"What are you doing here?" Roxy sniffed, hurriedly brushing tears from her cheeks, not wanting to appear weak or vulnerable. Her voice was thick and choked from crying. She remained staring at the window, too afraid to look at her father for fear of falling apart.

"I've come to see my girls." Archie simpered as if it was his right, as if there should be no explanation needed. He stood at Roxy's shoulder, hands in his pockets, he tried to appear genuine, caring, the daddy that Roxy had always relied on but there was something too casual in his stance. As much as Archie was desperate and downtrodden by the exposure of his lies and his manipulations he had found his way back in and he would use it for all it was worth. "How's Peggy? Can I speak to her love?"

"How did you get up here? Phil wouldn't have let you up." Roxy's voice was demanding but weak. She sniffed, trying to quell her tears as she remained clutching the cushion to her and resolutely refusing to look at Archie who was shifting from one foot to the other beside her.

"I still have my key for the back. This is still my home love. Peggy's my wife, this is all just a misunderstanding Roxy, love." Archie spoke with gentle, manipulating determination. He could see that Roxy was weak and he knew that now was his chance to play on that weakness, to get his little princess back in his life and begin to rebuild his shattered family, all for himself. Roxy grunted slightly in response, not willing to let down the wall she was putting up against him. She closed her eyes wanting to block it all out. She wanted things to go back to how they were, where her daddy was perfect and Ronnie could never leave her.

"A misunderstanding? You lied to her, you told Ronnie her baby was dead. You told Danielle that Ronnie knew who she was. You lied to us Dad, you lied to everyone. It's not a misunderstanding. You knew and you kept them apart." Roxy whispered her words, not feeling strong enough to put any conviction behind them. With anybody else, with any other situation she would be fighting, shouting the odds and standing up for her family. But this was her dad, everything that had happened had just taken the fight out of Roxy. She was disgusted by everything but mostly she was lost, sad and afraid. She choked on her words as she tried to get them out over the lump that was in her throat and tears that were still pouring silently down her face despite all her efforts to stop them.

"I did it for them, for Veronica…and for Danielle," Archie implored. Roxy exhaled sharply, shaking her head slowly in disbelief as her lip quirked up at the side almost forming the sarcastic and wry smile she felt. "Roxy, sweetheart, you have to believe me. I'd never want to hurt them, that's my V and my little granddaughter. I tried to see them yesterday, to explain," Archie lied. Roxy continued to stare out of the window refusing to believe the words that were being spoken to her.

"They wouldn't want to see you," she sniffed. Archie was like an irritating buzzing in her ear, a disturbance, something she wanted to just shut up. But it was more than that as well, it was tearing her apart. She was being made to chose between her father and her sister. Tears kept falling, soaking Roxy's face as she had to push her own father out of her life. "But I guess they must have been out, getting to know each other." This was the bait, would Roxy take it? He saw Roxy's brow crease in confusion and allowed himself a small smile of relief, knowing that she couldn't see.

"How are they darling?" Archie cocked his head to the side, leaning slightly around Roxy, a silent request for her to look at him, a request which she denied, simply turning her head further around to stare at the wall sightlessly. Roxy thought about his question, the tears fell more heavily as she was reminded once again of how much both were falling apart.

"What do you want me to say? What do you want?" Roxy wept, her voice finally conveying her hopeless situation. She sounded completely defeated as she wailed the words.

"I just want to see them, to explain." Archie exclaimed as he turned to sit on the sofa waiting to make the next move. He chose his words artfully, knowing exactly how Roxy would read each one. She wasn't like Veronica, waiting to judge him at every turn; to pick apart his words and see the manipulation beneath. But after the wedding he knew that Roxy would be trying her hardest to do the same. "I just want to talk to them, where are they darling?"

"Somewhere safe," Roxy exclaimed, her words laced with pain and bitterness. She couldn't believe that he didn't know what had happened. It felt like everybody in the whole of Walford knew what had happened that night, or at least parts of it. Roxy was surprised that Archie had somehow not discovered it yet. She wasn't sure if she was relieved or more exasperated by his ignorance. Knowing that he had no idea where Ronnie and Danielle were, that he couldn't go and make things worse, push Ronnie further towards her breaking point was definitely something to be thankful for. But at the same time, he had no idea about what he had done, the devastation that his lies had caused. He had no idea and Roxy didn't want to be in this situation of deciding whether or not to tell him. She didn't want to expose Ronnie and Danielle's vulnerability but she also felt that Archie deserved to know what had happened.

"I went to Veronica's flat and they weren't there. I just want to know where they are so I can make things better. Make everything alright, like it used to be." His tone was persuasive, gentle as he finished speaking. He could see how confused and upset Roxy was and he knew that she would want somebody to make it all stop, make things easy again. "Just tell me where they are so that I can talk to them. They'll come round Roxy darling. You know what V's like, she jumps to conclusions."

"They don't want to see you!" Roxy shouted through her tears, the sound muffled by the lump in her throat. She threw her hand up and down as she cried out her words whilst the other still clutched the cushion to her. She pulled her legs tighter in towards her chest and forced a calm over herself, she knew she needed to be strong or at least appear that way. "Just leave. Nobody wants you here."

"What's happened Roxy? This isn't like you darling. I know how it looked but…It's Danielle isn't it?" His voice was perfectly measured, the shock dripping from his last statement was a credit to any manipulation he had ever made. He made out that he had no clue what was happening but he knew his next move, it was like an elaborate game, one that he would not lose. He saw Roxy's eyes widen in response to his words and he knew that she was believing him, it would only be a matter of time before she was hanging on his every word.

"She did it didn't she? She hurt herself?" Archie watched with bated breath as Roxy turned to him with wide eyes still brimming with tears. Her mouth open slightly as she tried to take in what was happening. Roxy was trying to sort it all out in her head, her father hadn't known about what had happened and yet…he knew Danielle would hurt herself. She tried to ask, to speak, to say something but it only came out as garbled noises before she snapped her mouth shut once again.

"I tried to warn Veronica, I tried to stop this happening." Archie proclaimed as he rose from his seat and began to pace the room. He stopped as he came close to Roxy and turned to face her.

"Don't you see darling? I'm your Dad, V's my little girl and Danielle's my granddaughter. I wouldn't have kept them apart. But Danielle, the things she said, she threatened Veronica, she said she would do this. I never thought she meant it but I had to be sure. You see that don't you Roxy sweetheart? Everything I was doing was to protect them, to protect them both." He was convincing, Roxy stared at him and had no idea what to believe.