on 27 april 2009, at colin's seventieth birthday party in the rovers, paula arrives, looking for julie; thinking that julie and jason grimshaw (ryan thomas) have slept together. julie and paula get into an argument over why they can't be together with paula revealing that they are in fact, related and announces to a shocked eileen and the rest of the pub that colin is julie's biological father. at first, eileen blames paula for wrecking her parents' marriage but then comes to realise that paula has been the victim. when paula calls to see her a few days later, eileen makes peace with her.