After Leo’s hospitalization, it seemed like the storm had calmed down, but no – that was just the beginning of the nightmare.

April Windsor now lives in extreme fear when Ray Walters – the mastermind behind it all – reappears, forcing her to continue “delivering” to him if she doesn’t want to be exposed.

He even sent April a photo of her outside the hospital with a chilling message: “I’m always watching you.”

Meanwhile, Marlon, sensing something dark surrounding his daughter, began to secretly check April’s belongings.

He discovered a strange USB hidden in a drawer – inside was a recording of Ray’s conversation with another man. It seemed that April had secretly recorded it, intending to use it as “living proof” for self-defense. But before Marlon could ask, Ray smelled it and broke into the Windsor house in the middle of the night, trying to get the USB back.

The scene where Ray and April confront each other in the dark is expected to be one of the most intense scenes in Emmerdale this season. April fearfully retreats, clutching a kitchen knife, while Ray approaches, his voice full of threats: “You can kill me, but I still win.” When Marlon’s footsteps sound outside the door, Ray manages to escape, leaving April shivering in the cold house.

From then on, April completely collapses. She stops eating, stops talking, afraid of every sound outside the window. Leo, after recovering, gradually senses something is wrong. In an emotional scene, he says: “You don’t need to protect me anymore. I want to know the truth.” April bursts into tears, hugs her brother, and that could be the turning point that makes her decide to fight back.