
When did you become his sister?

EMMA
I became his sister...

EMMA (CONT'D)
...maybe ten years ago. Or fifteen? I can't remember. I don't remember.

MAJA
Do you remember what it was like when Martin left with Emelie from the house?

EMMA
No.

MAJA
Did he say where he was going?

EMMA
No, he didn't say anything. But when he took me, we just moved to another town.

MAJA
Do you think he's taken her to another town?

EMMA
I don't know.

MAJA
Can you think of one place...?

EMMA
I think he's taken her home.

MAJA
Where's home?

EMMA
Home...

MAJA
What's home?

EMMA
Away. Up.

MAJA
What do you mean, up?

EMMA
Up.

MAJA
Where's up?

EMMA
I don't know. I don't know! I don't know.

00:19:49

MAJA
You've no idea where he might be hiding her? We need help.

PASTOR STEIN
Sorry, I'd love to help you, but I have no idea. I knew she was odd – but Martin?

MAJA
If you hadn't been covering your tracks, we'd have found him earlier.

PASTOR STEIN
Yes.

MAJA
There's no time for that.

MAJA (CONT'D)
Are you off somewhere?

PASTOR STEIN
Looks like it. I seem to be done here, don't you think?

MAJA
And your pastor's outfit?

PASTOR STEIN
I'm done with that. It's in the wardrobe.

MAJA
You're not taking it?

PASTOR STEIN
No. I hate polyester.

MAJA
You're such an arsehole.

PASTOR STEIN
Obviously, I wish she comes back alive as much as the rest of you. But I can't do anything. It's not my mess. I just want out. I'm not killing these women.

MAJA
No, you just fuck them.

PASTOR STEIN
Show me one place in the Bible where it says that's a sin.

MAJA
I don't read the Bible. Nor do you.

PASTOR STEIN
You bet I don't. I've got a train to catch. It was nice meeting you.

00:21:19

ERIK
Maja Silver's phone, this is Erik Wester. Yes, hello. No, it's still no murder investigation. You've asked three times this last hour. As soon as I know, I'll get in touch. Get it?! Show some damn respect!

OLA
Who was that?

ERIK
Niclas from the paper is calling all the time. The papers all call, all the time. All I've been doing all day is answer this bloody phone. And they call mine, too.

OLA
How are you feeling?

ERIK
Fine! But we can't work if they keep ringing. They have no respect!

OLA
I get that, but... Seriously now – can you handle this?

ERIK
What the hell do you mean?

OLA
You have to distinguish between your private life and this case.

ERIK
Distinguish between my private life and the case? They're interlinked! My neighbour is the one who's created this bloody book! He's had girls locked up and my daughters have been there! How on earth can I separate between my private life and the case? They're one and the same!

OLA
No, they aren't. We know it's tough for you, all this information about your neighbour, but I'm not quite sure you can hack it. You need to get a grip. 

ERIK
Whoa! You tell me to keep my private life separate from this case, but what about you and Maja? You walk around this place and as soon as people enter the room, you fall silent and sit there and glare at one another.

OLA
Our past, Maja's and mine, is nothing to do with you. But we know how to keep
things separate.

ERIK
But I can see how you look at her. And how she looks at you. I don't give a damn if you're screwing or not, but that also affects the rest of us! Or doesn't it? Maybe I'm the only one who can't separate...

OLA
Are you done shouting? Right. Get a grip, now. We love working with you, but right now, you're very close to being transferred. Okay?

00:23:30

MAJA
But Erik, I have to be able to bring it up with you.

ERIK
Of course you can - but you never stop.

MAJA
Shit, you lived next door to them. You knew them! It's not that strange that I want to ask.

ERIK
No, it isn't strange, but I've already told you! Don't you think if I'd
noticed, I'd have done something?

MAJA
That's not what I'm saying – that you're a bad copper.

ERIK
Yes, it is. You think I should have noticed. But I keep telling you I didn't!

MAJA
You take it far too personally.

CAMILLA
Please, please... Calm down.

ERIK
Shit! Stop going on about it.

OLA
Erik!

OLA
Right. Emma's been living with no identity.

MAJA
Yes. I guess Martin took care of the paperwork.

OLA
And he'll have kept her away from the authorities – but it's still strange that no one's noticed.

MAJA
That wasn't aimed at you.

ERIK
Sure.

CAMILLA
Hello, Modin here.

MAJA
Erik, I'm not trying to get at you...

CAMILLA
Yes, hello! No, no, don't worry. Sh! Right, what was that? Aha! Okay. And...

CAMILLA (CONT'D)
Oh. Alright. Sure. Thanks.

CAMILLA (CONT'D)
I didn't get it.

ERIK
You must be kidding.

MAJA
I'm really sorry for you, Camilla.

CAMILLA
Right, let's proceed. Where were we?

MAJA
This scrap book.

OLA
Yes...

ERIK
I tried to look through that book, but I couldn't. Unprofessional, I know, but I happen to know some of these girls and found it hard.

MAJA
Let me just tell you that I haven't been able to look through it, either. That makes two of us.

MAJA (CONT'D)
Erik... We're working on this together.

ERIK
I know.

MAJA
I'm not finding it easy, either.

ERIK
Let's not talk more about it right now. I know I should have understood. I know.

00:26:35

LIV
Have you asked Becky what she's going to do about the baby?

MAJA
I don't know, Liv... The other day, she didn't want it. But I don't feel it's my place to interfere. It's her life. All I can do is try to be there.

LIV
Yes. That's exactly right.

MAJA
At least I have a daughter to support.

LIV
Yes, you do. The best one possible.

LIV (CONT'D)
Maja, I'm... I don't think I've got the nerve to go out.

MAJA
I think you'll be safe.

LIV
Couldn't you come with me?

MAJA
Nope. No, I have Ziggy. No, I can't go out now.

LIV
No.

LIV (CONT'D)
Well, I'll go out. And I'll make sure to find something nice and juicy to tell you about. And I'll see you later. Bye, then. See you later.

MAJA
Hope you meet some hunk.

LIV
So do I. Bye, now!

00:28:05

MALIN
Hello.

ERIK
Hi.

MALIN
How are things?

ERIK
Fine. Fine... I can't cope. We won't find her alive. I know she's dead.

ERIK (CONT'D)
And I keep thinking of the girls... I'm just so afraid. It could have been one of them.

00:28:43

OLA
Hello, there! A drink?

MAJA
No, thanks.

OLA
Hi, Ziggy.

MAJA
I'm worried about Erik.

OLA
Why?

MAJA
He's much too involved. Just imagine... Martin looks after his children. They're
next-door neighbours. And friends – close friends.

OLA
He's a bit wobbly right now, I know. But he'll manage.

MAJA
What if we find him? What'll he do?

OLA
I've worked with Erik for years. He's a bit wobbly now, but just give him until tomorrow.

MAJA
I'm so tired...

OLA
If anyone needs a rest, it's you, Maja. I've got an idea: Let's go to my place, have a bottle of wine, sleep and continue talking there. We shouldn't really be talking here in the pub...

MAJA
Are you hitting on me? Are you hitting on me? Now? In the middle of all this?
Get real, Ola.

OLA
What? I said to sleep. Once upon a time, we were good at taking the tension off.
Maybe we'll be able to remember how...

MAJA
That was a long time ago. But I have to admit something... My heart took a little leap when I saw you. Here. Again.

OLA
Mine, too.

MAJA
Yours, too?

OLA
I haven't forgotten you, Maja.

MAJA
It was a very long time ago.

OLA
Yes. Indeed. Oh, damn it.

00:31:25

EMMA
I think he's taken her home.

MAJA
Where's home?

EMMA
Up.

MAJA
What do you mean, up?

EMMA
Up.

MAJA
Where's up?

EMMA
I don't know.

MAJA
Where is "up"?

EMMA
I don't know. I don't know!

00:31:38

MARTIN
A single step is all it takes. He will be on the other side and take you in His arms. He will lead you into Paradise.

METTE
I am ready.

MARTIN
Take that step!

00:32:07

MAJA
Mette was on a clifftop. Is that up?

EMMA
That is up.

00:32:16

POLICEMAN
Erik! The found the car!

ERIK
Where?

POLICEMAN
Northwest of the high field.

ERIK
Right. Get everybody ready - I'll call Maja.

POLICEMAN
Okay.

CAMILLA
Have they got the car?

ERIK
Yes. Northwest of the high field.

POLICEMAN
Let's go!

ERIK
I'm off!

00:32:59

DAN
Okay, then I know. Yes, feel free to call whenever. Of course. Bye.

ANITA
Who was that?

DAN
The police. They're following a lead.

ANITA
Oh?

DAN
They'll be in touch as soon as they know more.

00:34:17

EMELIE
I'm here!

00:34:47

MAJA
Recall the chopper. Recall it now and stop the search. - Erik, come here. Stay
in the car.

ERIK
What?

MAJA
I want you to stay here, in the car.

ERIK
No way. I'm coming up with you.

MAJA
I trust you. One step out of line...

ERIK
I get it.

00:35:21

MARTIN
Hey... Come here. Come on. Look.

EMELIE
No!

MARTIN
Can't you see how beautiful it is? We're going home. Come on. There, come
on.

EMELIE
No!

MAJA
Martin? You know me. You've seen me before. I've come here to tell you that
Emelie should come to me. She's not ready for this.

MARTIN
You have to leave. Can't you see that?

EMELIE
Help me!

MAJA
I'm not leaving! Calm down and listen to me. God has told me to tell you that this girl isn't ready. Martin, you're not ready... No! No! Why do you think I came here now? Why do you think I came here?

MARTIN
Please just leave. You have to leave! We're going home.

MAJA
Why do you think I turned up now? I came to tell you He's said she's not ready!

OLA
Martin!!

ERIK
Emelie! Run! Run! Come here! There, there...

MARTIN
Erik?

MARTIN (CONT'D)
Please know that nothing happened to your children. I love them like my own.

MAJA
No!

00:37:01

EMMA
Dear God, please show Martin the way.

00:37:46

ERIK
So... Did he say anything else?

MAJA
Who?

ERIK
God.

MAJA
Well, at least it worked, didn't it?

ERIK
Yes.

MAJA
She's alive. I wish he'd been alive, too, but... You can't have it all. At least she's alive.

MAJA
So - what's to say?

ERIK
Nothing.

OLA
Thanks for now.

MAJA
Thanks for now.

00:38:55

MAJA
Hello.

DAN
Come on in.

MAJA
How are you feeling?

DAN
I'm...

DAN (CONT'D)
I thank God she's back.

DAN (CONT'D)
She's upstairs.

MAJA
Hi. Is she in her room?

JAKOB
Yes.

MAJA
Hey, Jakob?

JAKOB
Yes?

MAJA
It's good to have her back.

JAKOB
It sure is.

ANITA
Hello?

MAJA
I just wanted...

MAJA (CONT'D)
...to make sure she was okay.

EMELIE
Hi.

MAJA
Hello there.

MAJA (CONT'D)
How are you?

EMELIE
Is he dead?

MAJA
Yes. He's dead. It was his own choice.

00:40:35

EMMA
Don't worry about me. I'll find my own way home. I love you.

00:40:55

MAJA
There, boy, calm down. We're leaving now.

00:41:07

MAJA
I'm going back to Stockholm.

REBECKA
Okay.

MAJA
But... I'm leaving the horse here, so...

REBECKA
Good. For him.

MAJA
It's really important to me that... That you don't base your decisions on me being a crap mother.

REBECKA
Mum, you are never the reason for my decisions.

MAJA
You've made that quite clear. I know that. And I just want you to know... that during all these years when we haven't had much contact...you've been missing in my life. Please know that.

MAJA (CONT'D)
And obviously, I'll come with you if you want someone there when you go for the
abortion.

REBECKA
Well...I'm not having one.

MAJA
What?

REBECKA
That's how it turned out.

MAJA
Have you thought that decision through?

REBECKA
Well, thought... It's more a matter of knowing how one feels. I feel like it, so I'm keeping the baby. I'm having a baby.

MAJA
I'm ace at changing nappies.

REBECKA
Right, but then you'd have to move here. Think about it when you're back in Stockholm. You've got nine months.

00:43:00

OLA
Hello!

MAJA
Ziggy!

MAJA (CONT’D)
Hello! Why are you here this early?

OLA
I couldn't sleep.

MAJA
I'm just making sure I haven't forgotten anything. I want to get back before
lunch.

MAJA (CONT'D)
Well, it looked all nice and tidy.

MAJA
Come on, Ziggy!

OLA
Maja!

OLA (CONT’D)
No, nothing.