[This really is awkward, for what it's worth...]

...He meant a lot to me. For several reasons, really - he was the first and only person I really remember feeling close to like that.

[Yeah, eye contact is hard, give him a moment.]

He was never interested in me in that sort of way, anyway. A lot of our interactions with others were orchestrated, but I don't doubt he loved Annette. I was...very angry with him for it, for a while.