Steve McDonald gets himself into (more) hot water next week, when his friendship with Abi Franklin crosses a line.
Could the pair be set for a shock romance?
Sally Carman, who plays former junkie Abi, says anything is possible as the pair have a “real connection”.
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The pair end up kissing after Abi overhears Steve saying that Abi’s twins are better off in care than with their mother.
Ouch! Understandably upset, Steve finds he has some grovelling to do…
Later in the week, he finds her drunk at the tram station and is appalled when a small bag of heroin falls out of her bag.
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Urging her to pull herself together and rebuild her relationship with the children, a grateful Abi kisses him on the lips.
Later in the week, Steve’s fiancée Tracy accidentally pushes the pair together again when she sends Abi shopping for an engagement ring with Steve.
Will Steve and Abi end falling for each other? And where will that leave Tracy?
Sally, who plays the mouthy mechanic, tells the Radio Times that Abi may well be genuinely falling for the unlikely Lothario Steve.
She says: “Steve recognises how she feels because he has lost a child. This is something that clicks with Abi and as they talk she sees him properly for the first time.
“There is an instant bond, he makes her feel like a human being who has just messed up a little bit and she reaches forward and kisses him. He doesn’t expect it but I don’t think he altogether hates it either…”
She continues: “She just feels like she is understood, that they have made a real connection and it’s one of those instant, weird things that happens now and again.
“She feels horrendously guilty, because she likes Tracy and she is a good person.”
Is Tracy and Steve’s second attempt at marriage doomed to failure?
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