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CHAPTER TWO

Ethan, Jordan and Justin were sat around a table in the club, drinks in front of them. "Thanks for this night out," Ethan remarked.

Jordan shrugged. "Hey, we couldn't leave you all on your own while Dan's out with…" – he gave a quick look round to check who was in earshot – "…Emma slash Sutton."

"How's that going?"Justin asked.

"Having to pretend my wife is my brother's girlfriend?"

"Yeah, that."

Ethan paused. "Well, I get her back when we're alone so it's not too bad."

Jordan patted him on the shoulder. "That's my man."

"Do you know if Laurel or Char have heard from Sutton?"

The other two looked at each other. "The odd call now and again,"Jordan answered.

"Does she know who rang the house?"Justin asked.

"Well, we ruled out Annie,"Ethan answered. "I don't know."

"Could it be that Doctor Hughes?"Jordan asked.

"I don't know. It would have to be someone that doesn't know Alec's dead, that wasn't in town at the time."

"We are sure he is dead?"Justin interjected.

Ethan nodded. "Hey, I'm not a doctor but I saw him fall through that roof. He's dead all right."

Justin considered this. "So who do we know that left town just before that?"

Laurel and Char were sat in the flat that Laurel shared with Jordan, a half-finished bottle of wine on the table. "So I guess this is what being widowed feels like,"Laurel remarked.

Char looked at her in confusion. "No-one's dead, are they?"

"No, I just meant not having our boyfriends around."

"Oh." Char grinned. "We've still got each other, right?"

Laurel patted her on the arm. "Yes, we have."

It was at that moment that the doorbell rang. Laurel went to answer it and found Emma standing there. "Hey! Er, come in."

"Hello, fellow widow!"Char called out from the sofa. She saw the joke hadn't gone down well and looked a bit embarrassed. "Laurel said it first."

Laurel was looking hard at Emma, whose expression seemed very upset. "Emma, what's wrong?"

Emma spoke slowly, choosing her words carefully. "I'm pretending to be my twin sister."

Laurel was confused. "That's what's getting you down?"

"What's the worst thing that could happen during the switch?" Laurel and Char looked at each other, neither of them having a clue what Emma was talking about. Emma took a deep breath. "I need to talk to someone. And I think I'm going to need your help."

Sutton was Skypeing from her hotel room again, chatting with Dan who was back in the flat in Scottsdale. "So the ball didn't go that well then?"she asked.

"Well, it went okay,"Dan answered. "But Emma got ill and we had to leave early."

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah, yeah. Just nerves, I think. So what about you?"

"Still pumping Troy for answers. He lets things out a bit at a time. Thinks he's trying to string things along."

"Because he fancies you?"

Sutton considered this. "Actually, I think he's pretty much turned his attention to Mads now. He's worked out I'm off limits."

"How's she handling that?"

"Worrying well. But I don't think she'd do anything stupid."

"Well…stay safe. And get back soon, okay? I miss you."

Sutton smiled at the simple declaration. "I love you,"she told him.

"Love you too,"he answered.

Sutton shut down the computer screen, wondering where Mads had got to. And it was at that moment that her phone bleeped, alerting her to an incoming text message. She picked it up, thinking it was Mads or Lexi getting in touch with her, or maybe Emma or someone else from back home. But instead it was a number she didn't recognise. She opened the message and read its contents: Meet me on the road outside town, by the old factory. Come alone.

End of Episode Five