While the drama of Roy, Lisa and Becky continues to explode, another tragedy is brewing in the neighborhood: Dev Alahan collapses between the pressure and his own secret.

As a devoted father, Dev always tries to appear strong in front of his daughter Asha, but inside he is a mess.

Asha is falling into a psychological crisis after the shock of losing her friend and past mistakes.

She becomes quiet and distant, and Dev – because he loves his daughter so much – hides his weakness even more.

Everything explodes when a close friend reveals to Asha that Dev is having a secret relationship with a younger woman. The news is like a spark. Asha feels betrayed – not only by her father, but by the image of the “exemplary man” she once admired. Dev panics, tries to explain, but words no longer mean anything when the truth is revealed. “Why did you hide it from me? Do you think I’m that weak?” – Asha burst into tears, then ran away from home.

Dev broke down for the first time in his life. He burst into tears in the middle of a crowded street, no longer caring about anyone’s gaze. Shame, guilt and helplessness filled him. He realized that sometimes trying to protect others by hiding things was the knife that made everything collapse. Bernie – who had always been by Dev’s side – couldn’t bear it either. She loved him, but she couldn’t forgive the long-standing lies.

That night, Dev sat alone in the dark house, looking at the family photos hanging on the wall. Each ticking of the clock sounded like a heavy heartbeat. He didn’t know how to fix it, he only knew that everything had changed. Father, friend, lover – all those titles were now just empty shells.

Asha disappeared in the night, leaving behind a tearful letter: “I just want you to be real. Not perfect, just real.” Dev hugged the letter, sobbing. And that was perhaps the image that made “Coronation Street” viewers most speechless this week: a father who seemed strong, now so weak that he melted before his own truth.