08/02/2024

Alice arrives to collect Eve for their shopping trip but she seems suddenly cold, evasive and makes excuses. When Alice tries to rearrange, Eve tells her that, on reflection, it would be best if they just forget about the whole thing - and shuts the door in her face. Distraught, she finds Harry and says Eve was like a different person, as though she had done something awful. He promises to call his mother and put things right as soon as he has finished dealing with a buyer. Later, Harry confronts Eve, angry at her treatment of Alice. She asks him to calm down so she can explain: her friend Celine Pocock recognised the photo of Alice and filled her in on the terrible incidents she was involved in before she stopped drinking. Harry declares that he knows these things. Eve counters that, nevertheless, for his own sake he must never see her again. Adam annoys Susan and Clarrie when he brings in milk churns so full that the pair spill some while lifting them. He tells them the council is carrying out a snap inspection the next day. He will struggle to get the paperwork together as he still has to collect ingredients for the aphrodisiac ice cream. Clarrie is just about to confess it’s a prank when they notice Hilda lapping up the spilt milk. As they try to catch her she runs across work surfaces and equipment, contaminating the kitchen. They have to do a full deep clean which will take all day. For Tony this is the final straw - Hilda has to go.