Lauren begins to show signs of withdrawal symptoms as she hasn't had a
drink. Desperate to get her hands on booze but unable to leave the
house, Lauren calls out to Whitney from her bedroom window. However,
Whitney has already been filled in on the situation by Tanya and refuses
to co-operate. Feeling desperate, a furious Lauren then tells Tanya
that she's going to make her life hell.
Later,
Lauren begs Tanya to get her some alcohol so that she feels better, but
Tanya refuses to back down. Lauren then grabs Tanya's keys and tries to
escape, but her hands are shaking so much that she can't open the door
quickly enough. With her plan thwarted, Lauren heads back to her room
and attempts to escape the house from her window, leaving Tanya
horrified. Lauren struggles and slips in her desperate state, but Max
runs over and gets her to safety. Tanya rushes out to her daughter, but
Lauren tells them that she would rather be dead than locked in. As
Lauren runs off, Tanya stops Max from going after her, knowing that
they've already lost her…
Meanwhile, Michael regrets the night
that he spent with Alice and can't get away from her quickly enough.
Pleased to have lost her virginity, Alice tells Kat that she's having
her new man over tonight, although she fails to disclose his identity.
When Kat mentions this to Michael, he realises that he'll have to tell
Alice that he isn't interested. When Michael arrives home, Alice goes to
kiss him but he pulls away and cruelly tells her that he was just using
her for sex.
Elsewhere, Lucy is determined to get to the bottom
of the financial mess and looks through Ian's paperwork. In doing so,
she finds Derek's box with a letter addressed to Carol from David. Later
in The Vic, Lucy casually asks Bianca if she speaks to her dad. Bianca
tells Lucy that David did write to Carol a while back, but by the time
she got the letter, it was too late and if he really wanted to get in
touch he would have contacted them again. Back at home, Lucy pockets the
letter - but will she give it to Carol?
Also today, Kirsty tries
to seduce Max in the hope of getting pregnant but has to back off when
he brings up Lauren's problems, Dexter seems disappointed when Sam tells
him that he won't be working in the area again, Phil is annoyed that
Sharon is arranging the fundraising event against his wishes, while
Carol tells Masood that she is going through the menopause.
