Jai Sharma's week is set to go from bad to worse on Emmerdale next week after Kim Tate seeks revenge.
New ITV spoilers reveal Kim (Claire King) is left exasperated with Jai in upcoming episodes when she sees her staff on the picket line outside the HOP and immediately demotes him until he resolves the situation.
With the picket line deterring customers, Kim demands Jai (Chris Bisson) gets her staff back inside but she’s left stunned by his reaction.
The next day Kim’s furious when she’s forced to waitress when a wealthy friend turns up for a coffee.
Later on, Jai and Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) meet with a stubborn Kim and present a case study against zero-hour contracts.
Hopeful that they’ve made a difference, that evening Laurel arrives at Holdgate to tell Jai she wants to get properly back together after seeing the way he acted during the strike.
The two are elated to be finally reunited and Jai’s on top of the world - but it’s clear Kim is still bitter about his recent actions.
When Jai realises his wallet is missing, he and Laurel return to Take A Vow to search but when they find it down the back of a chair, they’re shocked to discover a tiny bag of drugs with it.
Both Laurel and Jai's sister Priya accuse him of owning the drugs, and a confused Jai struggles to find an explanation.
Assuming this is an admittance of guilt, Laurel explodes with rage - and Jai is convinced that Kim planted the drugs to set him up.
The next day, Jai’s determined to win Laurel round and when she finally entertains his story, he almost collapses in relief.
But things take a turn when later that evening, Rishi tells a shocked Laurel about how the kids nearly caught Jai with the drugs when he came close to relapsing a few weeks ago.
Laurel's anger comes to a boil, shocked at what the kids could have got mixed up with and Jai fights back tears as he realises he’s just lost everything.
With Jai having managed to stay on at work, his bickering with Laurel behind the counter causes Kim to put both of their jobs on the line.
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Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.
