Will he regret it? (Pictures: ITV)

When Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) started writing to his mother’s killer Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) on Coronation Street, his father Nick (Ben Price) was naturally worried when he found out.

But little did he know that Sam’s insistence on meeting Harvey would lead to Nick making a deal with the killer – one that could end up having massive consequences.

When Debbie (Sue Devaney) accepted Nick and Leanne (Jane Danson)’s low offer for the bistro they celebrated, but their happiness was short-lived after they realised there was wet rot in the building which would cost around £20,000 to fix.

Knowing they didn’t have that kind of money, Nick thought about using Sam’s inheritance, but the ever-sensible Sam told him that the money was ring-fenced to use to pay for his university fees.

With that option off the table, Nick knew that he was going to have to consider an alternative – an offer made by Harvey Gaskell last week, when he told Nick he had some spare cash which Nick was welcome to use to buy the bistro.

Knowing that Leanne would never agree to using Gaskell’s money to pay for the bistro repairs – after all, Gaskell did previously try to kill her – Nick told her that Sam’s aunt had agreed to them using Sam’s inheritance.

Meanwhile he took a phone call from Harvey, confirming that he’d transferred the money. ‘There’s no going back now,’ he said. Nick was nervous, wanting to confirm that it was ‘just a business transaction’ and the money had no strings attached. As if.