Corrie's Abi hides a secret as she returns to Weatherfield

Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street's Abi Franklin will be back in Weatherfield next week – but it soon becomes clear that she is hiding something from her loved ones.

Ever since Abi (Sally Carman) disappeared from the Street following the outcome of the trial for her son Seb's murder, Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) has been desperate to track down his fiancée and bring her home, even approaching Seb's dad Tez (Stephen Lord) for help.

In scenes to air next week, Kevin is stunned when he wakes from a night of sleeping on the sofa to find Abi standing in the living room.

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Abi is full of apologies for worrying Kevin over the last few weeks and she promises him that the £2,000 she withdrew from their joint bank account was to pay for food and accommodation while she was away and not drugs as Kevin had feared.

But whether she is being entirely honest about what she has been up to is another question...

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Abi is blown away by the welcome home efforts made by Kevin and his son Jack (Kyran Bowes), but Jack becomes upset when Abi tells them that she can't promise that she is going to be able to stick around, while Kevin's sister Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) is furious.

Kevin, meanwhile, is left very puzzled by Abi's words, unaware of what she has planned.

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Later on, Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) calls by No.13 to see newly-returned Abi and, as they chat, she questions Abi's reluctance to reschedule her and Kevin's wedding. When Abi claims that she simply cannot face the hassle of organising it all, Kevin promises that he and Debbie will make all the arrangements – forcing Abi to agree to let them go ahead.

While Kevin is thrilled at the prospect of the wedding going ahead soon, Nina can't help but be suspicious of Abi.

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Soon, news of killer Corey Brent's (Maximus Evans) transfer to a German football club spreads around the Street and Nina is furious at the prospect of Corey getting such a big opportunity.

When Roy Cropper (David Neilson) finds a notebook containing details of Corey's training regime, Nina offers to help find the owner of the book.

She then calls at No.13 again to speak to Abi – but what does Abi have to say, and is she the owner of the mystery notebook?

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These scenes lead up to the upcoming Super Soap Week, which will see a number of deadly disasters hit Weatherfield.

It has already been revealed that Abi is out for revenge on Corey for killing her son by any means necessary and, despite Nina's best efforts to talk her out of anything dangerous, Abi is a woman on a mission.

But when she and Corey become trapped in an underground sewer together following a huge storm and the collapse of the sinkhole in the Platt family's garden, anything could happen...

Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday, October 11, Wednesday, October 13 and Friday, October 15 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.