Dawn Fletcher’s (Olivia Bromley) plan to leave Emmerdale with ex-husband Billy (Jay Kontzle) has been upended.
She’s due to marry local millionaire Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), though has had serious doubts about her fiancé’s morality after learning (or rather believing) that he’d attacked Billy and left him with a bleed on the brain.
Of course, as we viewers know, it was actually Kev Barton (Chris Coghill) who committed the assault, and not Joe.
With Caleb and Ruby Milligan (William Ash and Beth Cordingly) seeking revenge on Joe, they’ve supported Dawn and Billy’s desire to flee to Spain, and have even organised for them to have fake passports made.
Last week, Dawn told Billy that she’d found a perfect opportunity to escape – during Joe’s stag-do. He and former guardian Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) had announced plans to holiday in Prague, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Olivia Bromley and Jay Kontzle as Dawn and Billy Fletcher, and Ned Porteous as Joe Tate. ITV
As the pair discussed their getaway, Graham interrupted and seemingly overheard some of the conversation. He led them both out to the Home Farm Estate fields, where Joe was clay pigeon shooting. The big surprise was that he wanted to celebrate their stag and hen dos together!
Seriously unimpressed after seemingly being scuppered, they were forced to join in the activity.
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Graham and Joe then made a series of comments that seemed to imply that they were privy to what was unfolding. Dawn was becoming increasingly desperate, and while Joe had his back turned, she loaded a gun and aimed it towards him.
Billy watched on in horror, clearly seeing a new side to Dawn and wondering who he was starting a new life with. But would she really shoot her husband-to-be?
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