Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard) has recently embarked on an affair with his sister-in-law, Abi Webster (Sally Carman), on Coronation Street. But could his head be about to be turned by another of Weatherfield’s women?
Since they first met each other by chance in the romantic location of Freshco’s car park, Abi and Carl have been fighting an undeniable attraction to each other.
When Abi discovered that the attractive man she’d been flirting with was none other than Kevin (Michael Le Vell)’s half-brother, she was shocked.
She tried hard to fight her feelings, knowing that Kevin would be devastated if she acted on them.
The fact that Kevin was also going through cancer treatment was another factor that made her feel like she could never give in to how she felt about Carl.
Kevin got an inkling that there was something brewing between his wife and his brother. In a desperate attempt to stop Abi leaving him, Kevin pretended he was still having cancer treatment even though he’d had the all-clear. It was finding out this lie that finally sent Abi into Carl’s arms.
Since then, they’ve been meeting up in secret, with Abi still not ready to break Kevin’s heart and break up her family for Carl.
To help cover up their affair, in upcoming episodes Carl is flirting with Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) – who has previously made no secret of the fact she fancies him. He lets slip that he’s staying in room 101 at the Chariot Square Hotel.
Abi is annoyed by this, but Carl reassures her that it was just a cover and they plan to meet later that day in his hotel room.
When Carl gets back to his room later he can’t help but smile as he realises Abi got there before him and is in the shower. Anticipating the afternoon ahead, he sees the bathroom door open and a face peers around the door.
But it’s not Abi. It’s Tracy, who’s seized the initiative and let herself into his room after he carelessly told her which one it was.
How will Carl react? Can he possibly resist a freshly-showered Tracy? And, with Abi expected at the hotel at any moment, how will she react if she finds Carl in flagrante with the florist?
