What happened in Emmerdale tonight: Cain and Charity’s horrible discovery at Belle and Tom’s ‘getaway’

Emmerdale tonight saw at least some of the Dingles finally catching onto what has been poking them in the face for months: Belle is married to an utter wrong un and very probably in real danger…

Cain and Charity made a horrible Belle discovery

The episode began with Cain looking wistful, as he held his phone.

“Just trying to get hold of our Belle,” he told Moira. “Vanessa saw her going off with Tom in his car.”

His missus tried to reassure him that they’d probably just decided to go away last-minute for a bit of time out.

But Cain continued: “Only, Paddy saw an email only meant for Tom off some vets in Wales offering him a second interview.

“They’re not moving!”

He added that he’d also tried to call Tom, but there was no answer.

Moira concluded: “She’ll be fine, I’m sure, don’t worry.”

Now, we all know what a sentence like that means in Soapland!

Later Charity spotted a woman knocking at Belle and Tom’s door, who eventually confided that she is Rachel, Belle’s care coordinator from the community mental health team.

Belle had missed a routine appointment, Rachel explained, so she wanted to check in on her.

When Charity mentioned she was worried about Belle, she noted by Rachel’s face that she was too.

With that, Charity told Cain they needed to go and look round the couple’s cottage for clues as to their whereabouts.

“I’m breaking in, I’ve got a really crappy feeling about this, Cain,” she declared.

Once inside the house, baffled Charity gasped: “Get a load of this, door and window censors everywhere – what’s he need this for?”

She then found a notebook listing everything Belle and Tom spend, including on coffees, flowers and birthday cards.

“Do you reckon he’s quizzing her on everything she spends? Why do I get the feeling he’s running the show here?” Charity added.

When they then found an address for a cottage in Pembroke – and Belle’s phone – Charity was adamant they get to Wales, pronto.

Worse findings followed at the Welsh cottage... including blood on the door. “What’s he done to her?” Charity asked, panic rising in her voice.

Cain replied: “Whatever he’s done, he’s a dead man.”

Liam struggled with Ella’s pregnancy news

Across the village, Chas paid Liam a visit.

“Chas I owe you an apology, finding out the way you did, ” he said, referencing Ella’s pregnancy.

“Granted it was a bit of a shock but not as much as for you, I’m guessing,” she replied.

Liam admitted that he was feeling like he was slowly drowning and wondering, “Why me?”

He added: “How am I supposed to get my head around any of this? It’s not just the emotional minefield of being a dad again after Leanna, it’s doing it all with her.

“I’ve told her we’re over for good, there’s no chance we are ever getting back together.”

“I can barely bring myself to look at her, truth be told.”

He continued: “Losing Leanna was the worst thing to happen to me, the idea of being that vulnerable again, but in a worse set of circumstances… it terrifies me.

“She had no right to do this, she said she was on the pill. How do I know she didn’t plan this, get pregnant on purpose?”

Then he got to the crux of what’s bothering him most, asking Chas: “And I’m aware this situation with Ella probably also rules me out of other relationships?”

“Probably,” Chas replied.

Later, Tracy ran into Ella and accused her of lying about being pregnant and ruining Liam’s life.

Ella protested: “I need to speak to him and explain, I haven’t done this on purpose, I’ve not done this to trap him.”

But when she knocked on Liam’s door, he hid inside staring at a photograph of his late daughter…

What did you think of Emmerdale tonight?

Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm.

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