‘But I really need either Beth or Risky to stand by the door so that they can confirm what we’re creating is as realistic and close to what they saw as possible. OK? I’m sorry Lauren, but would you like to be your mother or Gavin?’

‘My mother then,’ she says, reluctantly.

‘Great. And Beth, Risky, which one of you would like to be Gavin, and which one of you would like to help me create the scene?’

‘Well, I saw it for longest,’ says Risky.

‘OK Beth, that means you’re Gavin,’ I say.

‘This feels weird,’ Beth says, her baby in a carrier on her chest. And she is right, it is so weird. But I am also excited to do it. This is like the ultimate assignment for what I do. Recreating the actual truth, rather than trying to create a truth that never existed in the first place, but to a standard where everyone thinks it’s real. Morally this sits much more comfortably than my usual work.

Beth gives the baby to Risky, who bobs up and down with him and seems quite happy.

‘OK, you bend over,’ says Beth to Lauren, as they assume the position of Gavin and Mayra. Beth presses her pelvis into Lauren’s bottom, and I start taking photos.

‘Lift your feet slightly off the ground, Lauren,’ Risky directs. ‘And Beth, a straighter back.’

‘Is this really necessary?’ Beth asks, obviously struggling with her role.

‘Yes,’ I say. ‘I need to capture where your bodies are in the room, so I can lay Gavin and Mayra over the top. Please, I realise this is excruciating, but bear with me. Risky, how’s it looking?’

‘Great, Lauren should tilt her head in this direction a bit. And Beth, put your hands on her bottom, like you’re guiding it forward and back. You know? Really shagging her?’

‘Simulating sex with my client in front of my baby. Winning at parenting?’ she says, getting into character as much as she can.

‘I won’t let him see, boss. Don’t worry,’ Risky says, making funny faces at the baby.

Beth does as she is told and pretends to have sex with Lauren.

‘How much longer?’ Lauren asks. ‘I haven’t had this much sex in years, I might need a nap.’