bev is not seen again until november 1998, when cindy's former husband, ian beale (adam woodyatt), meets her at the coroner's office following cindy's death. she had been estranged from her daughter until a few months before she died, when cindy contacted her asking for money. she could not give cindy any money however, as her husband, tom, had left her that year. ian gives her a lift to the hospital to see cindy's newborn baby, cindy (ella wortley), and she tries to get him to take the child in as his own, threatening to put the baby into care. however, custody of the baby is eventually given to bev's other daughter gina williams (nicola cowper), who lives with her mother in devon. bev appears at cindy's funeral, and later in august 1999 when ian visits her and gina to watch the eclipse. she persuades melanie owen (tamzin outhwaite) to propose to ian, as gina is trying to split them up. in 2007, gina and cindy jr appear without bev. in august 2010, her granddaughter lucy beale (melissa suffield) moves to devon to live with bev. four months later, her grandson peter beale (thomas law) goes to live with her. lucy and peter return to walford in january 2012 and june 2013 respectively, with cindy following in august 2013.