The spectre of the late Geoff Metcalfe haunted his wife Yasmeen in dramatic Coronation Street scenes
A visitor to the Speed Daal restaurant, formerly owned by Yasmeen with Geoff, left Yasmeen reeling when he asked about her late husband in Monday's double bill.
The diner enquired about the possibility of Geoff, who died in December after terrorising Yasmeen for months, working as a magician at his niece's party.
He was confused when a horrified Yasmeen panicked and fled the restaurant.
"People aren't going to ask about Geoff forever," reassured her granddaughter Alya Nazir.
"He's always going to linger though," said an upset Yasmeen.
His ex wife Elaine Jones suggested that they should 'de-Geoff' the restaurant and Yasmeen agreed to the revamp.
There was relief all round at the end of last year when Yasmeen was found not guilty of the attempted murder of her abusive husband.
Yasmeen faced prison after Geoff tortured and tormented her until she struck her abuser with a wine bottle.
After being cleared of attempted murder in one of the most dramatic Corrie storylines of the year, Yasmeen was chased onto the roof of her house by Geoff.
But the bully plummeted to his death following a terrifying stand-off.
Magician Geoff, played by Ian Bartholomew, abused Yasmeen, played by Shelley King, as part of a harrowing coercive control storyline that saw him lock her in his magic box and plant CCTV cameras in their home.
He was seeing escorts behind her back and when he gave her a sexually transmitted infection he accused her of passing it to him.
Geoff cooked one of Yasmeen's pet chickens and tricked his wife into eating her, and he forced her to wear a racy dress meant for one of his escorts to meet family in the pub.
When they returned home he mocked her and threw her food on the floor until she finally snapped and lashed out with the bottle.
