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‘What sort of a woman would do this?’ I ask as we sit opposite each other in the dimly lit wine bar, surrounded by Saturday lunchtime chatter.

You pour yourself another glass of wine. Your fourth glass, Carly, and it is only 12:30 p.m. I don’t know how your liver and your skin cope. I’m worried about your drinking. I think I need to talk to Rob about it. You lean back in your chair, a half smile on your face, as if you are about to relish answering me. I don’t really want an answer, Carly. I just want you to listen like you used to. I want you to empathise. Remember, I haven’t got my husband. I haven’t got my mother. Carly, push back time a little. Give me your friendship.

‘To some people sex is as basic and necessary as going to the toilet,’ you say.

Louder and more bombastic than you have ever been.

‘I hope the woman who did this drowns in her own excrement,’ I reply too quickly, realising almost immediately how childish this sounds. How feral and unpleasant.

You respond, stiffening, as if I have electrocuted you.

Carly.

That is when I first smelt you on him, and him on you.