The Love of My Life

Jeremy clarifies that Emily was caught stalking his family five times before her arrest. He also says he doesn’t believe Emily was attempting to abduct Charlie that day in the park, but Janice does. Jeremy also informs Leo that Emma was caught watching the family four years ago in Northumberland, prompting another call to the police. Jeremy admits that his recent meetings with Emily were by his initiation. When Leo wonders aloud if Janice had anything to do with Emma’s disappearance, Jeremy becomes enraged and asks him to leave.

Leo struggles with his emotions over this new knowledge about Emma. He drives home erratically, nearly causing an accident, and then pulls over to cry. He constantly thinks about Emily. His wife is no longer the woman he thought he knew. He is angry, but a part of him understands Emma’s reluctance to share some of her past with him, such as her struggle with postpartum depression. He questions everything, from the midwife commenting on Ruby being a typical first birth to the legality of their marriage to Jill’s presence in their home in the aftermath of Ruby’s birth. Leo returns home to find his brother’s family still there and Sheila waiting for him at the door.