Tanya's
plan backfires when Lauren tells her that Peter is taking her out for
the evening instead of lunch, but Tanya tells Max that they'll just have
to trust that she won't drink. At the same time, Lucy gets an idea when
Peter tells her about his dinner date with Lauren. Later, Lauren drinks
cranberry juice as she sits down for dinner with Peter at Scarlett's.
Everything seems to be going well, but Lauren's smile fades when she
spots Lucy and Joey walk in. Joey is furious with Lucy's cheap trick and
storms out, with Lucy following close behind.
With her mood
taking a turn for the worse, Lauren hits the alcohol. She also falls out
with Peter when she discovers that he was asked to take her out rather
than doing it of his own accord. After knocking back a number of drinks,
Lauren heads to R&R and flirts with a number of blokes in order to
get even more booze. Not long afterwards, Lucy is concerned when Lauren
suddenly vanishes into a cab with a stranger…
Meanwhile,
Carl tells Bianca that he met Derek while doing a five-year stretch in
prison. When Carl heads to The Vic, he approaches Kirsty at the bar,
telling her that he's changed and has been clean for five years. Kirsty
makes it clear that she's not interested in him as she is married and
pregnant. When Bianca and Kat question Kirsty, she tells them that she
used to be engaged to Carl and he's bad news.
That evening,
Carl turns up to see Ian at the restaurant and turns very nasty indeed,
making it clear that he wants Ian's blood because the money in the
lockbox was rightfully his. Ian fears for his life as Carl tells him
that he's always been prone to bouts of violence, but after spending
years in prison with murderers and thugs, he got even nastier. What is
Carl planning?
Elsewhere, Sam sneaks Ava into the B&B after
they've been exchanging cheeky text messages all day, while Alfie is
devastated when he finds out what Michael has done and does his best to
explain to Tommy that Michael is his real daddy.