It’s been a nasty little thought eating away in the back of our minds ever since we saw Corrie’s Nicola Rubenstein visit her mum’s old friend Lydia, and now it looks set to become a reality.
According to The Daily Star Sunday, Nicola will find out her dad, Pat Phelan, raped her mum and that’s how she was really conceived.
Although she grew up believing her mum’s husband was her dad, she’s recently found out it’s the bald builder. Up until now Nicola has believed her mum and Phelan had an affair.
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She didn’t take it well at first, but after a DNA test revealed the truth, she’s started to come round to the idea and has begun to grow closer to Pat and his wife Eileen.
All that’s set to change however when she makes the horrifying discovery that her mother didn’t consent to sex with Phelan.
The seed of doubt was planted when Nicola went to visit Lydia and showed her a picture of Phelan, explaining he was her biological father and the pair were forging a great relationship.
Lydia’s reaction to seeing the photo left Nicola confused and viewers believing she knew far more than she was letting on about the Street’s resident baddie.
But Lydia is set to reveal the truth: that Pat raped Nicola’s mother and that’s how she fell pregnant with his child.
A source told the paper: “It took her weeks to get her head around her mum having an affair, but the truth is even more shocking.
“She can’t believe what she is hearing and has to decide whether to confront Phelan over the allegations.
“As everyone knows he’s not a man to be crossed.”
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It wouldn’t be the first time Phelan has been accused of sexually aggressive behaviour.
Although he maintains he didn’t rape Anna Windass, he did blackmail her into having sex with him against her will.
The incident has left Anna with a serious vendetta against Phelan, and their feud is set to be reignited next week as he accuses her of pushing Seb Franklin off a ladder.
Anna isn’t going to take his threats lying down, and with this new Nicola twist, the net is definitely closing in. The question is: how far will Phelan go to silence his own daughter?