Gavin Rodwell- who is he?

Michael clearly believes that Gavin is his long lost son. Gail does too. But the viewers are wondering who he is, what he's doing and why is he pretending to be Gavin Rodwell? We might also ask, why does he never crack a smile? Well, in fairness, he did on Wednesday, he smiled at Steph. Steph is keen on him and as she said on New Year's Eve, if he doesn't snog her then, when will he? She sent him a text, 'Bet you're a great kisser' then grabbed Gavin's phone to delete it. Gavin saw her with his phone and grabbed it. 'Not cool' frowns Leanne. So why was Gavin so terror-struck when he saw Steph with his phone?

Leanne asked Gavin recently for his National Insurance number and for his bank account details. She said she was not happy to be giving cash in hand anymore and wanted to make Gavin's position at the bistro more official and above board - a reasonable request. He told her he didn't have a bank account, which is rather unusual for a person his age. He explained that he had been a victim of phishing. Phishing is an attempt to acquire sensitive information about a bank account, or similar, by posing as a genuine company online. Gavin explained this and Leanne seemed unsuspecting. 'Someone was going round pretending to be me,' he tells Steph. She replies, 'International man of mystery.' His response was that he is only staying because of her. Intriguing...

Later, we saw him in a flat rummaging through drawers in a panicky way and on finding a National Insurance card being overjoyed and kissing it .Is he an impostor then? If so, why is he? And who is he?

Disturbingly, as I picked up a soap magazine in the supermarket the other day, when everything comes out in the wash, as it always does, there are devastating effects on Gail and on Michael.

It is a gripping storyline and I for one am looking forward to its resolution.
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