Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street's Mason Radcliffe seeks support from Stu Carpenter next week after facing more violence at home.
Mason reaches out for help after being physically abused by his older brothers.
Wednesday's episode (September 25) sees Mason return to the cobbles after being released from Young Offenders again.
Mason's name has been cleared after Dylan Wilson set the record straight over how Betsy Swain had framed him for theft at Speed Daal.
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With Mason free again, it's confirmed that he'll be living with his brother for the time being.
Keen to make amends, Stu agrees that Mason can have his job back at Speed Daal and apologises for not believing his innocence from the start.
In Friday's episode (September 27), Mason is seen with a black eye as he arrives for work, although he makes out to Stu and Yasmeen Metcalfe that he hurt his head in an accident.
Stu and Yasmeen aren't sure what to believe, and Mason is later seen bedding down at Speed Daal for the night rather than going back to his brother's place.
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In follow-on scenes next week, Stu is baffled to find Mason already at work just as he's opening up.
Mason confirms that he spent the night at the restaurant as he didn't want another beating from his sadistic siblings.
Stu reflects on being in a similar situation himself in the past and he desperately hopes to help Mason, but can he?
Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday, September 30. Don't forget that you can see an in-depth look at next week's storylines in our collection of 27 new spoiler pictures.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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Readers who are affected by the issues raised in this story are encouraged to contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 (www.nspcc.org.uk). Readers in the US are encouraged to contact the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline on (1-800-422-4453) or the American SPCC (www.americanspcc.org).
