Belle Dingleย (Eden Taylor-Draper) finally admits to herself that sheโs in a toxic situation with husbandย Tom Kingย (James Chase) inย Emmerdaleย and makes plans to flee the village in upcoming episodes.
The move comes after Belle was forced to take drastic action toย secretly terminate her pregnancyย without Tom knowing. Tom was delighted to hear that Belle was pregnant, after making it very clear that he canโt wait to be a father.
For Belle, however, it was the wrong time and she knew she couldnโtย go ahead with the pregnancyย while she was living in fear of what Tom might do next.
Afterย Tom had sold her carย in yet another move designed to make her less independent and more reliant on him, Belle took a huge risk and took Tomโs car to drive herself to the clinic.
Belle knows that her husband has been tracking her movement on an app, so to cover her tracks she put herย phoneย in Amelia (Daisy Campbell)โs babyโs pram and asked Amelia to walkย Piper the dogย around the village for a while. Every time Tom checked his phone it seemed that Belle was on her usual walk with the dog.
Following this, Belle has a meeting with Rachel, her mental health coordinator. Rachel is concerned to hear that Belle told Tom she had a miscarriage rather than an abortion and gently questions her.
Belle realises thatย Rachel is getting close to the truth aboutย her marriage and tries to end the meeting, but as Rachel reassures her, Belle finally realises just how bad things are between her and Tom โ and that his behaviour is controlling and abnormal.
Rachel encourages her that what she needs is a beak from Tom, and even though belle is terrified, she agrees. She makes plans to go to Scotlandย to stay with her dad and Debbie (Charley Webb).
He, meanwhile, has discovered that she lied about the abortion and heโs raging. He grabs an iron bar and goes on a rampage, smashing up everything in his way. As his energy runs out and his anger burns itself out he takes one final swing with the metal bar, which makes contact with an electrical circuit.
The ensuing electric shock flings him off his feet and smashes him into a beam.
Is Tom dead? How will Belle react when she finds out about the accident?
