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Vincent arrives in the village early for his meeting with Laurel and waits for her at the pub. However, when Nicola spots him and quips that Sally is taking advantage of the Thomas’ good will by staying at Mulberry Cottage.

Vincent lunges towards Ashley sending him off balance. Regaining his composure, Ashley makes his own rush towards Vincent aiming to propel him out of the door.

Dressed to the nines, Faye is glad to have the excuse of paying Katie a visit at Home Farm to apologise for her behaviour. Faye is pleased to see that her presence has clearly rattled both Nathan and Natasha.

Mark spots Faye in the Woolpack with Jai. Although Natasha buys Mark's blasé attitude over Faye's flirting, it's clear that Mark's masking his jealousy.

Nathan pressures Leyla into another night out and invites Doug along on the pretence that it's work related. David's not amused to hear from Leyla that she'll be spending a second night in a row with Nathan but she assures him that it'll be good for her career. Gennie and Katie become concerned about Nathan's motives when Leyla receives a pearl necklace from him.

Hearing that she's called in sick at work, Nathan pays Leyla a visit at home. She apologises once again and explains the previous night was a mistake but Nathan questions how much she can really love David when she slept with him. Leyla's saved by the bell but is mortified to realise that David's at the door.

Cain returns to the village and is disappointed to see that Charity's still living with Debbie. He admits to his daughter that he may have been unreasonable asking her to choose between him and Charity and she begs him not to start winding Charity up again.

Mid-kiss, Charity comes to her senses and pushes Cain away. She insists that they've been there before and it'll never work. Cain's left frustrated as she states that she really needs to stop making the same old mistakes and move on with her life.

The Bishop arrives to tell Ashley that as Sally's marriage counselling has been going well, he thinks it's time that she returned home. He makes it clear that he's relying on Ashley and Laurel to make Sally see it's time to move forward.

Oblivious to the atmosphere between her parents, Debbie's touched when Charity hands her a small gift for her birthday. Looking on disdainfully at Charity's display of affection, Cain smugly hands Debbie the keys to a new car and she's clearly thrilled with his generosity.

Ashley's concerned when he can't get hold of Sally and goes to their house to confront Vincent as to her whereabouts. After an unfriendly exchange between the two vicars, Vincent reluctantly allows Ashley inside. When a defeated Ashley concludes that Sally's not in, Vincent tries to reason with him, explaining that Sally has problems - and he isn't the monster that she's painting him as.

Convincing Sally that she has nothing to be ashamed of, Laurel suggests that Ashley should call Bishop Postlethwaite to report the incident. Riled by the call, Ashley announces that the Bishop is on his way over with Vincent.

Despite being warned by Jimmy to drop the idea, Carl refuses to listen and intent on breaking into Tug Ghyll, he makes his way in through the back door after watching Charity leave. Jimmy watches on intently but is accosted by Nicola and dragged into Pear Tree, leaving Carl searching Tug Ghyll for the key to Cain's security unit.

In an attempt to secure Charity's help, Carl offers Charity 20% of their findings if and when they find Cain's money. Laughing off his offer, Charity stands aside, allowing Carl to dart through the back door as Cain and Debbie arrive through the front. Cain seizes the opportunity to make amends with Charity and asks her to join him for a drink at the Woolpack, an offer that she happily accepts.

Despite Nathan's sudden change of heart, Leyla's wary of his motives when she receives a call from him, demanding that she meet him on a road outside the village. Before Leyla can protest, Nathan ends the call, prompting her to call a cab.

David blames Nathan for the car accident after calling on Leyla and worried for her welfare, insists that she go to the hospital to be checked out. Dismissing David's request, Leyla's short with him before leaving the house for work

Leyla remains on edge and her persistent distance leaves David concerned about their relationship. Unable to talk to anyone else, David turns to Eric who advises that he inject some romance into their lives. Meanwhile, Leyla plucks up the courage to face Nathan and decides to go into work

Distraught after last night's antics, Leyla faces a smug Nathan when she braves work the following morning. As Leyla arrives, Rodney's in the process of filling Doug in on last night's debacle and deeply worried something is amiss,

Laurel's held up at work and after calling to let the family know, a delighted Sally doesn't waste any time in filling in and leads the Thomas family off to the bonfire without her.

Cain pays Chas and Debbie a visit at the Woolpack and by way of an apology for his attitude, hands them a wad of cash, insisting that they have a night out on him. Returning to Tug Ghyll, Cain pours Charity a glass of wine as she emerges from upstairs in her dressing gown.

Sally's incensed to see Ashley and Laurel so loved-up and in an attempt to cause some friction, she absent-mindedly makes reference to her past with Ashley. Laurel cottons on to Sally's gesture and reminds Ashley that today is about them, not their past.

Convinced Leyla was having an affair with Nathan, David confronted her and Leyla knew it was time she told him everything. David was devastated to hear that she had in fact slept with him, and all over taking some money from the shop. See his reaction in our episode highlights Was this the end of David and Leyla for good? Meanwhile, Laurel made it clear she was sick of Sally's interfering.

David was still devastated following Leyla's confession and was on a mission to teach Nathan a lesson, if for no other reason than he'd always hated him. Nathan provided him with the perfect opportunity when he caught Leyla leaving work and hurled abuse at her for being cheap and easy. David didn't need any more prompting...

Laurel was at the end of her tether with Sally's interfering and told her in no uncertain terms that if she needed help, she would ask for it. Sally took this quite well but was fuming when Laurel told her she wasn't invited to Ashley's birthday celebrations.