Will his shock confession force Stevie out of Walford?

FOR WEEK COMMENCING 8TH JULY
After deciding to throw a surprise party for Stevie in The Vic, Billy explains to Will that Stevie and his long-lost mum, Val, shared the same birthday and that he doesn’t know where his mum is living.
In the café, Teddy meets Stevie to give him a card and warns him to stop lying. And when Phil overhears them talking about keeping something from Billy, he's intrigued and gets Ritchie to do some digging.
Later in The Vic, Stevie is overjoyed to see the effort Billy and Will have gone to and when Billy gives a speech about his dad, he wishes his mum well, wherever she is. When Phil arrives, he takes Stevie aside to show the evidence Ritchie has dug up on him.
Ushering Billy and Teddy back to No.18 with him and Phil, Stevie confesses to Billy that his mum is dead and shares the tragic story of Val’s death with reeling Billy and Teddy.
With Billy a broken man, he confides in Phil who tells him to wise up to who Stevie really is. And later, Teddy implores Billy not to let this revelation rob them of their relationship.
When Billy talks to his son, Will misunderstands what he’s saying and reveals that Phil framed Stevie. And Billy rages at Phil for trying to wreck his new family.
Before planning to leave Walford, Stevie implores Billy and Teddy to hear him out and apologises for everything he’s done.

Following a confrontation with Phil, Stevie asks Mo to do him a favour and Phil is furious to discover his car is missing and calls the police.
Meanwhile, Stevie asks Billy if he can say goodbye to his grandchildren and Kat and Alfie are sad when Tommy confides in them about how hurt he is that Phil doesn’t seem interested in him anymore.
Consumed by anger, Phil continues to drive a wedge between himself and everyone close to him and Billy and Teddy arrange a family dinner at Walford East, but don’t invite Phil, until Jay asks him to join them.
As Teddy tries to smooth things over between the family, Phil takes a seat and during a tense meal, Phil says some nasty things about Stevie before Harry riles him up over the missing motor.
Elsewhere, Kat is mortified when Tommy is caught on camera shoplifting at the Minute Mart and Jean suggests she needs to find Tommy a job to keep him out of trouble.
And when Harry accidentally knocks a drink all over Sharon, Teddy takes the opportunity to ask her out again. She elegantly turns him down, so later, he arrives on her doorstep with a new blouse and wine.
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