Millie has her say

'A lot has happened since then. I expected more recent thoughts.'

'It all has to start at that point. If we extrapolate back from all points around today’s Lower Butts, we end up at that fateful morning. That’s where big bang happened. Let’s start at that moment. We can consider distance travelled since then.'

'That’s fine by me,' she affirmed.

'I’m going to assume that you knew Sid had lesbian leanings. I wasn’t sure. You were!'

I waited for confirmation. She remained quiet so I took that as a ‘yes,’ and proceeded.

'You wanted her and you wanted the children she looked after, so you hired me so that you could have contact without your scheme becoming obvious to the outside world.'

Vera stiffened, sitting upright like a governess wanting to make a good impression. She still said nothing.

'Then you moved the Walker children into the stable apartments - with good reason I hasten to add. Ch