Emmerdale spoilers: Charity Dingle’s missing son adoption reveal EXPLAINED
Charity (played by Emma Atkins) has been struggling to make peace with her abuse at the hands of twist policeman DI Mark Bails (Rocky Marshal) on Emmerdale. Last night’s tense flashback instalment revealed a heartbreaking twist that Charity’s baby boy didn’t die after all on the ITV soap. But as the plot thickens, it turns out midwife Irene Stocks adopted the infant herself and named him Ryan Stocks. Agreeing to go along with vicar Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton) and her girlfriend Vanessa Woodfield’s (Michelle Hardwick) demands, Charity begged the nurse to try and think back to the time. Irene fabricated a story she was on secondment away from the infirmary 28 years ago, so she couldn’t possibly have delivered Charity’s child.
But the lying midwife could be seen pulling out the adoption papers revealing not only did she know exactly where Ryan was, but she’d raised him herself. Clearly afraid of Charity discovering the truth, Irene could simply be trying to protect Ryan, but eagle-eyed viewers could see on the papers there was a period he was unaccounted for. Irene’s adoption request was made on October 27 1991, which wasn’t confirmed until November. Given the midwife was at the hospital when the baby was born, 10 months before making the order seems to be a puzzling discrepancy. The worrying truth could be DI Bails secretly knew about the baby all along, and tried to take him from the hospital wing after a teenage Charity ran away.
ITV Emmerdale: Charity Dingle's son has been raised by Irene Stocks
ITV Emmerdale: Charity was disappointed in Irene's comments
I knew she was lying! Irene you need to help her! Stop lying to her! #Emmerdale Twitter user
Sensing the policeman’s dark tendencies, Irene may have secretly used the time to convince Bails to let her adopt him instead. Otherwise, the child may have gone into the foster care system for the first 10 months of his life, as Irene went through strenuous checks to confirm her ability to become a parent. Exploding at the episode’s twists and turns, viewers instantly took to Twitter. One person declared: “I knew she was lying! Irene you need to help her! Stop lying to her! #Emmerdale.” “Where was the baby all that time? Does Bails know the truth?” another fan speculated.
ITV Emmerdale: The adoption papers revealed there was a missing period of time for Ryan
Emmerdale spoilers: FIRST LOOK at this week in pictures Tue, May 1, 2018 EMMERDALE spoilers: 13 teaser pictures reveal what to expect for Laurel Thomas, Bob Hope and Brenda Walker on this week’s soap. Play slideshow ITV 1 of 13 In the Woolpack Backroom Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) confides to Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) she went to Bails’ house again