'What Price Love'

The staff are having a fancy dress Christmas party. There is definitely tension between Marc and Helen. The others are determined to get them to talk and be honest with each other.

Ronnie meets Charlotte at his office and says he can’t represent her anymore, there is too much gossip. George arrives in time to see Charlotte giving Ronnie a goodbye kiss.
The shock brings on George’s labour.

Helen goes to talk to George about Marc and finds her at home in labour. George is blunt with Helen, she has to sort it out with Marc. George is not coping with natural labour well and demands every method of pain relief they can offer.

She finally demands an epidural and is taken to hospital. She still hasn’t had any contact with Ronnie. When Ronnie finally arrives at the hospital George is furious and asks him to leave, Greg will see her through the birth.

Helen is string and goes to find Marc at The Mill to tell him her true feelings; she asks him to come with her to Leeds but Marc knocks her back.

The baby is born, a girl, but George still doesn’t thaw with Ronnie, she tells him to go home and pack.

Marc arrives at the party complete in naval uniform and sweeps Helen off her feet.

Ronnie leaves the hospital and behind him in the ward George’s condition becomes critical…

Meanwhile, Leonard 55 is on stand by for a kidney transplant, things are getting desperate for him.

He and his wife Sheila are not looking forward to Christmas. Leonard’s only solution is to make amends with his brother.

He hasn’t spoken to him for 20 years after he stole his wife.