“No - no, honestly, no bullshit. Since a few months, and - listen - it was a bit complicated, to start with - we had to keep it kind of quiet-" It sounded like he was making excuses, even to his own ears, but he couldn’t very well go blurting out all the details of Robin’s stupid plan to use Leila to get close to stupid Guy, his plan that meant Leila had never really been comfortable being around Much, or any of the Merry Men, in public, in case it risked the stupid plan. “And then you were with the Sheriff and he couldn’t know, fuck. I didn’t hide her on purpose.” He gave her the smallest attempt at a smile, a pained one, but hopeful, a very I-really-don’t-want-to-hurt-you smile.