The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) was utterly horrified in tonight’s Emmerdale as he found daughter April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) lying on the floor with a vial of ketamine beside her.

The beloved character has faced an uphill battle with April ever since she returned from a life on the streets. Marlon lives in fear that April will disappear again and has taken to sleeping with the house keys in his pocket, and constantly treading on eggshells around her.

Because of the overwhelming panic, Marlon has also allowed April to get away with a lot.

We saw this last week, when Marlon and Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) interrupted an afternoon with Arthur Thomas (Alfie Clarke) and his mates.

April had got bored and ended up flirting with a lad she was hanging out with. When Marlon and Rhona arrived to check on her, she was walking downstairs with the boy after sleeping with him.

Rhona railed at April, but Marlon told her to stop, convinced that if they shouted and made her feel worse, she’d run away again.

Tonight’s episode opened with another reminder that April is no longer a little girl, and capable of some pretty low moves. She had snuck into the vets and stolen a vial of ketamine, and later used it on a revenge plan for her dad.

Yesterday, April learnt that Marlon had framed her friend Dylan (Fred Kettle) and planted drugs in his pocket. Today, she developed an idea to make it look as though she had overdosed.

When Marlon entered the house, April was on the floor. With the drugs beside her, he made the assumption she had taken them and was dead.

Marlon called for help as he realised April was breathing. Just as Rhona and Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) prepared to ring the emergency services, April sat up and confirmed she was absolutely fine.

The move shocked Marlon, Rhona and Vanessa but once again, it wasn’t enough for April to change her ways.

It took Rhona snapping at both Marlon and April for the tables to finally turn. She reminded the father and daughter that other people live in the same house as them, and the constant bickering needs to stop.

Perhaps hearing it from another person was what made April sit up. She apologised and so did Marlon, seemingly back on the same page.

Just as the episode drew to a close though, Marlon made a move in secret that implied his fear surrounding April leaving has not dissipated yet.