March 21: Moves afoot

Father-to-be comes over for a scan. We avoid all discussion of his family life until I hear him on his phone later that afternoon. He is talking to someone about selling his flat and leaving London.
Upon quizzing, he says: 'I cannot live in London while keeping Bump a secret. I cannot meet with my friends anymore while they don't know about this. I need to leave, quit my job, sell my flat, start again, do a Maxine Carr and create a new identity. I've got to turn my back on the life I've been living.'
His mother has reportedly been in hospital with the stress of it all. The sister has nearly had her baby early. I sit at my kitchen table, nursing a cup of tea, thinking: 'How did it come to all this?'