Maria (Samia Smith) is alone at the hospital and knows she will have to go home to face the music sooner rather than later. She checks out and heads back to the Street but panics when she spots Liam (Rob James Collier) and asks the taxi driver to take her to Audrey's.

Meanwhile at the salon Audrey (Sue Nicholls) receives a distraught phone call from her and heads home to find out what is wrong. As Maria breaks down Audrey is sure it is to do with Liam and urges Maria to calm down for the baby's sake. When will Maria break her silence about the tragedy?Unaware of why Audrey has suddenly disappeared, Bill Webster (Peter Armitage) is convinced that her strange behaviour has something to do with the mysterious Ted Page. He asks Gail (Helen Worth) if she knows anything about him and is stunned when a perplexed Gail tells him that Ted is her father and she has no idea Audrey had been in touch with him.Vernon (Ian Reddington) is excited about the cruise trip but is gutted when Liz (Beverly Callard) tells him that she can't go and leave the pub. He refuses to go without her but she insists. She later confides in Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) that she couldn't bear the thought of spending 24 hours a day trapped on a ship with Vernon. Deirdre is concerned about the state of her friend's marriage if she can't even go on a cruise with her hubby.Leanne (Jane Danson) and Dan (Matthew Crompton) are relieved when they discover that they are off the hook with the police. But Leanne is left shaken when Paul (Tom Hudson) tells her that he is pleased that she has been left with the debt for the restaurant and that the criminal record he will have will be worth it knowing she is suffering.Elsewhere Claire is confused when her debit card is refused and calls the bank to investigate.This episode is written by Lucy Gannon, produced by Steve Frost and directed by Kay Patrick.

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