Jay takes his time to answer, trying to choose his words carefully. "I should have told you before we-" he breathes out slowly. "I swore I'd never put anyone in my employment in a compromising position. I've known Alice and Jared a long time but when it came to it, I couldn't."

He shakes his head. "I wanted you to see Wonderland, to decide for yourself if you liked it. I didn't want to put pressure on you, to make you feel you had like it. But that's not an excuse for what I did."