Amira makes a decision about her future with Syed

Aired Thursday, Feb 25 2010 at 20:00 GMT on BBC One
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Amira makes a decision about her future with Syed
Masood's line manager David searches the house and finds a parcel for Max but Masood insists that he was planning on delivering it later that day. With that, David suggests that Masood drop by the office for a proper chat. Later, a horrified Amira watches Zainab breastfeeding baby Kamil. Taking Kamil in the kitchen to wind him, Amira has no idea what she's doing. Zainab's attention immediately turns to the missing post situation and she comments that everyone will be gossiping about them. Masood, however, isn't happy at Zainab's insinuation that he's guilty. In the kitchen, Amira's freaked out by baby Kamil who's been sick over her shoulder, while the arrival of an expensive pushchair purchased by Masood causes Zainab's to question its origin.

Returning from his meeting with David, Masood reveals that he's been given a caution for not delivering Max's parcel. Zainab's mind, however, is firmly on where he found the money to buy the pushchair. Backed into a corner, Masood's forced to admit that he won the cash by gambling at Ricky's stag night. Zainab's horrified by his admission and reminds him that gambling is prohibited by Islam. Syed and Tamwar, meanwhile, listen to the argument and are surprised to hear that their father's been gambling again. Amira attempts to calm Zainab down, while Zainab takes the opportunity to reaffirm how special the mother-child bond is.

Later that evening, Syed returns to the house and Amira forces him to promise that they'll always be honest with each other, through fear of ending up like his parents. Throwing her pills away, Amira explains how being with baby Kamil all day has made her broody. Syed's delighted, but Amira's far from content. During an argument with Masood, Syed interjects and insists that she's being unfair to his father. Zainab, however, snaps and reveals that it was Masood's gambling that resulted in them losing their savings and flat all those years ago. Syed's shocked as he thought it was all his fault. Masood's ashamed and tries to hug his wife. Later, Zainab's sorting the sofa for Masood to sleep on, while Tamwar searches for the TV remote.

Tamwar gets more than he bargained for, though, when he pulls a letter addressed to Dot Branning from under one of the cushions…

Elsewhere, Syed tells Christian that things between him and Amira have never been better; Lucas takes Sugar for a walk by the lake and when he returns, claims that Sugar ran away; Whitney lies to Billie that she's not well; Becca demands £100 from Jean in the hope of persuading Stacey to return home; Jordan says a prayer for Sugar in the hope that she'll return; Zsa Zsa steals money from the till in the café but Whitney keeps quiet and Billie wanders into the café in search of Whitney but Whitney hides, which Zsa Zsa's intrigued by.

Lucas is shocked to open the door and see Liz standing before him with a suitcase by her side; Whitney discovers that Billie's been talking to Kylie and runs off crying; Jane books Lucy an appointment at the doctors; Becca takes out an advert for Bradley's funeral in the Walford Gazette in the hope that Stacey sees it; Billie's deception causes Whitney to be reminded of Tony's lies and deceit; Lucy returns from the doctors and runs upstairs when Ian asks how her appointment went; and Billie tries to apologise to Whitney by painting her a huge mural down Turpin Road.
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