Next week’s Coronation Street promises plenty more drama between Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) and Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins).
After Christina’s spending addiction was exposed this week, she’s hoping to start rebuilding the relationships she’s damaged. However, it doesn’t take long before she’s hit with another setback when she returns home alongside George Shuttleworth, and Mary has a surprise waiting for her.
In upcoming scenes, George and Christina arrive back at No.11 to discover Mary holding what can only be described as a flash sale.
Rather than quietly letting the past lie, Mary has gathered together a selection of household items and is happily selling them off to anyone who’s interested.
Many of them are items Christina has only recently bought.
An outraged Christina demands to know what Mary thinks she’s playing at, but Mary is having none of it.
She calmly points out that the purchases were made using a credit card in her name, meaning the items belong to her, not Christina, and she’s perfectly entitled to sell them.
It’s safe to say Christina doesn’t take the news well.
The showdown comes just days after Christina finally admitted the full extent of her financial troubles.
Viewers watched as Glenda Shuttleworth became increasingly suspicious of Christina’s behaviour and decided to investigate for herself while Christina was out of the way at Roy’s Rolls.
After searching through her handbag, Glenda made a shocking discovery: credit card statements, including one belonging to Mary.
Convinced George was being taken for a ride, she wasted no time sending him photos of what she’d found.
George’s concerns only grew when he followed Christina to the precinct and spotted her embracing another man.
Fearing the worst, he confronted her on the spot, only for Christina to reveal the man was actually her ex-husband, Lenny.
She then confessed the truth about her spending addiction, explaining she had fraudulently taken out credit cards in other people’s names and had been trying to face up to the damage she’d caused.
Christina later attended a support group, where she spoke honestly about her addiction and admitted she was ashamed of the way she’d treated those closest to her.
With George by her side, she eventually came clean to Mary, Glenda and Todd, confessing she had secretly opened credit cards in both Mary’s and Glenda’s names.
Although George encouraged them to support Christina as she tried to turn her life around, forgiveness wasn’t handed out easily.
Glenda was scathing, while Mary made it clear that Christina would have to earn back her trust.
Next week, it’s obvious Mary isn’t quite ready to move on.
She continues taking swipe after swipe at Christina over her history of fraudulent spending, making it clear she’s still furious about everything that’s happened.
But while Mary is focused on settling old scores, Christina suddenly receives a notification on her phone that leaves her panicking.
Seeing a message confirming another package is out for delivery, Christina’s heart sinks. Is she really ready to face her addiction?
