Lewis Archer Lewis Archer was a male escort who was in a relationship with Audrey Roberts , before stealing from Barlow ' s Bookies and fleeing . However , he later returned to pay his debts and make up with Audrey , much to the dismay of her daughter Gail . They later resumed their relationship when Lewis convinced her that he was a changed man . Biography . 2009 - 2010 . Lewis met Audrey at the Weatherfield Council Christmas lunch on 18th December 2009 when he was escorting Claudia Colby . Audrey , a friend of Claudia ' s , fell for Lewis and he remained in her thoughts afterwards despite her shock at finding out he was a paid escort . In the New Year , Audrey called on Lewis to have dinner with her , but got cold feet at the last minute and pretended to be ill when he arrived at her door . Lewis , who was used to nervous first - time customers , sat with Audrey as she shared her memories of her late - husband Alf before they left for dinner as planned . A month later , a bored Audrey called on Lewis again . This time they visited Audrey ' s regular pub , the Rovers , and pretended in front of Audrey ' s friends that they had never met before . Norris Cole , who had attended the Christmas lunch with Audrey , recognised Lewis and jumped to the conclusion that Lewis and Audrey were having an affair . Rita Sullivan called on Lewis ' s services after seeing his advert in a magazine . On his second rendezvous with Rita , Lewis was surprised to encounter Audrey and Claudia and to find out that Audrey knew Rita . When he suspected that Audrey wasn ' t pleased about their meeting , he ushered Rita away . Rita ' s perceived interest in Lewis only encouraged Audrey to see even more of Lewis , although on a visit to Audrey ' s salon in Coronation Street , Lewis misplaced his notebook which contained details he had written about his thoughts on his clients . When Lewis went to retrieve it , he found that it had been a wake - up call for Audrey that she was a client and nothing more , but Lewis surprised Audrey with a kiss and told her he had developed real feelings for her . They immediately started dating . For a time , Lewis saw Audrey while continuing with his escort work but after noticing that she was put out by him constantly being engaged with escort work , Lewis quit , telling Audrey that he was beginning to feel too old for the job anyway . Audrey decided to invest £100 , 000 to pursue Lewis ' s dream with him to run a hotel in Greece and they planned to leave for a new life . Lewis began flirting with Deirdre Barlow at the bookies , and while her back was turned , he stamped the betting slips and later filled in the names of the winning horses to make it look like he had won . He managed to con £4 , 000 from the bookies . On Lewis and Audrey ' s " leaving " day for Greece , Lewis arrived at Manchester Airport in order to flee the country by himself . He left Audrey ' s money alone , cancelled the transfer , and booked a flight to Barbados . Before boarding , he met a woman called Lydia Radcliffe , and after discovering the pair were on the same flight , offered to sit with her to ease her nervousness . Back in Weatherfield , Peter Barlow discovered Lewis ' s con on the CCTV footage at the bookies , and Deirdre got sacked . A broken Audrey was shown the footage at the Platts ' house where she was waiting for him , and back at home she found a letter from Lewis saying " I tried " . 2012 - 2013 . As of February 2012 , Lewis was back in England . When he and a friend entered a country pub , he bumped into Audrey and Gail who were there after they got lost while out power walking . Lewis pretended to be his " twin " brother Hugh , but when the Barman referred to him by name , Lewis paid for their drinks and made a quick departure . However later in the day he returned to Weatherfield and repaid Peter Barlow the £4 , 000 he owed him , plus an extra £1 , 000 . He then went to see Audrey , and asked her to escort him to the police station to hand himself in . He was let out on bail and turned up in the Rovers where he was punched by Deirdre . Audrey later met Lewis in Nick ' s Bistro for a drink where he made out he was a changed man and gave her his phone number . He turned up at the salon the next day where Audrey ' s grandson David threatened to hit him . He sent flowers to the salon , and Audrey tracked him down and found out he was living in a grubby bedsit after having money issues . Lewis attended Weatherfield Magistrates Court , and was ordered to serve forty hours ' community service . He was given a job at the bistro by Nick Tilsley after impressing restaurant critic Greg . While on holiday with Audrey in October 2012 , he spotted Penny Thornley , a woman he had conned five years previously . While at a train station he vanished - leaving a confused Audrey abandoned , and she made her own way home . Lewis once again returned to Weatherfield shortly afterwards , and revealed the reasons for his departure . He then suggested they leave town and start afresh , but Audrey ' s family arrived while they were packing - along with Penny - who Audrey contacted . Penny planned to turn Lewis into the police , but Audrey stopped her and offered her the £10 , 000 that Lewis had conned from her . Even though Lewis didn ' t want Audrey to bail him out , she persisted . Penny then left - very disappointed in Audrey for being foolish enough for falling for him again . Lewis began working at the Rovers and was supportive of Gloria Price , who claimed to have an illness and not long to live - although it was just a scam . She later got Gail involved to see if Lewis would agree to run off with Gloria and betray Audrey . Lewis was angry to discover what happened and told Audrey , and was annoyed to discover that she was aware of the situation and dumped her , devastating Audrey . Lewis then began plotting revenge on both Gloria and Gail for ruining his happiness , and later exposed Gloria when she cheated in order to win Lancashire Leisure ' s Pub of the Year competition , which caused a shame - faced Gloria to leave the Weatherfield , but not before Lewis told her and gloated about his success . Lewis got his job back at the bistro , and then began planning his revenge on Gail . Despite her distrust in Lewis , Gail began to have a more softer approach to him and felt guilty about what she had done . Lewis " staged " an accident in the bistro blaming the wet floors Gail was working on and then faked an injured back . A guilty Gail invited him to stay with her , and Lewis used the opportunity to get access to Gail ' s bank details and find out her worth . Lewis began giving advice to Gail and acted like he cared for her , winning her trust and she developed feelings for him . Lewis also let his old friend Patrick Woodson in on the con who was happy to see that Lewis hadn ' t gone soft and returned to his old ways . While sharing a bottle of wine with Gail in the bistro , Patrick arrived , pretending to bump into Lewis on the " off chance " , and offered him a job running a hotel in Italy . However , Lewis turned down the offer as he didn ' t want to leave Weatherfield behind again , making Gail believe he was staying for her . Lewis and Gail begin dating in secret but Lewis didn ' t want to take it further - not wanting to hurt Audrey ' s feelings . When the family found out about what Gail was up to , Lewis decided to drive a wedge between Gail and her family by saying that he would take up Patrick ' s offer for them to move to Italy together . Gail took a loan against her house for £40 , 000 . Lewis then plotted to take the money , transferring it into separate accounts . Blackmailing Kylie after finding out that she slept with Nick on Christmas Day , he instructed her to get Gail ' s username and password . Once he obtained the information , he told Gail to get the family together at No . 8 to announce the plans to move , having left a DVD recording of his confession , Lewis then vanished . The Platt family played the recording of Lewis telling Gail that he could never love her , and blaming her for his break up with Audrey . Lewis told Audrey he was sorry for causing her pain and would always love her and he sent a courier to the house with £9 , 000 for Audrey - settling his debt for bailing him out with Penny . When Audrey arrived back at her house later that night , she found flowers left by Lewis with a card reading : " " You were always the one . All my love , all my life , Lewis . " " Despite a full police investigation , Gail was disappointed to find that Lewis had evaded capture and had settled in Belize where he was unable to be extradited even if caught . Quotes . " Charmed " ( First line , to Audrey Roberts ) " I hope , by now , Gail has acquainted you with our little scheme . . . to cut you adrift and start a new life in Italy . I ' d like to say she took a lot of persuading to abandon her family but alas , " no ! " As with my seduction . . . she didn ' t need asking twice . You made it easy , Gail . . . far easier than I dared hope . But did you seriously think I could ever love you ? and after what you did to Audrey and myself . . . you destroyed my best hope of happiness , so let me return the compliment . There is " no " new life in Italy , " no " job in Tuscany and " no " money left in " your " bank account . . . because by the time you ' ve watched this , I ' ll have taken it - as compensation for what you stole from me . Which brings me to you , Audrey . You did what no other woman ever could , you made me happy and content . I truly was a changed man until Gail meddled and forced me to revert to type . We could ' ve been so happy , Audrey . . . but I ' m afraid this is our last goodbye . And that really , truly breaks my heart . I ' m sorry for any pain this may cause you and I mean you no harm . Ti amo , my darling . Kylie . . . I like you very much , you ' ve got something about you and you could do a good deal better than that weasel of a husband . And you deserve happiness too , Nick . I hope you both manage to find it one day . Hey look at that , the " perfect cocktail " . It just requires a toast , and this one ' s especially for you Gail . . . ' Chi cento ne fa , una ne aspetti ' . . . Or as we say in this country , ' What goes around comes around ' . Ciao ! " ( Final line )