Chapter Nine – KateWednesday 16 December 2015 I'm back on Millbrook, despite promising Taylor that I wouldn't return alone. Cecilia wants an update, and there's a wall of heavy silence shielding the enquiry. As always, if there's no updates coming from the official sources, then we journalists have to find something for ourselves. A warm glow of auburn sunrays bathes the estate. The sun, however, does little to repel the chill in the air. I pull on my leather gloves. Their black and sapphire fur trim enclose my wrists, shielding them from the vehement wind. They were a birthday gift from my sister Louise. The level of fear seems to have decreased, as residents go about their day to day business as if nothing happened. It's that old British spirit, stiff upper lip and all that. A balding

