the following month danny contacts michelle hoping to reconcile with her. she refuses, but when danny creeps into her house late one evening she is seduced by the gesture and agrees to be his mistress. michelle falls in love with danny, but he frequently lets her down to be with his wife and children, and she begins to tire of sharing him. to appease her, danny lies to his wife, telling her that he is attending a computing course, and moves in with michelle for a few days to spend some time with her. while he is living in walford, danny became an accidental hero after he anonymously rescues marge green (pat coombs) from a gang of muggers. danny refuses to give testimony to the police however, fearing that his wife will discover his whereabouts. michelle is furious about this, especially when she discovers that his testimony could lead to the muggers' imprisonment. danny eventually relents and tells the police what he witnessed, but deceives them by using michelle's address as his own, leaving her answerable when they called in search of him. michelle is infuriated by danny's dishonesty and cowardice and he exacerbates the situation by avoiding her for several weeks. michelle's family and friends advise her to finish with him, but she defiantly refuses to do so. danny eventually contacts michelle and promises to spend christmas eve with her. however, he turns up extremely late and then sours the evening further by giving michelle a christmas card that was intended for his wife.