Nicola and the Father - Is She Losing Her Father?

Every conversation they have is an oblique one in one way or another. In both cases with Nicola and with the father what Janet is fearing is that this person is going to be lost. And anticipating that loss she withdraws love. She's just going after him with badgering cheerfulness you know and brushing everything away. That's right after the doctor's told her he's got three months at most.