LISA Swain has made a huge decision about Carla Connor after the shooting horror in Coronation Street.
The police detective – who is played by actress Vicky Meyers in the ITV soap – accidentally shot her daughter Betsy earlier this week while struggling with armed Rob Donovan.
He had taken Carla hostage, and when armed police didn’t immediately appear, Lisa rushed in to save the day.
There was a struggle and the gun went off, shooting Betsy in the arm and giving her nerve damage.
Lisa was devastated and guilt-stricken by what happened.
And when she went to confront Rob in the hospital, he manipulated her into blaming Carla.
“I should warn you about Carla,” he told her.
“She’s bad news is our Carla. It’s not her fault, bless her. Everyone around her gets burned. Trouble loves her. Look at what’s just happened to your daughter, eh?
“She has this way of dragging everyone down around her. Me, Peter… you.
“But Carla has this way of circling the drain while the rest of us get pulled into the sewer.
“I should get out now if I were you, or you’ll be next.”
Lisa decided that she needed space from Carla and shut her out – leaving Carla devastated.
However tonight after a peptalk from Betsy, Lisa changed her mind.
“I’m so sorry, I never should have said those things,” she told Carla as they reunited.
“I went to a hotel near the hospital. I’ve barely slept. I don’t need space, I need you.”
Carla told her: “I love you, I love you both. I know you and Betsy come as a package. I don’t want to replace Becky or push you into something you don’t want but as for what I want – this is it.”
The pair reunited but Carla’s advice to Lisa to tell Betsy the truth about the shooting didn’t go so well, with the teenager disowning her mum for putting herself in danger yet again.
Will they manage to make it up?
