EastEnders spoilers follow.
EastEnders will kick off a mysterious new story for Vi Highway next week.
Vi, played by Gwen Taylor, arrived in Walford earlier in the year, but little else is currently really known about her backstory.
Fans will get their first major insight into Vi's past next week when Rainie senses that something is amiss with her.
Vi explains that her that her son Jonno has sold all her belongings. She urges Rainie not to tell Stuart but the matter is taken out of her hands when he spots Billy flogging the items from a house clearance.
Realising that it's all Vi's belongings, Stuart takes everything back, leaving Billy despairing.
He then empties everything on the table in front of Vi and is furious to learn what's happened.
With Stuart's temper rearing its ugly head, Vi tries to calm him down and urges him to leave his estranged father Jonno alone.
Once alone, Vi starts to panic as she searches through the pile of things and realises something isn't there.
Worried, Vi storms over to Billy's stall, looking for an antique children's book but is left horrified to learn that he has sold it to Kim.
To make matters worse, Kim refuses to return the book, leaving Vi panicked. However, when Patrick looks closely, he finds an interesting photograph in the book...
What is Vi hiding? And what will it mean for the Highways?
EastEnders airs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One.
Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage
Request video message from past EastEnders stars
One of Them: From Albert Square to Parliament Square by Michael Cashman
BBC EastEnders: Christmas Specials collection
Deputy Soaps Editor
Sophie is an award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience as a writer. Previously at BT.com, where she had her own Reality TV column, Sophie joined the Digital Spy soaps team in 2013 and won the Unsung Hero of the Year award at the PPA Awards in 2022.
Over the years, she has written hundreds of articles about the Carters, the Dingles and even Wellard the dog, and has created a number of the site's video franchises. Sophie hosted Digital Spy's first ever podcast 'Soap Scoop' back in 2020, where she spoke to the likes of Alan Fletcher (aka Doctor Karl) and Lisa Riley, has been interviewed on on podcasts and live radio and has represented the company on the panel of the British Soap Awards.
