Summary

Trudy proclaims to Claude that if he was not in her life, John would still be alive. She also mentions that the house will probably end up selling for 4.5 million pounds. Trudy asks why she should trust Claude, and he replies that she has no choice. Trudy goes to sleep and the narrator has Trudy to himself. He thinks that they should be closer than lovers, and that maybe he should be telling her goodbye. The next morning, the phone rings and Chief Inspector Clare Allison tells Claude that she is coming to visit. Claude is confused because he believes that it is not a criminal matter. They go over their story and recite it back to Allison when she arrives. Trudy states that there was no affair between Elodie and John, Allison says she knows otherwise. Allison brings up the hat, and...