The trials were set to begin on Thursday March 31 and Tuesday April 5 respectively, with Sonya’s first, because it wasn’t expected to last more than a few days, according to Dugald, who’d sought advice from Penelope Watts-Smith. At this stage, when he could have been expected to protect his children from media reports, Dugald hadn’t held back, informing the twins not only of their mother’s involvement with the case, but also what had occasioned her recruitment by the security services.
All this and more, Cal and Emma learned when a distressed Holly called on them the evening after State Media broadcast details of the preliminary hearings. To their surprise, Holly’s main concern wasn’t that all her friends would know the truth about her mother’s secret life, but what Dugald had hoped to ac
