The Love of My Life

Leo leaves Glasgow and goes to help his mother with his ailing father. Leo admits to being overly jealous when it comes to Emma, believing most men are in love with her, including his boss, Kelvin. He also recalls how strangers tend to stare at her, including a baseball cap-wearing young man at the Tom Jones concert. As a result, he cannot always trust his journalistic instincts when it comes to her. However, when she calls and texts, he does not respond. Instead, he spends a day or two with his parents, helping with household chores. Leo still feels anger toward his parents because he believes if they had told him sooner about this adoption, he wouldn’t have felt like an outsider in his own home, and he might have had counseling to help him deal with his issues. Leo now believes that Emma and Jeremy have been having an affair.

Leo questions Emma about Mags, and she lies again, telling him Mags dropped her. Emma realizes that Leo believes she is lying. At the same time, Emma tells herself she cannot tell him the truth without raising more questions. Leo promises to be home by bath time, but he has some errands to run in town.