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Carl returns to the village after a night in the cells. Charity winds Cain up again about Jai. He walks out on her, refusing to pay for her drink. Faye refuses to go to the bank for Jai at Charity's bidding. Aaron is trying to spend as much time as possible with Jackson who is still feeling helpless.

Nikhil has to pull out of a business lunch leaving a free space that Faye and Charity fight over. Faye is furious when Jai gives it to Charity instead of her. She decides to pour poison in Cain's ear about Charity and Jai's flirtation. Cain confronts her and her attempts to persuade him that Faye has told him lies falls flat. She tells Faye to stay out of her business. Jackson makes a video diary explaining his guilt about making Aaron sacrifice his chance of having a life by being with him. He breaks down, telling Hazel he loves him too much to see him waste his life on him. Bob and Brenda arrive back from Viv's funeral. Bob and Gennie help move Brenda's things back into Connelton View. Amy worries about tomorrow's social services interview.

Charity heads to a business meeting. Cain disapproves of her provocative outfit. Faye is annoyed when Charity flirts with their new client to clinch the deal. Cain repeats his warning to Jai to stay away from Charity. When Charity arrives to talk to Jai about a delivery of slate, she and Faye start to bicker. Jai suggests to Charity that they continue their meeting back at his with a bottle of wine.

Sam is dismayed as Cain furiously smashes up the interior of the barn conversion, ripping out the copper piping to sell. When Zak catches on that the copper belongs to Jai, he asks Cain if it's about Charity. Cain tells Zak that Jai's lucky. Charity turns down Jai's offer of a top up and heads to the pub, irritated when Chas tells her about Cain confronting Jai earlier and warns her she's playing with fire.

Jai receives a phone call from Conrad about the barn. Nikhil is confounded that Jai doesn't report Cain to the police. Jai assures him Cain will have covered his tracks and he'll think of another way to get him back. Charity tells Cain she's going shopping after accusing him of spying on her. Faye talks to Cain after bringing Ryan a letter and Debbie is annoyed to see Cain watching Faye leave.

Debbie is frustrated that Cain and Charity are still not talking, with Cain sleeping on the sofa. She tries talking Cain around but he refuses to listen. Charity visits Jai, pleased to find out she's still got a job. Cain's intrigued when Faye buys him a drink and sits next to him. Charity's impressed that Jai refuses to back down to Cain and tells her that he thinks they make a good team.

Jackson notices an uncomfortable look between Adam and Aaron when he asks Adam if Aaron behaved himself last night. Aaron confides in Chas that he gave someone his number last night, but feels too bad about Jackson to move on. Jackson hides his distress after pressuring Aaron to tell him the truth about last night, insisting he's pleased that Aaron is moving on with his life. Aaron's devastated when Jackson breaks up with him, saying he can't bear the thought of Aaron feeling obliged to stay with him.

Aaron tells Paddy about Jackson wanting to break up, determined not to let Jackson down again. He visits Jackson and refuses to let them break up, but Jackson remains adamant. Aaron leaves Jackson finally able to show his devastation. He tells Hazel who's furious when he explains Aaron's met someone else.

Catching DS Nick Henshall and Katie coming downstairs together, Gennie is shocked when he tells her he's been taken off the case. Katie agrees to spend the morning with Henshall, unaware he's secretly anxious about Prior's control of the investigation. Prior arrives at Victoria Cottage to ask Katie to go over her statement again.

Moira and John take the wooden plank Brenda uses to try and hit Andy off her and guide her inside to try and calm her down. Henshall tries to explain to Katie why he doctored her statement when Gennie arrives and tells them about Brenda going to have it out with Andy and he heads to Butlers.

Henshall is irritated to see Andy has moved back into Dale View. Brenda apologises to Moira for driving into the caravan, but refuses to apologise to Andy. Diane is proud of Andy when he calmly tells Brenda that she's wrong to accuse him of starting the fire. Andy visits Prior at the police station to tell her about Henshall's involvement in Brenda's attack.

Joe asks Jackson which shirt he wants to wear. Jackson is very grumpy. Hannah and Victoria want some money from Moira and Diane. Aaron takes a call from Flynn.

Val and Eric read the riot act to Amy, but when she overhears Moira saying that she's a bad influence on Hannah, she goes AWOL. Later, David and Leyla catch her arguing with a bouncer having been thrown out of a bar and escort her home. Val is furious and asks why they should care about her when she clearly doesn't care about them.

Debbie tells Cain a few home truths and asks why he won't give Charity a reason to stay with him rather than a million reasons to walk away. Cain reckons Debbie might have a point and it seems like he might be finally ready to calm down. At the same time, Charity congratulates Jai on his cunning when he reveals that he's only booked one room for the night. He says that he knows how Charity feels and reckons she feels the same way.

Charity makes it clear to Jai that, despite Cain's obvious flaws, she loves him and can't cheat on him. Jai finally backs down and tries to get another room, but the hotel is fully booked. Adamant that she was promised a night on the tiles, Charity suggests that they check out but still have a night out.

Charity and Debbie witness Cain leaving Faye's and giving her a goodbye kiss. Charity immediately clocks what's going on and, with a surge of rage, she slaps Faye before screaming at Cain. Heading home, Charity locks Cain out before packing a bag. With Cain gone, she tells Debbie that she ignored temptation for a man who is ready to betray her at a drop of a hat

Doug pays a visit to the pub before leaving the village and, realising it is now or never, Diane bites the bullet as he's about to go. Doug is shocked when Diane tells him that she wishes she could turn back the clock because she thinks they would've been very happy together - and still could be if he would consider staying. Thrown

Henshall finds out from his colleague that a council security camera covers the entrance to the shop where he bought the phone that was used for the prank calls. Hiding his panic, Henshall asks Katie to go away with him on a short break and she agrees, thinking it'll do her good to get away from the village.

Katie tries to hide her alarm as she puts the cuttings away, but when she tries to broach the subject again, she's unnerved when Henshall stops her going back in the drawer. Katie is thrown by Henshall's venom as he desperately tries to hide the cuttings away.

As the police presence grows outside Henshall's home, Katie is shaken by her realisation that she is now a hostage. Outside, Andy and Gennie feel powerless as they wait behind a police cordon. Katie's fear is growing as Henshall acts more and more irrationally, and his anger is piqued when he sees Andy outside. He then goes to a cabinet and calmly takes out a gun.

As Prior struggles to negotiate Katie's release, Henshall makes it clear that he has no intention of letting her go. Ready to storm the house, the police back off when they realise Henshall has a gun. Terrified for Katie, Andy steps forward and makes an impassioned plea for her life. Concurrently Katie plays a dangerous game, coolly insisting that Henshall can't love her if he's putting her through this. From outside, Andy and Gennie hear a shot ring out. Meanwhile, tensions between Nicola and Jimmy bubble to the surface. As the pair argue, Jimmy stops to grab some petty cash before angrily heading off on a late run. Elsewhere, Lisa is sickened to watch Lizzie get closer to Derek.

Nicola wakes to find a note from Jimmy saying that he left on an early work run, but we soon see that he's been meeting with Kelly in Peterborough. Kelly has been asking for money and wants to get back together with him.

With Jimmy still AWOL, Nicola decides to call the police and report him missing. At the same time, Carl answers the office phone and when a female caller asks for Jimmy, he questions who it is - but the line goes dead. Carl doesn't tell Nicola, but this only confirms to him that Jimmy is having an affair. And when Nicola accuses him of hiding things from her he can't help but let her know his suspicions. Meanwhile, at the factory, Lisa is finding it ever harder to hide her fears for Lizzie as she gets closer to Derek. Later, Nikhil mentions that he has some overtime available later that week and Lisa is appalled to witness Derek and Lizzie both sign up for it.

Jimmy's disappearance is really starting to scare Nicola, but she refuses to believe that he could be having an affair. However, when Declan suggests that she should check her bank account, Nicola is upset to find that Jimmy withdrew £500 when he got to Peterborough.