He gets a nasty surprise.

Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Monday’s episode (October 14), which is available to watch now on streaming service Channel 4 and hasn’t yet aired on TV.

Hollyoaks has aired a devastating twist involving Ste Hay in the show’s latest episode.

Ste is currently on a difficult road to recovery after the explosion a year ago which killed his husband, James Nightingale.

He has been coming to terms with James’ death, as well as the responsibility of looking after Leah’s baby – who she decided to name James as a tribute.

In today’s episode, Tony came to the hospital to help Ste, as he was finally being discharged from the hospital into the care of Leela.

He was thankful for Tony’s support and looked forward to when he would be able to move back into his own flat in a few weeks’ time – but Tony looked unsure.

As they arrived back in the village, Ste felt emotional and wanted to go home to be close to his late husband.

It was then that Tony was forced to break the news to Ste that he couldn’t go home, as his house has been sold.

The Lomaxes organised a welcome home party for Ste, but when he arrived, he confronted Leela about why she had sold his house, as his power of attorney.

Leela and Joel explained that they needed to pay for Leah’s university fees and Lucas’ solicitor, and they couldn’t keep up with the mortgage payments.

But Ste was furious that Leela had sold the last thing that connected him to James and told his sister that he wished he was still in a coma.

Later, Maxine tried to comfort Ste, and the pair discussed memories of James, as Ste expressed sadness that he missed his husband’s funeral.

Maxine suggested that they float candles in the river for Ethan and James and Ste agreed, but he got distracted when he thought he saw James walking through the village.

As Ste waited for Maxine by the river, he spotted the man that looked like James once again, this time entering their former house.

He decided to follow and barged into the house, confronting the new owners and suggesting they were hiding James.

Finding a coat and briefcase in the house, Ste decided that James was still alive. Will he realise the truth?

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.