I knew the library was a safe place for me to do some research without my husband finding out. The local librarian helped me to log onto the computers and I sat there for some time researching who this woman was and where she might be. Luckily, I knew you could access public records for births, deaths, and marriages and that’s where I started my search.

It took me some time to find what I was looking for. I must admit I was shocked at what you could purchase over the internet with a basic credit card. It seemed anything was possible these days with the wonders of technology. I managed to print off several lists of names, addresses and then google maps for various locations and once I had done that I wondered what I was going to do with it all.

I took up the pretence at home that