ED - August 6th 2009 (Episode 1 Part 3)

Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) is preoccupied with her financial worries and still hasnt had the courage to tell Terry whats going on. At the café, relations between Viv (Deena Payne) and Brenda are more fraught than ever, but Bob (Tony Audenshaw) asserts they cant afford to buy Brenda out, so theyre stuck together whether they like it or not. Enraged Viv eavesdrops as Bob asks Brenda how it went with Terry (Billy Hartman) and she breaks down, confessing she doesnt have the heart to burst his bubble and reveal shes bankrupt for fear that hell end things with her. Viv wastes no time in informing a stunned Terry that his girlfriend has been lying to him and shes actually bankrupt. Brendas shocked when she arrives home to find Viv there, and is mortified when Terry reveals he knows everything. Will he forgive her? Or will Brenda lose her partner and her business?

Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) is indignant when she discovers Jimmy (Nick Miles) has told the Wyldes shes started her maternity leave and heads off for work, despite Jimmys protests. Fed up of everyone fussing around her, Nicola orders Jimmy to go home and once Doug (Duncan Preston) and Leyla (Rokhsaneh Ghawam Shahidi) head home, Rodney (Patrick Mower) arrives to check after Jimmy has sent him to check up on her. Frustrated, Nicola locks herself in the shop to keep Rodney out and as she puts her keys down, they slide off the counter and under the unit

Meanwhile, at the B&B Val (Charlie Hardwick) is preening herself in a bid to win Pollard (Chris Chittell) back and leaves Diane (Elizabeth Estensen) unconvinced about her new manifesto to right every wrong shes ever committed. When Pollard arrives in the pub prepared to face Val, she assures him shes a changed woman. Both Diane and Pollard remain cynical, but theres a glimmer that Pollard might be softening towards her.

Also, (Kim Thomson)is pleased as Nathan (Lyndon Ogbourne) and Ryan (James Sutton) continue to befriend one another.