Gente de barrio

Still hurt that Kat kissed Michael, Alfie puts on a cheery front and organises a Mexican night at the Vic. Alfie pawns his wedding ring for the money he owes Michael, but later discovers Michael’s returned the money. He gives the money back and tells Michael that he saw him kiss Kat, but Michael insists Kat kissed him. Roxy’s worried about Alfie, who realises she’s the first person who’s asked how he is. Alfie’s doodled K & A in a heart over his Mexican night flags. Kat’s touched and confesses that she kissed Michael. Alfie doesn’t react, but violently smashes the Piñata for Mexican night. Alfie tells Kat he doesn’t care about the kiss, but he lost a baby too, and she’s never asked him how he’s coping. Alfie admits sometimes he hates Kat, because this is all her fault. Janine’s angry with Whitney, but defends her when Roxy threatens to tell the police she saw her steal David’s wallet on CCTV. Ryan wants Whitney to leave Janine’s, but Whitney refuses. When Whitney won’t go out that night searching for men, Janine tells her to leave if she can’t pay. With nowhere to go, Whitney sleeps in a shed on the Allotments. Michael walks in on Ronnie comparing a passport photo of him to baby James. Ronnie says it just fell out of his bag, but Michael knows she’s lying. Tamwar realises Masood’s behind Afia’s decision to go travelling. Masood tells him to respect Yusef’s decision to send his daughter away. Darren urges Tamwar to take charge, and Tamwar tells Masood he knows about his ‘chat’ with Afia, and insists he talk to Yusef. Heather does an ironing job for Darren for some extra money, and is let down when he can’t pay her.