Stephanie Wood

What was going on in your head?

What else did you find out about him once you started digging with some of your colleagues at the Herald?

What about Kirsty, the woman that he'd been seeing at the same time as you?

Was he still appearing on her Facebook and Instagram pages?

It's probably his worst nightmare that the two of you should have that conversation.

So it spun the story slightly differently.

It really is.

Did she remember, I mean, this is just one detail I know, but it seems so striking.

Did she remember the night where he'd taken her to that restaurant where your brother worked?

So the fact that Joe risked that, it wasn't just that he was desperate to keep you out of each other's lives.

Was there some thrill for him in being so close to exposure?

Once you wrote that article in The Herald, Stephanie, did he get in touch with you?

What about letters from other people?

What kind of response did you get from readers?

Thank you, Stephanie.

It takes a lot of courage and you spoke about it so eloquently.

Thank you for sharing your story on Conversations.

Thank you.

I spoke with Stephanie Wood in 2019.

And since we spoke, her book Fake has been made into an acclaimed TV series starring Asher Keddie.