Madison emerged from the elevator of the Fusion offices with a big smile on her face; she had come to see her colleagues and introduce them to her daughter. Holly was almost lost in her pink bunny-eared jacket, bundled up against the weather in her top of the range buggy.

Randy squealed with delight when she saw them. She hadn't seen her friend in a while, and she certainly hadn't seen Holly out of the hospital.

"Oh, she is so adorable!" cooed Randi, bending down to tickle Holly's cheek.

"Do you want to hold her?" Madison asked, carefully unbuckling her daughter and lifting her from the buggy.

Randi took her carefully, holding Holly in the crook of her arm as if she were made of glass.

"She won't break." said Madison with a smile, but Randi still held her like she was most precious thing in the world; which in a way she was.

"And how are you?" Randi asked, indicating for Madison to take a seat.

"I'm okay." said Madison. "I miss you guys and the office."

"You'll be back before you know it!" said Kendall, catching the conversation as she exited the conference room. "My advice is to make the most of this precious time with your daughter, because you won't get it back."

Kendall walked over to Randi and cooed at the little baby.

"And she really is the most precious…"

"I know." said Madison, with a nod, but she wasn't really listening. She had noticed Erica emerge from the conference room after Kendall and disappear in her private office. Erica was the real reason for a visit. An ally, she hoped. Someone she could talk to about her concerns about Scott… and Marissa.

…

"Um… could you watch Holly for a minute?" Madison asked, getting up from her chair. "I remembered there was something I needed to tell Erica."

She didn't wait for a reply and simply marched off towards Erica's office.

Randi looked suddenly flustered with being left with the baby, but Kendall gave her a pat on the back.

"We've got it." she called after Madison's retreating back.

…

Madison knocked before stepping into Erica's office.

Erica looked up over her paper work, surprised to see Madison in the office.

"I'm sorry if this is a bad time." said Madison, "I just… I needed to talk to someone and I remembered what you told me when you came to visit me at the hospital…"

"What's wrong?" Erica asked, concern in her eyes and she stepped out from behind her desk and rushed to Madison's side.

Madison had tears in her eyes as she spoke next.

"I think you were right." she sobbed. "I think that Scott is cheating with Marissa. I tried not to see it but… but he's keeping things from me and he keeps talking about her and… and I just know…"

"Oh sweetheart!" exclaimed Erica pulling her into a hug. "Shhh… shhhh. Tell me what he said."

"Just how great she is, how smart and incredible… how she is saving the day. He's in love with her. He doesn't love me anymore. I'm fat and ugly now after the baby."

"No, no." said Erica. "You are as beautiful as ever. Don't let him upset you like this."

"But I am upset. He's a cheat!"

"Do you have proof?" Erica asked; an edge of hope in her voice.

Madison shook her head.

"No, but a woman knows. He's hiding things and I know it's her! I know it! What you said before made so much sense! The two of them have cheated before… why not again? He says they're just friends but I can't believe it… The way he talks about her… the way he smiles; he never talks about me like that!"

"Have you confronted him about it?"

"I don't know if I dare. I don't want him to leave me. We're supposed to be a family!"

Erica hugged Madison again.

"It's going to be okay. I'm glad you came to me. We are going to work this out together."

Madison nodded, and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Sorry about the tears." said Madison.

"You've just had a baby, your emotions will be all over the place. But that is no excuse for what Marissa and Scott are doing to you and Bianca. We will find the proof of their cheating… and there will be proof! And we will do it together!"

Madison gave Erica a grateful smile.

"I'm glad. I thought it was just me being paranoid but you see it too, don't you? I'm not just going crazy?"

Erica squeezed Madison's hand.

"You're not crazy. We are going to save your family and make my daughter see sense. We will make this right, just you wait and see!"

…

In the Courtland offices across town, Scott walked into the conference room looking as drained as ever.

"Is Holly already keeping you up?" Marissa asked in sympathy.

Scott sighed,

"No, Holly and Madison are the highlights of my day!" He gestured expansively at the pile of paperwork Marissa had compiled on the conference table. "It is all this that is bringing me down. I had to sign off on another four hundred redundancies this morning. And it looks like our printing arm on Denver is going under… we are going to have to send in the accountants to start cost cutting exercises there soon too."

Marissa gave his arm a comforting rub.

"But Adam will be back at the helm soon." she said supportively, "It won't be your sole responsibility."

Scott looked at Marissa.

"You really think Adam is well enough to cope with this? I'm worried he'll relapse when he realised how much his empire is crumbling… This could kill him!"

"We're not going to let it get that far." said Marissa, trying to stop him dwelling on the negatives. "We have a plan, we just have to execute it with so much style and finesse that Adam can't say no."

"That's no small order." said Scott, his worn down expression unchanging.

"You can't get this make you ill as well." said Marissa, hating to see him so down. "Do you have someone to talk to about this?"

"I've got you." said Scott.

"And Madison?"

"She's got enough to deal with now Holly is home… I can't let see how much this is getting to me."

"I'm sure she can see." said Marissa.

"They're my escape, you know. If I brought it home with me too I'd have nowhere to get away from it!"

"Look I'm going to make a deal with you. You are going to talk about this with a professional because you're worrying me; I can recommend a good psychiatrist. And I will help put together the magic deal that saves both our companies… Deal?"

Scott nodded slowly.

"Deal!"

"And maybe you should talk to Madison..?"

Scott shook his head slowly.

"I just can't… we're happy and I don't want this to ruin it!"

…