"Eww, Alfie," Iestyn said with a grimace. It was a very weird thought, to be grateful for such a horrible event at all. "Of course we wouldn't have had to break up if it wasn't for him either... Gosh, Henry, I can't make myself be glad about any of it. He's the monster who manipulated our lives for his amusement. I can only be grateful it wasn't worse."