EastEnders is heating up in Walford. Stacey Slater is preparing to leave for Brazil. Max Branning returns to the Square and shocks everyone. Zoe has a secret that could ruin everything. Old tensions are bubbling up. The three of them are about to collide in ways no one expects. Keep scrolling to know more.
Stacey’s Big Decision and Max’s Unexpected Return
Stacey had her future planned. She wanted to leave Walford behind and start fresh in Brazil. Everything changed, however, when Max Branning showed up out of the blue. When she had a glimpse of him, all the memories of their past together reappeared. She had tried very hard to bury her past. Charli and Sean wanted Stacey to make a choice. However, her mind was somewhere else.
Everyone was shocked when he returned to Walford. It was definitely not a random one. We now know that he has had a history with both Zoe and Stacey. Stacey wanted to focus on her plan of leaving Walford for good. But Max’s presence was bothering her. Every glance of his reminded her of their past. And it was the same for Zoe. Zoe and Max’s earlier fling had ended badly. Yet, she felt something when she saw him again after months.
Lily and Zoe want Stacey to stick to her original plan to travel to Brazil. Yet she could not just shoo everything away with such feelings she had been running away from for many years. Max was messing with Stacey in a very unusual way.
Betrayals And Emotional Fallouts In EastEnders
However, soon the drama reached another level. Stacey spots Zoe and Max together. She was in disbelief. She had no idea that they both even knew each other well. And when she saw them interacting with each other, she felt betrayed. However, after learning about Zoe and Max, it had become difficult for her to process these things. Stacey wanted closure, but the unexpected reunion has been difficult to deal with.
In this whole drama, Stacey realised one thing. She cannot walk away from Walford without facing the situation. She knew she could never lay her soul peacefully if that were the course she took. She wanted to gather all the strength she could muster to shield her daughter at the same time. Stacey wanted a showdown with Zoe and Max regarding their affair.
In other words, she wanted to know if they were still together and if Zoe knew something about Max she did not know. For more EastEnders spoilers and updates, keep following Soap Opera Daily.