‘Mats, you couldn’t have known. I should have told you both earlier. I just didn’t want you to panic. Or feel under pressure. This is my decision. My risk.’

They stared at one another, all understanding the stakes. The question upon which the entire film pivoted was still unanswered and if he wouldn’t give it to her after that, then when?

No one spoke for several minutes, all of them lost in thought. Was he worth it? Was Kit Foley’s big secret – and Mia’s right to know it – worth Clover losing her home?

‘Y’know, Johnny’s right that Kit seems determined to keep the blame, but there were definitely times when it also looked like he wanted to talk,’ Matty said quietly. ‘I really feel like .part of him wants to confess . . .’

‘Just not to me,’ Clover muttered, meeting her eyes.

‘. . . Yeah.’

Liam had been right. If Kit was going to talk to anyone, it would be Oprah. Not her. Never her. She had come here for Mia, to finally get full disclosure in Cory’s memory. Leaving with anything less than that would be a fail.

‘So what do we do?’ Matty almost whispered. ‘Like you said, you’ve tried everything.’

Clover’s head dropped back into the pillow. She had exposed her innermost pain and he had thrown it back in her face, leaving her feeling like she had exploited her parents’ tragedy. For nothing. She had revealed more than he had. He’d been in control almost all the way thr—

She lifted her head suddenly.

‘Johnny, just go back on the tight-shot camera to where I said all the things he’d lost – what was it . . . turned his back on the sport he loved . . . lost the sponsors blah blah . . .’

Johnny swung back round on his chair and scrolled back through the frames, finding the right one. They listened closely as Clover’s voice filled the room.

‘You lost sponsors. You even lost the woman you love.’

They watched his head jerk up.

Clover’s own head tipped to the side thoughtfully. ‘See that? See how quickly he moved? There wasn’t anything else that made him startle like that.’

‘Well, that’s the first time you let it drop that you know about Amy,’ Matty said, staring at the screen too. ‘You’ve been keeping him from knowing that you know.’

‘Yes. And I didn’t even mention her by name. But look at his expression.’

‘He’s shocked.’