Chapter 219 Kip

• “Yes, Alice broke up with me, okay? Her sister’s boyfriend is moving to Auckland and has proposed to her, and Alice wants her to go with him, which means she has to stay in Gisborne. So she’s told me it’s over.”
• “What the fuck?” He looks bemused. “And you’re just going along with that? Didn’t you suggest she move down here?”
• “Of course I suggested it, and a hundred other things, but she’s made up her mind, and anything I say now is going to look as if I’m bullying her.”