April Windsor’s (Amelia Flanagan) pal she met on the streets is back in Emmerdale.
Dylan (Fred Kettle) was the street kid who saved April – along with friend Becca, he got April shelter, food and clothing, and remained by her side throughout her homelessness and pregnancy ordeal.
April was ultimately found by her grateful father Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) and brought back to normal life in the village, but she struggled to readjust.
Dylan then showed up and April was over the moon that finally she had someone nearby who knew what she’d been through. But while April showed her friend compassion, Marlon did not.
Marlon was desperate to get rid of the teenager he saw as a negative influence on his daughter and ultimately planted drugs on him which prompted Dylan to relapse and get carted off to hospital.
This nearly broke April and Marlon, with a guilty Marlon paying for Dylan to go to rehab.
But Dylan is back, by popular demand, and he has a dark return story.
For a lad who seemed to be turning things around, he’s fallen in with drug dealer Ray (Joe Absolom) who hires him to do over Moira’s (Natalie J Robb) barn to check that there is no more weed to sell.
But he’s caught mid job by Kyle, who grabs a pitchfork and stabs Dylan in the leg. Dylan gets away, but the wound is bad.
Meanwhile, April’s having a hard time and Marlon tells her he’s putting a stop to her apprenticeship. She begs her dad to reconsider, and he finally relents. Later, April spots something in the bushes and when she leaves flowers on Donna’s grave, she knows Dylan is nearby.
She calls him to come out and the pair have a lovely little reunion. But Dylan’s leg is looking infected.
And it’s not just his leg giving him trouble – as the pair catch up, they are rudely interrupted by the appearance of Ray. How will April react when she learns Dylan’s dirty secret?
