ONE major secret comes to light next week in the cobbles and it could end in tears.
Coronation Street's Tracy Barlow confesses to having an affair with Tommy Orpington next week. What's in store for her?
The florist portrayed by Kate Ford encountered some issues within her marriage to Steve McDonald in recent scenes of the ITV soap.
But while the cabbie (played by Simon Gregson) has been trying to reignite the spark between them, Tracy decided to embark on an affair with retired football player Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn).
The illicit couple have been sneaking around Weatherfield, sharing stolen moments of passion behind Steve's back.
Unfortunately for them, one resident has figured out what they've been up and it all comes to a head next week as Tracy decides to come clean.
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Coming up, Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) tells Tracy he knows about her affair after his wife Sally (Sally Dynevor) began to put two and two together and she has to tell Steve.
Tracy returns home with a feeling of dread, but she’s wrongfooted when Steve goes down on one knee and asks her if she’ll renew their vows - and she finds herself agreeing.
An excited Steve tells Tim that he and Tracy are renewing their vows and he’d like him to be his best man, leaving his pal horrified.
Later on, Tracy breaks the news to her father figure Ken Barlow (William Roache) and daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney) that she’s been having a fling with Tommy.
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The pair of them are appalled by Tracy's bombshell.
Meanwhile, as Tommy puts the finishing touches to their bathroom, Tim tells Sally he wants him gone out of loyalty to Steve.
Who is more likely to blab and tell Steve the truth?
Could Tracy's crisis of conscience lead to her finally telling her husband what she has been up to?
Tracy and Tommy's secret slowly came to light in recent scenes of the Manchester-based drama as they were romping at No.1 while Tim and Gav Adetiba worked outside the home.
Mortified at the thought of being caught out by Steve's pal, Tracy quickly made out that she'd been in the company of her husband during his lunch break.
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But when Steve revealed that he'd been away from home all day, Sally Metcalfe realised that Tracy was romping with another man.
Both Steve and Tracy have had their fair share of affairs in the past and have always managed to fix things before things spiralled out of control between them.
Could this affair be too much for them to overcome?
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Or will they follow in the footsteps of Nina Lucas and Asha Alahan who have recently split up?
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.