EastEnders spoilers: Was Lucy Beale pregnant when she died?

It seems as if there could be more to this murder investigation than meets the eye…

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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Hold onto your butts, EastEnders fans - things are about to get even more interesting.

It's going to be a VERY dramatic week for Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) when she finally stops ogling Peter Beale's well-honed torso and finds the missing piece of the police file left behind by Emma Summerhayes.

Determined to get further answers, Lauren desperately tries to access Emma's phone by attempting to guess the passcode.

But, sadly, Lauren's attempts at unlocking the phone prove unsuccessful - and she soon finds herself tempted to drink a bottle of whiskey.

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Concerned for his daughter, Max (Jake Wood) encourages Stacey (Lacey Turner) to sit down and talk with her.

But, when he learns that Lauren almost fainted, he angrily storms in and interrupts the two girls - just as his daughter is about to tell Stacey what she knows.

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Desperate, Lauren secretly hands Stacey a used pregnancy test - and later, after escaping her dad's clutches, rushes to tell a shocked Stacey that she knows what really happened to Lucy.

Cue Stacey calling the police and DI Keeble rocking up to ask Lauren what she knows - but will she admit the truth?

So - let's talk about that pregnancy test.

It either means one of two things, we think...

Option A:

It was Lucy's test, and Hetti Bywater's character was expecting a baby when she died. After all, she did speak a lot about motherhood with Cindy shortly before she died - and referred to her previous abortion.

But, if she was pregnant - was it Max's or Lee Carter's baby? As we imagine that the answer might just give one of her baby daddy potentials an extra motive to kill her.

However, if Lucy WAS pregnant, we feel it would have been mentioned in a post mortem examination.

Then again, maybe it was and Ian Beale - for deep dark reasons of his own - decided not to tell anyone.

Hmm.

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Option B:

It's Lauren's pregnancy test - and she's expecting Peter's baby.

Which means that, while she may have solved the Lucy Beale murder case, she now has a possible conflict of interest. Because maybe all her digging around has led her to discover that Peter was the one who sent his twin six feet under?

It would make sense - especially as we know Ben Hardy, who plays the character, is leaving the soap very soon.

Plus it would explain why Lozzer is so reulctant to go to the police - we're not sure she would be able to deal with her baby's father, not to mention her childhood sweetheart, being behind bars.

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So many questions - and so few answers.

We won't be finding out who killed Lucy Beale until February 19th - and we are on TENTERHOOKS waiting for that big reveal.

Who do you think bumped off the pretty blonde? Let us know via the comments box below now.

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