"Hopefully not! I suppose it's strange, but I don't want him staying with me out of some misguided sense of duty. How awful." Relationships are complicated. She should ask Zoe how she managed to deal with Victor's obvious interest in Elani early on, only that would require confessing just how very lost she felt at times. It would all be so much easier had she hadn't held herself apart for so long. Zoe probably had had teenaged boyfriends and everything.

Babies are a more welcome subject. "Nathalie Elaine Christine for a girl. Christian Patrick Nicolas for a boy. Poor dear hasn't escaped the multi-name curse."