Because its not fair on Tom and because I won't have her giving Catherine more reasons to hate me. Not fictional ones anyway.
Exactly, if nothing else we are a perfect example, we argued, quite heatedly but our friendship meant more to us than being right so we talked it out, apologised for our parts in it, in truth I had a good deal more to apologise for. But we did it. And now we have moved past it.
Alex is incapable of that, so I no longer feel the love for her I had done previously