SHOCKING TWIST!!! EastEnders confirms deadly twist in full details of Eddie Knight return story

EastEnders’ George Knight is left with a moral dilemma next week, when he learns that his adoptive father Eddie is not long for this world! As parents Nicola and George begin to settle into their new normal with baby Ivy, the pair are at each other’s throats when Nicola discovers that George’s phone has been switched off and he’s received a string of missed calls.

Seeing that they’re from the hospital and assuming that they’re about their premature daughter, Nicola calls back – and is shocked by who picks up!

“It’s Eddie,” begins our Walford insider. “Nicola sneaks off to confront him at the hospital where he makes the unexpected admission that he hasn’t got long left. When George later asks Nicola where she’s been, she lies to him – but her deception soon comes out in the wash!”

Finding a mysterious parking ticket from the hospital, George presses Nicola for the truth of her whereabouts, forcing her to reveal all about Eddie’s condition. In a move that shocks Gina and Kojo, George decides to pay his disgraced dad a visit – and is taken aback by the old man’s fragile condition!

“George harbours a lot of hatred towards Eddie, but seeing him in such a weakened state really knocks him for six,” explains our source.

“George will never forgive Eddie for the past, but this is the man who brought him up and George is a kind man. The conflict he feels over seeing Eddie so poorly puts his moral compass in a spin.”

Nicola and George’s drama begins even earlier in the week, when they’re able to bring premature Ivy home from the hospital at last. However, their blissful baby bubble is popped when they walk into an unwanted surprise party for the tot, prompting stressed Nicola to order everyone out of her house!

“Nicola’s been through a lot, and having everyone overwhelm her when she’s only just brought little Ivy home is too much,” reckons our insider. “She and Gina have a sweet heart-to-heart about the new arrival, and Nicola lights up when she watches George dote on their daughter. They just need peace and privacy for now!”

Later in the week, Nicola faces financial troubles when her accountant reveals that Harry’s Barn is in serious debt. Confronting Gina and Harry, the guilty pair come clean to Nicola about the bar’s cash flow problem, and Harry begs his mum not to sell up.

Meanwhile, Nicola heads to the hospital to confront dying Eddie, desperate to convince him to leave her family alone. Yet as she supports an emotional George in the wake of a shocking week of revelations, is this really the last that we’ve seen of wicked Eddie?