ED - July 9th 2009 (Part 2)

Val (Charlie Hardwick) schemes when Pollard (Chris Chittell) tells her hes earned no money from the factory closure. Val conspires with Lisa (Jane Cox) to get the Dingles to rob the factory so she and Pollard can claim on the insurance. She arranges a dinner party so Pollard is preoccupied for the evening. The Dingles get the go ahead from Val and break into the factory as planned. However, Vals guests decide to leave early to escape the culinary concoction shes prepared and in desperation Val rushes the pudding through in order to keep Pollard exactly where she wants him. Back at the factory the Dingles are startled when David (Matthew Wolfenden) and Leyla (Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi) arrive for some adventurous late night passion, but they luckily decide to take their liaison elsewhere. Val gets the all clear from the Dingles and tells a mystified Pollard that everythings going to be ok. Will Pollard discover what shes done? Meanwhile, Mark (Maxwell Caulfield) is hurt to find out that Natasha (Amanda Donohoe) is leaving on holiday sooner than he thought. Nathan (Lyndon Ogbourne) is concerned to witness the unease at Home Farm and tells Maisie (Alice Coulthard) about the holiday. Taking the opportunity Maisie corners her mother and tells her shes coming on the holiday too. Maisie excitedly breaks the news to Mark who is grimly resigned to being abandoned by his wife. Will Natasha return from holiday with a new outlook on her marriage? Elsewhere, Lexis (Sally Oliver) problems are compounded when she learns shes lost her job. Back home Carl (Tom Lister) is quietly discomfited when Lexi shares the IVF news with Scarlett (Kelsey-Beth Crossley). Desperate to buy himself time, Carl asks Lexi not to tell anyone they are looking into IVF. Jimmy (Nick Miles) pours scorn on Carls latest capitulation and urges him to tell Lexi the truth before its too late. Will Carl swallow his fears and be straight with Lexi?