26/08/2022

Brad’s keen to continue his film binge with Chelsea, but Chelsea has a work shift. Brad invites Oliver instead, but Oliver points out it wouldn’t go down well with Tracy. Later at the Orangery Oliver offers Chelsea a tip. But she doesn’t want charity. If he’d wanted to be supportive, he shouldn’t have sacked her mum. Chelsea relents when she spots how sad Oliver is that Tracy hasn’t forgiven him yet. And she acknowledges if it wasn’t for Oliver’s help, Brad would miss his maths trip. She’s sorry she was harsh. They reconcile, and Oliver mentions he saw Tracy in Borchester earlier. Chelsea insists he can’t have – her mum’s at work.
Ruairi and Julianne have spent the night in a hotel in Birmingham, where Julianne has a meeting. They agree it was fun; they must do it again. She’s paid Ruairi, and books him for the following week. Later Ruairi tells Ben he had a date with a girl. Ben’s pleased to hear it wasn’t ‘that weird woman’. Ruairi’s not happy with this description, but Ben just wants him to get out and live life. When Julianne calls, Ben guesses who Ruairi’s talking to by the tone of his voice, and susses he was with Julianne last night. He’s still lying! Ruairi accuses Ben of being judgemental, but Ben thinks the arrangement is totally screwed up. There are other ways to make money. Ruairi protests Ben’s being ridiculous, but Ben asserts he’s trying to be a friend. This is not okay – Ben is essentially a prostitute.