[click] July 9. We just had a fantastic week. After visiting the formidable Mrs. Williamson, we decided to take a trip that just kept going. We started on St. Kitts where Ann was supposed to do something boring at the archives and then visited the magnificent Brimstone Hill. It's basically this rock that just rises out of the ground, covered in ramparts and canons. The entire Caribbean was a fierce battleground for years with the French, Dutch, Spanish and English all fighting it out. I would have loved to defend Brimstone Hill! Anyway, from there you can see for miles and we looked across to the Dutch islands of St. Eustatius and Saba. So what the hell, we went and visited them too! By the time we were on Statia, which includes a volcano that you can walk into, Ann and I were definitely together again!!! It was great, there's something about the sunshine here and the fact that you don't need to wear much that makes me feel very in love. Saba is just a large mountain. How they got an airport on it I don't know, and how anyone got on the island before they did is even more of a mystery. After we left there we went to St. Maarten and had the best food of the trip. I slipped into a jewelry store in Philipsburg to get a special something for Ann - which I have not given to her yet. A few days there and we were ready for Nevis and some home comforts.

Anyway we got back, headed up to Ann's house to find Amy … and James. So, with some regret, I'm back in the Four Seasons while Ann plays mediator. [click]

[click] Midnight. Just had an odd conversation with Doug, who is clearly a slimeball. He was hinting that he and Ann had 'done a few things together.' Git. He also said that Ann was buying a house here. I don't understand that. Nevis is a wonderful place, but Ann is supposed to be coming back with me. This isn't my home, England is, Stoney Grove is. I love this place, I love Ann, but why is she buying a house here? I mean Dad's a miserable bastard, but he's my Dad and he's home at the house. I've put the last year into that place as well. I guess I just assumed Ann would come back with me. Why wouldn’t she? [click]