They all rallied round though when Millie Downton tried to ambush her at the studio last week. As she told the security staff, Millie had already been to her house on numerous occasions, banging on the windows and harassing her. Stacey explained she didn’t want to report the woman to the police: she felt sorry for her because she was clearly in need of some sort of help. So security just had a quiet word, and she’s not heard from Millie since.

Steam billows into the bathroom as Stacey opens the shower door. Felix always prefers cold showers, he finds them bracing, but she likes the water hot enough to almost scald. Hot enough to scour away the conversation she just had.

The police have told her to prepare herself for the worst. Officially, they’re still investigating Felix’s disappearance as a missing persons case, but the fact he hasn’t used any of his credit cards or his phone in a month is ominous, DCI Hollander told her gravely, no doubt about it. They’ve got forensic accountants going through digital records at Copper Beech, but so far they haven’t found any suspicious external transfers connected to her husband. In fact, the only transactions they can find show money coming in, not going out, the most recent of which was a large deposit from Harper Conway, which is still sitting untouched in a frozen account at Copper Beech. If Felix did salt money away to fund his disappearance, he’s covered his tracks exceptionally well.

The police aren’t treating Stacey as a suspect any more: they’re focusing on Millie Downton. They seem to accept Stacey isn’t involved.