Coronation Street airs a game-changing conversation between Will Driscoll and Tim Metcalfe tonight after Will planned to flee to France with groomer Megan Walsh.Coronation Street airs a game-changing conversation between Will Driscoll and Tim Metcalfe tonight after Will planned to flee to France with groomer Megan Walsh.
After an emotional goodbye, Will got into Tim’s cab and headed for the train station, where it was revealed that he planned to take the train to the airport.
Today’s episode opens in the cab, with Tim receiving a notification that the train to Glasgow had been cancelled.
When Will insists that they head for the station anyway, Tim becomes suspicious. Having also seen that Will’s train is cancelled, Ollie tries to call him.
After Ben realises Will’s passport is missing, he panics and tells Steve to message Tim, instructing him not to let Will out of his sight.
In the cab, Tim tells Will all about his relationship with Trisha, saying how much he enjoyed it at the time, but how he’s come to realise that technically he was a victim of rape.
“She took advantage of me,” Tim says. “Whether I knew it or not, whether I enjoyed it or not. And I did enjoy it. What lad wouldn’t?”
After Will claims they’re in love, Tim senses some regret in the teenager and drives him to the police station, urging Will to go in and tell the truth.
“I don’t care about Megan,” says Tim. “I care about you. So does your dad and Eva. All you’ve got to do is tell the truth.”
Tim says he wasn’t “brave enough” to tell the truth about his abuse, telling Will that his family have been “through hell”.
Tim watches on as a nervous Will enters the station. Will is shocked to find Ben, Eva, Maggie and Ollie waiting for him.
Later this week, Tim will come to terms with his own abuse, as he finally confronts evil Trisha Marlow over her historic grooming after realising he was also groomed as a teenager by an older woman.
