It's set to be another week of highs and lows in the village of Emmerdale, as some characters are about to go through emotional turmoil.
Emmerdale spoilers can reveal that since her brutal attack, Nicola King is struggling to cope with the life she once knew and begins to feel like a prisoner in her home.
Scared of the outdoors, she is also trapped with her thoughts that someone is out to get her. But things soon reach boiling point when a mystery person appears at her door.
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Meanwhile Chas Dingle is more than happy to continue a steamy affair with Al Chapman. But her plans grind to halt when her mother's sickness gets in the way.
Will a guilty Chas be found out?
Elsewhere, David Metcalfe is facing some money troubles that he can't tell his wife-to-be Victoria Sugden. But will he have the courage to come clean?
Nicola attacks intruder
Nicola is still feeling the emotional repercussions from her attack and is left shaking when she hears a knock on the door and a shadow appear soon after.
Relieved when it’s her sister Bernice, Nicola continues to hide her inner torment and suffering.
However, she is soon thrown when Bernice suggests she makes the pitch for the Green Initiative with her to the council.
As Bernice leaves the house, Nicola is left feeling like a prisoner in her own home as she begins to feel scared to leave.
And when her dad Rodney arrives, Nicola does her best to keep him from departing before pleading with Bernice to come over and help with the presentation, desperate not to be left alone.
Not long after, Nicola panics again when she’s the only one available to pick up the kids from school.
Trying her best to get on with her normal everyday tasks, Nicola makes her way to her car to pick up the kids but is overwhelmed by thoughts of her attack.
While in the car she panics and slams on the accelerator accidentally colliding into David’s van.
Nicola begins to stumble when confronted by an angry David after their crash.
When David demands that she hands over her insurance details, Nicola rushes back inside her house and bolts the door.
Confused, David pleads for the insurance details from Nicola who’s unable to let him into her home.
Later on, Nicola soon latches onto the idea of exaggerating Carl’s illness to keep him at home despite the boy pleading to go back to school with his friends.
As Nicola ushers Elliot and Angel off to school, a wary Carl is unconvinced as to why he needs to stay at home with her and questions her on her motives.
But once alone, Nicola fights a panic attack however she is luckily snapped out of it by Carl.
Trying to settle Carl, Nicola searches for chocolate to placate him, but he quickly grabs her phone and darts outside.
Terrified Nicola starts to become overwhelmed at the prospect of going outside to chase him.
She soon enters full panic mode when she hears girls laughing outside and braces for the fight of her life thinking her attackers have returned.
Petrified, Nicola hits a mystery person over the head in defence.
Chas affair twist
With the news of her mother's cancer diagnosis in the forefront of her mind, a frustrated Chas feels like her life is spiralling out of control.
But Chas leans on her friend Al once again and the two end up sharing a passionate kiss.
As things begin to heat up, Chas suggests they book a hotel and spend the night together.
However, by the next day, Faith struggles with her chemo and collapses leaving a guilty Chas with no other choice but to cut ties with Al.
Overcompensating for her guilty conscious, Chas jumps on board with Faith’s idea for a big knees up to celebrate Paddy’s birthday.
But when Kerry and Al bump into Paddy and Chas the unspoken tension between them is clear.
Al later admits to Chas that he felt jealous seeing her with Paddy but a defiant Chas denies any feelings on her part.
The next day, Chas is forced to suppress her awkwardness when Kerry recounts her night of passion with Al.
Later on Main Street, Al and Chas clash, both jealous of the other’s relationship as suspicious Charity watches the pair exchange words from a distance.
Will Al and Chas be caught out?
Wedding heartache
In order to gain some extra cash, David feigns a neck injury to the insurance company after his crash with Nicola.
But when his partner Victoria brings up her plans for an expensive wedding, David tries to deflect and avoids the big money talks.
However the shopkeeper is relieved when Victoria buys his lie regarding his neck injury.
However, Brenda calls out David for taking out a claim on Nicola who is clearly struggling, following their minor car collision and Priya informs concerned Victoria about David missing some payments.
Will David tell the truth about his financial woes?
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