The Maid's Diary

As Jon follows the woman outside the restaurant, he is unaware of someone in a car taking pictures of him.

On the afternoon of November 1, Mal assembles her team at the police station. She briefs them on all the evidence found at the Glass House: It looks like murder and the probable victim is the maid named Kit Darling. Mal and Benoit will visit the florist and bakery visited by the visitors who arrived on the night of the crime.

It is July. Kit mulls over whether to continue with the Rittenberg job or back away. She then talks about her love of amateur theatre. She and her friend Boon are part of an acting troupe. Kit is currently performing three roles in a play called The Three Lives of Mary. The lead character acts out different stories based on different life choices she might have made and Kit wonders about life’s choices and whether it is possible to go back to make things better.

Thirteen days before the murder, Daisy is taking selfies for Instagram. Jon dislikes her social media activity, especially since she is becoming an influencer. That morning, she had a fight with Jon when he broke the news about Ahmed. Jon blamed Daisy’s family for setting him up and made racially prejudiced comments about Ahmed.

Daisy shakes off her gloom as she reads the positive feedback she receives from her Instagram fans. This distracts from her low self-esteem. As she drives to meet Vanessa for lunch, she receives a text which seems to threaten her unborn baby.

In July, Kit misses her window of opportunity to back out of the Rittenberg job. She checks social media for information about Jon and Daisy. She sees their vacation posts and announcements about the baby and says that looking at their life is opening past “secrets” for her. News stories show that in Colorado Jon and Daisy were stalked by a woman named Charley Waters who accused Jon of rape. Jon denied Charley’s story, and she later withdrew her accusations. Kit files this information away for future use.

Daisy arrives to meet Vanessa for lunch. Her nerves are jangled by the text messages. When Vanessa asks what’s wrong, Daisy confides in her. Unfortunately, she deleted all the texts she received, so she has no evidence to show the police. Vanessa suggests that Daisy should drop her social media account. Vanessa did so at her husband Haruto’s suggestion because he works in cybersecurity. The lunch ends abruptly when Haruto appears and reminds Vanessa that she’s kept him waiting. The normally self-assured Vanessa seems to change when her husband arrives. Daisy thinks she might be in a similar situation with Jon and that he has eroded her confidence over time.

Daisy gets into her car. She finds a sinister note on the seat.

On November 2, Mal and Benoit visit the florist. She gives them the details of Daisy Rittenberg. At the bakery, the owner tells them about the Rittenberg family. He also mentions that Vanessa North and Daisy are friends, and both are pregnant.

Kit begins her first day of cleaning at the Rittenberg house. Jon hasn’t shut down his computer and Kit finds his appointment calendar and a file containing all his passwords. She emails a copy of the files to herself. She feels powerful that she can now follow his movements.

The day after Jon’s meeting with Henry, he meets Ahmed Waheed and feels jealous hatred. Jon calls an investigator named Jake Preston and agrees to meet him after work. In the meantime, he compiles everything he can find in the company database about Ahmed.

When Jon leaves work that evening, he doesn’t realize he’s being followed by the photographer who was watching him the night before. The photographer follows him to his meeting with Preston and takes pictures of their exchange. Later, he tails Preston to his office and notes the nature of his business.

On the evening of November 1, Mal and Benoit arrive at Rose Cottage. They take note of mud on the Audi parked outside. When Jon answers the door, they note that he has been drinking and bears fresh scratches on his face and neck. One of his hands is bandaged. He refuses to let them inside without a warrant. He also claims that Daisy is out, and he doesn’t know where she is.

Jon watches nervously from an upstairs bedroom as the detectives take photos of his car. He tries calling Daisy, but she doesn’t pick up. Then, he calls his lawyer.

Kit confides to her diary that she called Charley Waters, Jon’s Colorado stalker. Charley is still in Colorado. Kit told Charley that she believed her story and that Jon may have hurt other girls, too. Charley said she signed an NDA not to talk about the case but tells Kits that Jon drugged and raped her. She then became pregnant, but he didn’t know. Daisy found out and harassed Charley with messages until she agreed to have an abortion. She cautions Kit that while Jon is a “regular” male “asshole”, Daisy is “dangerous.”