Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street‘s Maria Connor refuses to forgive her husband Gary Windass next week following a frightening incident involving her son Liam.
Maria bitterly blames Gary for not being there to rescue Liam when the troubled teenager suffers a shock collapse.
The drama begins next week as Liam spends time with his friend Joseph Brown at Paul Foreman and Billy Mayhew’s flat.
Liam confides in Joseph about how he has been suffering from panic attacks following his bullying ordeal with Mason Radcliffe, but hasn’t told Maria because he doesn’t want to worry her.
While rummaging through cupboards for sweets, Liam finds Paul’s secret stash of Benzo pills and puts them in his pocket.
Meanwhile, over at the Rovers Return, Gary is concerned to spot Sarah Barlow knocking back wine as she continues to struggle following Damon Hay’s imprisonment. Gary decides to head over to support her.
When Liam returns home, he’s confused to find that Gary is not back. He feels a panic attack coming on and takes out Paul’s Benzo pills.
Billy is first to realise that the pills are missing and Joseph mentions that Liam was looking through cupboards earlier. Billy panics, but it’s already too late as Liam lies unconscious in the flat with the pill bottle next to him.
In the fallout from the scary incident, Maria is left suspicious a few days later as she returns home to find Gary and Sarah looking shifty together. Gary is secretly feeling regretful that he could have been there for Liam sooner if he hadn’t been spending time with Sarah again.
Maria picks up some things from the flat and secretly places a camera on the side, wanting to find out what Gary and Sarah are hiding from her.
Once Maria leaves, Gary sees Sarah out of the flat. They share a final hug and agree that it’s time to start keeping their distance from each other again.
Maria watches them via her phone and her face darkens as she realises that Gary is keeping secrets from her.
