‘But do you remember the last thing Izzy said to us, as we ran into the woods?’

Her expression changed, eyes flicking to Jennifer and then back to me.

‘She said she was going to find Jen, help her round up the boys.’

‘Yes. That’s what I remember, too.’

The silence stretched out for a long moment.

‘So?’ Jennifer said. ‘So what?’

‘Izzy went looking for you,’ I said. ‘To help you. And she did find you, because Odette saw you together a few minutes later.’

Jennifer was moving towards the door.

‘You know what? I don’t have to listen to this, it’s ridiculous!’ Her voice was shaking with anger. ‘My friend is dead because of a terrible, horrible accident but all you want to do is find someone to blame. Well, how about you look a little closer to home for that, Kate? How about you look at your role in all of this? You’re the one who stalked your own husband for a week, you’re the one who figured out he was fucking one of your best friends, you’re the one who confronted her. Why don’t you tell the police all that, see how it goes for you?’

‘Yes,’ I said, a strange calmness coming over me for the first time in days. ‘That’s exactly what I think we should do. I think we should tell the police everything.’

She shot me a look of disbelief, mixed with pity.

‘Good luck with that, honey.’

With that, she stormed off, calling to Jake and Ethan to go to their rooms and start packing.

To my surprise, Sean jumped up and followed her out. Seconds later the sound of a hushed but heated exchange of voices reached us.

Rowan handed Odette to her husband and came to sit next to me.

‘Are you OK, Kate?’

‘No. You?’

‘Not really.’ She squeezed my hand. For the first time I could remember, she seemed to struggle to find the right words. ‘Do you really think she did it?’

I shrugged.

‘Honestly? I don’t know. But that’s for the police to decide, not us.’

‘But what do we do now?’ She lowered her voice to a whisper. ‘If she’s capable of something like that, who knows what she might do next?’

I didn’t have an answer for her. We had sailed off the edge of the known world into uncharted waters, and there was no map to take us home. There was only one thing left to do: keep on going.

‘We have to sit tight, Rowan, until the police get here. In the meantime, I’m going to talk to Sean. Find some answers.’

He was in the kitchen, Jennifer backing him into a corner. The argument died on their lips as I appeared in the doorway.

‘I need some air, Sean. Let’s go out to the balcony, shall we?’