Elaine Boyes

Sometimes you've got to trust your gut instinct, and my gut instinct said he was involved. In what shape or form, I didn't know, obviously, I wouldn't know, but he was involved and he was covering it up. And I have to say, I don't like people getting away with things.

Sometimes you've got to trust your gut instinct, and my gut instinct said he was involved. In what shape or form, I didn't know, obviously, I wouldn't know, but he was involved and he was covering it up. And I have to say, I don't like people getting away with things.

Going in February, it was something like minus 30, 35. And it was absolutely freezing.

Going in February, it was something like minus 30, 35. And it was absolutely freezing.

Yeah, well, the move to Canada was difficult, to be honest. Calgary was going through a recession at that time, which we weren't really aware of. I have to say, some of the areas we looked at looked a bit rough. And Ron wasn't very comfortable. He said, I don't like this area. I don't like this. So he wasn't really very happy.

Yeah, well, the move to Canada was difficult, to be honest. Calgary was going through a recession at that time, which we weren't really aware of. I have to say, some of the areas we looked at looked a bit rough. And Ron wasn't very comfortable. He said, I don't like this area. I don't like this. So he wasn't really very happy.

We had enough money to buy a secondhand car because we thought, well, we're going to need a car. And he did his driving test and he failed it. So we were walking everywhere, which was crazy. Yeah, that was hard. And then I managed to get myself a job doing cash in hand as an au pair. That was long hours. I would go to work 7am in the morning till 6pm at night.

We had enough money to buy a secondhand car because we thought, well, we're going to need a car. And he did his driving test and he failed it. So we were walking everywhere, which was crazy. Yeah, that was hard. And then I managed to get myself a job doing cash in hand as an au pair. That was long hours. I would go to work 7am in the morning till 6pm at night.

It just seemed like a drudgery and a struggle.

It just seemed like a drudgery and a struggle.

This is the difficult bit talking about my time in Canada because Ron got quite depressed and he got quite morose and it did affect our relationship.

This is the difficult bit talking about my time in Canada because Ron got quite depressed and he got quite morose and it did affect our relationship.

I just thought, I can't cope with this anymore, I can't do it.

I just thought, I can't cope with this anymore, I can't do it.

Leaving Ron in Canada was really, really difficult because we both went to the airport together and we said our goodbyes. But he didn't know that I wasn't coming back. And that's why I feel really bad because he had no idea. Yeah, it was difficult.

Leaving Ron in Canada was really, really difficult because we both went to the airport together and we said our goodbyes. But he didn't know that I wasn't coming back. And that's why I feel really bad because he had no idea. Yeah, it was difficult.

I actually looked at him and I thought, I don't think I'm ever going to see you again. And that's what I thought. That's just the thought that passed through my mind. I thought, I'm not going to see you again. I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know what the future had. And I just didn't want to break his heart by saying I'm not coming back.

I actually looked at him and I thought, I don't think I'm ever going to see you again. And that's what I thought. That's just the thought that passed through my mind. I thought, I'm not going to see you again. I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know what the future had. And I just didn't want to break his heart by saying I'm not coming back.

I was not in a very good state at all. I'd lost an awful lot of weight, and I was a bit like a zombie, to be honest.

I was not in a very good state at all. I'd lost an awful lot of weight, and I was a bit like a zombie, to be honest.