Emmerdale‘s Ross Barton issued Charity Dingle with a shocking demand as his suspicions over the paternity of her baby continues.
Fans know that Charity is currently pregnant and acting as a surrogate for her granddaughter Sarah Sugden, but Ross is concerned that he might be the real father of the child instead.
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In tonight’s episode, Ross cornered Charity in an attempt to get the truth about the baby, leaving her shocked.
The episode began with Charity trying to get Moses off to his summer camp, when Ross arrived and persuaded their son Moses to spend the day with him instead.
Charity reluctantly agreed to let Ross and Moses spend some time together. Later, Ross dropped his son back off at Charity’s house and overheard her trying and failing to get hold of her husband Mac after taking off.
Ross told Charity that he found Mac’s disappearance suspicious, believing that there had to be a good reason for his swift departure.
He added that he overheard Charity chatting to Vanessa about babies and Charity dismissed his worries as her just sharing some “private concerns” with a friend about the surrogacy situation.
Ross, however, was not convinced: “I told you I wasn’t going to drop it, I mean I want to but I keep coming back to the same conclusion. It’s my baby isn’t it?”
Charity once again claimed Ross was making “wild assumptions” and swore it wasn’t his child, with the hospital having done tests to prove it.
Ross then asked to see the hospital tests which confirm he isn’t the dad and Charity explained that she wasn’t able to show him because the hospital had the test details.
The episode ended with a dramatic ultimatum from Ross: “I want a paternity test and I’m not going to stop until I get one, alright.”
Charity was clearly shaken by Ross’s demand – will she give in and agree to a paternity test?
