Alec went to the cliffs. He sat down at a bench and looked at the sunset. It's beautiful. He took a deep breath.

My life could be so perfect, he thought. It really would be, if there weren't these problems.
He looked at his mobile. Still no message from his daughter. He put the phone back in his pocket. My daughter and the Latimer case are the only reasons for me to live, he thought.
So he sat there and thought about his life, his daughter, his ex wife and his future.

Suddenly he heard foot steps behind him. He turned around and saw Ellie standing there. She sat down next to him.

"Please, tell me about your daughter. I promise I'll listen. You'll see, you'll be better after you told me."

"How do you know..?" Alec asked.

"You know, sources."

"Ah, uhm... okay."

Alec looked to the sunset. He hesitated. But then he decided to tell her everything. Maybe I'll really feel better afterwards, he thought.

"My daughter's name is Kate, she's 16 years old and lives with her mother in Glasgow."

He stopped. It's not easy for him to talk about his daughter.

"Do you know how it is having a kid and not being allowed to see it?" he asked Ellie. Tears came to his eyes. He looked at her.

"Having a kid and not being allowed to see it growing up?"

Ellie didn't know what to say. She'd never seen him so sad, so broken.

"What happened?"

"Well... six years ago, my daughter was about ten or eleven years old, her mother and I had... problems. We were arguing very often."

He hesitated.

"I'm not going to tell you about the problems we had. It's too... private."

"Oh, of course you don't have to talk about this. I mean, it's your thing. It's not my problem."

Ellie didn't find the right words, so she decided to be just quiet. Alec looked at her.

"I wasn't going to tell you more about it anyway. But I'll tell you what happened that one night that is... the cause of my problem. We had a big despute. It was terrible! She literally exploded! She even threw bottles at me. I must confess that... I also lost control. She wouldn't stop attacking me, so... what should I've done?
This couldn't go on like this!"

He hesitated again. It's really hard for him. He took a deep breath and continued.

"I was afraid that she could do something on our daughter, so I took Kate and drove to a hotel in a city near Glasgow."

Ellie stared at him. She couldn't believe what he was saying.
Alec looked at her. He noticed that she was shocked.

"Do you want me to continue?"

"Uhm... yes... yes, please."

"Okay... On the next day, the police came to our hotel room. They broke up the door and put me in handcuffs. "Abduction of a child". I couldn't believe it. They arrested me for protecting my child! I broke down. Then they took Kate. She was very confused. She didn't understand the trouble. My little girl... the police officer held her hand. She cried and screamed, but he wouldn't let her go. Then he tugged her out of the hotel room and gave her to a social worker. This was the last time I saw her. I haven't seen my daughter in 6 years! Can you believe this?"

Tears streamed down his face. It was very hard for him to tell this story. It was the worst day in his life. Ellie waited a few minutes so he could calm down a bit.

"What happened then?"

"They... they brought me to the police station. They told me that my wife refunded a charge against me."

"Wait what? You didn't do anything wrong, in my opinion. What was the reason?"

" It was... Abduction of our daughter and..." He sighed. "sexual abuse of our daughter."