Ronnie Clayton Veronica " Ronnie " Clayton was a Street Cars employee and love interest of Steve McDonald between 2005 and 2006 . Biography . Ronnie was married to gangster Jimmy Clayton , the owner of Connect Cabs , but they separated . Steve McDonald interviewed Ronnie for a job as a driver at Street Cars in October 2005 . Smitten with her , he offered her the job immediately . He also took Ronnie out for a drink at the Rovers Return Inn . On her first day working at Street Cars , Jimmy called in while she was out . He told Lloyd Mullaney and Eileen Grimshaw that they musn ' t employ Ronnie . Steve understood that they had to sack her to avoid trouble but she seduced him and they slept together . Jimmy called at the cab office once again and threatened to have Lloyd beat up if he didn ' t sack Ronnie . Steve refused to let Ronnie go and she agreed to stay . Jimmy then began making hoax calls to Street Cars - sending drivers on false call - outs . He also saw Steve and Ronnie kissing , and subsequently threatened her into returning home to him but she was adamant that their marriage was over . When he discovered what happened , Steve retaliated by telling Jimmy to leave her alone . Jimmy ' s son Nick threatened Street Cars employee Claire Peacock . When someone threw a brick through Lloyd ' s windscreen , Jimmy was the prime suspect . Charlie Fellows , an old client of Ronnie ' s from when she worked for Jimmy at Connect Cars , telephoned Street Cars and Ronnie insisted on going to get him . Nick ' s girlfriend Julie called in the taxi office and warned Eileen that Jimmy was out to hurt Ronnie - he was planning to lure her to Wildclough Farm . Eileen desperately tried to stop Ronnie from going to Charlie Fellows ' farm but it was too late . A frightened Ronnie found Jimmy and Nick at the farm . Jimmy used his shotgun to shoot the tyres on her cab . Steve arrived at the farm , having been sent by Eileen and Jimmy shot his tyres too . Jimmy then pointed the shotgun at Steve . Lloyd arrived at the farm and managed to push Jimmy out of the way with his car . Steve and Ronnie escaped with Lloyd , but Jimmy gave chase . Jimmy tried to force Lloyd off the road but lost control and ended up in a ditch . Steve was upset when Ronnie decided to return to her flat in December 2005 , but she assured him she didn ' t want them to finish . When Steve admitted he had serious money worries , Ronnie gave him £5 , 000 of Jimmy ' s money as a Christmas present . However , he threw it back at her angrily . Ronnie visited Jimmy in prison and told him she was keeping the money and that if he tried to protest she would reveal his dodgy dealings to the authorities . In May 2006 , after having a row with Steve , he slept with Kelly Crabtree . Ronnie tried to phone Steve whilst driving , and left him a message saying that she wanted them to try again and that she was on her way round . While she was on the phone , Ronnie accidentally knocked over a pedestrian . Not knowing whether the man was dead or not , Ronnie checked no - one had seen her and drove off . She radioed Lloyd and lied to him saying she was five minutes from Levenshulme . Ronnie and Steve made up , each hiding a guilty secret from the other . When Ronnie saw the " Gazette " headline " OAP killed in hit and run " , she was very shaken . Street Cars received a speeding fine from the night she knocked down the pedestrian , and without being told about the incident , Steve agreed to cover for her and tell the police that he was driving . However , the police called at Street Cars enquiring about Ronnie ' s car and that there had been a hit - and - run . Steve , worried she had framed him , questioned her but she denied any knowledge of the incident . When Steve was questioned , he realised the only way to prove he wasn ' t driving was to admit he was in bed with Kelly on the night . Ronnie was eventually arrested as the hit - and - run and driver . Quotes . " I ' m ' ere for a job , not a cab . I ' m Ronnie Clayton . " ( First line , to Les Battersby and Steve McDonald ) " Shall we go down to the station ? I ' m sure we can sort all this out . " ( Final line )