Emmerdale viewers have predicted serious heartbreak to come in David Metfcalfe's exit story from the ITV soap, as the shopkeeper (played by Matthew Wolfenden, who recently announced he and wife Charley Webb had split up,) finally discovered the truth about his stepson Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) secretly having a relationship with his ex Victoria Sugden (Isobel Hodgins).
Unfortunately, only a day after celebrating his birthday and finding out what his university-age stepson was doing behind his back, David was faced with the devastating realisation that his dad Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) has also been lying to him.
As the struggling dad had it out with Jacob in the shop, and both of them couldn't stop crying, an upset Eric got the wrong end of the stick and thought they were arguing about the fact he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
As a result, Eric announced the truth to the pair, leaving David stunned into silence as he realised he'd been betrayed twice by the people closest to him in his family.
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