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EastEnders is going to air a tense confrontation between Jack Branning and Linda Carter soon, as the secret Linda and her husband Mick are keeping about their baby (that's really Max's) threatens to come out.

In scenes set to air soon, Stuart and Rainie clash over Abi — who has disappeared from the Square with Max — with Linda stepping in to cheer her up, although she's left feeling that Rainie and Max could find out about the baby's true parentage.

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And her feeling might be right, as Violet points out to Rainie – Max's ex-wife and former sister-in-law – that Linda looks very big for how far long in her pregnancy she is meant to be.

That turns into a recon mission, as she pops round to Linda's for a cuppa, and then goes rooting through her hospital bag when Linda isn't in the room to get more information.

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Mick and Linda continue to disagree about whether or not Rainie is suspicious regarding the baby, as Jack bursts into The Vic and demands to know the truth about whethere the child belongs to his brother.

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How much does he know after overhearing Linda beforehand, and can the couple successfully convince him that the baby is theirs?

The show's boss Jon Sen has teased that it's not a secret that's going to stay that way for long, but are they really going to make it public knowledge now?

We think there are going to be a lot of nail-biting duff-duffs on the horizon...

EastEnders airs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One.

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