Roanna and Simon

Roanna (Hermione Norris) left her husband Ray (John Marquez) for her young lover Simon (Luke Thompson) and they now have a baby boy called Sonny together. In walking away from her husband, Roanna had no choice but to also walk away from her high-flying career at the recruitment company she and Ray built up. Now, with her messy divorce on going and her settlement money still outstanding, she’s struggling to get another job. She’s overqualified and over-experienced for every interview she can get, and in the face of younger competition she finding it hard to compete.

Artist Simon is yet to get a commission for his paintings and with no money coming in he and Roanna are stuck living in a small, damp rented cottage, which is far from the five bedroom detached house Roanna left behind. It’s not how Roanna expected to be living at this point in her life and the reality of her choices is starting to become all too real for her. Simon doesn’t see why they can’t just move back into his parent’s house where they lived before, but Roanna is adamant she doesn’t want to go back there. But she hasn’t told Simon why.