Emmerdale’s Vanessa Woodfield finally realises just what Pierce Harris is like, but can she get through to her friend Rhona Goskirk and make her see it too?
Rhona’s pretty upset with her fella when she finds out he’s sneakily recorded them getting intimate.
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When he encourages her to strip on camera for him, he only tells her later on that he’s filmed them having sex. What a creep.
Pierce’s controlling behaviour has had viewers very worried for Rhona’s safety.
Actor Jonathan Wrather recently talked about the tape storyline.
“Rhona is uncomfortable about it and afterwards she wants him to delete it. He says he has, but he hasn’t and he keeps a copy of it.
“So he’s very deceptive and she thinks it’s gone, but he’s kept a copy on his laptop.”
And it’s that copy that he uses to get at Vanessa.
After spotting a text come through on Rhona’s phone from her mate, Pierce is less than happy and confronts Vanessa over its content.
As their clash turns nasty, Pierce exposes his true colours to the shaken vet, and she becomes determined to get her friend away from his grasp once and for all.
But she doesn’t know who she’s messing with and comes up against it when Pierce engineers a way for her to ‘accidentally’ stumble across the video footage and him and Rhona.
He immediately tells Rhona how awful it is that Vanessa’s invaded their privacy, and Rhona very much agrees.
Vanessa begs her mate to believe her side of the story, but Rhona’s so under Pierce’s spell she won’t listen.
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Rhona’s ex-husband Paddy Kirk is caught in the middle, not wanting to pick a side between the two women.
But things get really bad when both Paddy and Pearl Ladderbanks ultimately take Rhona’s side and refuse to believe what Vanessa’s saying about Pierce.
Wake up, people!
Rhona’s had enough of V’s interference and tells her in no uncertain terms she’s not going to be maid of honour at her wedding any more. Harsh.
Vanessa lashes out and tells Rhona how controlling her fiancé is, but Rhona insists it’s her own decision. Is she telling the truth though?
And will Vanessa keep trying her best to rescue her friend? We fear for Rhona’s safety if she gives up.