Then there was Jennifer and Sean being caught together unawares in Daniel’s video, her weird reaction when their hands brushed at lunch, their early morning ‘walk’ to the village together, supposedly delayed by a visit to the weekly market – the market that took place on a different day.

It was all circumstantial. And all of it paled by comparison to seeing Izzy walk into that clearing by the gorge: a stone-cold piece of evidence that could not be disputed or misinterpreted.

It was time to get this over with, right away, this morning, before I could spend too long thinking about it. Before I could change my mind or lose my nerve again.

The truth was, I had wronged them all. Each of them in different ways.

I had fallen in love with Jennifer’s boyfriend at university.

I had helped bring Izzy’s fiancé to the place where he met his death.

I had passed on the malicious accusation that destroyed Rowan’s first marriage.

What kind of friend was I? Perhaps I deserved everything that was coming my way.

Lucy was on my mind, too. I wanted to talk to her again about what had happened in the pool last night, but she was still fast asleep, her room dark thanks to the blackout curtains. There was no sound at Daniel’s door, either. In fact, the whole villa was unnaturally quiet and empty as I made my way down to the kitchen to make coffee; there were no voices, no clatter of crockery from the dining area, no flip-flops on the polished tile floor. Daniel wasn’t in the lounge, where I’d usually found him at this time of the morning – perhaps he’d finally started sleeping in at last. Two days before we were due to go home, but better late than never.

There was a note on the kitchen countertop next to the kettle.

Gone for lunch in Béziers, back this afternoon. J + I x

Béziers was the nearest big town, half an hour south by car, on the way to the beach. It seemed that Jennifer and family had opted for a change of scenery today and Izzy had gone along for the ride. I checked my watch – it was only just gone nine o’clock – feeling simultaneously disappointed and relieved that the showdown with Izzy would have to wait until she got back. It would give me time to prepare what I was going to say.