Laura Nielson and Andrew Earlham enjoy a first date, but the next day, rumors and accusations begin to circulate and the two find themselves entangled in a web of deceit and confusion.

Seeing Laura's post Andrew reassures his young son Luke of his innocence before ringing Laura and getting a tirade of accusations. Aware her sister's actions could jeopardize the case Katy asks Tom to intervene but his discovery that Andrew's wife committed suicide eleven years earlier after a row does not impress the investigating officers and backfires on Laura, who, like Andrew, is receiving Facebook messages, reviling them both. Andrew, however, is thrown an apparent life-line when a man called Dennis Walters phones him, to give him information on Laura's past. Written by don @ minifie-1

Laura's worst fears come to pass and her hidden past is exposed. But she must fight to put her personal struggles aside for the sake of one of her pupils, whose physical distress throws her unexpectedly at the mercy of Andrew.

Laura travels to Edinburgh to uncover the truth behind Andrew's wife's death, but finds more than she bargained for. Tensions between Tom and Katy reach fever pitch as their secret threatens to surface.

Laura enlists Tom's help in her plan to bring Andrew to justice. However, when a deception in Laura's personal life comes to light, she is left with no one to turn to, and she resorts to dangerous methods to force Andrew's confession.

Fearful that Vanessa will ultimately be believed Andrew asks Luke to lie for him and he is consequently released without charge. Three months later Liam and Katy are still living apart, Vanessa is pregnant and Laura has a new boyfriend Ian when she sees Andrew with another woman Charlotte, whom she warns about him. However Charlotte is a police officer, offering herself as bait to trap him but he is wise to her. As a result he gets too cocky, taunting Laura and inadvertently providing her with the means to expose him. Written by don @ minifie-1