They were alone, he and his wife. Alice had gone to Jared's house, she didn't want to talk or see anyone. Her mother was very worried because she had been deeply affected in that place, with Robert's lies and all the pain it brought back.
"I don't want to see Alice sad again, Simon. Do you remember when... I had a threatened miscarriage with our first pregnancy? Just thinking about losing it filled me with uncontrollable sadness and that was only a possibility. Alice's pain has been so great for Robert to now try to convince her that he could still be alive. How can he be so heartless? He's a creature that he didn't even know. Doing this to Alice shows how deranged he is. She held him in her arms and I can swear I had never seen that look in her before, and I don't think I'll ever see it
