As Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) tries to get her life back on track after being attacked in an abandoned parking lot, more shocks come.
The attack left Nicola in a constant state of fear and barely able to leave the house. At her lowest point, she scared her son by unnecessarily keeping him out of school because she was too scared to be alone and then panicked when Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) came to the door, lashed out and beat her.
Cain (Jeff Hordley) had to break open the door and Bernice (Samantha Giles) and Laurel found Nicola curled up on the floor, distraught.
Nicola feels she can only get her life back if the girls who hurt her are caught and punished, but the police say they have little hope of an arrest.
As a result, Nicola has taken matters into her own hands and shared the video of her attack online, pleading for information. This strategy provided a name for one of the attackers that Nicola shared with PC Swirling (Andy Moore), who told her he disapproved of her actions.
Nicola’s strategy seems to backfire in upcoming episodes when she learns that a girl has been beaten up. Is it one of the gangs that attacked Nicola? And was she hurt by the video Nicola shared?
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