Oh, MICHELLE CONNOR!
It’s looking more and more likely that she’s jumped right from a sizzling frying pan and into a roasting hot fire, since getting involved with Robert Preston.
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And Robert’s dark side becomes more of a ‘thing’ next week when Michelle goes actual missing.
Hang on, WHAT?? Um…is it only us not OKAY with that?
Luckily, no. Robert is also massively concerned about his girlfriend’s whereabouts. Good! That’s SOME boyfriend points for him, at least.
Robert’s heckles are raised when Mich heads into town, alone, and then just stops replying to his messages. Is he overreacting – or could something have happened?
Let’s have a collective little think about that, yeah?
LUCKILY, Michelle’s disappearance shakes her new fella and his frantic messages, that are going unanswered, leave him convinced that his old enemy, Rich, is behind it all.
Despite all the calls and messages, Michelle doesn’t pick up and Robert – already paranoid by the graffiti and firebomb – is certain Rich has done something sinister.
Ignoring about a thousand calls and messages, Michelle remains cold, and Robert is certain this isn’t just Michelle ghosting him.
Her disappearance comes after the Bistro is targeted again via physical and psychological threats and intimidation.
Even when the police tell him that Rich has an alibi and couldn’t have abducted Michelle, a sceptical Robert refuses to believe it and tracks him down in a fury.
In heated scenes, Robert gives Rich a severe beating outside his own home, warning that he’ll kill him if he finds out that he’s done anything to Michelle.
Later on, Robert’s actions have clearly backfired when the police arrive at Victoria Court to arrest him on suspicion of ABH.
Robert is later released on bail, but what on earth has happened to Michelle? And could the police be right when they continue to insist that Rich is not responsible?
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And if it really isn’t the twisted drug-dealer behind everything, then who is?