David hung up the phone, feeling anger, frustration, and regret. He knew he had made a terrible mistake getting involved with Edith, and now it threatened to unravel everything in his life. 

As much as he wanted to track down Faith and make amends, he realised confronting the situation aggressively with Edith would only worsen things. He needed to take a step back and approach this rationally for the sake of everyone involved.

David took a deep breath and tried to clear his ...