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would want to believe.’
    ‘And you think we should be worried when that happens?’
    He nodded. ‘Emma, in particular.’
    ‘Why?’
    ‘Because he’s never offered an explanation for what he did.’ Adrian took a sip of his coffee. ‘He’s never admitted that he is obsessed with Emma. That he wanted to make the connection with her, to be close to her, control her. And that kidnapping Dan, and later you, was part of this – at least, in his eyes.’
    ‘But the police are sure that was the motive,’ Lizzy said, hoping that he couldn’t see her discomfort. Indeed, they had all stuck to that narrative when interviewed by the police: to suggest that wasn’t the real motivation would potentially have placed the spotlight on Will and Stuart. So it had suited the group for Peter Myers to be labelled as the obsessive stalker – like father, like son, after all.
    ‘Oh, I’m sure that was his motive. It’s just that if he doesn’t admit to why he did this, he won’t get the right treatment and support in prison. He needs to face up to how he feels and what he’s thinking, and talk to trained specialists. I think that’s highly unlikely, though.’
    ‘In which case . . .’
    ‘He will leave prison still obsessed with Emma. And there’s every likelihood that he will come looking for her.’
    Just the thought of him being free again was frightening.
    ‘What I still can’t quite understand,’ Adrian Spencer continued, ‘is why now? After, what, four years? Why did Peter Myers reappear now?’
    ‘I don’t know.’
    Adrian Spencer looked incredulous. ‘You must have a theory. You must have talked about it between yourselves.’
    ‘We have discussed it. But we don’t have any answers,’ Lizzy said, hoping that he couldn’t see through the lie.
    ‘Well, I have a theory.’
    ‘Go on . . .’
    ‘Something triggered it, I don’t know what. Maybe a chance sighting of Emma, maybe he’d read about her in the newspaper – she’d just accepted that film role, so it’s possible that he’d seen a story about it.’ He shrugged. ‘It’s just a theory.’
    Lizzy was impressed by Adrian Spencer’s thought process. Without knowing the truth about Stephen’s death, it was an understandable route for him to go down.
    ‘Is all this going to be in the programme?’
    ‘I don’t know. As I said, I’m not part of that any more. It’s just my theory, and I fed that back – before I was sacked. So they might choose to follow that idea, or they might focus on the others.’
    ‘Others?’ Lizzy looked up, alarmed. Did they know about Stuart and Will after all?
    ‘Other theories.’
    Lizzy fought to hide her true feelings. ‘Like what?’
    ‘There are other theories.’
    ‘But you’re not going to tell me?’
    ‘You’ll have to wait for the programme,’ he said. ‘But I’m just telling you what I think the explanation is, and what the implications of that are for you and your friends.’
    ‘But you haven’t offered any solutions.’ Lizzy looked at him, eyes wide.
    ‘Because I don’t have any.’
    ‘So why even tell me this? Are you just trying to scare us? To take revenge for us getting you sacked?’
    ‘You really don’t think much of me, do you?’
    ‘I’m just going on past form.’
    He laughed. ‘Lizzy, have you ever considered that you might not be as good a judge of character as you think you are?’
    ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’
    He stood up to leave, picking up his gloves. ‘I mean, be careful who you trust.’
    Trust. That word again. Who do you trust, Lizzy? The message in the note. She blocked his path with her arm. ‘The man sending the letters, is that you ?’
    He looked genuinely confused. ‘I have no idea what you mean. Now, please, I need to leave.’
    ‘If it is you—’
    ‘Remember what I said, Lizzy. You’re at risk of missing the real danger. Now, please, I have to go.’
    Reluctantly she conceded, and watched as he walked away through the rain.
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