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JC: Yes, but in a good way. It was refreshing. She was refreshing. That’s the word I’m looking for.
She had a different outlook and it was infectious, if I’m honest. I felt like it brought me out of myself,
if that makes sense.
FM: It sounds as if your relationship with Emma gave you a sort of zest for life that perhaps you
hadn’t ever experienced before?
JC: It did feel like that, yes. I felt excited about us. I felt a sort of pull to be with her.
FM: Did you meet at work?
JC: We did.
FM: Did you see a lot of each other outside of work?
JC: As much as we could. By the time the case went live, she’d kind of moved in with me.
FM: So things were getting quite serious for you?
JC: She kept her own flat, but she stayed over most nights. We didn’t really discuss it, it just sort of
happened.
FM: Did you introduce Emma to your family?
JC: Yes, she met them twice, both times when my parents came up to Bristol and we went out for a
meal.
FM: How did that go?
JC: It was very nice. They really liked her. She even charmed my dad.
FM: Did you meet Emma’s parents?
JC: No.
FM: Any reason for that?
JC: Not really. I suppose I figured I’d meet them at some point, when she was ready. I knew she
wasn’t close to them. She never went to visit them and they never came to see her, or not that I knew
of anyway.
FM: Did you wonder why that was?
JC: She said they’d had a falling out.
FM: Did she say why?
JC: She didn’t really explain. I got the impression her dad was quite strict, classic army type, not an
easy man, but I’m not really sure to be honest. That was one thing about her – she was very private
about her family.
FM: Weren’t you curious?
JC: A bit. But she didn’t make a big deal about it, and we had a lot else going on so I didn’t really
think about it.