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Chapters (71)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. What readers are saying about
  5. Epigraph
  6. Prologue
  7. Part One
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  10. 3
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  40. Part Two
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  60. Part Three
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  68. Epilogue
  69. Acknowledgements
  70. THE NEXT THRILLER BY NUALA ELLWOOD
  71. THE BEGINNING

That name again. Not just stated as Sean’s partner on some estate agency contact sheet but named as a ‘designated key holder’ on an official document for a storage unit that contains my belongings.

‘I’m sorry,’ I say to Sharon, handing the form back. ‘Here’s this name again. Freya Nielssen. Why is she on here?’

‘I don’t know,’ she says, shaking her head. ‘As I said on the phone, the tenancy termination for this property was dealt with by my colleague. I was on holiday at the time.’

‘And the colleague,’ I say, trying to collect my thoughts. ‘You said that she’s now left the agency.’

‘That’s right.’

‘Well, is there any way of contacting her?’ I say. ‘To ask her about this woman and why she’s been named both as my husband’s partner and on here.’

‘Contact Maxine?’ says Sharon, her eyes bulging as if I’ve just asked her to commit murder. ‘I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to help you there. Last I heard she’d gone travelling with her boyfriend: South East Asia then on to Australia. She only took this job to fund the trip and, if I’m honest with you, it showed. She had zero commitment, zero work ethic, last one to arrive on a morning and first one out the door at five thirty. I mean, no wonder there were mistakes and inaccuracies on her tenancy records, she spent most of her time on the internet looking at travel forums, but that’s millennials for you.’

I look down at the form again, feeling even more confused. If this Freya Nielssen is the woman Sean is having an affair with then why would he want her to have access to our belongings? Surely they would be together. It just doesn’t make sense.

‘I’m sorry I can’t be of any more help,’ says Sharon. ‘But at least your name’s on there, eh? You can access your things now.’

I nod my head as she passes the duplicate slip. I scribble my name then she hands me a blue plastic fob with a large yellow key ring attached.

‘Here you go,’ she says. ‘Now I’ll write down the address of the storage unit. It’s not far from here, just off the Piddinghoe Road. It’ll only take a few minutes in the car.’

‘It’ll have to be the bus,’ I say. ‘I don’t have a car.’

‘Oh gosh,’ says Sharon. ‘That was so insensitive of me. Of course you wouldn’t be driving after what happened. I’m very sorry about your little girl by the way. I do remember it now. It was in the papers.’

‘Yes, I believe it was,’ I say, getting up from the chair to stop her saying anything else. ‘Anyway, thank you very much. You’ve been very helpful.’

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