EASTENDERS fans have been left devastated that Zoe Slater didn’t make a reappearance on tonight’s EastEnders.
The character – who is played by actress Michelle Ryan in the BBC soap – was due to meet her mum Kat after 17 years away.
Earlier this week, Lily couldn’t help but interfere after finding the unsent invitation for Zoe for Kat’s upcoming wedding to Phil.
“I invited aunty Zoe to the wedding,” she told her mum, but Stacey was horrified by what she said.
She told her daughter: “Some surprises are good – like this party. But her and Zoe – that is just a box you don’t want to open darling.”
But Lily told her: “Look mum stop worrying, aunty Kat needs her family and that’s exactly what we’re going to give her.”
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Lily couldn’t hold back when Kat walked in and gushed: “I told aunty Zoe you were getting married.
“I saw the invitation you didn’t send so I found her on Facebook and invited her for you. But do you want to know the best bit?
“I saw she was in London today shopping, so I told her how much you missed her and that you’d be waiting for her at Peggy’s at 8.30pm tonight. She hasn’t seen the message yet but just have faith, yeah?”
Kat was stunned and called Lily a “stupid little cow”.
Later she raged to Stacey but opened up about how terrified she was to face her daughter.
Stacey convinced her to go to meet Zoe where Kat sat nervous and terrified.
However last night, she was distracted when Ben got attacked by Zack Hudson and exposed for selling drugs in Peggy’s.
And tonight it emerged that Zoe didn’t turn up in the bar with Kat telling Lily: “When Zoe’s ready to build a bridge, I’ll be on the other side waiting, the same as my sisters.
“But I’ve got enough love around me in the meantime.”
However, fans are convinced that Zoe DID turn up – but Kat missed her in the commotion of the dramatic episode.
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One wrote: “If EastEnders brings Zoe back I WILL DIE – she’s a big fave of mine as a kid on the show. Ain’t happening yet.”
A second said alongside a series of sad emojis: “I feel like Zoe coming back is just a huge f**king tease.”
Another added: “I can’t believe the last time we saw Zoe on the Square was 2005. Bring back Zoe!”
