Next week, Having placed Michael’s £1000 on a horse, Ed watches the race on tenterhooks. When the horse wins, Ed punches the air in delight. Arriving home he stuffs the cash in a bag in the hallway to hide it from Dee-Dee and Michael. Unaware of its contents Michael grabs the bag as he heads out to Underworld to try and get his job back. But he is stunned when DS Swain arrives and wants to interview him about the cash Stephen stole.
Having answered DS Swain’s questions, Michael opens his bag and is baffled to find a huge wad of cash. DS Swain clocks the money and demands to know where it came from. Ed is horrified to see Michael being taken away in a police car under suspicion of working with Stephen to defraud Underworld. Will Ed come clean?
As Ed becomes agitated with Ronnie questioning him about the mate who lent him money Ronnie suspects he’s been gambling for longer than he’s letting on. Ronnie confronts Ed and demands he tell him the truth. Ed admits he had a win on the horses but swears that he’s done with gambling and it won’t happen again and Joel is uneasy when Dee-Dee confides how Ed used to have a gambling problem, it almost split the family up but it’s all in the past.
Ed and Ronnie meet up with the potential investor in the bistro. The investor’s impressed with Ronnie’s sales spiel and agrees to go ahead. Ronnie orders Champagne all round.
Coronation Street airs these scenes from Monday 23rd Ocotober on ITV1