Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street’s Abi Webster finally ends her marriage to Kevin next week – before suggesting to brother-in-law Carl that they skip town and start a new life together. Will poor Kev suss out the real reason that he’s been dumped?

Still head over heels for Carl, Abi meets up with him and confesses that she can’t bear to live a double life anymore.

With guilt eating away at her, Abi returns to No 13, where she blurts out to Kevin that she wants to break up with him…

“Poor Kevin is totally blindsided,” reveals our Coronation Street source. “Just before Abi drops her bombshell, Kevin suggests that they should spend their retirement fixing up old cars.

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“With that in her mind, Abi’s conscience can’t take one more second of lying. The question is whether Kev will realise that he’s lost his wife because of his own brother.

“Either way, Abi is going to need to explain herself – she was in Mallorca playing happy families not long ago.”

The week starts off on a positive note for Kevin, as he receives the all-clear from cancer during a hospital check-up. Naturally, Kev is overwhelmed with relief, while Abi hides how tormented she feels.

And to make matters worse, Kevin uses the emotional moment to tell Abi that he’s looking forward to growing old together.

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“The appointment comes just as Abi is thinking about calling things off,” our insider explains. “The intensity of Kev’s health news, combined with him talking about the future, are the triggers that lead her to breaking point.

“It’s tragic that what should be a celebratory day for Kevin turns out to be so miserable.”

Soon, Kevin confides in Tyrone Dobbs that he thinks Abi might have broken his heart because she’s having an affair with Carl.

With Kevin bang on the money, will he uncover the truth?

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Speaking to us recently about the possibility of a split, Sally Carman – who plays Abi – explained: “This storyline – as brilliant as it is and I am loving it – does mean that potentially I might have to work less with Mike Le Vell who plays Kev Webster in the future.

“That has been really tough because I feel like we’re married! We’re ‘work wife, work husband’ – we have that relationship and he’s got my heart forever.

“He’s my friend and I’ll see him outside of work and all will be well. But I’m going to miss working with him because he’s a dream and I adore him.”

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.

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