Martin Fowler (James P) pledged to get full custody of Roman’s son in EastEnders.

Ex-wife Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) returned to Walford earlier this week to accuse him of stealing her son’s birth certificate.

Later it turned out that Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) was the one in charge, demanding concrete evidence of her pregnancy.

He had heard the news from former cellmate Chrissie (Tracy-Ann Oberman), who had been in prison with Rubyand asked if it was another lie of hers.

Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) tracked Ruby down to Essex and discovered that she had given birth in 2022.

Martin couldn’t help but wonder how sincere his ex was, as she admitted that she gave her son up for adoption because she felt she couldn’t care for him in a mother-child unit.

As he left the area in the back of a taxi, Stacey (Lacey Turner) asked Kat (Jessie Wallace) where she was headed – the hospital.

She and Martin rushed in her direction, only to discover that she had a crush on Roman, who was sleeping in a children’s ward.

In tonight’s episode, Ruby explained that the young man was admitted to the hospital as a result of liver failure. He was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis.

Wanting to make up for lost years, Martin asked her if he could spend time with their child. Over Roman’s bed, he promised to never give up on him.

Out in the corridor, things were tense between Ruby and Stacey, after what they had earlier. As viewers will recall, Stacey’s mother Jean (Gillian Wright) framed Ruby for growing a cannabis farm and she was sent down.

This was in response to Ruby getting Stacey locked up six months earlier.

There was no love lost between the former besties, although Ruby offered an apology for separating her from her children and said that now she is a mother herself, she feels guilty.

As the doctors bustled around Roman’s bedside, Martin took the opportunity to look at their tablet and read his medical history. To his surprise, he learned that his estranged son had been hospitalized following an overdose of paracetamol.

After ripping the strips out of Ruby’s parenting skills, she explained that Roman had accidentally drunk an entire bottle of liquid paracetamol and that it had made his hepatitis symptoms worse.

Martin promised himself he would return to the hospital the next day – but on his return home he told Stacey he intended to fight for full custody.

Will he succeed or is a nasty war with Ruby about to break out?

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