After he told his mother Mel (played by Tasmin Outhwaite) she would be dead to him after uncovering her plan to report them to the police on EastEnders, Hunter (Charlie Winter) walked in on Mel writing a confession letter at the beginning of tonight’s instalment of the BBC soap.
Mel has started to become worried about her son's behaviour, as she believes he is starting to show signs of being like his menacing father Steve Owen (Martin Kemp).
Trying to explain why she was willing to hand over herself and Hunter to the police for Ray’s (Sean Mahon) murder, Mel told her son they were left with no other choice than to kill him.
However, Hunter was dubious over his mother’s motives and devised his own solution to the problem which he believed would get the police off their case.
I did it for us
Hunter Owen
Before she heard Hunter’s plan, Mel received a visit from Ray’s second wife, Maddie Wright (Robyn Page) who demanded her share of the money Mel promised her and Ray’s first wife Nicola Kelly (Alexandra Gilbreath) when they exposed their husband as a bigamist on New Year’s Day.
However, as Maddie tried to dig deeper, believing Mel and Hunter knew more about Ray’s disappearance than they were letting on, the situation turned violent.
Mel threw Maddie up against the wall, threatening her before Billy interrupted, with Maddie fleeing the club telling Mel Nicola was right about her.
On her return home, Mel found Hunter covered in dirt and as she asked about why he was so dirty, the teenager revealed his unconventional plan, showing his mother a bullet.
Hunter told Mel how he’d returned to the woods where Ray met his grisly end and dug up the bigamist's
