Suki Panesar-Unwin (Balvinder Sopal) has made a huge decision about granddaughter Avani Nandra-Hart’s (Aaliyah James) unborn baby.

As viewers have seen this week, a troubled Avani confided in best mate Barney Mitchell (Lewis Bridgeman) about her pregnancy fears.

She was terrified by the prospect of raising twisted Joel Marshall’s (Max Murray) child, and knew that she’d have to take a test to confirm whether or not she was expecting.

In the office at Harry’s Barn, her worst nightmare was confirmed – the test was positive.

Avani immediately made plans to terminate the pregnancy, asking Barney to help her source abortion pills online. He told her she’d have to use legal methods – so she set about doing some research.

What she didn’t anticipate was Suki looking over her shoulder, and seeing a clinic’s website open on her laptop. It was then that Avani had to come clean.

In today’s episode, Suki urged her to reconsider.

She noted that it could be Avani’s only chance to have a child, and she didn’t want her to regret it. The teen remained firm on her decision, and was prepared to open up to mum Priya (Sophie Khan Levy) and dad Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) about her ordeal.

Unfortunately, her parents were too distracted to sit down and hear about her difficult situation.

She headed back to speak with Barney, who offered to join her at the abortion clinic, but she told him that she was starting to have doubts about what to do next.

Meanwhile, Suki spoke with the Granthi, asking him for some advice. He warned that if she continued to dismiss Avani’s concerns, their relationship would be at risk.

It was this conversation that then gave Suki food for thought, and after speaking with wife Eve (Heather Peace) about moving forward in life, decided to propose something to Avani.

She asked her to carry the baby – so that she could raise it as her own.