Emmerdale spoilers: Is this the moment David catches his girlfriend Maya sleeping with his teenage son Jacob?
David walks in on his girlfriend Maya and teenage son Jacob who have just slept together in the village hall
Secret 'lovers' Maya Stepney (Louisa Clein) and Jacob Gallagher (Joe Warren Plant) face a heart-in-mouth moment when David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) storms in to the village hall where they have just slept together. With David having found out that his son Jacob ruined his date night with his girlfriend Maya, he wants words with him, unaware that the pair are in the middle of an 'affair'.
As the shopkeeper strides in to the village hall knowing Jacob will be there after footie, there's panic. Maya manages to hide while Jacob fronts up to his dad accusing him of not putting his kids' first. David swallows it and is none the wiser about what is going on so blatantly under his very nose. But when he finds Maya's earring on the hall floor is the predatory teacher's sick game up?
Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) returns from her trip away and lies to her fiancee Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) about where she's been. Will Vanessa realise she's being fobbed off by Charity?
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