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Voice 2:I’m sure something can be arranged –
[sound of footsteps from inside the house and then at the door]
Voice 3:Who’s this, then?
(British, male)
Voice1:Fuck off, Jamie, this is nothing to do with you.
Voice 2:Jamie? Jamie Northam?
Voice 3:Yeah. Who the fuck are you?
Voice 1:She’s from a TV company. They want to do something on Daisy. Turns out the little bitch isn’t dead after all.
Voice 3:[laughing loudly]
Oh that’s fuckingpriceless, that is –
Voice 1:Seems she didn’t just frame Barry, she framed that poor cow Sharon too –
Voice 2:Well, we can’t be sure of that – I mean, I do have a theory about what happened but –
Voice 1:You know she’s ill, right? Sharon? Likeseriouslyfucking ill? That’s on bloody Daisy too.
Voice 3:Right. I mean, just imagine – knowing you’re innocent and there isn’t a fucking thing you can do about it. Eight fuckingyears–
Voice 2:I didn’t know about that. I haven’t approached her yet, but obviously we’d like to get her side of the story –
Voice 1:She doesn’t know? About Daisy being alive?
Voice 2:I need to have all the facts before I see her – especially given what you just said.
Voice 1:So what happens now?
Voice 2:First thing I need to do is speak to my boss, and then there’ll be a lot of other questions I need answered, mostly about how Daisy managed to get away, because as far as I can see she must have had help and it had to have been someone she knew.
Voice 3:[laughs]
Oh yeah – you’re not wrong there.Deffosomeone close to home.
Voice 2:Do you have any ideas who, Jamie? Because I’m coming up empty so far.
Voice 3:It’ll cost ya.
Voice 2:That’s fine. That’s how these things work. Who is it?
Voice 3:How do I know you won’t fuck me over? What’s stopping you just fucking off after I give you the gen?
Voice 2:Because I’m recording this. See? So, come on – spill.
Voice 3:You like podcasts? All that true crime shit? My ex loved all that crap –
Voice 2:What’s that got to do with anything?
Voice 3:There’s one you should try. About some bird who went missing in Australia years ago.
Voice 2:I still don’t see –