Estranged wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) has branded him "a man of many secrets", as the attendees of Zoe Slater's (Michelle Ryan) wake watched on in horror.
She rushed off upstairs, before collapsing on her bed in agony due to a head injury. Max wanted to ensure she'd stay quiet, though couldn't make sense of what she was saying.
Presuming she was drunk, Max left her alone and ignored her cries for mum Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace). Hours later, Zoe died and the police knew, from a 999 call she'd made, that a man was present shortly before her passing.
Last week, Oscar Branning (Pierre Counihan-Moullier) made a drunken blunder and told Cindy that Max was there in those final moments. She decided to use this against him, saying that she'd sign the divorce papers and keep her mouth shut if he coughed up 50k.
In today's episode, after spending the night with Kat in a police cell for being involved in a scuffle with a police officer, Cindy was feeling guilt-ridden. She listened to Kat pour her heart out, asking how she coped after losing her own children, Lucy and Steven.
For a moment, Cindy began to talk in a way that clearly implied she knew the identity of the mystery man. Kat urged her to open up, though she insisted that she knew nothing – and then the cell door swung open.
Kat raced home and made it to the church with just enough time to make an emotional tribute to Zoe alongside grandchildren Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness) and Josh Goodwin (Joshua Vaughan).
Lee Carter (Danny Hatchard) then entered in a drunken state, and when Max tried to guide him out, he blurted out that he was a good man that was trying to help his family – including mum Linda, who he was with.
What will Cindy do with this news?
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