Maddy was quite incredulous. A bedraggled Billy arriving for an unofficial after hours consultation, and then revealing that he had been an undercover cop and was now in hiding. Well Maddy had always known that Billy was good at heart despite his violent record, a record that had clearly been fabricated at some personal expense to Billy. Billy would need a lot of tender loving care.

Maddy told Billy to go on holiday, and when he was back to see her again and come to dinner regularly. She could easily square this with her fiancée as he was a fellow cop and this was therapy. In fact Billy should visit tonight. And keeping in touch with Billy would eventually allow Maddy to deal with her pregnancy issue. Colin might realise that the dates were not right, and anyway if he loved her what did it matter if Billy was the Father. It might be more of a problem for Billy.

In the meantime Costello had been contacted by Barrigan. Costello, still enraged, again wanted revenge. Barrigan prevaricated for much the same reasons that Sullivan had stated, and not stated. Anyway, Barrigan had far less to lose if Costello threatened him and Costello knew it.