Emma Barton's deception will finally be exposed on Emmerdale next week, leaving her future with partner James in serious jeopardy.

Emma (Gillian Kearney) hatched a cunning earlier this month by pretending to be ill in a desperate bid to stop her eldest son Pete from leaving the village.

Emma has been pretending to have symptoms of motor neurone disease and has even roped Doctor Bailey in on her lie. She'll up the ante on her scheme after she suspects James is having an affair with Chas.

In reality, James has been supporting Chas through her pregnancy scare and is secretly planning to propose to Emma. Unaware of this, a distraught Emma will jump to the wrong conclusions after finding Chas's pregnancy test in the bin.

Emma fakes a funny turn
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Stepping her scheme up a gear, Emma fakes a funny turn in front of James, who is shocked to learn from Pete about her health concerns.

A worried James soon heads to doctor's surgery to get more answers and soon discovers the truth. With Emma's lies now out in the open, she finds herself being alienated by her entire family - who all agree that she should leave the village. Is this it for Emma? Or could James have a change of heart?

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