Raymond, Ricky and Gary all glanced at one another. Once Eddie had made up his mind about something, there was usually no turning back.

‘I still think the kidnapping idea sounded far more feasible,’ Gary said, hoping his father would see sense.

Eddie drank the last of his Scotch and angrily slammed his glass against the table. ‘I’ve spent years pussy-footing around the O’Haras and I’ve had a fucking gutful of it. I want ’em dead, all of ’em, and seeing as I run this firm, we’ll do things my way – got it?’

Ed’s eyes clouding over was always a bad sign, so Raymond, Gary and Ricky all did the sensible thing. One by one they nodded their heads in agreement.

Over in Holloway, Babs was becoming increasingly worried about Frankie’s venomous behaviour. Usually kind and mild-mannered, Frankie had bitten everybody’s head off that morning, including hers, and had just crowned it all by calling Linda, one of the nicest screws, ‘a nosy, fat cow’.

As Linda walked off with a hurt expression on her face, Babs sat next to Frankie in the corridor. It was freeflow time and, with the mood Frankie was in, Babs wished they had stayed in their cell.

‘Listen, sweet child, I know you’re angry over the court case, but being vile to people ain’t gonna help you get them wonderful babies of yours back. Linda is a lovely woman and she was only trying to be helpful. Where has my best mate gone, eh? The Frankie I know has a truly beautiful soul and I was thinking, is you her twin sister?’ Babs asked jokingly.

About to crack a smile, Frankie spotted Katie, stood up, and ran towards her. ‘Have you spoken to your cousin yet?’ she asked. She’d managed to speak to Katie after she’d seen Larry the previous day.

Katie stared at Frankie for a few seconds, then nodded. Ever since she had got the original message to her cousin Danny, Frankie had avoided her like the plague. It was only now that she needed another favour that Frankie was being nice to her again.

‘I told Danny last night and he promised to ring Jed today. I’ll call Danny again later and see if he managed to get the message to him for you.’

‘Thanks, Katie,’ Frankie said, forcing herself to smile. She wouldn’t rest until she knew that Jed had received her latest threat. She wanted the bastard to suffer just like he’d made her suffer.

When Katie walked away, Babs walked towards Frankie. ‘You gotta start being nicer to that poor girl. She been good to you and you make it blatantly obvious that you don’t like her.’

‘I don’t fucking like her. The way she speaks reminds me of Jed and I still reckon she’s working for him as some sort of spy.’