Hollyoaks spoilers follow from Tuesday's (December 5) episode on Channel 4 streaming, which doesn't air on E4 until Wednesday (December 6).
Hollyoaks has revealed the outcome of James Nightingale holding Lucas Hay captive.
Yesterday's episode saw James lock his troublesome stepson Lucas, who he shares with husband Ste, in an abandoned shed in a move that mirrored the abusive way James' own dad Mac used to treat him when he was younger.
Tonight's Hollyoaks saw a worried Ste and Leah go into a panic when they discovered that Lucas' bed had not been slept in.
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Covering for his own abusive behaviour, James lied telling them that Lucas had called to say he was staying at a friend's house. When James let Lucas out of the shed, he made Lucas promise not to tell anyone before he would let him out.
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"I took no pleasure in doing this to you Lucas, I hope you know that, but you needed to be taught a lesson. I'm not going to let anyone come between me and your father, let me know we're on the same page," James told Lucas.
When Lucas told Ste the fake story about staying with a friend, his dad didn't believe him. "Something is off with him," Ste said to James.
After noticing that Lucas was struggling at school, Dillon reached out to a hurt Lucas who lashed out and smashed Dillon's hand with his locker door.
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Elsewhere, Mercedes told Felix she wanted to leave the village and Nana told Mercedes to come clean to Felix about the affair. Later, Warren confessed his love for Mercedes, telling her he can't live without her.
Meanwhile, Prince gave Hunter a letter which he read to Peri and Romeo. In the letter, Prince said he was scared to lose his friends, but Romeo stormed off, unable to forgive his best friend for killing his girlfriend.
Later, Zoe admitted to Sharon and Pearl that her and Hunter are over after she helped get Prince arrested and Zoe came clean to her family that she committed credit card fraud.
Hollyoaks streams first online via Channel 4 each weekday at 7.30pm. Episodes then air on E4 the following day, before getting their YouTube premiere a week after that.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
