(Wednesday 3^rd – Friday 5^th June 2020

Imran tried again with Yasmeen who had decided to plead guilty to her charges.  What he did get out of her though, was that Geoff had been seeing escorts.

Back on the Street, Sally clearly had her doubts about Geoff, prompting her to have a serious conversation with Alya who filled in some gaps about her father in law’s behaviour – his lies about the trip to Spain and faking his heart condition, not to mention the recent revelations about the escorts.  Geoff then walked into the pub, clearly annoyed to spot the two women talking.  Stood up by Tim, Geoff was further annoyed to realise that nobody else wanted to have a drink with him.  It’s a relief to realise that everyone is starting to have their doubts about the vile bully and are beginning to realise that whatever Yasmeen has done, she must have had a reason, even if they don’t know what that reason is.

Back at home, Sally reluctantly informed Tim about the escorts, to which Tim immediately, disbelievingly told his Dad about the ‘lies’ that Yasmeen was spouting about him.  With no options left, Geoff admitted that he had seen two escorts and despite Tim being aghast, he empathised with his Dad for Yasmeen’s neglect, alcoholism and horrific treatment of him.  And unfortunately, Sally has now unwittingly provided Geoff with a motive for Yasmeen stabbing Geoff, something she then had to confess to angry Alya.  It’s not that often I feel sorry for Sally but in this instance, she obviously knows that Geoff is a bad guy and Yasmeen has been mistreated and clearly wants to do the right thing.  And being married to Geoff’s son, she is in an almost impossible situation.  I have a lot of faith in Sally at this moment that she will be someone that comes through for Yasmeen though.  Let’s not forget that many, many years ago, she was subjected to violence at the hands of Greg Kelly.  She might well be a huge saving grace for Yasmeen when she needs it most.

So, while Tim took Geoff off to the police station to change his story and provide Yasmeen with a much more credible motive for attempted murder, Alya rushed to the prison to visit her Gran and beg her to change her plea.  While Yasmeen reluctantly revealed that Geoff had given her chlamydia, she refused to tell the court the sordid details of Geoff’s abuse.  We can only hope now that Alya will get through to her and persuade her to be brave enough to tell her side of the story.  Geoff has to pay for what he has done to her.  Yasmeen’s suffering must not continue!

Shona agreed to move in with Roy upon release from hospital.  Sadly, this new Shona has no empathy for Roy regarding Hayley’s death and she was very rude to Nina.  The gentleness and compassion Shona used to have, that made us love her so much has gone.  It’ll take a long time to get used to the person in her place.  But it will definitely be an interesting journey to go down, I think.  And a great character to do this with, to take such a compassionate, sympathetic character and change her so much, through no fault of her own.  It just makes it all the more heartbreaking to deal with.

Asha and Aadi’s first day at their new school didn’t get off to a flying start, with Asha walking out after her third lesson.  The appalling video that Corey took and Kelly shared, evidently got as far as this posh, private school and was being shared around merrily as soon as she arrived with all the kids making her life hell there as much as they were in her old school.  Epic fail.  However, she clearly has a good friend in Nina who has some kind words for her and wise words for Dev.  And a fantastic moment came when Asha finally stood up for herself and told Corey exactly what she thought of him.  Later, he messaged her to grovel.  Hopefully, she will not go back there!

Imran’s suspicions regarding Gary looking out for Kelly continued, leading to a somewhat awkward moment when he actually tried to talk to her.  I agree with the kid, it was a bit weird.  I mean, has he never heard of stranger danger?!  Worried that Imran was sniffing around, Gary has clearly decided it’s time for Kelly to move on!

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