Contrary to what you might assume, I did not become a detective on some quixotic quest to solve my childhood mystery. I read the file once, that first day, late on my own in the squad room with my desk lamp the only pool of light (forgotten names setting echoes flicking like bats around my head as they testified in faded Biro that Jamie had kicked her mother because she didn’t want to go to boarding school, that “dangerous-looking” teenage boys spent evenings hanging around at the edge of the wood, that Peter’s mother once had a bruise on her cheekbone), and then never looked at it again.
All important info for later.
1. Jamie's boarding school rebellion
2. teenage boys in the woods
3. Peter's father is abusive
4. Rob trying to convince himself (and us, the audience) that he's TOTES FINE, REALLY!!!
