EastEnders' Walford East event could not possibly have gone worse for Ruby Allen or Iqra Ahmed in a shocking episode that aired on Monday (February 25).
Last week, Ruby (Louisa Lytton) convinced the Ahmed sisters to let her help them organise a party at Walford East, which the siblings hoped would make some much-needed cash.
The night got off to a bad start when Ruby upset Iqra by posting a picture of her on Walford East's social media — and only later would viewers find out why Iqra was so against being photographed.
"What if they see it?!" Iqra worriedly asked her sister after "sacking" Ruby.
Tempers eventually cooled and Habiba let Ruby carry on with the party. Despite that rocky start, Ruby got a helping hand from the Slaters and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) to turn her event around, and soon it looked like the evening was going to be a success!
As Ruby entertained potential client Lewis, Jay revealed to Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) that the police had come round looking for Ruby earlier but he told them she was out.
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Unfortunately, Lewis tried to grope Ruby as she tried to pitch him on signing up as client, and a furious Ruby threw him out of the event — causing quite a scene in the process!
"Snowflake millennials, putting hashtags on everything," Lewis nonsensically grumbled as he was thrown out.
Having already disrupted her own event, Ruby's night took an even worse turn when police showed at Walford East to arrest her over a sexual assault allegation.
Later at the police station, Ruby found out that former co-worker Blake had accused her of sexually assaulting him in the past.
When she was finally released from custody, a disgusted Ruby reflected on her own sexual assault and vowed to Stacey that she wouldn't let this new false allegation scare her into dropping charges against her abusers.
"Stace, I'm gonna see this rape case through," she vowed. "I'm sick of being pushed around by everyone. I'm not sitting back anymore. I'm gonna fight fire with fire!"
Back at Walford East, the Ahmed sisters were left picking up the pieces of the ruined event. Although Habiba had managed to talk Iqra down over the social media picture earlier, Iqra immediately bumped into Kush (Davood Ghadami) and spilled drinks all over him when she returned to the party.
Kush didn't seem to mind too much, having liked what he'd seen with Iqra. The night ultimately turned around for the better and the sisters were pleased when counting their profits — until Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) shared the bad news that Masood had completed the sale of his shares.
This meant Kathy was now officially their boss, and would be raking in the profits of the party herself! With this harsh reality dawning on Iqra, the truth was finally revealed about why she'd come to Walford.
All of the secrecy last week was actually because Iqra needed money to pay back her father for fleeing an arranged marriage back home.
"I'll never be able to pay dad back. And even if I do, he'll say I brought disgrace upon him," she sighed. "I'll never be forgiven."
How can Iqra make things right with her father now?
EastEnders continues on Tuesday (February 26) at 7.30pm on BBC One.
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