Grandma May said, “I had the driver bring me over last night. Your uncle and the others just got back, so I thought I’d let their family spend some time together. When I arrived, you still hadn’t come home.”

She had gone to bed early, as usual. By the time she turned in, Alex still had not returned.

The house staff also clocked off at ten every night.

It was perfectly normal that he did not know she had arrived the night before and assumed she had only come over this morning.

“You came last