Charity Dingle is Emmerdale’s “drama queen” – but this time, she is the one who is being back-fired by her own plan.

According to the latest spoiler, Charity planned to break up with Mack Boyd in a “nice – smooth – controllable” way, but life is not like a dream: her plan exploded in a multi-layered disaster, bringing with it a series of irreversible truths.

Charity started by feeling that Mack was getting more and more distant.

She believed that if it continued, the two would hurt each other more.

So she was determined to break up before things got worse. She prepared carefully, practiced her lines in front of the mirror, and even chose the right moment when Mack was mentally weak to “strike”.

But Mack – contrary to expectations – reacts violently. He thinks Charity is lying, hiding something. “Who are you breaking up with me for?” Mack screams in a scene that makes the audience jump. Charity trembles, trying to explain that it was a mutual decision, but Mack doesn’t believe her.

Then, just as the argument reaches its climax, Ross Barton suddenly appears at the door – at the worst possible time. Ross intended to come over to talk about Mack, but Mack sees Ross standing next to Charity… and misinterprets everything.

Mack bangs the table, pushes the chair and declares:
“I was just a joke to you two? Fine. Pretend I never existed.”

Charity is devastated. She didn’t cheat, she didn’t cheat – but Ross’s arrival at the wrong time ruined all her plans.

But the biggest twist comes later: Mack leaves for the night – and here, he accidentally discovers a secret about Charity herself, a detail that the spoiler hints “completely changes the relationship”.