Having handed baby Liam over to Helen (Dearbhla Molloy), Maria’s (Samia Smith) convinced herself she’s not fit to be a mother.
She’s a broken woman who can’t forgive herself for inviting a murderer into her home.
Desperate to help, the Connors suggests she move to Ireland with them. At first Maria refuses but when Audrey (Sue Nicholls) urges her to pull herself together for Liam’s sake, she agrees.
Helen’s relieved as Maria takes baby Liam back in her arms but their relief is short-lived when a visitor arrives at the door - it’s Carla (Alison King)!
Audrey’s (Sue Nicholls) shocked to see a ‘for sale’ board outside No.8 and even further shocked when Gail (Helen Worth) reveals she and Joe (Reece Dinsdale) are engaged.
Audrey warns her she’s making a mistake but Gail‘s adamant she knows what she‘s doing. But Gail has no idea what she’s got herself into and when Rick (Greg Wood) turns up masquerading as a potential buyer, Joe panics.
When Sally (Sally Whittaker) tells Kevin (Michael Le Vell) that she wants to go over the garage account books he panics, worried she’ll spot his motel expenses and the lack of breakdown call-outs. How is he going to talk his way out of this one?
And after a successful golf lesson with club pro Bernie (Jennifer Hennessey), Dev (Jimmi Harkishin) tries his luck with asking her out for a drink.
