I dump the plates in the sink and return to the lounge. Make myself comfy on the sofa before speaking. Matt is scrolling through the TV menu, trying to find something good to watch.

I clear my throat. ‘I found out something this week.’

‘Oh yeah?’ Matt’s only half listening. He’s clicking on the trailer for some violent action thriller that I already know I won’t want to watch.

‘You know Shaun Morris?’ I begin.

‘Mm.’

‘He’s just got out of prison.’

Matt puts down the remote and turns to me. ‘Really? What was he in for?’

‘I’m not sure.’

‘That must have been tough on the family.’

‘I know.’ I wonder how the kids coped with it all. They seem happy enough now, but it must have been a traumatic time.

‘How do you know he was inside?’ Matt frowns. ‘Did Kate tell you?’

‘No, she’s not speaking to me, remember?’

‘Still? So did someone else tell you? Because you know it might not be true…’

I don’t want to admit that I’ve been snooping on Facebook and I certainly don’t want to tell Matt I mentioned it to Bella. I’m only glad that Jess didn’t say anything this evening. Matt already thinks I’m mistaken about Bella. ‘I saw something about it on one of Kate’s Facebook posts. It popped up on my feed.’

‘What? She put it on Facebook? That’s a bit weird. You’d think they’d want to keep something like that quiet.’

‘She didn’t put it on there. Someone commented that he was “getting out”.’

‘Maybe you misread it?’

I pick up my phone and open up Facebook. ‘I’ll show you.’ I go onto Kate’s page but for some reason I can’t see any of her posts. ‘There’s something wrong with this. Hang on a sec.’ I spend a couple of minutes logging out and then logging back in, but I still can’t see any of Kate’s posts. I click on another friend’s profile page and find that I can see all her posts fine. So why can’t I…? Then it hits me – Kate must have unfriended me, which is why her posts are now hidden. Shit.

Now I’m worried that Bella must have told Kate about our conversation. And as a consequence, Kate has unfriended me. It’s too much of a coincidence to be anything other than that. I wonder if Kate will confront me about it. I need to come up with an answer that won’t make me sound like some crazy stalker. Should I be the one to confront her? Speak to Kate about Bella? No. Not yet. I need more proof and I don’t want to scare the Morrises away. They might leave the area and then I’d lose Holly all over again.