Sarah Barlow is dicing with danger next week on Coronation Street as she ends up drinking with the enemy. After she rows with husband, Adam, she announces that she’s off to the hotel he booked for their date night on her own.
As drug dealer Damon Hay orders a drink in the hotel bar, Sarah parks herself next to him, unaware who he is. Damon chats her up as Sarah admits she’s had a row with her husband and a tipsy Sarah invites Damon up to her room for a drink.
Elsewhere, at the Underworld factory Peter Barlow is stunned to find Stephen Reid in charge and accuses the staff of stabbing his wife Carla in the back. Stephen is about to sign the American contract when businessman Rufus Donahue appears and tells him to tear it up as he wants sole rights to Nippersnapper and if he doesn’t play ball, he’ll tell everyone how he’s been drugging Carla. Picking up his now-famous trusty hole punch, a furious Stephen approaches Rufus.
