A rough looking Deano climbs out of a mini cab. Everyone is worried about him, he enters the kitchen - they ask where he’s been. Deano reacts - if this is the welcome Kevin would get then no wonder he’s staying away. Mo asks Deano where Kevin is he tells her in Italy on a tax dodge but she needs to keep it quiet. Mo tells Pat about Kevin being in Italy. Pat tells Deano to keep an eye on Mo, they don’t want Denise hearing the rumour. Yolande asks Denise if she is excited that Kevin is in Italy - Denise hadn’t heard anything.

Denise rushes into the salon to tell Chelsea. They go to find Deano to get information about Kevin. Deano eventually admits he made the whole thing up to get Mo off his back. Chelsea has a go at Deano for his lie. At the car lot Deano sees Phil having a go at Carly about the money she owes for the car she smashed up. He also wants the rent for the car lot since he’s heard that Kevin is in Italy. Deano wants to know who’s swept Stacey off her feet in front of Bradley. He tells Max that he’s made a mug of himself, she’s obviously got someone else. Max encourages him to walk away and forget about Stacey. Carly apologises to Denise and Pat for Deano’s lie. Deano appears with a rucksack – he’s off to find Kevin. He opens the front door to find a policeman about to knock. PC Henderson explains that Kevin’s car has been found in a remote village on the south coast. Deano thinks he’ll start looking there, Carly explains that the police think Kevin might have killed himself.Tanya is annoyed with Max for not turning up last night. She seductively tricks him into meeting her for lunch and then reveals that he is meeting her for a marriage guidance session. Tanya explains to the marriage counsellor about Max being distant. She’s worried because he was like this when he had the affairs. Max says there is nothing wrong, the one thing he’d like to get from these sessions is for her to trust him. Max drops Tanya off at Booty. He promises that he’ll make it easier for her to trust him and suggests they go out for dinner. Ben asks Peggy to take him to school. Phil’s having a bad day. Stella offers to pick Ben and Abi up from school to allow Phil to sort out some business. Stella has bought Abi and Ben some crisps which have impressed Abi. Phil finds a note from Ben. He tells Stella that Ben probably thinks she’s trying to take Phil away from him – they just need to give it some time. Ben tells her that the only person who cares about him is Peggy. Peggy approaches the group and announces that she is going on a cruise for 3 weeks. Ben is devastated.Meanwhile Darren explains to Libby that Keith and Mickey are taking the money from his online auctions so he’s stopped. He’s come up with a new idea. They agree to meet later to discuss it. Darren is in the Surgery reception looking at women’s magazines. Naomi approaches him and asks if she can help him with anything. Darren shuffles off. Darren shows his new money making scheme to Libby – Desperate Russian Housewives.Yolande hands Bert an official letter forwarded from Beryl. He doesn’t care. Yolande tells him that he take responsibility for Jay. Yolande opens Bert’s letter, its from the council warning about Jay’s truanting. Jay comes home and Yolande asks him why he didn’t go to school. Jay tells her that she shouldn’t worry about him, he won’t be around long as Bert has told him he isn’t staying. Yolande has another go at Bert.Max abruptly tells Stacey to tell Bradley that she’s not got anyone else. Stacey apologises to Bradley for the way she treated him last night. She explains that she doesn’t have anyone else, she wants to be on her own right now. Max pulls up outside his house. Tanya makes her way down to the car. Just as she is about to climb in Max spots Stacey’s earring which he manages to grab and throw out the window without Tanya seeing.

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