The Six may be quietly continuing with their lives after getting away with Keanu Taylor’s (Danny Walters) murder in EastEnders, but their crime is set to be revisited as the soap builds towards Bernie Taylor’s (Clair Norris) forthcoming exit.

Back in September, café worker Bernie found out that Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) killed her brother in the Queen Vic on Christmas Day 2023, with Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and Sharon Watts (Letita Dean) all helping her to cover it up.

While Bernie has been distressed by the truth, she has so far kept quiet about what she knows, while the rest of Walford still believe deceased villain Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) killed Keanu.

After Nish died in January, a shock twist also saw Bernie become a trustee of Nish’s businesses until his grandchildren Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) and Nugget Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) are old enough to take over.

It was recently confirmed that actress Clair Norris, who has played Bernie since 2017, will be leaving EastEnders later this year, and upcoming scenes see her exit storyline kick off.

Next week begins with fresh fear for The Six, as Linda’s son Johnny Carter’s (Charlie Suff) relationship with Bernie’s cousin Felix Baker (Matthew James Morrison) continues to blossom.

Felix is keen for Bernie to give Johnny her seal of approval, unaware that he helped The Six cover up Keanu’s murder.

Denise fears that if Johnny doesn’t win Bernie over, it could bring the past back to haunt them all.

As the week goes on, however, it starts to look like Bernie is plotting something.

When Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) is brought in to check the Panesar business accounts, she notices some strange invoices, which, when raised with Bernie, she quickly dismisses.

After Vicki tries and fails to broach the subject with Bernie again, her partner Ross Marshall (Alex Walkinshaw) suggests speaking to Ravi Gualti (Aaron Thiara) directly.

When she does, Ravi knows nothing about the suspicious invoices, and he and Suki go to confront Bernie about the irregularities.

Has Bernie been fiddling the accounts? And what consequences might she face?

Earlier this month, Clair teased that her exit as Bernie will be ‘very dramatic’, telling Metro on the red carpet of the British Soap Awards: ‘It’s exciting. It’s an exciting time. Also very dramatic. You’ll have to stay tuned.’

Reflecting on her experience as part of The Six storyline, Clair added: ‘I absolutely loved doing that storyline. I loved working with the Six, they’re amazing women. I definitely had to up my game when I was working with them.

‘The scenes were amazing and it was nice to be given that storyline. Especially when the Taylors had left, it was nice to be given something that was dramatic. I absolutely, still to this day, love those scenes.’