There was intense Coronation Street drama as Jon Spear finally found out that his 'soulmate' Emma Brooker was involved in the death of his grandad Ted. Jon was shell-shocked when he went to confront Emma after she had suddenly brutally dumped him and the horrifying truth came spilling out.
When Jon unexpectedly arrived and demanded answers, Emma's flatmate Faye Windass blurted out that they were responsible for his Ted's death. The girls have been weaving a twisted web of lies ever since they accidentally ran frail Ted down on New Year's Day Corrie while Emma was supervising Faye on a driving lesson.
The friends took Ted back home to his flat after he insisted he was fine. But when they returned to check on him later they found that he had passed away in his chair.
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Afraid that Faye could go back to prison after she was released on bail for attacking Adam Barlow in a case of mistaken identity the friends vowed to keep their involvement a secret. They left the elderly man to be found by his grandson, but there was a twist when a guilty Emma went to Ted's funeral and she ended up falling for Jon.
Jon had asked her to start a new life in Australia with him as he shared his plans to open a beach bar and Emma was stunned to realise she had visited the same place as a kid. But she was ordered to dump Jon by Faye and her policeman boyfriend Craig Tinker who had walked out on the force to protect Faye.
Jon realised something didn't add up and the girls told him everything. There were heartbreaking scenes as he stormed out with Emma pleading that she loved him.
As well as fearing that she had lost the love of her life the bubbly Rovers Return barmaid was also left wondering if he would call the police. But there was a major twist as he returned to the flat with the bombshell that he still wanted to move away with her.
Jon explained that it brought him some comfort to think that Emma and Faye were the last people to see him. And he reassured he wouldn't be calling he police, saying: "You've been through enough."
"Did you mean it when you said you love me?" he asked Emma. "Maybe it really is our destiny to be together." Many viewers were happy to see Emma get a happy ending after her previous relationship with Curtis Delamere ended in disaster.
@callymediaplc tweeted: "I've never shipped a couple harder bro."
@JamieTVandNews said: "Emma's getting a happy ending. Good."
@mishybabez_ commented: "Emma deserves happiness with Jon."
But @craggsy82 warned: "Wait till Jon and Emma have their first argument... 'But you killed my Grandad....'"
And @janwilkins59 said: "I'm beginning to wonder if he's wired?*!"
@ChrisHe911 commented: "He's got a hold on you now."
@ScullyScully73 tweeted: "Jon now sat there cool as a cucumber. Murdered me Granddad let's have a cuppa..!!"
And @stevebethere said with a suspicious-face emoji: "And everyone lived happily ever after."
Actress Alexandra Mardell, who arrived on the famous street as pink-wearing Emma in April 2018, previously told the Manchester Evening News that she was happy with her character's exit, although she wasn't giving away the ending at the time.
"I'm happy definitely. Yep. It is the right ending," she smiled. And she's pleased that the door is being left open for her return.
"I'm so pleased that Emma is not being killed off," she added. "Really really pleased. I'm always welcomed back if I can which is lovely. I don't know what the future holds but I'm glad Emma is alive."
