Emmerdale’s Faith has revealed news of her secret battle on the ITV soap, leaving the Dales residents reeling with some struggling to cope next week.
ITV spoilers have now revealed that news of Faith’s cancer battle hits Chas (Lucy Pargeter) hard on Emmerdale, with the situation going from bad to worse when Faith then announces she is ready to stop undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Unable to cope with another round of the taxing cancer treatment, Faith (Sally Dexter) debates whether she should take her chances without it.
But Chas is immediately determined to change Faith’s mind and enlists Cain (Jeff Hordley) to help persuade her.
But instead of following Chas’s advice, Cain does what Cain does best and takes his anger at the situation out on someone else in violent scenes on the soap next week.
Cain lashes out at Liam (Jonny McPherson) after learning he also knew about Faith’s cancer and ends up throwing him to the ground and then leaves.
It's not long before Cain and Chas are clashing over Faith’s decision to continue with her chemotherapy and Chas feels guilty when Cain calls her out for making Faith’s decision for her.
At a loss, Chas takes matters into her own hands and puts pressure on Faith to carry on undergoing the treatment, unaware that in doing so, she’s taking advantage of Faith’s vulnerability.
Her mum is exhausted from fighting constant battles and caves, reluctantly agreeing to continue, but as Chas is caught up in her apparent victory, she doesn’t see the damage she’s causing.
Faith struggles, but sees how desperate Chas is for her to fight the cancer and agrees to continue with the treatment for her benefit, remaining stoic for the sake of her daughter.
But it becomes a tough ask when Chas confronts her and asks if she truly is happy to have more Chemo.
Faith tries to keep up the pretence for Chas’ sake, but will her daughter finally see how Faith really feels?
Faith makes light of her cancer, which only further upsets Chas as it becomes obvious she is not really coping with the news her mum is on borrowed time.
Faith is equally struggling to cope with having her choice taken away from her.
While Chas acts out and puts her marriage in jeopardy, how will a frail Faith cope with what’s happening to her?
Elsewhere on the soap next week, in shocking scenes Chas will cheat on her husband Paddy next week as the stress of Faith’s illness becomes too much.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV.
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