Lolly

Lolly, full name "Lauren", was an old schoolfriend of Kate Connor's who turned up one day unannounced at the Viaduct Bistro. Kate was delighted to see her after some years and caught up with her news, including the fact that she had broken up with her husband Tom after he had had a four-year affair with Louella Charnock, another old schoolfriend, despite Kate previously warning Lolly not to enter into a marriage with him.

Lolly assumed that because she had moved out of the marital home her invitation to Kate and Rana Habeeb's wedding hadn't reached her, not realising that the couple had over-invited their guest numbers anyway. Kate texted Rana to meet her fiancee and Lolly heard about the mistakes with the extra numbers. She declared that there were several solutions to their problem and demonstrated the fact when she was introduced to fellow (and very unwanted) guests Kirk and Beth Sutherland. Talking to them aside from the happy couple, Lolly discovered that the Sutherlands were short of money and confided in them the fiction that Kate and Rana had produced a wedding present list where none of the items were under £100. To further put them off attending, she told Kirk that there were three predatory lesbians attending who would not take no for an answer and only fancied stunning blond women. Kirk instantly felt that his own wife would be in danger from such unwanted attentions.