Emmerdale fans have been left furious as Leyla Cavanagh was almost tempted to stoop to a new low. Viewers of the ITV soap found out a couple of months ago that the wedding planner has secretly been enjoying drug benders while partying with newcomer Suzy.
Leyla appeared sheepish when her work pal appeared in the village as a new love interest for Vanessa Woodfield but after Suzy agreed to keep her secret, the pair were back to getting on like a house of fire and continued to go out and take drugs.
However, when Suzy discovered that she was the one who sold drugs to Moira's daughter Holly before her death caused by an overdose, she decided to stop her drug use and encouraged Leyla to do the same. But as fans of the ITV soap know, Leyla hasn't knocked it on the head.
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Finding her own drug dealer, who showed up at her work in the village in scenes aired earlier this week, Leyla has continued with her habit. But during Wednesday night's trip to the Dales, business owner Jai Sharma found Leyla's credit card in the bathroom by the sink and returned it to her but thought nothing of it.
Drug dealer Jason saw an opportunity to get Jai back as a client and tried to blackmail Leyla into getting him back on drugs, or she had to sell them for him through her wedding and event planning business. She did, however, have a third option which was to be cut off from her supply.
As she grappled with her decision, Suzy stepped in and ordered Jason to leave the Take A Vow office. However, he stood firm in his blackmail, forcing Suzy to secretly record the conversation on her phone and threatened to send it to the police if he ever returns again. An angry Jason then informed Leyla that he'd be cutting her off from his coke supply as he left.
Clearly angry with what happened, Leyla then accused Suzy of being the reason Holly died. A horrified Suzy was distraught by Leyla's accusation and pleaded for her to get help and slammed her for trying to get Jai back on drugs for her own gain.
As the latest scenes played out, Emmerdale fans took to social media to complain, even saying they had 'turned off' the soap over the drug storyline. @linda12rose said: "This is really not a good storyline and so disappointed with the writers."
@Lelia_russell wrote: "I really do not like this storyline. How can Liam, a dcotor, not notice anything wrong with her." @mairi60 commented: "Shocking storyline even suggesting getting Jay back in drugs. Think the writers need a kick up the backside."
Melanie Edwards wrote on Facebook: "Turned it off as soon as they went down the line of Layla turning on Suzy." Margo Jenkins said: "Ruining a great character in Leyla."
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