CORONATION Street’s Leanne Battersby was left heartbroken after discovering her fiance Nick Tilsley’s affair with her sister Toyah Battersby in explosive scenes.
Leanne finally saw Rowan for the conman and manipulator he really is after finding files on his laptop in tonight’s episode of Coronation Street.
She discovered uploads from the ‘clients’ at The Institute with their confessions, including her own.
The Bistro owner realised that Rowan could blackmail her at any time, like what she is helping him do to Amy Barlow.
She also came across a file named ‘Nick and Toyah’ which she aimed to delete.
However, she opened it for deleting and was horrified to see her fiance kissing her sister.
At the Bistro, where the Platt family were celebrating Max’s 18th birthday, Leanne stormed in to confront Nick about his affair with Toyah.
The Platts were shocked by the explosive scenes as Leanne demanded answers.
Nick revealed their affair started after Rose’s (Toyah’s baby) funeral.
He explained they grew close while he grew apart from Leanne.
On the verge of tears, Leanne questioned: “Are you in love with her?”
A guilt-ridden Nick nodded and said: “Yes.”
Later, Leanne saw Toyah in the street, who was frantically trying to call and find her to explain.
Toyah said: “I am so sorry,” before Leanne slapped her across the face.
Toyah added: “I deserve that, but you have to understand-“
But Leanne chimed in: “I don’t wanna hear it, just go.”
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
Toyah proclaimed: “I love you so much.”
But a fuming Leanne yelled: “I said – just go!”
As Toyah walked off, Leanne sobbed into Shona’s arms who was walking by.
Has the sisters relationship been destroyed forever?
Meanwhile, Amy was left reeling after she was blackmailed by Rowan.
He sent her a voice recording of Amy confessing to kidnap, which she admitted during her ‘upload session’ with Leanne and Rowan.
Amy was unware he was recording, and Leanne was assured by Rowan that it would be deleted.
Amy refused to give into Rowan, but with a prison sentence hanging over her, will she be forced to give into The Institute? Can Leanne help her?
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
