Bianca and Ricky are peeling vegetables.

She confides to him how hard itís been with the kids on her own without Tony, she nicks her finger. The atmosphere is tense as the Beale's sit down to supper. Talk turns to Lucyís weight and food. When itís clear this is off limits Ian puts his foot in it and asks the question where have you been living? She leaves the table and heads upstairs.Just as Clare is cutting a deal with Arnold to keep certain pieces of jewellery, Bradley bursts in and frogmarches the beaten Arnold out of the house. Clare smiles Clare is spinning a web of deception. As kind-hearted Bradley listens, she - apparently filled with remorse - confesses that she unwittingly had an affair with a married man.Ben confides to Roxy that he thinks itís his fault that Pat was run over because he was deceiving his dad by taking the dance exam and lies and secrets are bad. Roxy comforts him and thinks sheís put his mind at rest but when she leaves he tears up his certificate and bins it.

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