HOLLYOAKS’ Grace Black has threatened to kill James Nightingale hot on the heels of her brother Jesse’s shock death.
Viewers were left heartbroken this week when Jesse died from alcohol poisoning shortly after his wedding.
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James feels guilty as Jesse knew about his and Grace’s dark secret: that they shot Mercedes McQueen.
In a tense conversation, the struggling club owner told Grace: “Living with a death on your conscience might be easy for you, but it’s not for me.”
Unmoved, she warned: “You need to make it easy for you, otherwise you’re going to end up in jail and Romeo and Juliet are going to end up with their junkie mum.
“That’s if I don’t get to you first… You need to go be with your family. Do something nice for them, and never, ever speak about Jesse again.
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“He’s dead — and if you’re not careful, you’re going to join him.”
Grace’s threat had the intended effect because James tore up his confession letter soon after.
Meanwhile, Maxine Minniver could be in danger too as Jesse’s brother Liam blames her for his death.
And the pressure is coming from all sides as the bar woman is terrified the police will pay her a visit after she over-served the groom.
Liam fumed: “This family suffers loss after loss, but no more. Maxine is going to pay.”
He then ominously added a photo of Maxine onto his dartboard.
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Fans were left reeling after watching Jesse pronounced dead in the street earlier in the week.
One viewer wailed at soap bosses, tweeting: “You B******s!!! Jesse and Courtney finally get their happy ending and you do this! My poor heart. ????”
A second tweeted: “Please tell me this is some sort of twisted here Jesse was one of the good guys the reasonable person and this is unacceptable he didn’t deserve this at all.”
Another gasped: “This was so unexpected ???.”
The hairdresser, who is played by actor Luke Jerdy, was determined to tell the police his sister Grace and James shot Mercedes – but keeled over before he could.
Grace delivered the heartbreaking news to Jesse’s wife Courtney saying simply: “He’s dead.
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“They found him outside the loft. They think that he hit his dead or he got hypothermia or something. I’m so sorry.”
And the revelations kept coming as later in the episode, Mitchell Deveraux came out as gay.
He told his mum: “I didn’t want to start having feelings for Scott but I couldn’t stop. I didn’t want to bring shame on our family.”
But Martine replied: “I couldn’t be prouder.”
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Fans were delighted, with one writing: “Mitchell mam accepts him for who he is not just sexuality ❤️?️??️??️?”
Another tweeted: “Martine: ‘Ive never been prouder’ My HEART.”
However, when she said she would be spreading the news, Mitchell snapped: “We’re not telling granddad. We’re not telling anyone.”
He then asked her to promise not to tell anyone his secret.
