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‘Let’s think this through,’ Jess says. ‘Talk me through it. When did he leave? When did you see the email?’
‘I saw it as soon as it came through,’ I said. ‘Tom had already gone. He left for the airport last night. We had a bit of an argument.’
‘Can I ask what about?’
I shrug. ‘I don’t even know myself. I was blind drunk. We were at my best friend’s wedding. I marked the email as unread as soon as I’d read it, so I wouldn’t miss it in the morning. As far as he’s aware, I passed out drunk and never saw it.’
‘Okay, good. That’s good. If he thinks he’s got there before you, we should be safe.’
‘He’s going to know something’s wrong when he can’t get hold of me, though. If my phone’s off, he’ll twig.’
‘He’ll know your phone’s off, yeah. But if you two had a bust up last night, that’ll
