Lauren Bolton聽(Cait Fitton) recently gave birth to a baby boy in聽Coronation Street,
and best friend聽Max Turner聽(Paddy Bever) was keen to find out who the father was.
With Lauren having previously told DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers)
that Nathan Curtis (Chris Harper) had been responsible for the attack that led to her disappearance,聽the detective believed that he was the father of her baby.
However, viewers will know that the true culprit was solicitor Joel Deering (Calum Lill), who groomed Lauren and is the real father of her baby.
Lauren dropped a bombshell about the father of baby Frankie
Joel is determined to keep his involvement under wraps, and even went so far as to聽drug Lauren with pills that induce early labour.
Max took Lauren to the Bistro
Fortunately, baby聽Frankie survived the premature birth, and is currently being cared for in the hospital.
In tonight鈥檚 episode, Max encouraged Lauren to go for lunch with him, in a bid to get her out of the hospital for a couple of hours.
Lauren reluctantly agreed, but was rattled when Joel also arrived at the Bistro with Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown).
During their meal, Max asked Lauren about Nathan being Frankie鈥檚 dad, and in a shocking turn of events, Lauren admitted that he wasn鈥檛.
