I’ve never forgiven myself for what happened on the mountain and have been punishing myself ever since, according to my therapist. And although I thought I’d married Hugo purely as a way out from my desperate life and failing business, the couples’ counselling we’ve also been having has made me see that there was more to it than that. More to him than being a source of money and a way to stop Cameron telling the world about what I did. It turns out I do like Hugo after all; he is a good man and he would do anything for me. In time, I’m sure I can grow to love him. I’m determined to, for the sake of our baby.

As for Adam … well, that was unfortunate. Mistakes with mushrooms happen now and again even in the smartest of restaurants, apparently, and even to people who are very experienced with funghi. There are some types which can look very like another, so they say. It was lucky we didn’t eat the risotto that night, otherwise we could have all been in the same boat. But it was only poor Adam who had the full English the next morning. No one could have predicted the consequences.

In the end, Hugo didn’t take on the Snow Snow chalets – the story about the poisoning was in the press on and off for several weeks and no business in their right mind would take on chalets where something like that had happened. I have severed all ties with Cameron – my therapist has made me see that I have nothing to fear from him, plus Hugo now knows about what happened all those years ago anyway. It turns out Cameron was right about that. Nobody is bothered about it apart from me, and even I’m learning to let it go.

I’ve read in the press that Snow Snow has had many cancellations this season. It’s even possible that Cameron may be prosecuted over Adam’s death, but that seems unlikely to me. A man’s death will be written off as an accident, like all those years before, and life will move on.

Simon invested in Redbush Holidays after the ski trip nonetheless. Ria Events has now also become an official subsidiary of Redbush and I am events manager for the two companies. And despite several travel companies going to the wall in recent years, Redbush is going from strength to strength, thanks in no small part I would say, to Olivia and me. Hugo is a good man, but he’s never really been cut out for business, bless him.

I sent a wreath of flowers to Will’s funeral, and another to the one which was held for Adam a few days later. After all, I knew them both once, if briefly. It was the least I could do.

Millie