Sharon makes a silly mistake
PHIL’S MISSUS PLOTS TO GET ONE OVER ON HIS BUSINESS RIVAL…
She stole Aidan’s heist from right under his nose, and this week Sharon seems to be carving out a new role as Walford’s queen of cunning – as she devises a host of crafty plots! But who’s managed to get on her wrong side?
The troubles begin when Keanu has to deal with a bad-mannered Arches customer called Henry. Feeling out of his depth and needing some backup, the lad asks Sharon for help – but it doesn’t go well…
“Henry dislikes dealing with Keanu, who he sees as just a kid,” reveals our Albert Square mole. “But he doesn’t like Sharon either! He rudely patronises her after she offers her assistance – and you can just imagine how well that goes down with her! She’s not one to take casual sexism from anyone, and decides that she’s going to teach Henry a lesson.
“With Keanu’s help, she hatches a revenge plan – but Phil won’t be at all happy when he hears about it!”
Meanwhile, Phil is in a pretty good mood for once, and is looking forward to putting all his energies back into his business. The peace and calm doesn’t last long, though, once he realises that the car lot has reopened, and Max Branning is the one running it. Without even pausing for breath, Phil heads over to face down his old rival.
“Phil tries to bribe Max to leave Walford, but Max isn’t having any of it,” our spy tells us. “He feels he has a perfect right to be there, and he’s just trying to get his own life back on track. Phil is fuming because he’d hoped he’d seen the last of Max, but he reluctantly concedes that there’s not much he can do about him – at least for the moment. Then again, when has that ever stopped him?”
Phil’s day gets even worse after he receives a complaint from Henry about the way he’s been treated by Sharon and Keanu at the Arches. So Phil asks Sharon to give him her side of the story
“Phil tries to bribe Max to leave, but he isn’t having it”
– and isn’t best pleased by what he discovers.
“Sharon is forced to fess up,” shares our snitch. “And when she goes on to tell her hubby what she and Keanu have done to get their revenge on Henry, Phil is even more horrified!
“To rub salt in the wound, he then discovers that Keanu messed up the garage books while he was away. With everything in such a shambles, he gives Keanu one day to prove his worth – otherwise he’s out on his ear!”
Keanu is distraught at the prospect of losing his job, but Sharon hatches yet another plan that she thinks will put everything right again – and it involves using Max Branning as a scapegoat! The question is: can Sharon manage to get back into Phil’s good books, save Keanu’s job,
and get one over on Max all at the same time?
She’s certain she can do it with her barnstormer of a scheme. But surely it can’t be that easy…