Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor Draper) is proving herself to be a strong, savvy, almost fearless young woman, and Tom King (James Chase) absolutely hates it. Now that she’s proven it doesn’t matter what he does and that he can’t regain his control, he finds a brand new way to hurt and terrify her in Emmerdale.
Emmerdale gave us a tiny foreshadowing of what was to come for Tom when Amelia (Daisy Campbell) bizarrely defended him after Belle treated him coldly in the Woolpack. Why on Earth would she back him, we asked ourselves. Because he already had his claws into her.
Unbeknownst to Amelia, she was supporting an abuser, who’s about to become her boyfriend.
Before this news hits her ears, Belle first gets some seriously bad news – she learns by email that her application for a Clare’s Law disclosure – whereby she applied to the police to find out if Tom had ever been abusive before – has been denied.
Worse still is that she realises Tom knows about her application when he drops hints that he has seen the email – thanks to him hacking her laptop – and lets her know that he has intimate images of her that he’s willing to release.
She’s mortified to realise her password to her photos has been changed and Tom has one-upped her again.
But she’s ready to fight fire with fire and steals his iPad, with a plan to confront him herself.
Tom is not done with his revenge plan however, and Belle is horrified when Amelia lets slip that she and Tom have started seeing each other. This. Is. Huge. And disgusting.
Amelia is just 16, making this one of Tom’s most twisted acts yet. But rather than be jealous or possessive as Tom had hoped, Belle is terrified – terrified of what danger Amelia has got herself into.
Amelia has absolutely no idea what he’s really like and when Tom once again lets himself into Belle’s house with his secret key, she gives him both barrels – leave Amelia alone, or else.
But her interaction with Tom is so vicious it leaves her in a trance-like state as she leaves the house and wanders down Main Street – the perfect opportunity for Tom to make his next horrific move.
What will he do now that he’s got both Belle and Amelia in his sights?
