Will and Dawn split pic (Credit: ITV/compEmmerdaleInsider)

In Emmerdale spoilers for Friday August 23, the pressure is on for Will as Dawn tries to find missing Rose. Dawn is desperate to let her mum know cancer-stricken Evan may need a bone marrow transplant.

The urgency of Rose’s search leaves Will consumed with guilt and forces him to make his riskiest move yet. Is he about to get caught out?

Will’s web of lies is unravelling in Emmerdale spoilers

Will looks very worried in Emmerdale
Will isn’t being honest with Dawn about Rose’s disappearance (Credit: ITV)

1. Will is hiding secrets about Rose

Rose is still missing and suspicions are starting to mount over her disappearance. Viewers will remember Rose vanished into thin air after her plot to destroy Kim was exposed.

Part of that plot involved Rose seducing Will into bed, an encounter which he instantly regretted. Kim then discovered Rose and Ruby were conspiring against her and informed Will.

The couple ordered Rose out of their lives and abandoned her by the side of a countryside road. She was then picked up by vehicle and later her belongings were seen strewn across the road. It looked as if Rose had met a sinister fate. And someone out there knows what really happened.

Could that person be Will? He and Kim definitely know more than they’re letting on.

Emmerdale: Worried Dawn delivers news to Will in the kitchen at Home Farm
Dawn has worrying news for Will about Evan’s fragile health (Credit: ITV)

2. Dawn drops a shock bombshell

With Kim away in Dubai, Will has been trying his best to hold it together.

But Dawn is growing increasingly concerned for Rose’s wellbeing. Will was able to dissuade his daughter from hiring a private detective, but she now wants to report Rose to the police as a missing person.

As Will tries to figure out a way to stop this happening, Dawn drops a bombshell. She tells her dad Evan might need a bone marrow transplant and Rose could be a match.

The realisation that his grandson’s future might hinge on finding Rose leaves Will wracked with guilt.

Will takes action in Emmerdale spoilers

Will looks worried at his phone in Home Farm
Will prepares to send a text from Rose’s phone (Credit: ITV)

3. Will writes a text on Rose’s phone

As Will continues to reel over Dawn’s news, his thoughts turn back to Rose.

Making sure he’s alone, Will retrieves Rose’s phone which he has hidden at Home Farm. Why exactly he’s got her mobile is another question that needs answering.

Will listens to a pleading voicemail message from Dawn which makes him feel sick with worry. He tries to contact Kim again, but will she answer?

Later, Will’s desperation leads him to compose a message on Rose’s phone. Is the text meant for Dawn? What does it say? And how much longer can Will carry on living a lie? The net is closing in…

Read more: Is Rose dead or alive? 

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