I don't know if you're ever willing to go back and edit completed versions. If you ever are, I'd highly recommend considering an option to rush up to and hug Alice as soon as she says Martin is her father/landlord.
I completely love what you've done with almost the entire story line. However in that one scene being forced to simply stand there feels completely wrong to me. I understand that change would require changes to other scenes later as well, but I think it would offer a much more fulfilling story option.