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  1. CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR LEIGH RUSSELL
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Jessica had gone pale and she was trembling. ‘I don’t know,’ she mumbled. ‘I don’t know.’

‘Think very carefully. Who were you having an affair with?’

‘No, no, it was nothing like that. Please, you mustn’t say anything like that. We have to pretend it never happened. If you say anything, I’ll deny it. No, no. It’s not true. It’s not true.’

‘Jessica,’ Geraldine said, very gently, ‘the DNA confirms it. So I’ll ask you again, who were you having an affair with?’

‘No, no, it wasn’t like that. It wasn’t an affair. You can’t say it was an affair.’

‘What wasn’t an affair?’

‘There was this one, but it was just the once, one time, that’s all. It was just a fling, a stupid one-night stand. I went out… Oh God, this is all so horrible.’

‘Who was he?’

Jessica shook her head helplessly. ‘I don’t know. I don’t know. I was drunk. I’ve no idea who he was. It was just a ghastly mistake that should never have happened. I didn’t even know his name. We barely spoke before we… outside a pub… I don’t know why I did it. Jason had gone away for the weekend with his friends.’ She shuddered. ‘I thought she was Jason’s. Oh God, this is awful.’ She looked at Geraldine. ‘Don’t tell Jason. Please, please, don’t tell him. I never meant him to find out that I had… it didn’t mean anything. There’s no reason why Jason should ever know. Please. And please don’t say anything to my parents.’

‘Does Daisy’s biological father know about her?’

‘How could he? I told you, I don’t even know who he is. If I passed him in the street I wouldn’t recognise him. I was too drunk to know what I was doing. It was a long time ago. And I had no idea at the time… How could I have told him? I never told anyone. No one knows. No one. Jason mustn’t ever find out. He would –’ She broke off suddenly, her eyes widening in shock. ‘He’d be so upset,’ she concluded lamely.

‘It was fifteen months ago,’ Geraldine said. ‘And Jason knows nothing about this fling you had?’

Jessica shook her head, seemingly too overwhelmed with fear to utter a word. ‘Please don’t tell him,’ she pleaded, when she recovered sufficiently to speak. ‘It would destroy our marriage. I know my husband, and he’s not the type of man to forgive something like that. Please don’t tell him.’

‘I think it’s something you should probably tell him yourself.’

‘How can I tell him now, after all this time? I can’t tell him. And if you try to tell him, I’ll deny it. No, you can’t tell him. Please. It would destroy us.’