Coronation Street's Lisa confirms future with Carla after Roy's upsetting discovery

Roy Cropper discovered the truth about Becky Swain on Friday night's episode of Coronation Street.

The café owner was the first resident outside of number six to discover that Lisa Swain's late wife was actually alive. Over the course of the last year, viewers have watched as the relationship between DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) and Carla Connor (Alison King) has blossomed, but their recent engagement was blighted when Becky (Amy Cudden), whom Lisa thought was killed in the line of duty four years ago, walked back into the house alive and well.

Just days before the bombshell revelation, Roy had spotted a woman at the hospital whom he was certain was Becky, having recognised her from a photograph. He called round to tell Carla this after she had already found out the truth and she sent him away, pretending to not believe him.

But on the latest instalment Roy popped round to number six and there was Becky standing right in front of him. Roy clocked Becky straight away, and claimed to Carla that she would never have told of him the truth.

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Roy was told: "Becky's death was all part of a covert police operation, Roy. Tell him." Becky explained: "My life, Lisa and Betsy's lives were in danger so my superiors organised for me to leave the country, and they certified the death of someone who wasn't me."

Carla begged with Roy to not tell anyone no matter how 'complicated' the situation is but he insisted to her that he was not a liar. He shot back at Becky: "Your return, therefore, has put all of these people in grave danger. I told you, Carla, I had seen her alive and you made me think I was going mad," before storming out.

Lisa went round to the café to reason with him. later on When Evelyn butted into the conversation, she ended up making up that Becky was her sister, and Roy went along with it. Meanwhile, Lisa had to address what the whole absurd situation will mean for her future with Carla.

She said: "So come on then, what's the deal with the fake identity? Are you alive or dead? I'm marrying Carla no matter what, do I need to start divorce proceedings?" When Becky insisted again that she only came back from the dead for Betsy, Lisa came back with: "It's a shame you weren't this concerned about her before when you faked your own death and moved to Alicante, isn't it?"

Having had enough of it all, Carla told Becky to get out. Becky stormed out, but not before Lisa asked if there was anything else she wanted to tell them. Becky ignored the question.

DI Costello has helped cover up her fake death for the past four years, with he and Becky telling Lisa what really happened in 2021 in scenes that aired in recent days. Lisa was told where her 'dead' wife Becky had been all this time, and why she and the others faked her death. When Lisa confronted her boss Costello on Monday, she demanded answers and threatened to leak the cover-up to the press. It was clear Costello was scared about this, and was determined to keep a cover on things.

There was so much emphasis from both Costello and Becky about needing to protect her family. But fans were not buying what he was saying at all, believing both of them or even just Costello were spinning a fake version of events.

Fans now think Costello is hiding even more, and there could be so much to the story that is yet to be confirmed. So is Becky being in hiding and Costello's involvement all linked to something much darker than they have let on?

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