Yes, one problem with Atoning is that, because it’s a novella, I couldn’t “check in” on nearly as many characters and situations as I’d have liked. He does uno what Chloe and the others are. And he had no more issues with Derek than the average parent would have to their kid’s new boy/girlfriend–he’d have been apprehensive at first, but once he got to know him and knew he treated Chloe well, he’d have been fine.