Julietta looked at Raine when the call ended. He was looking at her with his mouth half-open in anticipation.

“My friends are insisting on coming over to see whether I’m okay,” she announced.

“What is it about Chase’s natural mother?” Raine asked immediately. It was as if he had not heard what she had just said. Wasn’t he bothered about her friends coming over uninvited?

“They have an idea about who it is, but I think you should wait for them so that they ...