‘Then what is it?’ A note of steel has crept into my voice, and I feel a flicker of the old Emily coming back to life. The Emily who wasn’t too afraid to go out and get what she wanted. The Emily who wasn’t scared of her own shadow. ‘Because from where I’m standing it looks as though you and Rupert were… getting close to each other on the day I accepted his proposal.’ My voice breaks on the last word, and I swallow hastily.

‘I was drunk…’ Sadie says, rubbing her hands over her face. ‘I know it’s no excuse, but I was upset about Caro and I said some things I probably shouldn’t.’

‘So did Rupert from what I can see.’ Steely Emily is back, and I eye Sadie closely, scrutinising her face as if to check for clues that she is lying. ‘I want to know the whole conversation.’

‘I told you, this isn’t what you think. Rupert loves you. This is just…’ Sadie waves a hand towards the phone, before she turns and walks into the kitchen. ‘Emily, please listen to me. This is not what you think. You said yourself that someone has it in for you and Rupert.’

‘And I seem to recall both of you telling me that I was overreacting, that I was just being ridiculous.’

‘Well, I was wrong, I’m sorry,’ Sadie says, sharply. ‘Someone clearly does have it in for the two of you. Clearly, someone doesn’t think that you and Rupert should be together.’ Sadie lets her eyes fill with tears and takes a huge gulp from the glass in front of her. It looks like a Bloody Mary, and I watch as she swallows it down, before going to the fridge and pouring herself another one.

‘I think it’s pretty obvious that they do. And neither you nor Rupert would believe me when I told you that. You told me I was overreacting, that I was mad. This is real—’ I wave the mobile phone, ‘I know what I saw and what I heard.’

‘Taken out of context,’ Sadie says, ‘Emily, I am your friend. I’ve known Rupert for years, of course we love each other – as friends. Someone is trying to cause trouble, that’s all this is, and by reacting this way you’ve given them exactly what they want.’

I pause for a moment. Sadie does have a point – reacting this way gives whoever sent the video the response they were after – but I can still hear Rupert’s voice telling Sadie he loves her.

‘Maybe if you find it so easy to believe that Rupert would cheat on you, then perhaps your relationship isn’t as secure as you believe it to be,’ Sadie says gently, and I begin to feel the fight go out of me.