Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) has made a mistake by lying to Doctor Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) in Emmerdale – and it’s potentially going to cost her everything.
After inheriting her late father’s house, Doctor Todd realised that she’d need a fair bit of cash to do it up. With her pension pot small due to going into early retirement, she turned to her favourite past time – blackmailing someone – in order to raise the funds.
The wicked woman found Charity and told her that she wants £10,000 and if not, she’d tell Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) and Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) about baby Leyla not actually being their child.
Charity was only able to find £5k for Doctor Todd, and took the approach of threatening her to try and scare her away from the village. This appeared to do the trick, as Caitlin later told Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) about her plan to leave today.
In this evening’s episode, Doctor Todd went for lunch with Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) prior to her exit. As they chatted about Caitlin’s potential romance with Vanessa, Ryan Stocks (James Moore) was sat nearby doing some pub admin.
Ryan started chatting to Manpreet about Charity, but he accidentally made a comment about his mum that caused Caitlin’s ears to prick up. She was under the impression that Charity is just a barmaid at the Woolpack, but discovered from Ryan and Manpreet’s conversation that she actually owns half of the establishment.
Arriving in the pub, Doctor Todd took pleasure in telling Charity that it’s now going to take a six figure sum to keep the secret hidden about baby Leyla. Charity was absolutely horrified – but also knew that Caitlin was being completely serious.
Next week, it will feel as though the only option Charity has is to sell her shares in the pub. She heads to see Kim Tate (Claire King), aware that if she buys, Kim will give her the money within Doctor Todd’s timeframe.
Discussing these upcoming scenes, star Emma Atkins said: ‘She’s [Kim] like, “Why?” Charity’s not willing to divulge, she’s like, “You don’t need to know”. Kim’s like, “Oh, I think I do. Nobody in their right mind would sell their share of this great hub, the epicentre of the village, why?” “You don’t need to know,” and she will not let the guard down, she won’t let her mask slip.
‘She’s just suggesting that she wants less responsibility in her life, and obviously the audience will know why. So, yeah, she’s definitely suspicious. At the moment, I think she is the only one.’
