Emmerdale's Caleb warns Nicky and calls for revenge on 'murderer' Kim

But Nicky is tiring of pretending to romance Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham), and it's been revealed that newcomer Ally (Josh Horrocks) is Nicky's lover. Tonight, we saw Ally giving Nicky a lift back into the village after their night together. Meanwhile, back at Home Farm, Gabby had been up all night wondering where Nicky was.

He returned home and, in front of Caleb, told Gabby that he had been drinking with 'old friend' Ally and stayed on his sofa, acquiring his black eye during the evening. In private, Caleb interrogated his son, assuming he'd been with another woman. Without admitting that he had been with a man, Nicky confessed that he had been with someone else the night before and he was sick of the lies and games.

At the Woolpack with Gabby, Naomi Walters (Karene Peters) clocked Nicky's facial injury and mentioned his fight with Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley). Gabby wondered why he hadn't told her, and Nicky told her and Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) that he'd merely been looking for young Lucas's toy that Cain's son Isaac had taken.

At the garage, Cain insisted that Nicky had been trying to steal a car, which viewers know to be true – but eventually he handed over the toy that Isaac had indeed brought home. Will defended Nicky, and it looked like Gabby wasn't going to question Nicky's actions any further.

But, alone with Caleb once more, Nicky begged his dad to let him walk away from their constant scheming, adding that he could leave right then and there if he wanted to. When he told Caleb that he was sure to be found out soon, Caleb replied that he didn't need Nicky stealing cars as he was funding the 'business' with Kim – who is currently abroad – himself.

Nicky couldn't understand why Caleb was getting himself into debt, but Caleb was prepared to go to any lengths to continue his plotting and urged Nicky to act as a team to help him, and to think of his mum's future when securing the money. He added that Kim had "killed my dad, your grandad".

When Nicky pointed out that this could just be a rumour, Caleb suggested that they could already see just what Kim was capable of. "We are gonna make her pay. I do my bit; you keep smiling and you keep Gabby happy. You have got a job to do, so do it. It's time to step up and be a man."

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