EASTENDERS has revealed a dark side to Sonia Fowler’s boyfriend Reiss Colwell.
The nurse – who is played by actress Natalie Cassidy in the BBC soap – has suddenly decided she wants a baby after falling for Reiss.
This week she discovered he was infertile after being tested with comatose wife Debbie.
They decided to try IVF but discovered that having daughter Bex meant Sonia would be at the back of the queue for NHS funded IVF.
But as Sonia came to terms with not having a baby again, she found Reiss hiding something on his laptop.
And he had good news for her.
He said: “I know you said we should forget the whole going private thing but I can’t and I’m glad I didn’t because I remembered something.
“When I was 14 my mum set me up a savings account. She’d put money in whenever she could.
“She said I should wait until there’s a decent amount in there and then do something special with it so I left it and completely forgot about it.
“Until tonight. Getting access has taken me the best part of two hours having to prove my identity and reset the password, but I got in.
“Little and often, that was her way and then bigger amounts on birthdays and Christmas. We’ve got enough for three rounds of IVF, maybe four.”
He added: “I can’t think of a better way to spend it than trying to have a baby with you. Sonia Fowler, would you like to go private with me?”
She happily agreed, overjoyed that she had a chance to be a mum again.
But there was a sting coming with Reiss hiding an evil side.
At the end of the episode Reiss was seen sitting in the dark looking at the accounts – and it became clear that it wasn’t money from his mother.
Instead he was stealing money from his comatose wife and fans are in shock.
One wrote: “Starting to worry about Sonia being with Reiss.”
A second said: “Reiss emptying his comatose wife’s bank account to pay for IVF with Sonia just seems so icky.”
Another added: “I knew reiss had a dark side.”
