from the flat. However, Lily dies from sepsis and Sinead blames herself. Sinead makes up excuses to Laurie for not being able to return to their bed by telling him that Hannah has been wetting hers. Laurie finds out that she is lying and Sinead tells him that she gets scared when he is angry and he tells her that she will be the cause of their marriage breakdown. Sinead confides in Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin) that she is scared of her husband and Cleo tries to make her see that Laurie is abusing her. Sinead is horrified when she finds out that Laurie paid off a woman who accused him of sexual assault. Sinead confronts him over this and he admits to harassing Sienna but he turns it around on her by bringing up her kissing Sami. Laurie returns home and tells Sinead that Sienna's boyfriend Brody Hudson (Adam Woodward) kidnapped him. Sinead tells him to call the police but Laurie gets angry and corners her and starts to shout when she refuses to kiss her. However, Hannah knocks on the door and Laurie stops shouting. The next day, Sinead tells Laurie that Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) has selected her for a training residential course, meaning that she will be gone for a few weeks. Laurie finds out from Misbah that there is no training course and realises that Sinead is leaving him. He stops her just in time and convinces Sinead not to leave him. Laurie decides to take anger management classes to prove to Sinead that he has changed. However, Sinead finds out that he hasn't been going to his classes but then believes him after he tells her the name of the person doing the classes. Sinead supports Laurie during the school board meeting and Laurie is aloud return to work. Sienna goes to the hospital to see Sinead, who lets it slip that Laurie is taking anger management classes and Sienna discovers that Laurie is hurting Sinead. Sienna confronts him over this and tries to kill him. Sinead discovers that the name of the women doing the sessions is an author and that Laurie lied to her. When he returns home, she confronts him over this but he ignores her and turns up the music and rapes her. Laurie leaves the room and Sinead struggles to get out of bed. She goes into the kitchen