Playing for time

Beth was taken aback by Rufus's reasonable nature. It was almost hard to believe he was that brute. But something inside her told her it was true...

Perhaps he had just flipped... she had wrongly suggested he was gay after all. Her instinct had been to abort. She needed time to think.

Time was what Rufus was playing for and playing rather well under Mac's tutelage. To be seen to be doing the right thing was important right now after Roger's odd disappearance and the Beth incident.

But he had to get rid of that child, and now Beth too!