Cassie Plummer's (Claire Sweeney) story takes a dark turn in Coronation Street as she prepares to leave the ITV soap next week. After the arrival of Tyrone Dobbs' father Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield), Cassie has been determined to expose his true colors.
This week, she reveals that Ross paid her for sex when she was just 15, but is horrified when Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) forgives him. In a bid to sabotage his new job at Highfield Prison, Cassie crushes tablets into his smoothie so he fails a drug test. However, she drops the pill packet, and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) finds it, ending their relationship.
Dumped and Homeless
Next week, after being dumped by Steve and thrown out by Tyrone, Cassie wakes up on the sofa at No.4. Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) found her drunk in the cab office and brought her home. She later tells her grandchildren she has been offered a job as a cleaner on a cruise ship and says goodbye.
Actress Claire Sweeney said: 'She feels she has absolutely no choice. She has been rejected by the love of her life, Steve, and everyone else has turned their backs on her. She feels her life there has been destroyed. The only option left is to take that job on the cruise ship.'
A Sinister Ride
Before leaving, Cassie asks Steve to meet her at the precinct, but Ross pulls up first and offers a lift. Cassie gets in, and Ross locks the doors and speeds away as Steve arrives. The next day, Steve asks Ross where he dropped Cassie, and Ross pretends not to know what he's talking about. When Steve reveals he saw her getting into his car, Ross backtracks and claims he took her to Piccadilly Station.
'Whether she actually makes it to that ship or what happens when Ross takes her—that's the beauty of it. No one knows, and it's left wonderfully open,' Claire teased.
Is Ross telling the truth, or could Cassie be in serious danger – or worse?
