David Troughton (Tony Archer)

No, no.

It's just I still don't understand why he's left me in the lurch either.

Even when he tried to convince me to take him back, he still couldn't come up with a decent explanation.

When was this?

A couple of weeks ago.

Insisted he loved me, but that he couldn't possibly leave Rory.

Why not?

Don't ask me.

I'd have thought a young man his age would be only too happy to have his father out of his hair.

It felt to me that Brown was just trying to find an excuse.

The truth is, Alice, I don't know what's going on inside your father's head.

All I know is that he's not the man who charmed me over the seared scallops that lay sur-sur-urs.

When do you think he changed?

Maybe sometime around the start of the year.

He's certainly seemed more distracted since then.

Whatever the real problem is, I just wish he'd said something before I exchanged.

Oh, I know.

I'd still be in my beautiful cottage.

Well, I suppose you could always rent this place out and use the income to live somewhere else.

It's a thought, but for the time being, I think I'm stuck here.