troy begins staying with tony's mother irene raymond (roberta taylor) and her husband terry (gavin richards) at 87 george street and begins helping out in their shop. it becomes apparent that troy is attracted to irene and begins flirting with her. soon the two of them begin an illicit affair, behind terry's back. the affair ends on christmas day 1999 when terry discovers an engraved watch given to troy by irene and begins to realise his wife is cheating on him. after punching troy, terry offers irene to him, stating that he loves her enough to give her up if that is what she wants. seeing that troy is unwilling to accept irene, terry throws him out of the house and threatens to kill him if he ever attempts to contact irene or show his face again.