Ajay Dewan was the manager of the Survivors' Support helpline which operated to assist people who were victims of sexual or other abuse. Paul Foreman, who had suffered in his childhood at the hands of Kel Hinchley, volunteered to work at the helpline.
When Todd Grimshaw returned to the area after several years, he determined to get back with her former lover Billy Mayhew who was now in a relationship with Paul. Hiding his true intentions, he acted in a friendly manner towards Paul and put himself forward as a potential volunteer at the helpline. Ajay invited him in to see the office prior to supplying him with one of the long and detailed application forms and a chat to see about his background and what Todd thought he could bring to the team. What neither he nor Paul knew is that they were being set up and Todd had already employed the services of a schoolboy named Will to ring in several times, posing as a lad who was terrified of his violent stepfather and who would only speak to Paul. To further cover his tracks, Todd showed an interest in Ajay himself and started seeing him. This included having a meal with him at Speed Daal when he knew that Paul and Billy would be eating there and they would see him supposedly happy with his new love interest.
All the time, Todd was working on Paul and manoeuvring him into breaking the rules of the helpline and take a greater interest in Will's case than was allowed, preying on his own insecurities until he exploded with anger and attacked an innocent man who he thought was Will's stepfather and being charged by the police as a result. To Todd's annoyance, this failed to spilt up Paul and Billy who were only brought closer together by the incident.
Ajay and Todd joined Billy and Paul for another meal at Speed Daal the following month where, again, Todd invited himself and listened smiling as Paul spoke of his fears for the upcoming court case for assault. Paul was convicted with a minor sentence but on the day of the trial Todd arranged for Will to wreck their flat. Billy's ward, Summer Spellman caught him in the act and was knocked down when she fled the premises. When it was realised that Will was involved, Billy finished with Paul and Todd moved in to re-establish themselves as a couple, telling Billy and Summer that his and Ajay's "relationship" had fizzled out.
Todd's numerous machinations eventually worked, and Paul split from Billy. Six months later, Will was back on the scene, blackmailing Todd into paying him a large sum of money, otherwise Billy would be told the truth. Paul was accused of sending notes to Todd and, suspicious as to what had been going on around him, Paul contacted Ajay who met him once more in Speed Daal. Ajay wondered why Paul wanted to see him and wasn't at all surprised to hear that Todd and Billy were now engaged as Todd had never stopped talking about him or Paul, and he had always felt that he was after one of them. Hearing that Todd had ghosted Ajay after Paul had "helped" Will, Paul started to put two and two together as to what exactly had taken place earlier in the year.
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2020
2021