EastEnders murderer Gray Atkins will endure a very close call when he gets intimate with Chelsea Fox in his car next week.
Chelsea (Zaraah Abrahams) and Gray have been spending more and more time together in recent weeks, and new BBC spoilers reveal that her influence on him will continue to grow.
During next Tuesday's episode, Karen comments that Chelsea should be making more effort with Gray's kids and he spots an opportunity.
Gray (Toby-Alexander Smith) suggests that Chelsea should take the kids shopping as Mia needs a new dress for her birthday.
However, once at the market, Chelsea is neglecting Mack and Mia forcing Keegan and Whitney to step up.
Whitney offers to fix Mia’s old dress for her party free of charge and later when she shows off her dress, Karen is forced to admit she might have been wrong about Chelsea.
A few days later it becomes obvious that Chelsea’s hold on Gray is increasing as she persuades him to skive off work.
They meet her friend with a van full of dresses as she needs an outfit for court, but Gray soon realises the dresses are stolen.
Chelsea manages to sweet talk Gray out of getting angry and it leads to them having some fun in the back of his car.
It's during this fumble that Chelsea spots an earring, and Gray is left shaken when he realises it belonged to Tina Carter.
EastEnders fans were devastated when Gray viciously murdered Tina in December last year, before wrapping up her body and hiding it.
Tina had rumbled Gray and told him she knew that it was him who killed his wife Chantelle a few months prior.
Having been in an abusive relationship before, Tina knew the signs to look out for and was not fooled by the charming Gray, like everyone else was.
Tina shouted at Gray that she was going to tell everyone the truth about him, before he started chasing her around the house.
Trapped in the kitchen with him, just like Chantelle was, Tina tried desperately to escape but Gray grabbed a knife.
He was then sitting in the kitchen, talking to her while she lay dead on the sofa.
Gray then wrapped up Tina's body, while Denise Fox made a poignant speech about abuse men, speaking about her evil ex Lucas Johnson.
Gray managed to fend off Mick Carter, who came looking for Tina, and told him she left for Spain.
Tina had intended to escape to Spain after being implicated in Ian Beale's attack, which Gray must have thought was the perfect alibi.
EastEnders fans are now concerned that Gray's boss Laura is going to be his next victim.
During last Thursday's episode, Gray took Chelsea to the birthday party of his boss Laura.
Laura suggested that Gray had moved on very quickly from Whitney to Chelsea, while Gray had seethed that he was being denied a promotion and complex cases at the law firm.
Chelsea encouraged Gary to misbehave a bit and the two ended up drinking heavily, with Gray having his Coyote Ugly moment and dancing up on chairs near tables until he tumbled down onto the floor in an embarrassing scene.
Chelsea took a heavily drunk Gray home to put him to bed, but Laura followed them both and then spoke alone.
Laura warned Chelsea off Gary, saying: “You’re the first and you certainly won’t be the last.”
She described her as the latest of Gray’s “projects” and Chelsea asked Laura to leave.
Laura continued: “He’s a white saviour, my darling. Looking for poor little girls he can break down and remodel in his own image.”
A defiant Chelsea responded: “I’m my own person.”
However, Laura noted: “I think Chantelle thought that too.”
When Chelsea asked why Laura was saying this, Laura answered: “Because I’m sick of him getting away with it.
“If you know what’s good for you, you’ll run…as soon and as far as you can."
*EastEnders usually airs on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings on BBC One but all of this week’s episodes are available on BBC iPlayer.
