River City - 13/07/2010

Murray is hiding the fact that he's put the family home on the market from his son Fraser, for fear of upsetting him. The house is where they lived as a family with Fraser's late mother Helen. Murray is also concealing the fact that he's moved in with new girlfriend Gina. She's not pleased that he's refusing to tell his son about them living together. Fraser already knows they are planning on moving in together as he overheard them talking about it a couple of weeks ago. He uses the information to his advantage to help convince his father to give him the money to rent The Base as the premises for his new business venture. To do so Fraser is forced to invite Murray to become a director of the business. A partnership is formed. Father and son work as a team and they get on well for the first time in ages. Then Fraser finds out over dinner that his dad is selling the family home and causes a row. Murray tells Fraser that he has to move on from the death of his mother, which took place over a decade ago. Fraser accuses Murray of wanting to dismiss his late mother's memory - blot her out of their lives. Fraser presents his father with an ultimatum, forcing him to choose between him and Gina. For the first time ever Murray chooses what's right for him and turns his back on his selfish son. Gina doesn't want to cause a rift between father and son. Fraser is gutted and doesn't know how to handle his father's decision. However he knows he needs his father's money as an investment so he returns reluctantly to apologise. Murray is not surprised to see his son return - this is what usually happens. But he is surprised when Gina suggests that Fraser move in with her and Murray. She wants to help Fraser get the business off the ground and hopefully repair his relationship with his father at the same time. Murray has no choice but to accept the new living arrangements as a show of willing to support his son. It's clear that Fraser is manipulating Murray and Gina. Hayley tries to ignore her feelings for Jack by going on a date with Charlie. She over-compensates and comes on quite strong with Charlie, trying to convince herself that she fancies him enough to sleep with him and not think about Jack. She takes Charlie back to her flat and proceeds to crack open a bottle of wine before pouncing on him; kissing him passionately and pulling at his clothes. Charlie is reluctant - he doesn't want his first time to be some forgettable drunk encounter. He questions why Hayley needs to be drunk to sleep with him, and asks if it's because she doesn't fancy him. Hayley admits that she does fancy him but has feelings for someone else. Charlie confesses to Hayley that he's a virgin and wants his first time to mean something special. Hayley decides that she can't be the one to take that away from idealistic, romantic Charlie. They decide it's not right that they have sex. Jack and Robbie appear at the flat and Charlie leaves. Jack thinks Hayley slept with Charlie and she lets him believe it - both to save Charlie's blushes but also, more importantly, to make Jack jealous. It works. Eileen learns to accept the fact that she's pregnant. Raymond nags her to start acting more responsibly in terms of what she wears, and he tells her to forget her favourite pair of killer heels for a start. She also has to learn to be careful about how much strain she puts on herself at work. Eileen is dismissive at first, battling through the day. However when the community centre toilets are occupied she makes an emergency dash to The Ship. Her high heels cause her to trip and fall. Fraser comes to the rescue. She returns home with her ankle sprained, her pride bruised and her lesson learned. She comes to accept that as an 'older mother' she needs to take more care. She promises a concerned Raymond that she will take it easy from now on.