Back at home, Allan and Zoe spent the rest of the evening together in the privacy of their bedroom.

By the end of the day Zoe was exhausted so she went to sleep, but hyperactive Allan wasn’t sleepy yet.

So he went to the basement to play Blicblock for a while.

Anika is back from her drama class and has gone straight to the bar for a drink. A non-alcoholic one of course, since she’s a teenager, and even if she was an adult, Anika hates alcohol for all the suffering it brought to her father.

By the way, she hasn’t spoken to Alexander yet, that is, not seriously, they’ve only exchanged a few casual messages, but things between them are improving in general.

So she is in better spirits today, not to mention she’s also improving in her acting classes, which brings her a little closer to her goal of becoming a great actress.

Meanwhile, Lukas gives himself a pep talk in the bathroom mirror.
Lukas: Just talk to Lucas, tell him how you feel, that’s all. What could go wrong?

Allan has had enough of Blicblock and is on his way back to the bedroom. As soon as he finished playing, his concern about Lukas returned.

Allan: I wish Lukas would talk to me, so I could give him some advice. I don’t want him to go through what I did. A double life is never an option, he’s going to have to choose, Molly or Lucas; he can’t have both. In my case I chose Zoe, and I don’t regret it.

*Note that when Allan says, ‘in my case I chose Zoe’, he may be referring to his choice between his affair with Daisuke, the cleaning boy, (who is now one of his best friends), and his wife Zoe. Or – he’s probably comparing Lukas’ dilemma to his own between Brytani and Zoe. Either of the two dilemmas makes him feel closely related to Lukas and more eager to help him.

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