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So what’s the mystery woman really up to?

A leopard never changes its spots, so they say. Well, apart from in soaps, where characters often start as one thing and end up the complete antithesis a few months later. Even so, we’ve treated with scepticism the idea that blackmailer and kiddie snatcher Alex has turned over a new leaf. Even Charles – whose main brand value is forgiveness – isn’t buying it, especially as Alex is walking out with his daughter Naomi. This week, it turns out we were right when Alex is spotted meeting a mystery woman and child. He’s quick to come up with a story, claiming to Naomi that Clare (above right, with Naomi and Alex) is the wife of a man he was in prison with who he’d promised to help. Naomi is left glowing at her boyfriend’s loyalty and kindness. But it turns out the only person Alex is trying to help is himself – to a cabinet of drugs at the doc’s surgery. In cahoots with Clare, he’s planning a heist. But there’s trouble afoot when Manpreet unexpectedly returns as Alex lurks with a crowbar...

Meanwhile, Mack and Charity’s joint stag and hen party has a Yorkshire v Scotland Highland Games theme (what will these soaps think of next?). However, it’s Mack’s fling that might see him the loser when Chloe’s injured and he races to her aid. Will he be able to mask his fatherly concern?

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