In a heart-wrenching episode of Emmerdale on Thursday, Amelia Flanagan’s character, April Windsor, divulged to her father, (portrayed by Mark Charnock), the identity of her baby’s father.
The tearful scene showed April refusing to return to the village with him. While recovering in the hospital, a concerned Marlon questioned why she had disappeared initially.
April said, “I wanted to tell you, I almost did. But then, I found out that you’d always known how my mum really died. Lied to me about it my whole life. So then I figured, if you could keep secrets, then so could I.”
Marlon persisted: “And the boy? Is there anyone else you need me to call for you?” reports .
“Was he part of the reason you left? Were the two of you still in contact? Does he know that you…?”
April in Emmerdale (Image: ITV)
Desperate to close the conversation, April admitted: “He was just a random lad that I met at a party I didn’t even know his name, dad.”
“You said that we didn’t have to talk,” she reminded him.
With grief and confusion mounting, April questioned, “What happened to my baby? I know it was dead. It wasn’t breathing.”
Marlon detailed that authorities had taken the baby after recording an untimely birth.
April revealed who the father of her baby is (Image: ITV)
Devastated, April lamented: “Because of me,” “I did everything wrong.”
She confessed, “I can’t come home. Everyone will know what I did and that I left my baby in a toilet.”
“We haven’t told anyone, just your grandma,” Marlon asserted firmly, trying to reassure. “And she is family, she loves you, she is so relieved that you are safe, that is the most important thing.”
Despite Marlon’s assurances, the young girl was unconvinced and protested: “No, it isn’t. You’re just glad there isn’t a baby. You are. You haven’t mentioned it, not once.”
Marlon sat by his daughter’s bed sobbing (Image: ITV)
As Marlon attempted to reach out to his daughter, she defiantly declared: “I am not coming home, dad.”
While April has brushed off the father as a “random” boy, fans are abuzz with speculation about who the real dad could be.
On social media, theories run rampant. One fan speculated on a fan page: “Who got April pregnant? I have a good idea who it could be, and it will be someone no one can guess. Elliott (Kelly and Jimmy’s son).”
Another suggested: “Josh Cope, Samson ‘s friend, the bad lad.”
April gave birth in a toilet gym (Image: ITV)
Yet another contributed: “I thought him too or whoever this Avery person is who blocked her.”
Divergent opinions emerged as someone else suggested: “Noah,” with another concurring: “I think him too.”
With the revelations stirring the pot, what does the future hold for April? Will she exit the village forever, or can Marlon persuade her back home?
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