EastEnders’ Reiss’ sick lie exposed after secret visit to ex-wife Debbie

EastEnders’ Reiss Colwell is exposed by Bianca Jackson next week, as she catches him making an incriminating comment to his ex-wife Debbie.

Reiss visits Debbie at the care home she is being cared for in, but something he asks her is overheard. It leads to his sickening lie being exposed, months after an unforgivable act.

Viewers may recall that last year on the show, Reiss stole Debbie’s life savings without her permission in order to fund IVF treatment for him and new partner Sonia Fowler. He claimed to have had some money he’d forgotten about, amid his and Sonia’s hopes to start a family together.

But what he failed to tell anyone was that the money wasn’t his, and he’d taken it out of Debbie’s account. Next week, he decides to repeat this betrayal as money issues leave him desperate.

It’s thought Debbie is still unable to communicate or move, following a stroke a while ago. Reiss had told Sonia last year that Debbie had suffered a stroke while in the bath, and she now needed full-time care that he could not provide.

Debbie appears to be in a coma, while it isn’t known if she will ever wake up or when it could happen. Reiss still visits his wife regularly, while he’s moved on with Sonia.

But as money issues increase next week, he even tries to con Kat Slater out of a tax bill she’s already paid. However, Sonia’s sister Bianca Jackson is suspicious of Reiss, and she ends up following him to the care home.

She overhears Reiss asking Debbie for her permission to borrow more money, having already taken thousands. Bianca is horrified by what she hears and Reiss realises he has been caught out – but will Bianca tell Sonia?

If Debbie is still in a coma, Reiss knows full well he won’t actually get the permission he needs amid his plan to take more of the money he can’t afford to pay back. Sonia has no idea how he really funded their treatment, so could the pair be headed for a split?