I might tell Faye what Sean said in case she’s worrying like I am. And Andriu. He’ll be home tomorrow. I could run it by him. Though knowing Andriu, he probably won’t give a damn about the cops. He was never really one to worry too much about anything. One time, two guys called to Huntley Lodge looking for Emily because she owed someone money. Faye and I were in a tizzy. We thought they’d come in and take all our stuff. We were both really afraid but Andriu walked out into the hallway. He told us to wait inside while he closed the front door behind him and dealt with the guys out in the garden. I don’t know what he said to them but they disappeared fairly quickly and when he came back inside he wasn’t a bit rattled. Faye and I were still shaking half an hour later. I decided then I was going to have to tell Emily that if she didn’t stop taking cocaine I’d have to let her mam know. I was not going to stand back and watch her ruin her life.

I reach over to kiss Lucas’s lips.

‘I’m going to bed. I need an early night.’

He moves his lips closer to me without lifting his gaze from the man on screen. In his fifties, with a dwindling celebrity status, he is jumping around in fear while trying to remove giant spiders crawling up the leg of his shorts.

‘Night,’ Lucas says, his face cringing at the unfolding torture.

Before switching off the light, I check my phone once more to see if Faye has called. She hasn’t. Maybe Faye has forgotten about it already or she just hasn’t had the time to call me. Her life is so busy, working in a hospital. The media is always reporting on how doctors don’t get a minute. Likening them to saints, especially young doctors. Apparently they put in seventy hours a week sometimes, or even more, sleeping in the hospital, eating in the hospital. It seems like a raw deal to me after all those years of studying. I think I’m a warrior if I do an extra shift at the café.

I wonder what Faye is doing now. Is she saving some kid’s life? Consoling some upset mother who’s distraught that her six-year-old has to have their appendix out?

I put my phone on silent and close my eyes. Faye won’t ring tonight. She probably hasn’t even had time to meet with the detective yet.