Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street has revealed what Curtis Delamere has been hiding from girlfriend Emma Brooker.
In tonight's (July 19) episode, Curtis (Sam Retford) was acting suspiciously, darting off from spending time with Emma (Alexandra Mardell) by lying that he had a dental appointment.
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In the first episode, he was seen having dinner with a woman in the Bistro and it very much looked like he was cheating on Emma.
Daniel was shocked when he heard Curtis say to the woman that he couldn't be honest with Emma because he couldn't tell her he "could drop dead at any second".
Before Daniel could question Curtis about it, Steve (Simon Gregson) popped in and gave him a lecture about messing Emma around. It wasn't long before Curtis decided that breaking up with Emma would be easier than telling her the truth about what he's been hiding.
"I just need time to think things through," he told her. "You and me. You're amazing, you really are, but I don't think we're right for each other."
Emma was visibly upset as they had just spent the night together and she admitted she was falling in love with him.
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Quite ironically, he said he "just wanted to be honest with her" and didn't want her to get in any deeper with him.
Steve then went to have a chat with him after being nudged by Daniel that there could be something else going on and Curtis surprisingly opened up to Steve, revealing he has an incurable disease and that the woman he was having dinner with was from a terminal illness support group.
Curtis said he had a heart condition that he doesn't know a lot about, explaining that he could "have a totally normal lifespan", but quite frighteningly recalled that his heart has stopped twice.
"In layman's terms, I was dead. I'd love to say there was a bright white light with heavenly choirs but nothing. I don't recall anything at all until the medics brought me back round."
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Steve was naturally shocked and told him that Emma would like to know.
"Well, you can't always get what you want," he replied. "I'd rather she got what she needs – a clean break. Look, can we keep this between us two? I'd rather she hated me than grieved me."
Coronation Street airs on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week on ITV.
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