Sarah Kanowski

Him building the saga about how he was moving the dog to a vet friends of his in the country.

The dog was clinging to life.

The dog was looking better.

He was nursing, cradling the dog's head in his lap.

And the dog's eyes were frightened.

And you can't be angry at someone if their beloved dog is.

what you need to do stay there it's okay it's okay I'm all right just I loved the dog the dog was gorgeous and I was saying let me know how she's going what um happened on the evening that you wanted to introduce him to your family for the first time that was before Christmas in 2014 and of course that was a you know when you introduce a boyfriend to a family that's momentous and it had

been quite a few years since I'd had a boyfriend to introduce to a family.

So it was a very special occasion.

And he'd got me one of his legs of lamb, allegedly from his alleged sheep.

And I have a kettle barbecue, not a gas one, it's one where you actually have to build the fire, which I was not very proficient at.

And he loved his fires.

And so I assumed he'd come along and help me with that part of the process.

And he didn't turn up in the early part of the afternoon.

And I set my barbecue alight because...

Yeah, not being very proficient at barbecuing.

And I sent a photograph of him of the barbecue to the fiery barbecue, the conflagration to Joe.

I said, what do I do now?

What's going on?

He said, you've allowed it to have too much air.