In the history of Coronation Street romance dramas, there have been few moments as heavy and haunting as the moment Carla Connor walks into Lisa Swain’s house and finds Becky – the wife she thought was dead – wearing Lisa’s bathrobe.

A simple robe, but enough for Carla to understand that the boundary between the present and the past has officially been erased.

Before that, Carla always believed that the relationship between her and Lisa was the strongest thing in her life.

Even though they had clashed, doubted and hurt each other, they still moved forward with maturity and independence.

But then Becky returned – bringing with her a past that Carla could never compete with.

The scene begins with Carla going to Lisa’s house to have a frank talk. She knows Lisa is in turmoil because of old feelings resurfacing, but she believes in the love between them. What Carla didn’t expect was that Lisa’s door was ajar, and in the living room was Becky – with her hair still wet and the robe Lisa wore every night.

Without a word, Carla’s face was a world of broken pieces. Her eyes stopped at Becky for a second, then moved to Lisa – who was standing there frozen as if caught red-handed even though she hadn’t done anything wrong. Carla asked the hardest question a lover could ask:

“How long have you left her here… like that?”

Lisa didn’t answer right away, and that silence stabbed Carla like a knife. Becky stepped back, not provoking, but instead looked at Carla with the guilty eyes of someone who knew she was the cause of someone else’s broken heart.