‘Oh. Isn’t that like a tracker type thing?’ I reach for my phone. I don’t know when Rupert had the time to download it.

‘Kind of.’ Rupert tips the rest of his coffee into the sink, his back to me. ‘I thought it might make you feel safer. I know you’ve been worried about things, and at least this way you know I can find you if something happens. Which it won’t,’ he says, tugging on his jacket as I look up in alarm.

‘Right. No, of course it won’t. It’s just me being silly. OK, then. Well, I won’t be going far today, only meeting Sadie.’ As if on cue, my phone buzzes with a text message from her.

‘That’ll be nice,’ Rupert says absently, and I get the feeling that although he mentioned the yoga, he’s already moved on his head. Not for the first time I wonder if he was the same with Caro, or if Caro demanded his attention. ‘I’ll see you tonight.’ He kisses the top of my head as he passes, leaving me to another day on my own.

I take my time getting dressed, and Sadie is waiting outside the gym when I walk round the corner in my leggings, her yoga mat rolled up under her arm.

‘Emily!’ Sadie leans in and kisses my cheek, before holding me at arm’s length and looking me up and down. ‘Look at the tan on you! You wouldn’t think you’d go so brown, being blonde the way you are. You’ll have to tell me all about the honeymoon, quick, before the class starts. I can’t believe you two have been back for days already and we haven’t seen you.’

I’m a little taken aback by Sadie’s enthusiasm. I’ve never really had the kind of friends that you see immediately you get back from holiday, thanks to my mum carting us all over the country in her quest for perfection, so it hadn’t really crossed my mind to check in with Sadie. ‘Sorry, I…’

‘Oh, darling, Rupert told me you’ve been a bit worried about things at home.’ Sadie lays a hand on my arm, and I don’t know what to say at first. I hadn’t realized that Rupert would have discussed my feelings with anyone, least of all Sadie.