'How did you know Alison?'

'I was her first boyfriend.'

There's a silence, and for a moment I worry that for the last twenty years I have been held responsible in the Ashworth house for some sort of sexual crime I did not commit.

'She married her first boyfriend. Kevin. She's Alison Bannister.'

[...]

'What did you say your name was'

'Rob. Bobby. Bob. Robert. Robert Zimmerman.' Fucking hell.