If it was said that there was some sense of estrangement between Alex and Dorothy before this, it was only because too many things had happened during this time, and they had faced events and matters that ordinary people couldn’t cope with.
Impartial elements and factors had led to less contact between himself and Dorothy. So, when it was revealed that Dorothy was, in fact, Aunt Rockefeller, the sense of that slight estrangement disappeared instantly.
‘It was you!
‘It has been you all along!’