RAINIE Highway’s dream of a happy family crumbles following her husband Stuart’s postnatal depression.
The EastEnders tough man is at his wit’s end next week and makes an upsetting decision about baby Roland.
For months, Rainie and Stuart Highway (played by Tanya Franks and departing star Ricky Champ) have been adamant on starting a family.
When Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) agreed to be their surrogate mother, the couple were relieved to see their dreams could finally come true.
Bernie gave birth to a baby boy which the couple named Roland.
Rainie and Stuart have since been ready to sign their parental order to make their family official.
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But as it turns out, Stuart is struggling to come to terms with fatherhood as symptoms of postnatal depression take over his life – which results in a difficult situation for his other half.
Coming up, Rainie prepares for the social worker’s visit to discuss the parental order but panics when Stuart is nowhere to be found.
With the social worker waiting, Stuarts grandmother and brother, Vi and Callum, track him down and encourage him to support Rainie.
The meeting finally gets underway but Stuart is soon overwhelmed by it all and orders it to be over, ushering the social worker out of his home.
Stuart later spirals out of control despite Rainie’s pleas and takes Roland back to Bernie, asserting he doesn’t want him.
Bernie and her own mother Karen Taylor worry for Roland and decide to keep, leaving Rainie devastated.
Reeling from the shock, Rainie pays the Taylors a visit, begging them to let her explain what happened.
