Erica stopped by to see Madison shortly after the meeting. Holly was sleeping peacefully in her bassinette in the lounge and Madison was folding a basket full of ironing close by.

"How is she?" Erica asked, peering into the basket at the sleeping baby.

Madison sighed.

"She's the same." said Madison, flatly.

"And how are you feeling?" asked Erica, concerned at how disconnected Madison was from her baby.

"I'm folding laundry…" said Madison matter-of-factly, "So I guess I'm feeling like I'm doing laundry."

Erica smiled at the joke… if it was a joke.

"I came to talk to you." said Erica, taking a seat on the couch and waiting for Madison to join her.

Madison folded the last bib before taking a seat beside her.

"You and everyone else." said Madison with a sigh. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Erica wasn't sure how to start this. Madison clearly was still not herself and she wasn't sure how she would take this.

"I have been thinking a lot lately about the accusations I made about Scott and Marissa and seeing how things are now I am wondering how right I was."

"Oh you were right." said Madison. "Scott's cheating… it's just harder for him to do it now everyone is watching us so closely."

Erica frowned, surprised that Madison was still so sure.

"But I just heard that you have been encouraging Scott to go away with Marissa to New York?"

Madison leaned closer.

"But that's my plan. They go away together and I can prove that he's cheating!"

"How would that prove anything?" Erica asked.

Madison suddenly looked less sure.

"I'll need someone to watch them." she said, trying to come up with a solution. "Who's going with them?"

"Well I'm going… and so is Brooke. That is actually what I wanted to talk to you about…"

Madison latched hold of Erica's arm.

"Then you can do it!" she exclaimed, "You can watch them for me. I trust you!"

Erica gave an uncomfortable cough.

"But the reason I am going… The reason I came to see you is to say that I think I was wrong with my accusation…"

"But we saw them together! You heard them arrange a date!"

"I heard Bianca arrange a date! I think I was only seeing what I wanted to see and I shouldn't have dragged you into this. It's making you ill!"

Madison shook her head firmly.

"They were kissing! They were in bed together!"

Madison still had a tight grip on Erica's arm and there was desperation in her voice now.

Erica was a little alarmed by the change in her.

"Look, I know that this has upset you." said Erica, trying to extract her arm. "You want to be able to trust Scott again… I can see that."

Erica came up with a compromise. If Madison wasn't ready to listen now maybe after the weekend away she could persuade her differently.

"Look; I'll do what you want. I'll keep my eye on Scott and Marissa in New York for yours and Holly's sake and hope we find that we were wrong about the affair."

Madison nodded at Erica's placating words and released her grip.

"We'll find the proof." she said.

"We'll find out if I was right or wrong." said Erica slowly.

Seeing Madison in this unsettled state; for the first time Erica really wanted to prove that she was wrong.

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