"Katie's mum, Penny, said "I don't know why you're wasting your time with him. If he's forty-two and never been married, he's hardly likely to get married now." And Katie's sister Naomi had the darkest prediction. "He'll make mincemeat of you." He won't," Katie protested. "I'm not going to fall for him." So why are you bothering at all?" Just killing time until I die."