Dylan Pender’s (Fred Kettle) Emmerdale return has seen him bring trouble with him trouble and lies to April Windor’s (Amelia Flanagan) door and the upshot is she’s put in grave danger.
Dylan isn’t inherently bad, he’s just down on his luck, but has been dragged into working with drug dealer Ray Walters (Joe Absolom), and though while he’s trying to extricate himself from his associations with the bad man, Ray has other ideas.
Dylan thinks he’s getting out, Ray is secretly pulling him back in. And he’s got his eye on April too.
As April’s 16th approaches, it’s a big deal but Marlon (Mark Charnock) feels displaced. Dylan is now the flavour of the month for April; she’s outgrown her dad.
But that’s largely because her birthday wish centres around one thing – sleeping with Dylan. She gets her wish, during which Dylan misses a call from Ray.
Mandy (Lisa Riley) catches them post-coital and informs on them to Marlon, going directly against the no snitching code of the Dingles – and Marlon is gutted. Rhona (Zoe Henry) helps him see that April needs to be able to make her own choices. It’s cringes all round though when April learns that her dad knows she had sex.
That will all turn out to be small fry problems when Ray demands that Dylan does another job for him. April finds out about it and realises Dylan has continued to lie. She also realises he is caught up in something very dark.
She gives him permission to go ahead but is hit with a shocker when Dylan reveals it’s her Ray wants to complete the job, not him.
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This was not on her 16th birthday bingo card and April is left terrified but torn as to how to help Dylan. Ray manipulates her into doing the drug drop, and just like that, April is now involved in a dangerous drugs ring.
Marlon is oblivious and gives April and Dylan’s relationship his blessing. She hugs her dad but is filled with dread as she eyes the backpack full of drugs just over his shoulder.
April might think she knows what she’s getting into, but she has no idea the risks she faces. How will Dylan save her?
