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No. We got what they call now an intimacy coach to convince the actors to do the more explicit stuff.

WhatsApp messages between Oliver Menzies and me, 27 July 2021:

Oliver Menzies

Are you awake?

Amanda Bailey

Mad squaddie still on the line?

Oliver Menzies

Yep, so got up early to drag my eyes over these tedious transcripts you sent.

Amanda Bailey

No need to thank me.

Oliver Menzies

Something weird. Can’t believe you didn’t spot this.

Amanda Bailey

Go on.

Oliver Menzies

That social worker Julian Nowak. You talked to him on the fifth. He remembers the case of Holly and Gabriel being in the early 90s. I know people make mistakes about timings, but ten years out? He distinctly says it’s not long after he qualified. That’s a big life moment to anchor his memory to.

Amanda Bailey

I picked up on that. Don must’ve referred me to the wrong social worker. I’ve a feeling he mixed up the names with an earlier case. He knows so many people and he’s no spring chicken.

Oliver Menzies

How about another explanation. Holly, Jonah and Gabriel really are divine, ageless beings. Angels.

Amanda Bailey

Wow. You’re taking this new angle seriously.

Oliver Menzies

They all describe Holly as mature. Don said the same thing to me. She could be hundreds of years old in a teenager’s body. Gabriel is the same, but his human incarnation is physically older.

Amanda Bailey

Like in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE? Holly is Claudia and Gabriel Lestat? Fun fact: River Phoenix was cast as Molloy, the interviewer, but died weeks before he could shoot his scenes. Christian Slater took the role. Donated his fee to charity to break the curse.

Oliver Menzies

No one is ten years out on something that happened ‘early in their career’.

Text messages between me and Police Chief Inspector Mike Dean, 27 July 2021:

Amanda Bailey

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