Shona moves in with Roy…
SHE AGREES TO RETURN TO THE COBBLES AND LIVE WITH ROY…
Shona is finally back home on the cobbles this week, but she’s not at the Platts’! Amnesiac Shona returned to the Street last week, although she insisted that it was too soon to spend time with her husband David. But after she wanders off from the Platt household, she bumps into Roy – and their touching friendship is rekindled… “She bolts out of the Platts’ when she goes to visit – I think it becomes quite overwhelming,” explains Julia Goulding, who plays Shona. “So, she goes off on a little mission of her own to have a look around, and maybe jog her memory – and, interestingly, she ends up at the back of Roy’s. He invites her in for a cup of tea and a cookie, and she warms to him, this new guy who’s a little bit odd!” There’s relief all round when the Platts learn that Shona is safe, and her key worker Alice arrives to take her back to the rehab facility. However, it seems that Shona happening upon Roy could have a silver lining, as he suggests that she move back into the café flat with him! “We know Shona and Roy had a very good friendship before her injury,” Julia reminds us. “And what’s interesting is that there’s something very unthreatening about him. Shona inherently seems to know that this guy is okay. “Everyone is feeding Shona so much information right now, yet Roy is so gentle with her,” she adds. “He doesn’t barge in and say, ‘I’m Roy, you know me!’. He lets her find her own way – and that’s going to be so important in her development as she overcomes this.” With that in mind, Roy invites Shona and Alice over to look round his flat. But disaster strikes when the oven buzzer pings, and Shona instinctively reaches inside to remove the food with her bare hands! As poor Shona cries out in pain, it’s clear that both Roy
“Shona warms to this new guy who is a bit odd!”
and Nina are worried, as they realise Shona’s memory loss is going to have a bigger effect than they could’ve imagined. Has Roy bitten off more than he can chew by taking her in?