Coronation Street viewers suspected Geoff Metcalfe was behind Nicky Wheatley's violent attack during Wednesday's episode - believing his envelope of cash, and him being in the episode at all, was proof.
The characters will soon feature in new scenes, while it has been teased the pair share a past. Geoff cheated on wife Yasmeen Nazir with escorts a few months ago, and Nicky herself is a sex worker.
On Wednesday, her love interest Daniel Osbourne was horrified to find her bleeding in the street after being attacked. Screaming and crying in pain, Nicky stepped out of a taxi after fleeing a hotel where she had been with a client.
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