On a night out with Ben and Callum, Jay bumps into a group of women celebrating a hen do. He confides in one of them, opening up about his marriage and Lola’s illness.

Though their exchange is innocent, he can’t hear what she’s saying and leans forward, and the two appear to get closer. When Emma enters the bar, she thinks she can use the incident to manipulate Lola.

“At this point Emma comes in, spots Jay and thinks, ‘Ah, I can use that’,” Borthwick explained. “I don’t think she genuinely believes that Jay is trying to pursue other women, but she sees an opportunity to get Jay out of the picture a little bit.

“She is very manipulative in that way.”

It seems as though Jay’s instincts were right all along when he spotted something off with Emma.

“Jay encouraged the relationship from the start because he can see that Lola isn’t in good health and once she’s decided she wants a relationship with her mum, Jay is never going to stand in the way of that,” Borthwick said.

“But once she’s on the scene, he can sense that there’s something not quite right about her and he’s got his eye on her.

“Jay isn’t totally bought by her whole demeanour.”