one who sent bouquets of flowers to Rachel throughout the first two series. She drunkenly has sex with DC Pete Readyough in a car park at Rachel and Sean's wedding reception, but they are caught by Gill. Sharon uses this to extort money from Pete until he decides to admit it to his wife. His professional reputation is tarnished (along with a brief decline in his competency), and his marriage collapses. In Series 4 Sharon appeals to Rachel for help when her latest boyfriend becomes violent with her. Adrian Scott Adrian "Ade" Scott (Tony Pitts), a geography teacher, was Janet's husband for twenty-five years. The pair have two teenage daughters, Taisie and Elise (Sharon Flynn in Series 1 and Olivia Rose Smith from Series 2 onward). Early in Series two Ade walks out to live with his elderly father following various petty arguments with Janet's mother. Janet, at first appealing to him to stay, loses her temper and says she is fed up with his lazy, self-entitled behavior. Nevertheless, she continues to rely on him to help with their daughters and realizes just how much of their life he was responsible for maintaining. In the Series 2 finale Janet attempts a reconciliation, but this is ruined when Andy Roper spitefully reveals that his affair with Janet began long before their separation. Early in Series three, Ade admits he is seeing someone and tells Janet he wants a divorce. Taisie Scott Taisie Scott (Harriet Waters) is Janet's younger daughter. In series five she is arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography after taking photographs of her boyfriend's penis. In order to clear her daughter's name, Janet solicits further images on her behalf. It is implied that the case is subsequently dropped. Dorothy Parsons Dorothy Parsons (Judith Barker) is Janet's mother. Dorothy moves in with the family for three months while recuperating from a big operation, and later buys Ade's share of the house at Janet's suggestion. She is shown to be incredibly fond of Gill, though she dislikes Rachel. Geoff Hastings Geoff Hastings (Kevin Doyle) is the brother of Janet's murdered childhood friend Veronica. He persuades Janet to review the cold case, which a retired detective has connected to the unsolved murders of four other women over the years. Janet's friendship with Geoff causes tension with Andy Roper, who sees a romantic rival and behaves coldly toward him. When MIT