Emmerdale has taken on some dark twists and turns as 2024 ended and the new year began, particularly with Anthony Fox's abusive storyline.
Fans of the ITV soap watched in horror as Emmerdale showed a series of flashbacks from Ruby Fox-Miligan's 16th birthday that insinuated the abuse she received from her father Anthony.
Previously estranged, Anthony announced that he would be staying for the foreseeable and has since worked out Ruby and Cain's very brief affair, something that he's now using to prevent Ruby from speaking up about his former actions.
In recent episodes, viewers saw Ruby confirm Anthony's suspicions, with the latter labelling Ruby as a "ticking time bomb", before adding: "the way you're behaving it's only a matter of time before this whole thing is out in the open".
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