The Maid's Diary

On November 1, Mal arrives home late. Her husband Peter is suffering from early-onset dementia, and Mal worries about him. Tonight, he insists they need to talk. Mal promises that, once her current case is over, they’ll talk about end-of-life care. Mal receives a late call from a colleague, Lula. Vanessa and Haruto North have been in Singapore for six months and Vanessa isn’t pregnant.

Three nights before the murder, Jon and Mia are at a quiet little bar. He feels woozy and thinks this is the effect of lust. Mia takes him upstairs to a rented apartment. Jon realizes that the glass windows might expose their activities to anybody who wants to watch but he doesn’t care as Mia undresses him.

Mal is still on the phone with Lula, who tells her that the Norths only live in the house in Vancouver two months out of the year and aren’t due back until January. They also use the cleaning service where Kit works but have no idea who their maid is. Lula sends Mal photos of the Norths. Mal and Benoit speculate that Beulah Brown never got a good look at the real Vanessa before she left for Singapore.