"There you go darlin'." Steve said as he passed her a glass of water. Esther was nearly finished cleaning Olivia's knees up. "So what's your name?"

"Olivia Pullman, I'm going to be four soon!" Olivia told him proudly as Esther tried to contain the worry that has suddenly started.

"Ah hello Olivia, I'm Steve McAndrew and I'm a lot older than you." Olivia laughed.

"Mum! How are you feeling?" Sandra asked her mum after having been shown to the correct ward.

"Stop fussing I'm fine, where's Liv?" Grace asked worriedly and briefly wondered if there was any way that in the last few months since she'd seen the pair of them, whether Sandra could have killed her daughter.

"I didn't know what condition you'd be in so I left her with Esther."

"With who?"

"You know Esther, Brian Lane's wife."

"Ah, so you finally told someone of her existence!"

"I had no choice really. Anyway she's under strict instructions!"

"What pretend that she's someone else's and that your daughter doesn't exist?"

"No!"

"You have to tell the truth one day Sandra, there'll come a day when she asks who her father is." Came the voice of reason from Grace.

"I know, I just don't know how yet."

"Why don't you go and pick her up now that you know that I'm not on my deathbed?"

"Fine."

"Sandra? I didn't know that you were back in the country!" Came another familiar voice as she went to leave the hospital. As she turned around she said a silent prayer that Olivia wasn't with her.

"It's just a flying visit sir, mum's not well." She replied as she found herself face to face with her former boss, Strickland.

"You can drop the sir, you no longer work under me."

"Sorry, force of habit."

"Fancy a drink and catch up while you're here?"

"I can't Ro... I have plans." Sandra replied not quite able to bring herself to use his Christian name.

"Ah, well next time you're here then?"

"Definitely."

She left the hospital and pulled her phone out of her pocket.

"Hi Esther, where are you?"

"Erm..."

"I don't like the sound of that."

"Olivia hurt her knees..."

"Oh God, is she okay?"

"Yeah but we're at my friend Steve's house because he was at the park and said he lived close and that I could clean her up there."

"Steve McAndrew?" Sandra asked nervously as she hoped that she'd gotten it wrong.

"Yeah." Esther replied apologetically, "I'm sorry."

"Can you bring her back to the hospital please?" Sandra said needing to get off of the phone as she felt tears in her eyes.

"Yeah sure, see you in a bit."

"I'm sorry Steve we have to go, mummy's missing her baby. Sorry to have been any trouble but thanks for helping." Esther said as she strapped Olivia back into the buggy.

"Honestly, it was no trouble." He said to Esther before turning to Olivia. "Bye bye Olivia."

"Bye."

With Esther now gone Steve pulled out his phone and rang Gerry.

"Hey mate."

"Hi, is that little girl okay?" Gerry asked.

"Yeah she's fine, she's gone now. Did she remind you of anyone?"

"Yeah, now you mention it she looked a little like Sandra I guess."

"That's what I thought and guess what she said her name was?"

"What?"

"Olivia Pullman!"

"That'll just be a coincidence, it's quite a common name. Sandra didn't want kids and anyway she's not even in the country." Gerry argued.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Steve replied, no longer sure what he thought.

"Are you coming back to play?"

"Na mate, I think I'll pass."

"Suit yourself, see you tomorrow."

"Yeah bye mate." Steve said as he threw his phone down and instead picked his laptop up to do a little digging.