The Woolpack has changed hands many times over the years in Emmerdale, but never has it fallen into the wrong ones before.
Charity Dingle’s (Emma Atkins) tenure as the landlady is fast coming to an end, all because of that evil Dr Todd (Caroline Harker).
Dr Todd is blackmailing her because she knows the true parentage of baby Leyla and she’s in need of some serious money.
It’s all Chas ‘Loose Lips’ Dingle’s (Lucy Pargeter) fault – just after Leyla was born, Chas chose the hospital carpark to give Ross (Michael Parr) both barrels to remind him that though he fathered the baby, she isn’t his daughter. Todd overheard and decided to use this information to pump Charity for every penny she’s worth.
After learning Charity’s dirty secret, the first thing Todd did was make her make Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) drop his grievance against her. Next, she began piling on the pressure, forcing Charity to hand over wads of cash. The Doc retired early after Jacob caught her out in an HR lie, and now she needs money to survive. The current pub landlady with the devastating secret is a perfect money spinner.
Charity was forced to take out a loan to pay off Caitlin, but it wasn’t enough and she needs more. She tries for a loan extension, but is gutted to learn she can’t get one, right when Todd texts to remind her that she still owes money.
This means Todd will be hanging around even longer, much to Vanessa’s joy and everyone else’s hell.
Charity has no choice but to sell the pub to pay off the debt, and things look momentarily positive when Ruby (Beth Cordingly) seems interested. But Caleb (William Ash) puts a spanner in the works. He feels it just wouldn’t be good optics, and Charity loses the sale.
Feeling rattled, Charity is left even more perturbed when she returns from upstairs to find Todd holding the baby. Todd calmly demands to know what Charity and Caleb were talking about and Charity gives up the information easily. So now Todd knows her scheme is working and that Charity is prepared to sell the pub. Charity has one week to get the money, or else.
Todd later goads her again and Charity decides to stand up to her foe, but it quickly becomes clear that she does not hold a single card in this equation.
Oblivious Vanessa thinks she’s on cloud 9 when she learns Dr Todd is hanging around longer, no clue with who she’s getting into bed with.
Charity has no choice but to go nuclear – she offers to sell the pub to Kim Tate (Claire King).
Kim? KIM?! This one decision could change the face of Emmerdale forever.
