01x04 - Episode 4

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(dark music playing)

(indistinct chatter)

(Nicoletta) Pronto? Si.

Si.

Okay.

Capisco. Grazie.

Grazie, risentiamo. Grazie.

(Chloe) Well, what did they say?

I won't spend another night here.

The prosecutor

has given permission for you

to find alternative accommodation.

But they won't pay for it.

- (music concludes)

- (phone ringing)

(breathes deeply)

(indistinct chatter in distance)

(Chloe breathes shakily)

(Phil) Hello? It's Phil.

(sighs)

- Hi.

- (Phil) Hello?

Yeah, sorry sorry. (sighs)

Sorry, I'm here. (inhales sharply)

- Have you settled in all right?

- (Chloe) Yeah.

Thanks for organising this.

Do you know why

they won't let me come home yet?

(Phil) I'm sure

it's just formalities.

I've reached out

to your local MP

- and the Foreign Office

- (indistinct chatter continues)

asked them to put pressure

on the Italian authorities.

(mysterious music playing)

They've arrested someone, right?

You're safe now.

(breathes sharply)

(music concludes)

(MD whispers) Chloe?

(pants) I want you.

I want to be with you.

- (breathes heavily)

- (indistinct chatter)

- (MD whispers) Chloe?

- (motorbike passing)

(breathes anxiously)

- (light clicks on)

- (sighs)

Hey. It's me.

(Amber) How are you?

Are you okay?

Barely spoken to anyone for days.

I I thought that woman

at the embassy

was supposed

to be looking after you.

She is, but I feel so bad.

She's working so hard on my case

and then I keep interrupting her

because I can barely go out

and buy a sandwich on my own.

Locking yourself away

is only making you feel worse.

(Chloe) But

I owe them money. Black Death.

The people who took me.

So, I I said I'd pay them

to let me go

and now he's arrested,

and and he can't help me.

I don't understand.

So, I promised I

I promised I wouldn't get him

in trouble if he let me go.

- (breathing shakily)

- (dog barking in distance)

He liked me.

And I, erm

I pretended I liked him too.

What do you mean "pretended"?

- Did you?

- No. (sniffles)

- He wanted to.

- (indistinct chatter)

(Chloe)

He tried. (sighs, whimpers)

He made me share his bed.

- (Amber) Chlo

- (Chloe sobbing)

I was so scared. (sobs)

- (vehicles passing)

- (horn honking)

(Chloe) You have to get me home

it's been nearly a week now.

Over the last few days,

I've spoken at length

with the Italian prosecutor

in order to expedite your return

to the UK.

The quickest option

we have is is a pre-trial,

where you give

your evidence now, in court.

I already told them everything

the day I got released.

Well, this time, you tell

the prosecutor in front of a judge.

(breathes sharply) And,

of course, Lukasz.

Lukasz?

Is it MD's real name?

Mm-hmm.

I I know, I know he let me go,

but I spent a week thinking that

he could k*ll me at any minute.

And now I have to be

in the same room as him?

Erm we can ask

for a screen around you.

So, you don't have to see him.

There is one more thing.

(sighs) In order to provide

sufficient evidence,

they have requested

you return to the farmhouse

and give a verbal statement

to camera.

No, I can't I can't go

back there. (breathes sharply)

The sooner you sign

this document

the sooner we can book

a court date and get you home.

(unsettling music playing)

(indistinct chatter)

(tram chugging)

(music continues)

(horn honking)

- (indistinct chatter)

- (music concludes)

(indistinct chatter)

(falters) Sorry.

(chuckles nervously, pants)

(unsettling music playing)

- (tram chugging)

- (vehicles passing)

- (mysterious music playing)

- (passerby speaks indistinctly)

(breathes heavily)

(door locks)

- (crickets chirping)

- (music concludes)

(MD whispering) Chloe?

(pants)

- (sniffles)

- (emotional music playing)

(horn honking)

- Can I?

- Yeah, of course.

(Nicoletta) Thank you.

(indistinct chatter in distance)

How can I go back there?

Nobody except you knows

what happened in that house.

That's why it's so important

you do the pre-trial.

They won't understand.

When I gave my first statement

about the shoes

I didn't mean to lie,

I was just scared

that they would think

it was my fault or that,

like, I should've run,

and then I'd be in trouble

with the police.

So, stand up in court

and make them understand this.

- What if they don't believe me?

- We're all on your side.

- He's the one on trial.

- (dark music playing)

You have to do all you can

to make sure

the men who took you go to prison.

I don't want that responsibility.

I know.

But you have it anyway.

(indistinct chatter)

So, Chloe, you understand

now Prosecutor Storari will ask you

some questions

about your statement.

Then the defence

will cross-examine you. All right?

And don't worry.

He won't be able to see you.

(door opens)

(door closes)

(clears throat)

(door opens)

- (door closes)

- (footsteps approaching)

The preliminary hearing

is in session.

I invite the witness

to be sworn in.

(clears throat) "Aware of the moral

and legal responsibility"

that I assume

in making my statement,

"I promise to tell the whole truth

and not to conceal anything."

You can hear

what Miss Ayling is saying?

- No.

- Your Honour.

May I suggest Mr Herba be moved

close enough to hear Miss Ayling?

Si metta una sedia

vicino alla tenda.

(suspenseful music playing)

(Chloe grunts, screams)

(music concludes)

(Storari) Miss Ayling,

when you were held c*ptive,

did Lukasz refer

to any organisation?

Yeah. Black Death.

And what role did Lukasz have?

He k*lled for them.

Miss Ayling, I wanted to know

if the person under investigation

told you that he'd be willing

to pay all the ransom

- for your release?

- Yes.

Did you and Lukasz

ever leave the house?

On the Sunday,

we went to the village

to buy a pair of shoes.

(De Rose) And

did my client tell you

he had found a solution

for your situation?

He offered to pay everything

including the part

that I was supposed to pay,

but Black Death wouldn't allow it.

(Storari) Since you enjoyed

a bit of freedom,

why didn't you ask someone

for help?

I was told if I was to rebel

that I'd be k*lled.

I understand.

(indistinct chatter)

- (music concludes)

- (Storari) Miss Ayling

are you still afraid

of this Black Death?

Yes.

And when you were kidnapped,

what substance

did they inject you with?

He told me it was ketamine.

And who took

the photos of you unconscious

- in the studio?

- (Chloe) I don't know.

It must have been

one of the guys in balaclavas.

(Storari) Because we discovered

they were taken

with one of Lukasz's phones.

No, you don't understand. MD was

I mean, Lukasz,

wasn't at the studio.

- How do you know he wasn't there?

- Because he told me.

What did he tell you?

He told me there were two guys

and one of them had to go on

to another job

and then another one joined

on the journey.

Can you describe this person?

He was tall, er, short hair,

dark blond hair.

And

Are you sure

this person wasn't Lukasz?

Yeah.

But

did he look like Lukasz?

(mysterious music playing)

Yeah, he did slightly.

Could they be

brothers?

Did you know that, in June,

Lukasz asked his brother, Michal,

to buy a large black bag online?

I don't know anything about that.

In May this year,

did you know that Lukasz ordered

- two black balaclavas online?

- No.

(music continues)

Thank you.

(Chloe) It was bullshit, all of it.

There was no Black Death.

Just him and his brother.

- (birds chirping)

- (indistinct chatter)

(Amber) His brother?

Has he been arrested?

(Chloe) The Italian police

are investigating him.

(sighs)

(Amber) Babe,

that's great.

You don't need to be scared.

You don't owe anyone any money.

I still have to go

back there tomorrow.

Hmm. Just focus on the wild

welcome-home bash

I'm going to throw you

when you get back.

No! I would die if anyone found out

what had happened to me.

Babe, you can't come back

and act like everything's okay.

(Chloe) Yes, I can.

You'd better not tell anyone.

Chloe, you've been through

a living nightmare.

I don't want anyone to know, okay?

I've told Phil the same

and he agrees.

- (sighs) Yeah, of course he does.

- What does that mean?

(Amber) He doesn't want

anyone to know.

He was supposed

to be looking out for you.

It's his job to protect you

from all the stalkers

and the weirdos, isn't it?

Babe, I'm so sorry, I have to go.

But I'm going to see you

in a couple of days, okay?

(indistinct chatter in distance)

- (motorbike passing)

- (breathes sharply)

(phone clatters)

(dark music playing)

(birds chirping)

(MD) Remember,

Black Death will be watching.

Make sure you stay close to me.

(chains rattling)

I need to get out.

- (birds chirping)

- (breathes heavily, sniffles)

(Francesco) Chloe,

we wouldn't be going back there

if it wasn't safe.

Speak clearly to the camera.

If you get upset

and they don't understand you,

they will make you repeat it,

and it will take longer.

- Okay?

- (inhales deeply)

(sighs)

(emotional music playing)

(music concludes)

(dogs barking in distance)

(foreboding music playing)

Sono le 13:12

e procediamo con la

rimozione dei sigilli.

(MD) Did you ever think

that I might be lying?

That I'm not going to release you?

(door opens)

This is where they put the bag

when I first arrived.

(translator) Qui e dove hanno messo

la borsa quando

sono arrivata all'inizio.

(Francesco) Mm-hmm.

(Gianluca) Did they told you

that you are not any more in Italy?

You are in the middle of nowhere.

(MD) You belongs

to Black Death now.

They're like mafia.

g*ns. Drugs. Trafficking.

This was where

the sleeping bag was placed.

(translator) Qui avevano messo

il sacco a pelo.

My hands were tied here

(MD) You have

already been advertised.

In five days,

you will be put up for auction.

(Chloe) And then the same

on this side,

the handcuffs were around here.

And my feet were there.

- (handcuffs clang)

- (Chloe sobbing)

E qui h* trascorso il primo giorno,

la prima notte,

fino al pomeriggio

del giorno successivo.

(MD) That's part of our job.

Tell your family.

If you run, they can be punished.

I also offered to pay

the ransom quantity.

The guys who took you from Turin

left all your stuff in the studio.

So, if you don't pay,

I won't be able to protect you.

Or your family.

Er, I slept on this side.

(MD) I will do anything

to help you,

- and then we can be together

- and Lukasz slept on this side.

(MD) Tomorrow, I will take you out.

As long as you stay close to me

everything will be fine.

You trust me?

(Chloe) Yeah.

- (music concludes)

- (MD) Good.

- (crickets chirping)

- (dogs barking in distance)

(birds chirping)

(door closes)

Possiamo considerare conclusa

la ricognizione dei luoghi

alle 13:18 del 5th Agosto.

(Francesco) It's over now.

- (indistinct chatter)

- (camera shutter clicking)

(Storari in Italian)

(birds chirping)

(indistinct chatter)

Thank you so much

for all the work you've done.

Listen (sighs)

while we've been out of Milan,

the prosecutor held

a press conference.

It's protocol in cases like this,

it's in the public interest.

But I didn't want anyone to know.

(Gianluca) Your name

wasn't released,

just the details of the case

relating to a British model.

Okay.

Can I definitely leave tomorrow?

Yeah. Your passport is waiting

at the station

for when we get back

to the city tonight.

MUSIC: "Is It Light Where You Are"

by Art School Girlfriend.

(breathes deeply) I can't wait

to get back.

(Bea sobs)

- (Chloe) It's okay.

- (Bea sighs)

- It's okay. I'm safe.

- (sniffles)

- I'm okay.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- (kisses)

- (indistinct chatter in distance)

- (Bea sighs)

- (Chloe whispers) I'm here now.

(Bea kisses, sniffles)

(camera shutter clicking)

(news reporter 1) More details

are emerging in the case

of the British model

who claims she was drugged

and held c*ptive for nearly a week.

(news reporter 2) Huge

media attention

and made headlines

around the world

The very confusing

and baffling kidnap

of 20-year-old

Whilst Chloe is now recovering

here at home,

it's understood investigations

are continuing

(news reporter 3) Today,

at her mother's home

in South London,

it seems she will soon reveal all.

(indistinct chatter)

# Lost my head there for a minute

# I found my way back, I realigned

# Now we're left

With something else

# Won't you look back

On me sometimes? #