When Weatherfield is in turmoil over the disappearance, Asha Alahan decides to act alone.

She receives a text message from a stranger:

“If you want to know where Aadi is, come to the back gate of the old warehouse – midnight.”

In the cold rain, Asha wears a black coat, holding a phone with a recording turned on.

She arrives at the meeting point, only to find a man waiting – it’s Rashid, who used to work for her family many years ago.

The conversation between them makes the audience breathless. Rashid coldly says:

“Aadi knows something he shouldn’t know. You should stop before you’re wiped out with him.”

Asha screams: “Say it clearly! Who’s doing this?”
Rashid replies with a faint smile: “In Weatherfield, sometimes the person you trust the most is the one who hides a knife behind his back.”

Before she can react, Rashid disappears into the night, leaving behind a note with the address of a warehouse. When Asha arrives, she finds a photo of her family hanging on the wall with red Xs all over it — and in the middle, her face circled in black marker.

The scene is chilling. Asha knows someone is watching her every move. Every call she makes is cut off, every email is deleted, even the Alahan home security camera is hacked.

One night, Yasmeen finds Asha sitting alone in the living room, holding a USB and crying:

“Mom, I think they’re getting closer.”

The sequence ends with the Alahan home’s window ajar, the wind blowing the curtains, and a shadowy figure looming outside. Is Asha walking into a trap set by a faceless person? And is Rashid, the messenger, a friend or a traitor?