Episode 2 - Part 2 Hinterland

-She was strangled, sir.

-Was she having an affair?

-Lewis John.

-The artist?

He'd asked her to model for him She was infatuated by him.

-Did you sleep with all your models?

-Not all of them.

Did you know that Laura had a boyfriend?

I loved her. I don't understand why that wasn't enough.

Joanna Miller. She brought an assault charge against you. She was 17 years old.

I've said all I want to say about him.

Joanna developed a crush on my husband.

We've all been guilty of attention seeking one time or another.

You think I killed someone?

I didn't.

We'll sort this out and then everyone can move on.

This is where I'd come to hide when I was younger.

You caught me by surprise, asking about Lewis.

I put it away a long time ago and...

..moved on.

Well, I'm sorry to bring it up again, but...

..I appreciate it.

How did you start modelling for him?

I was a waitress on the front, just on the weekends.

I was 17.

Still in school.

Modelling made me feel very grown-up.

I'd sit for him.

And he'd ask me to undress.

Were you happy to do that?

I don't know.

And he just asked you to sit for him?

No, she did.

Anna.

His wife?

I didn't see it at the time but...

it was her, really.

She was the one that approached me, made me feel special.

She said I was intriguing.

She said I had a look.

But she knew you were 17?

17 going on 30.

It was Anna that decided how I'd sit.

Like... like she was setting me up as bait for him.

And you felt the need to press charges against him?

They said there wasn't any real evidence.

-Maybe they were right.

-Maybe they were wrong.

I decided to...

..put it all behind me and move on.

Yeah.

But things like that don't really go away, do they?

HAMMERING NOISE

'Do you choose all the models for him?'

No, not all.

But you decide who he paints and how he paints them?

He felt guilty about it.

At the beginning.

Guilty?

Wanting them.

He thought he'd hurt me.

Isn't there a line between...

an artist and a model?

And shouldn't there be one?

-A line?

-Yeah.

Professional line.

You're a professional.

Haven't you ever crossed a line?

They pick themselves.

I can just spot them, that's all.

Lewis doesn't have a type,

if that's what you mean.

What about Laura Dean?

-What about Laura Dean?

-Was she different from the others?

-No.

-But she used to stay here, didn't she, overnight?

Like Joanna Miller.

In the spare room.

You seem very comfortable with his indiscretions.

He's an obsessive.

Obsessions come and go.

And these young women...

..they're nothing more than that.

They mean nothing to him once he's done with them.

They fascinate him.

For a while.

Once they step out of the light...

..they disappear.

All of them?

All of them.

CAR APPROACHES

Yeah?

Laura Dean was pregnant.

'Do we know who the father is?'

Ifan.

Sorry.

I, erm...

I...

I had to come in.

I, erm...

It's easier to be at work.

Yeah, well, it's better to keep busy, I suppose.

If you find the right soils,

the right light...

..temperature and water...

..then what you do pays off.

You get something that rewards you.

Gives back.

For the care you put in.

Ifan, is there somewhere we can talk?

We're on our own here.

We can talk.

Laura was pregnant.

The pathology report confirmed it this morning.

She was very early.

Only eight weeks.

No.

We're sorry.

I didn't know.

Pathology were running tests to see if there were any unusual substances

in Laura's blood...

and they found a match with your DNA.

What?

Well, erm...

The baby was yours.

No.

No, it's... it's a mistake.

It can't be my baby.

You're wrong. It can't be.

Ifan?

It's not mine.

It can't be mine!

-Ifan...

-Get out!

-Leave! Get out!

-Come on, Ifan.

No! No!

No!

HE SOBS

What did he mean, it was a mistake? Why was the baby a mistake?

-He was devastated.

-That wasn't grief, that was rage. He was furious.

Is that what you expect from someone who's just found out that the person

they've lost, the person they loved, was also having their child?

We know Laura lied about the gallery opening on Wednesday night

-because that night she was with Lewis John, right?

-Right.

We know she went to work on Thursday and left as normal that evening.

-Correct.

-And we know that Ifan was in work on Friday.

Yes. I checked with his employer. He was there all day. He left late but he often does.

-Did they notice anything unusual in his behaviour, his mood?

-Nothing they said.

-According to his colleagues he was his usual self.

-So no change?

No, he left early on Wednesday and called in sick on Thursday.

He was ill? What was wrong with him?

They didn't say. He just called in sick.

Ifan told us that he didn't know that Laura was pregnant.

-Maybe she didn't know herself.

-She was eight weeks gone, Lloyd.

Or he thought that the child wasn't his.

-You said that he left work on Wednesday?

-Yes, sir.

-Why?

We don't know. He didn't tell anyone.

Oh, my god, I think he's been lying to us.

He left work early on Wednesday just to follow her,

to find out where she was going. He knew about the affair.

He didn't phone her in Caernarfon because she wasn't in Caernarfon. She was with Lewis John.

That's why he didn't show up for work on Thursday - because he found out the truth.

So the phone messages, the texts, meeting her at the station,

telling us that she was missing, that was all an act?

He knew she wasn't coming back. He knew because he killed her.

What he didn't know until now is that the baby, her baby, was his.

-Get a unit over to Ifan Riley's house now.

-Yes, sir.

Ifan Riley!

No sign of him, sir. His car's not here.

OK, Lloyd.

I think I know where he might be.

FLOORBOARDS CREAK

You took her from me.

Who are you?

You stole Laura from me.

Ifan?

You treated her like an object.

That's not true.

I cared about Laura.

No.

All you care about...

..is this!

I gave her everything.

And then you came along.

Flattered her.

Made her feel special.

Whatever you think happened here...

..you're wrong.

You poisoned her against me.

No.

She died...

..because of you.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

Try phoning the house.

Lewis?

LOUD GROANS

Lewis!

Lewis!

Oh, god! Oh, god!

It's Ifan.

What have you done?!

Please, I need help, Ifan!

Please!

You and him, you're both the same.

-No!

-Go!

You leave her alone! You leave her alone!

Leave her alone!

No!

CAR APPROACHES

Help! Help!

SOBBING

No!

DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS

CRIES OF TERROR

No!

Ifan...

..put the knife down.

STIFLED GROANS

Let them go, Ifan.

This was her choice.

Ifan, listen to me, this was all Laura's choice.

-It's their fault.

-No, it isn't.

They've taken everything from me!

I've known for months...

..deep down...

..that she'd been lying to me.

In the end I just had to know.

Tell me, Ifan.

What happened the next day, when she came back?

I just wanted her to tell me...

..why.

She said she didn't love me any more.

That I was suffocating her.

Drop the knife, Ifan.

She said she was in love with someone else.

She said it was his baby.

And I believed her.

I just snapped.

I strangled her.

HE CRIES

Why did she have to lie?

Look at me, Ifan.

Give me the knife.

Come on.

TENSE MUSIC BUILDS

SHE SOBS

'Mammy!

'Mammy, come here!

'Look at me.'