Emmerdale aired some heartbreaking scenes tonight as Chloe Harris' newborn baby was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.
Chloe is leaving the village and was booked on a plane to Scotland today, but was forced to change her plans when her son Reuben fell unwell. She felt he was burning up and Victoria, who was with her at the time, suggested they called the GP to find out what might be wrong, with Dr Liam Cavanagh showing up in minutes to check on the baby.
Concerned, he sent them to hospital as a worried Chloe and Victoria stood by to find out what was wrong with the little one.
The doctors then revealed the heartbreaking news to Chloe that the baby likely had bacterial meningitis and they quickly stepped in to treat the little one and do their best to save Reuben.
News filtered through to the village through Matty, and soon Mack's concern was sparked when he found out the baby was gravely ill. He tried to visit the little one, but when asked if he was the father, he said he was just a family friend and so the nurses sent him away.
Charity is set to find out Mack's secret in shocking scenes coming soon.
"There's a moment in the village where we bump into each other and Mackenzie doesn't know that Charity knows and that is magical," Emma told the Mirror and other press of what's to come for the pair when Charity finds out.
Lawrence added: "Then there's a scene immediately after that, that we all shot together and that was a learning experience for us all. When it all comes out, hopefully we've done it justice but I don't think it's ever been done in soap before, what we did."
Explaining more about the scene, Emma said: "It just breaks a few of the boundaries of normal soap filming."
Actress Emma Atkins - who plays Charity - also teased to The Mirror that the love triangle could carry long into the future.
She said: "I think in the future we have been told that towards the end of the year, there is something we are not allowed to know yet. Another triangle I believe, unfinished business perhaps, but the three of us aren't being told anything."
On the future for the couple, she teased: "I have loved working with this guy and Jessie [Elland] and I don't think that's gonna end anytime soon, because they're so well connected. Okay, maybe the relationship is in tatters at the moment but the beauty of soap is you have always got to bump into those people because you are in the same village."
