Emmerdale‘s grisly plot surrounding Anthony Fox’s murder takes another dark twist next week, as Caleb Miligan begins to suspect there’s no corpse buried in his makeshift grave.
When tortured Steph Miligan attempts to dig up her slain relative, convinced he’s not dead after all, Caleb tries desperately to stop her frenzied actions. But when he realises that there’s no way a body could be buried in that particular spot, furious Caleb turns to John Sugden for answers…
“John is a man of mystery and this is the latest clue that you can’t always trust what he says,” our insider teases.
“Steph’s meltdown sets Caleb’s mind whirring over whether John told everyone the truth about hiding Anthony’s body in a quiet spot in the woods.
“The location doesn’t match his story at all – it’s completely undisturbed and he would have needed expensive equipment to dig into the ground. Has he been lying this whole time?”
The drama kicks off after the Miligans receive a bunch of flowers, which appear to have been sent by Anthony. The delivery sends Steph into a complete frenzy as she convinces herself that the vile predator is actually still alive.
Soon, Jai Sharma admits that he was the one who sent the flowers in a bid to get more dirt about what Caleb’s hiding. But Jai’s left humiliated when Ruby Fox-Miligan reveals the truth about her father sexually abusing her.
Our source adds: “Jai is gobsmacked when Ruby tells him. He’d been determined to dig up dirt to use against Caleb, and never expected that Ruby and Caleb were hiding something so upsetting. Ruby’s revelation certainly shuts Jai up for once.”
Jai soon backs off, but his actions leave Steph spooked. Soon, Caleb and Ruby find their daughter in the middle of the woods where Anthony is buried, tearing up the earth in a desperate attempt to uncover his rotting corpse – and prove that he really is dead.
As the troubled family turns to John for answers – demanding to know if Anthony is even dead – how will he respond? Is there a chance the vile abuser could still be alive?
