Believing it is only a matter of time before the whole village knows that her son has spent the last five years at Her Majesty’s pleasure, Pearl is a bag of nerves. Her mood is not helped when Laurel asks Lisa how Sam is doing in prison. She fears that her secret may be out when she comes across Lisa talking to Edna, but worse is to come when she runs into Zak in The Woolpack and he tells her that her secret is safe with him. Distraught Pearl goes home and starts packing. Len is shocked when he returns from work and finds Pearl with her coat on and her bags packed. Pearl breaks down and tells him that she’s done a stupid thing. She confesses that everything she’s told him about Frank Bernard has been a lie and tells him that he’s been in prison for five years. Len still wants to know why P