EastEnders’ Kat and Alfie Moon are horrified next week as Zoe Slater’s mysterious stalker steps up their actions. However, after Kat’s daughter makes a shocking confession, are we about to discover that Zoe’s actually been the one behind her own hate campaign all along?

“Zoe has not stopped lying since she stepped onto Albert Square, so it’s not hard for her family to believe that someone is gunning for her,” begins our Walford insider.

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“However, when Alfie catches Zoe out, she’s forced to admit that she may have helped things along a little on the stalking front to ensure she kept his and Kat’s sympathies on side.

“Zoe insists that her action was a one-off, and the previous incidents were the work of someone out to get her, but can Kat really believe her?”

The heat has been on Zoe since she admitted that she’s been lying about the late Dennis Rickman being the father of her twins, a revelation Kat then blurted out to Vicki. The resulting chaos saw Kat give Zoe an ultimatum, with her daughter agreeing to leave.

However, it was then that the strange incidents began with a photo of Kat and Zoe smashed to the ground, a mysterious nighttime intruder in The Vic – and this week Zoe’s cat going missing.

Kat’s deeply worried about her daughter’s mounting terror, despite Alfie’s suspicion that it could be all in Zoe’s mind. However, things go from bad to worse for Zoe when some news arrives from the private investigator who is looking for her son.

A run-in with Vicki doesn’t help, as Zoe’s enemy mocks the search for Zoe’s missing cat. Seeing her distress, Anthony offers Zoe an olive branch, despite their recent differences. However, the respite he brings is brief.

“Kat and Alfie are later shocked to walk into the living room with Zoe and discover the Slater family photos have been vandalised,” says our source.

“Seeing Zoe’s upset, Kat becomes even more determined to support her daughter and decides to sell her share in the limo business to help raise cash to search for her son. But there’s a twist in this tale…”

While Kat and Zoe are meeting with the investigator, Alfie’s suspicions are piqued by something Bert and Ernie say.

When Zoe returns home, Alfie confronts her – and that’s when Zoe’s twisted confession comes tumbling out. But is she totally to blame for all the strange incidents?

Later, Zoe gets a message from a mystery number claiming to have her cat. Could this be a move by her stalker – or is it another of Zoe’s twisted games?