To be entirely fair, I don't think Darcy knows I exist, or rather in what capacity I do. But yes, he did leave mum to her own admittedly ingenious devices.
Why, would you have liked to assume the mantle of step-fatherhood? (You and half the fucking village.)
No, never did find him. Closest we came was a hotel room he had occupied only a few hours beforehand.
[...]
It's one of those things, Nova-Love, that seem to become less important as the years progress. The man extricated himself from our lives; we can be excused for soldiering on happily without him.
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Why, would you have liked to assume the mantle of step-fatherhood? (You and half the fucking village.)
No, never did find him. Closest we came was a hotel room he had occupied only a few hours beforehand.
[...]
It's one of those things, Nova-Love, that seem to become less important as the years progress. The man extricated himself from our lives; we can be excused for soldiering on happily without him.