{"id":53627,"date":"2024-06-21T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2058614"},"modified":"2024-06-21T21:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:51:14","slug":"emmerdales-belle-king-lies-about-end-of-pregnancy-but-tom-edges-closer-to-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/emmerdales-belle-king-lies-about-end-of-pregnancy-but-tom-edges-closer-to-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale\u2019s Belle King lies about end of pregnancy \u2013 but Tom edges closer to the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belle can’t keep her secret forever. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 21 June 2024 at 19:00 PM<\/p>

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This article includes discussion of domestic abuse, including coercive control, that some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Belle King (Eden Taylor-Draper) told a big lie to husband Tom King (James Chase) in tonight\u2019s tense episode of Emmerdale<\/a> (21st June 2024).<\/p>\n

Faced with a lifetime tied to controlling abuser Tom<\/a>, Belle took the first tablet for a medical abortion, lying to Tom about her whereabouts. The following day, Belle was visibly unwell, and allowed Tom to believe she was suffering with morning sickness.<\/p>\n

Tom ordered Belle to stay home and rest, but she attempted to find out when he would be back for lunch, hoping to plan her next move. Later, Belle\u2019s big brother Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) dropped by to check on her, but he was too distracted by his own problems to notice just how much Belle was struggling.<\/p>\n

Rushing out of the house, Belle took the car again and parked at the hospital as an alibi, with Tom tracking her phone. She then waited until the time was right before swallowing the second pill to end her pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shaken Belle felt so alone, but didn\u2019t falter in her devastating mission. She soon called Tom, telling him she had been at the hospital and needed to tell him some news. At home, Belle announced that she had been bleeding, lying that she had suffered a miscarriage.<\/p>

Tom was upset, and hurt that Belle hadn\u2019t allowed him to join her at the hospital. Belle apologised and claimed that she had been hoping she and the baby would be okay.<\/p>\n

Tom fumed that the hospital shouldn\u2019t have let Belle go home, but she insisted it was the right course of action. Tom sobbed in Belle\u2019s arms, while she cried for entirely different reasons.<\/p>\n

Once he had calmed down, Tom suggested that he and Belle tried for another baby, but she replied that she was nowhere near ready.<\/p>\n

Tom continued to press the subject, before telling her that he was taking Piper for a walk. Instead, he shut the dog in the boot of the car and checked the tracker app, which confirmed that Belle had been at the hospital that day.<\/p>\n

Seemingly satisfied, Tom failed to notice the discarded parking ticket from the abortion clinic \u2013 but will he discover Belle\u2019s lies?<\/p>\n

Emmerdale has been working with Refuge for the Tom and Belle storyline. You can access free and confidential support from Refuge\u2019s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247 and digital support via live chat Monday-Friday 3-10pm via\u202fnationaldahelpline.org.uk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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