Elijah stared at Alice, she looked broken. He had to do something. His head shook furiously as he wanted her to wait a moment. He looked to the door to make sure Tobias wasn't listening. It was so much, he cursed Noah under his breath and sighed. His arm went around her shoulder to lead her to the kitchen so that if Tobias came in he wouldn't be able to hear.

"What if.. you hold on. Have the baby.. and leave it with Tobias? And come back here.. maybe not immediately.. Maybe.. maybe.. I can try to pull strings. You can stay in York for a couple of weeks, let things cool down and people stop looking for you. Your dad will be so happy to see you. I can even bring Anne to visit you?" This was so wrong in so many ways.