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\n\t\tCelia Daniels\u2019 world is unravelling (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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Ray Walters<\/a>\u00a0(Joe Absolom<\/a>) continued to pull away from the influence of his horrible mother\u00a0Celia Daniels<\/a>\u00a0(Jaye Griffiths<\/a>) in Thursday (December 18)\u2019s\u00a0Emmerdale<\/a>, when he defied her to help\u00a0Bear Wolf\u00a0<\/a>(Joshua Richards<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Celia\u2019s attempt to ruin Ray\u2019s romantic relationship with Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy), and the way she totally belittled and humiliated Ray afterwards, has perhaps made him begin to realise that\u00a0she doesn\u2019t always have his best interests at heart.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n When Bear gashed his hand while working and Celia brusquely told Ray just to fix him up enough for him to work, previously Ray would have done just that. But this time he secretly defied her, telling Bear he would drive him to hospital to get the wound cleaned and stitched up properly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Both Bear and Ray remembered that when Anya (Alia Al-Shabibi)\u2019s wounds were left untended\u00a0she eventually died from an infection<\/a>. Ray has become quite fond of Bear \u2013 which Celia branded\u00a0\u2018pathetic\u2019\u00a0\u2013 and didn\u2019t want that happening to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web \t\t At the hospital Ray reminded Bear \u2013 or Ted, as he calls him \u2013 that he couldn\u2019t tell the hospital staff he was employed by Ray. They decided they would resend that Bear was his dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then Bear spotted a sign on the wall, naming the hospital trust.\u00a0\u2018Are we in Leeds?\u2019\u00a0he wondered. Bear has no idea where in the country he\u2019s being kept, least of all that Celia\u2019s farm is so close to his own family home that his granddaughter Eve once spotted him out in a field. Seeing that they were in Leeds must have made him realise that he wasn\u2019t as far away as he thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n A doctor came to look at Bear\u2019s wound and noticed he had several other injuries, including a broken arm that had never mended properly. Bear only manages the pain from this injury because Ray constantly gives him painkillers, to which he\u2019s now addicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t Between them, Ray and Bear managed to give a convincing explanation of what had happened. Ray said his dad was often a bit clumsy in the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then he realised it was the first time in his life he\u2019d called anyone\u00a0\u2018dad.\u2019\u00a0Bear mentioned his own lad, without naming Paddy (Dominic Brunt), and Ray talked about his childhood and how he\u2019d been a different person when his grandfather was alive, before he\u2019d been\u00a0\u2018adopted\u2019\u00a0by Celia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n In touching scenes, Bear gave Ray some fatherly advice, telling him he should still follow his dreams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018What if my dream included a lady?\u2019\u00a0Ray said, thinking of Laurel. He talked about his vision of being a stepdad for Laurel\u2019s children. Bear encouraged him not to give up.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tCan\u2019t wait for the next twist?\t\t\t<\/p>\n Hi, I\u2019m Calli Kitson, Soaps reporter at Metro.\u00a0I cover Emmerdale, EastEnders, Corrie and more.<\/p>\n If you want to stay up to date on the latest spoilers, sign up to\u00a0our daily Soaps Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t From the big moments to the gossip you can\u2019t miss, it\u2019s all in your inbox every morning.\u00a0Sign up now<\/a>.<\/p>\n Celia\u2019s stranglehold on her empire<\/a>\u00a0seems to be crumbling by the day. In the same episode Moira (Natalie J Robb) had discovered that Celia had been defrauding her, and Moira and Cain (Jeff Hordley) are planning to confront her.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ray has already defied her about Bear and he defied her again and went to see Laurel, asking her for another chance, which she agreed to. And when Laurel branded Celia as\u00a0\u2018toxic,\u2019\u00a0Ray didn\u2019t argue.\u00a0<\/p>\n Celia is already making plans to leave the area and start again somewhere else \u2013 but can she count on Ray to be by her side?\u00a0<\/p>\n And Bear now knows he\u2019s in the same county as his son and the rest of his family, and his thoughts are turning back to Paddy more often. Could Bear possibly be home by Christmas?\u00a0<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow
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