While Becky was playing mind games, Lisa Swain thought she at least still had Carla by her side.

But Roy Cropper unexpectedly revealed: Carla never checked into Lanzarote as she claimed.

The scene of Lisa reading Roy’s message brought many fans to tears.

She tried calling Carla dozens of times, but no one answered.

While her daughter Betsy innocently decorated the Christmas tree, Lisa slumped over the table, tears falling onto her unfinished pudding.

Suspicion arose: Was Carla in danger? Or was she hiding something from Lisa? Was Becky, after all, involved? Coronation Street concluded its Christmas episode with Lisa looking up at the TV screen in the cafe – where an urgent news report about “a missing woman at Manchester Airport” was playing. The face in the blurry image gradually became clear: Carla Connor.