Friday 13 November

Now their relationship's back on track, Kris wants to prove himself to Nancy by looking after Charlie for the day. Loretta and Jake arrange to meet up in the park, but Loretta's flustered when she bumps into Kris and Charlie, having to cover the fact she's meeting Jake, and they don't notice that Charlie's wandered off. Panic sets in when they realise he's missing, but Loretta's anxious when Kris wants to call the police, and persuades him to contact Nancy instead. As they search back in the village, Nancy's out of her mind with worry and things get worse when Jack and Frankie find out. Needing all the help they can get, Frankie insists on calling Jake to help their search, but blind panic sets in when they can't get hold of him and they're worried he's got Charlie. Jake's annoyed when he turns up late to meet Loretta and she insinuates she thought he'd taken Charlie. A guilty Loretta stays quiet as the accusations towards Jake fly but when Nancy insists on reporting him to the police, Loretta has to summon up the courage to stand by him and vouch for his whereabouts. Nancy's relieved when Charlie's returned safely, but angry by Loretta's involvement with Jake, she insists she gets out of her flat.

Hannah can't help wondering if this is what her life has become now she's moved into Darren's flat as he sits amongst his mess eating left over pizza. After hearing Charlie's missing she goes to help with the search, but Nancy makes it quite clear she's not welcome. A downbeat Hannah returns to the flat and is touched at the lengths Darren's gone to for her to welcome her, albeit a burnt offering of her favourite Chicken Jalfrezi. Touched by Darren's kindness, Hannah kisses him, but with his mind on Cindy, Darren pulls away. Hannah's full of self loathing when Darren rejects her advances.

Anita's ashamed now her anorexia lie is out and wishes she could get as far away from school as possible. An enthusiastic Ricky turns up to see her, excited that they're merging schools next week, and invites her to join him in his shack, but he's worried to see her so down when she walks off on him. He's relieved when he returns to the shack to find her waiting for him but shocked when she reveals she's come to say goodbye. When they discover Charlie sleeping under a pile of clothes in the shack she realises that running away isn't the answer. Anita hopes they can be heroes by returning Charlie safely home, but she's got her doubts about the family he's going back to as they remind her of her own mixed up life.

Cindy's bored and tries to tempt Tony to bunk off work for an afternoon of pleasure. Although he's tempted, he's not prepared to leave the restaurant and they're distracted when Theresa arrives looking for work. After being insulted about her age, Cindy's adamant there's no work for Theresa and, annoyed that Tony's more interested in Il Gnosh than her, she storms off. Cindy and Darren bump into each other in the village and both feign upbeat moods to mask their true feelings. Cindy tries to cover her jealousy of Hannah moving in with Darren but he knows exactly what she's thinking and riles her by commenting on the fact he's got himself a younger model. Annoyed, Cindy returns to the restaurant to find Tony and Theresa in a compromising position and she's not happy.