Grace Black (Tamara Wall) desperately tries to cover her tracks in Hollyoaks next week after a party which Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) and Dillon Ray (Nathaniel Dass) attend ends in disaster.
Dillon and Frankie, as viewers know, are being groomed by Grace and Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey), who are running a child exploitation operation in the village with DI Banks.
Rex set his sights on Dillon earlier this year while Grace targeted niece Frankie, deeming her ‘perfect’ in bone-chilling scenes after what she’d been through last year.
The storyline in question took its darkest turn yet last month, with Grace manipulating the teens into having sex with party-goers, claiming it was Frankie’s opportunity to take back control.
Despite the prospect of losing son Curtis this week, Grace isn’t slowing down with her operation. If anything, she ups the ante as she plans a party of her own – without DI Banks’ knowledge.
Rex, meanwhile, grows doubtful that Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham) – who they took hostage last month – is the mole, giving him one last chance to come clean as he threatens Lexi’s life.
When Robbie makes it clear that he knows nothing, Rex tasks Dodger Savage (Danny Mac) with getting rid of him.
Despite previously pushing to get involved in dodgy deals, Rex has displayed doubts in recent weeks, determined to get out of the criminal underworld in favour of a life with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson).
But upcoming scenes will see him manipulate Frankie and Dillon once more, inviting them to Grace’s upcoming party at The Loft, claiming that he will protect them.
Dillon and Frankie have doubts about the whole thing but, feeling like they’ve got no choice, they head to the nightclub.
What exactly happens while they’re there remains to be seen but the whole thing ends in a disaster, with Grace determined to cover up the atrocity by buying Frankie and Dillon’s silence.
Will her efforts work?
Dillon, meanwhile, receives a visit from Donny Clark (Louis Emerick), who turns up with a kind gesture in a bid to show the teen the love that his family has for him.
Will this leave Dillon with food for thought?a
