Weekend Break

Sara-Mai Wickham, a rich and successful entrepreneur, has not seen her old college friend Chloe since the funeral of mutual friend Deborah 15 years ago. And she's not missed her. In fact, her life has been great since she left that deadbeat behind. But when Chloe gets in contact to say she has a surprise, Sara-Mai invites her to spend the weekend - mainly to show off her country house and how successful she’s become and partly out of curiosity. Chloe's surprise turns out to be new fiancé Lucas - Deborah's still-grieving brother - and not someone Sara-Mai wants back in her life. The bad vibes ease a little as drinks go down and the old friends catch up. The next day Sara-Mai and husband Brad head off for a golf lesson leaving their guests to enjoy the countryside. When they return, their house has been ransacked. And Chloe and Lucas are gone. Brad immediately decides that Chloe and Lucas are the thieves. This allegation grows when he finds the home security footage has been wiped clean. But then Chloe and Lucas walk back in the door after a country stroll. He's convinced they have stashed the gear somewhere and his suspicions are only confirmed when Chloe and Lucas try to leave before the police arrive. Brad confronts them. He wants to check their van. They refuse but Brad is insistent and pulls out his hunting rifle to persuade them. Compromised and embarrassed by the accusation, Chloe threatens to expose Sara-Mai for what she did to Deborah during their gap-year in South America. Sara-Mai isn't the type to be intimidated by threats but Lucas demands to know what any of this has to do with his sister. Chloe tells him how it was Sara-Mai who planted the drugs in Deborah's backpack when they were in Argentina - the drugs that led to her arrest, conviction and desperate suicide. Lucas lashes out at Sara-Mai. Brad steps in to protect his wife and in the struggle Lucas falls over the balcony onto the floor below, killing him. Horrified, Brad rings the police but Sara-Mai doesn't want her past coming out at a trial. She’s too successful to lose everything. Desperate to keep her secret, Sara-Mai must keep Chloe quiet so slips some sleeping tablets into her drink. When Chloe passes out, Sara-Mai strangles her. Sara-Mai confesses to Brad that she has killed Chloe and with the police on their way she begs him to help her hide the body. Terrified of the consequences Brad puts Chloe’s body in her van and hides it far from the house. Sara-Mai concocts a story that Chloe fled after she accidentally pushed Lucas from the balcony - absolving them both of any blame. Because of their respectable public profile, the police believe their story. With the police gone, a guilty Brad confronts his wife who finally admits to planting the drugs on Deborah. Disgusted and shocked at how manipulative his wife is, Brad wants to confess. But Sara-Mai reminds him of how compromised he is by the lies he told the police and by disposing of the body. And it is her, and her money, that gives him the lifestyle that he wants. Cowed and guilt-ridden, Brad can only watch as his wife gets on with her life as if nothing ever happened.