Coronation Street fans have been left fearful for a character on the cobbles after Stephen Reid continued to scheme on the ITV soap.
Stephen (Todd Boyce) has been manipulating Audrey (Sue Nicholls) for weeks on the soap, as the walls continue to close in on him.
However, his latest plans have now been thwarted by Audrey herself, leaving him in a bind as Gabrielle (Helene Maksoud) demands her money back from him, clearly fed up with his excuses.
The killer businessman has already murdered engineer Leo to keep his money troubles secret but could now strike again after Wednesday evening’s episode.
Having successfully enlisted his ex wife to pretend to be Audrey, Stephen took out more than £200k from Audrey’s home equity to pay off his debts.
He insisted it would all be fine because by the time anyone discovered what he had done, Audrey would have died and he would have fled the country.
However, the situation drastically changed when Audrey gathered her family to tell them she planned to do equity release on her house to treat her grandchild Sam to an elaborate trip to see the Northern Lights.
“Me and Sam are going on a Northern Lights cruise because he’s been through such a rough time lately and I wanted to treat him,” she said.
“Life is for living and this is just the beginning of all the adventures still to come. I’m going to live the dream.
“And then I’m going to do an equity release thing on Grasmere Drive and the world will be my lobster.
“I’ve seen the adverts, it’s easy. You just have to fill in a few forms and then I will have enough money to live life to the full.”
Stephen was clearly blindsided by the announcement and quickly tried to deter Audrey, as her plans clearly put his own equity release scam at risk of being exposed.
Running out of options, Stephen turned to ex wife Gabrielle, who quickly severed ties from the situation, leaving the desperate murderer groping at straws.
The scenes left Coronation Street fans fearful Stephen could soon kill again if the truth of his scam is discovered – and they have pinpointed his next victim as fan favourite Audrey.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “My guess is Stephen is going to try and bump off Audrey,” as another agreed: “He’ll have to murder Audrey now…..”
“Wonder if Stephen will kill Audrey,” another fan wrote as one ominously penned: “I reckon Stephen's gonna need another skip.”
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV.
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