She thought about going to check he was okay, then decided against it. He was more than capable of dealing with Jake and probably wouldn’t want her interfering. Adam’s iPad was on the kitchen worktop. When Clodagh had finished putting everything away, she picked it up and carried it outside. Adam kept a list of his favourite recipes on the iPad. She decided she was going to choose one of those and tell him she was cooking tomorrow evening.

She entered the passcode into the device and the screen lit up. She’d expected to see a recipe for lamb kebabs. Instead, there was a map on the screen with a series of dotted lines showing a route along the map. It took Clodagh a full five seconds to realise the map was of Worthing, and the dotted line tracked the route she’d taken earlier today from the train station to the seafront and, after that, to Ivan’s house.

‘What are you doing with that?’

Adam was standing in front of her, his body blocking out the sun so the garden suddenly felt dark and cold.

‘You’re spying on me?’ she said.

‘Not spying.’ He grabbed the iPad from her. ‘Making sure you’re okay. I installed an app on your new phone so I’d know where you were if you ever got lost.’

‘When the hell have I got lost?’

She stood up and took several steps back, putting distance between them.

‘Clodagh, I don’t think you realise what it’s like living with someone with your problems. I do my best to protect you and second guess what you’ve forgotten or mislaid, but it’s bloody hard work. Every single time you leave the house, I worry you’re going to get lost and forget where you are. I haven’t said anything because I didn’t want you to know how worried I’ve been.’

‘Bullshit. Putting that on my phone and not telling me? That’s not about looking after me. That’s about control, Adam.’

‘How can you say that? You know you mean the world to me. I care about you, that’s all. Maybe I care too much, but that’s hardly a crime, is it?’

She felt sick.

Adam took a step towards her, but she held her hand up.

‘Don’t come near me.’

‘You’re being ridiculous.’ He sounded irritated. As if she was at fault, she thought bitterly. ‘It’s not like I installed some secret spyware. Location tracker apps are really common. And let’s face it, you haven’t exactly been honest about what you’ve been up to, have you?’

‘What’s that supposed to mean?’

‘Last week. You told me you were here all day. But that was a lie, because you’d spent the afternoon in Brighton. Why on earth would you lie about something like that?’