Steph Miligan (Georgia Jay) has been crumbling since the revelations about her grandfather being her birth father came to light in Emmerdale, and now she’s seeking some drastic measures to eliminate Anthony (Nicholas Day) from her life for good. And it involves a sharp knife.
She has been struggling with looking in the mirror since learning that she was the result of Anthony raping her mother, and now all she sees is the face of her mother’s abuser looking back at her.
Despite support from Ross (Mike Parr) and Aaron (Danny Miller), Steph has not been able to shake her ill feeling, and when Jai (Chris Bisson) pulled a cruel prank on her by pretending Anthony is still alive, Steph fully lost it and tried to dig up his grave.
Steph wants to change her appearance forever
Still in utter turmoil, she is now entering the next phase in her trauma as she meets with a surgeon to discuss having her face reconstructed to rid herself of Anthony for once and for all.
Caleb (Will Ash) and Ruby (Beth Cordingly) have no idea what Steph is planning and don’t realise her new good mood is down to making this monumental and life changing decision. To cover her tracks, she tells her parents she’s off on holiday, which catches them off guard.
Given how she’s been lately, Caleb is not convinced by this sudden need for fun in the sun.
The next day, Caleb tries to track down the information for Steph’s flight number, but alarm bells ring when he can’t find anything.
Hoping to find more he goes on her own laptop but is startled to discover her true plans through emails to the plastic surgery clinic.
Just as the surgeon finishes his final prep for Steph, Caleb and Ruby arrive in the nick of time. But with Steph a grown woman, they can’t stop her from going under the knife.
Caleb has no choice but to pull a real dad move to stop her from doing something stupid, but in turn Steph loses it again and once home, smashes up the kitchen in a blind rage.
Ross approaches her and tries to soothe the situation, but his words only serve to fuel Steph’s fire. She snaps and begins berating him with a torrent of abuse.
He takes it, but when she’s finished, Steph is left feeling more self-hatred than ever.
