Final scoop: Lewis Barton – a young character with a dangerous aura – is the one who revealed the truth about Kev, shocking Emmerdale.

Lewis has already made headlines for his tense confrontation with Ross, but this time, he turns his focus to Kev – who has disappeared without a trace.

In a scene released, Lewis goes to the abandoned cabin where Kev used to stay.

He rummages through things, opens a cupboard, and finds a leather notebook.

And in it, he reads something that turns everything around: Kev used to work for someone the Barton family had ties to.

Lewis rushes to the Woolpack, slams the notebook on the table, and shouts:
“He came back for the Bartons! Not for anyone else!”

This leaves the whole village stunned.
Kev didn’t come to Emmerdale “by chance”.
He came to find a Barton who had harmed his family in the past.

I added a little spice: Lewis opened the last page of the notebook and showed it to Ross. It had exactly one line written on it:

“I won’t leave the village until I see him again.”

Ross turned pale.

Lewis walked over and whispered in his ear:

“Is he… you or Pete?”

This fact threw the entire Barton family into a spiral of mutual suspicion. Ross looked at Pete. Pete looked at Lewis. Lewis looked at the sky. Kev looked from afar.