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stayed to scour the area for any sign of a child. The good news is that nobody went over the cliff edge today. The tide was way out during the time you thought you saw this kid. If anyone fell, their body would have been clearly visible for several hours before the water washed it away.’
                  ‘Then he’s still missing?’ There was panic in her voice.
                  Eliot squeezed her hand. ‘Slow down, sweetheart. The police have been contacted in all the nearby towns. No child has been reported missing in the last twenty four hours.’
                  Marisa’s face crumpled. ‘Then I don’t understand?’
                  Her husband sighed. ‘The doctor’s been here since you collapsed. She’s observed you closely and taken a blood test. Dr Ford thinks you were suffering from heat exhaustion, mixed with low blood sugar. Honey, the doc doesn’t think this child was real. The Carter kids say there was never another little boy with them.’
                  ‘But I saw him.’
                  ‘I know it’s scary, but Dr Ford says it’s very common. You got yourself into a panic. Let’s be honest, it isn’t the first time it’s happened. You were worried about Ellie and Jack. When you discovered they were perfectly safe –,’
                  ‘Playing within a few feet of a cliff edge, completely unsupervised.’
                  Eliot carried on, unperturbed, ‘your mind was still fixated on saving someone. So it created a child who was apparently in danger.’
                  Marisa blinked several times. ‘I don’t have some kind of super-hero complex. I ran after the Carter children because I know how close we are to the water. I assumed that Sam and Talia didn’t really understand the risk they were under. It was our garden and our party. I had a responsibility to make sure those little ones were okay. When I finally spotted them on the grass I felt only relief, not disappointment that I wouldn’t be able to take the credit for saving them.’
                  Eliot frowned, looking suddenly miserable.
                  ‘What’s the matter?’ Marisa put a hand out to touch his face, hating to see him anything but happy.
                  ‘Dr Ford’s theory made sense to me. If that doesn’t hold water, then we’re in serious trouble here, sweetheart.’
                  ‘What do you mean?’ Marisa felt her stomach tighten and tears pool in her eyes.
                  He moved closer, pulling her into an embrace. ‘Sam and his wife followed you into the trees. When they emerged onto the cliff path, they saw you already half way over the edge. You were about to throw yourself down, darling! Sam had to grab your legs and then talk you back in. Talia was terrified that you were going to hurl yourself onto the rocks below and take her husband with you. I know Sam Carter, he wouldn’t ever have let go of you, no matter what happened.’
                  Marisa shook her head violently, the tears spilling out onto her pale cheeks. ‘I wasn’t trying to kill myself! I was looking for the boy! I didn’t know that Sam was going to attach himself to me. I was just about to manoeuvre back onto the path when he arrived. I’d already decided the child hadn’t gone over and must have crawled off into the meadow somewhere.’
                  Eliot’s expression became distant, sorrowful even. ‘Sam saved your life, sweetheart. I hope that someday you will appreciate that.’
                  Marisa breathed in a sob. If the Carters had kept a better eye on their children she wouldn’t have been in that position in the first place. But she said nothing, knowing that this observation would only upset Eliot more and make her appear crassly ungrateful. Instead, she asked, ‘is Dr Ford still