An appreciation and Alice marriage

I just want to say the Alice books are amazing! I’ve been reading them since I was 12 and just love them! As an Author, nobody knows your characters better than you and I was wondering did Patrick ever regret marrying Alice, I kno he would never want to hurt Alice and he said he didn’t cheat on her nor did he want to, but he kissed helene on the forehead, doesn’t that count as cheating? He also tried defending his feelings and actions why? And I noticed later on that they rarely kissed anymore as they got older, was that because as you get older, you slowly fall out of love? Or were they not attracted to eachother anymore? But he did take her on amazing trips at the end, so that’s a sign of a good marriage i guess? And my last question is when you’re writing, do you ever like one character better than the rest of them? If so, who? Thank u for your time to read this! 💛💛

You keep asking a lot of questions, and the answers should really be your own, depending on what the book meant to you.  Yes, Patrick crossed the line, and one reason he told Alice about it was that this would help him not repeat it.  It may shock you to know that just because you marry the man of your dreams, it does not mean that another man may seem attractive to  you, and vice versa.  Being married means that you made a commitment to reserve that sort of love for each other, not that you will never be tempted or enjoy being in another man’s presence.    The Alice books were a story, and it is partly up to the reader to answer her own questions.  But do remember that when the Alice series began and she was in grade school and then middle and high school, there were often 3 books for every year of her schooling.  In the last book, it takes her from age 18 to 60, right?  Think how fast the years were passing.  I didn’t have TIME or SPACE to record all the kissing she and Patrick did all those years, so yes they had a good marriage, and I would never tell you that I loved one character more than another.