Alyah Marsh (previously Davies) was once the best friend of Avril Powell, she appeared briefly in Episode 16 of Series 8. Alyah had a secret affair with Avril's husband Jackson many previous that resulted in the birth of a son, Dee. Alyah told Jackson that she was pregnant but he demanded she have an abortion, she agreed but decided not to go through with it and raised her son alone. Though Jackson and Alyah's affair stayed a secret at the time it happened and didn't result in Jackson leaving his wife it must have been serious, as Alyah reminded him how he had once told her he would love her forever.