Claudia Colby was the owner of Weatherfield hair salon Perm Suspect, a close acquaintance of Audrey Roberts and the former partner of widower Marc Selby. On 18th December 2009, Claudia attended a Weatherfield Council Christmas lunch, escorted by Lewis Archer, whom she often hired such functions. Audrey, who also attended the lunch, was shocked at Claudia using a male escort. Claudia defended herself by saying it was just for appearances, with no sex involved. Audrey, enticed by Claudia's explanation, began to latch onto the idea of using a male escort and began doing so. In April 2010, Claudia and Audrey went to a dinner dance together where they saw Lewis escorting Rita Sullivan. Audrey admitted to Claudia that she had used Lewis' services several times, and had fallen for him. Claudia in