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Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Five Years Later
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-one
  26. Twenty-two
  27. Twenty-three
  28. Twenty-four
  29. Twenty-five
  30. Twenty-six
  31. Twenty-seven
  32. Twenty-eight
  33. Twenty-nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-one
  36. Thirty-two
  37. Thirty-three
  38. Thirty-four
  39. Thirty-five
  40. Thirty-six
  41. Thirty-seven
  42. Thirty-eight
  43. Thirty-nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-one
  46. Forty-two
  47. Forty-three
  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
  53. Forty-nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-one
  56. Fifty-two
  57. Fifty-three
  58. Fifty-four
  59. Fifty-five
  60. Epilogue
  61. Acknowledgements
  62. Canelo Crime
  63. About the Author
  64. Also by Sheila Bugler

‘I think it was Vivienne’s. The problem is, I have no idea what’s on it. It doesn’t work with my laptop. I called a computer repair shop but they said they couldn’t help. And then I remembered you work with computers. So I thought you might be able to help.’

‘If it belonged to Vivienne,’ Bella said, ‘there might be private stuff on there. Things she wouldn’t like to you see.’

‘I know that.’

‘So why not leave it alone?’

‘If I tell you, do you swear it won’t go any further?’

‘Cross my heart.’

‘I’ve got no proof of this,’ Clodagh said. ‘Not yet. But I’ve started to wonder if maybe Vivienne was having an affair.’

‘Wow,’ Bella said, after a moment. ‘You know what this means, don’t you? If your sister was seeing someone else, then Adam’s built his whole career on a lie.’

‘That’s why you can’t say a word,’ Clodagh said. ‘It’s too important. Besides, I might be completely wrong.’

‘And if you find something on this memory stick that proves she was having an affair,’ Bella said. ‘What then?’

‘I’m not sure. But I know something happened at the airport the day of the crash. I was angry with Vivienne, but I can’t remember why. I’m hoping whatever’s on that stick might help me remember.’

‘When I said I wanted to know why Gary was drinking that day,’ Bella said, ‘you told me to let it go. Said I could drive myself crazy trying to work it out. I’m tempted to give you similar advice.’

‘I’ve never been very good at taking my own advice,’ Clodagh said.

She thought Bella was going to say no. But after a moment, Bella reached across the table and took the memory stick.

‘I’ll take a look as soon as I can. But don’t blame me if I find something you didn’t want to see, okay?’

Clodagh nodded. She was fine with that. Whatever Bella discovered, it was better to know the truth.

Forty-two

It had stopped raining by the time Clodagh left the coffee shop. She said goodbye to Bella and walked up Queen’s Road to the train station. The journey back home seemed to take forever. By the time she’d got off the train at Bramhurst, she was ready to collapse onto the sofa and watch crap TV for the rest of the day. Adam was in London today; she wasn’t expecting him home until later this evening. But when she got back home, he was already there, sitting at the kitchen table with a face like thunder.