All Her Fault

Marissa gets a call from McConville informing her that Carrie has been found dead in the house in Sandymount where she had been keeping Milo. They believe she was “smothered with a pillow” (283). Marissa is shocked. She shares the news with Peter, who also appears shaken. Peter says they should go to Marbella, Spain, to get away from the pressure of the situation, and Marissa agrees. Marissa resolves to find Colin to speak with him.

Jenny reads online that Carrie’s body has been found. She calls Richie. She tells Richie she is shocked by the online commenters saying Carrie deserved to die. They talk about how they will break the news to Jacob. 

After they hang up, Jenny remembers the advertisement she posted online to look for a nanny for Jacob. When she re-reads the ad, she realizes that it makes it clear that Jacob was going to be in the Junior Infants course at Kerryglen National School. She wonders if Carrie purposefully targeted the Kennedy family to get close to Milo.

Jenny goes to the pharmacy with Jacob. There, one of the other school mothers, Sarah Rayburn, talks about Carrie’s death in front of Jacob. Jenny is flustered. Esther appears. She comforts Jacob. Jenny thanks Esther. Esther says she has a lot of experience with children because she had two children of her own as well as four foster children, although one foster child she no longer sees.

Marissa and Peter go to Colin’s house. Marissa has never visited before, and she is surprised at how big it is. Marissa and Peter confront Colin about his date with Carrie. Colin is upset. He explains he met Carrie in a bar after an online date he had arranged did not show up. She introduced herself as “Lena.” She had asked a lot of questions about the Irvines. He had no idea she would use the information to kidnap Milo. 

Colin shows them a picture of “Lena.” Marissa is struck by how different she looks from Carrie. He explains he did not say anything because it took until Thursday night for him to realize that Lena and Carrie were the same person, and Milo was found Friday morning. Colin apologizes. He once again offers to take over the audits of the accounts. He appears to be crying.

As they leave, Marissa realizes that despite Colin’s show of sadness, there were no actual tears in his eyes.

Jenny goes to the Irvine home to see Marissa. Marissa is happy to see her. Peter tells Lia that Jenny was the woman who hired Carrie, “the kidnapper,” but he seems to have largely forgiven Jenny. 

Jenny is shocked to learn that Colin had been dating Carrie. Marissa suspects that Colin is still hiding something. Richie sends Jenny “a pointed text […] asking if she’d be home to see her son before bed” (304). Jenny tells Marissa she has to leave. Marissa commiserates that she also has to do the majority of “childcare logistics” in her marriage. Jenny hopes she and Marissa can remain friends once the crisis has passed.

That evening, Richie tells Jenny he saw Brian Irvine, “a strange fish,” driving around their neighborhood earlier that evening (306). Jenny gets a text from Mark about their upcoming trip to Luxembourg for a conference. She tells Richie they need to figure out what to do for Jacob’s child care while she is away. 

Richie reacts rudely and sarcastically when he learns she has to go away for work. Jenny confronts Richie about his attitude. He demands to see her phone messages, and she refuses to let him. Richie tells her he knows what is going on and leaves the room.

On Wednesday, Marissa goes to the office to review the Fenelon and Downey files. She realizes that Colin has stolen 560,000 Euros from the client accounts. She is horrified. She calls Colin to confront him, but there is no response. She hears someone enter the office. She is alone and decides to hide.

Marissa cannot clearly see who has entered the office. She waits for them to leave. When she leaves her hiding spot, she sees that the files have been stolen. She thinks this is odd, as the files are backed up digitally.

On Thursday, Marissa tells Peter what she learned about Colin’s theft from the client accounts and the theft of the files. He tells her she needs to report it to the police. He agrees to go to the station with her after he drops Milo off at school. 

While they are gone, Marissa gets a Facebook message from Irene asking if they “could do a newspaper story together or a tv program” (317). Marissa begins to respond, but ultimately blocks Irene. She thinks that if Irene had been a better mother, “none of this would have happened” (317), but she eventually reconsiders, recognizing her thoughts as the same claims made against her and Jenny.

Irene is furious when she realizes Marissa has blocked her on Facebook. She is also disappointed that she has not yet been paid by the tabloid journalist for her interview.

Irene gets a call from Detective Breen. Breen asks Irene about Sienna Watkins. Irene explains that Sienna is Rob’s new girlfriend. After they hang up, Irene wonders if the police suspect Rob and Sienna are involved in the kidnapping plot.

On Thursday evening, Detective McConville goes to the Irvine residence. She informs them that Colin was murdered alongside Rob Murphy, Carrie’s father, that morning. The police believe Rob shot Colin, and then Colin shot Rob before he died. They have evidence that suggests Colin had met with Rob to give him money. 

Marissa wonders if Colin kidnapped Milo to prevent her from looking into the accounts to discover his theft. McConville seems unconvinced by this theory. The police do not believe Rob killed Kyle Byrde in revenge for Byrde’s killing Carrie, as Byrde was killed before Carrie.

Irene is furious when she learns that she will not be paid for her story because they believe Carrie was involved in the crime of kidnapping Milo, and it is illegal for anyone to profit from a crime, even someone uninvolved. Nevertheless, Irene has agreed to go on a television program to raise her public profile. She is even excited about the potential publicity of the funeral. She hears a knock at the door.

Jenny returns home on Thursday to find Richie still angry with her, Jacob crying, and Adeline in the midst of it all. Jenny is furious when she learns Adeline threw Jacob’s favorite teddy bear, Jem, in the trash. Adeline says she did it for his own good. She criticizes Jenny for not spending more time with her son. Richie stands up for Jenny, and Adeline storms off.

Jenny confronts Richie again about his attitude since her promotion. She asks if he is upset because she earns more than he does. He tells her he is upset about Mark. He admits he read her messages and that he knows Mark has come to the house. Jenny tells Richie it was not Mark at the house, but Kyle Byrde visiting Carrie. 

Richie admits he has received anonymous notes since August stating that Jenny was having an affair with Mark. The notes went missing sometime last week. They wonder if Carrie wrote the notes after Carrie learned from Jenny about Mark’s flirtation with her. Jenny reassures Richie she is not having an affair with Mark, and they reconcile.

The next day, Marissa sits with Milo when he is interviewed again by Sheridan. Milo tells Sheridan that the man who took him from Carrie’s house asked him his name and address. 

After the interview, while Milo is playing, Sheridan tells Marissa that the police have discovered that Rob Murphy’s “girlfriend,” Sienna Watkins, was actually Carrie under an alias. They found a fake passport with a picture of Milo dressed as a girl under the alias “Robin Watkins.” They believe they intended to take Milo out of the country, but they do not know why.

After Sheridan leaves, Marissa panics when she cannot find Milo. She realizes he must be at Brian’s house. She thinks there is something wrong with Brian and rushes to find her son.