EMMERDALE villain DI Malone has almost been dead for two years, but a new theory following Thursday night’s episode of the ITV soap suggests he could have fathered a child long before he came to the village.
On Emmerdale, Mark Womack’s character, DI Malone, terrorised Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) and her father, Will Taylor (Dean Andrews), for months. After an altercation involving Dawn, Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton), and himself, he was slain and his body was buried, but no one was ever brought to justice for his crime.
However, in upcoming scenes on the ITV soap, it appears Dawn may be able to take care of his small daughter, Clemmie, in order to relieve herself of the guilt she has been experiencing since taking his life.
The newcomer made her debut in the episode that aired on Thursday night as Beth’s daughter, Dawn’s old closest friend who passed away from an overdose.
Another of Dawn’s former sex worker pals, Jade (Abigail Uttley), was assigned with caring for the child, but she did a terrible job of it.
Dawn realised she had to take action after discovering the child dozing off in a dog bed while being completely unaware of her mother’s passing.
The adored villager drove Clemmie back to the Dales while Jade continued to use drugs and as an unidentified stranger appeared and demanded money.
Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle), it’s safe to assume, wasn’t too pleased with his wife appearing to kidnap a child instead of alerting social services.
The mother of one, defending herself to her husband Billy, said: “I couldn’t leave her at Jade’s. She’s Beth’s daughter.”
And Jade begged you to take care of her? Dawn said, “I’m trying to explain,” to Billy’s question. While Jade was off her face in the room next door, she was dozing off in a dog’s bed in the kitchen.
“I advised her to contact social services, but she declined. It got really ugly when this guy showed up, so I handed him £40 so I could have her.
“So you bought her?” a shocked Billy asked, with his wife telling him: “No. They wouldn’t give me her otherwise. She was really upset. Billy, she doesn’t even know that her mother has gone.”
With Billy disagreeing with his partner, he said: “Clemmie’s nothing to do with you, you’ve practically abducted her.”
“You must call it in. Inform social services of everything you just said, “He told his wife, who retaliated because she objected to Clemmie being placed in foster care.
Dawn stated: “The child didn’t seem to have a father role in her childhood “She feels overwhelmed by it. She has no family, no grandparents, and no one to help.”
This might be a suggestion that her father, DI Malone, who might have known Beth back when, is also dead.
The wicked figure was a man of the law, but he was anything but a law-abiding individual, and he could have taken advantage of Beth because of his position of authority.
Their conversation may have led to the birth of a little daughter, of whom DI Malone may not have been aware.
Dawn and Billy might take Clemmie for blood work to see if she is connected to anyone listed in the doctor’s database while they are looking for Clemmie’s father.
If they find out she is indeed DI Malone’s kid, they might both be completely shocked, and Dawn would then be even more adamant about staying.
In Thursday night’s episode, however, as their argument went on, Billy said to his wife, “Social services will know what to do.”
Billy, you don’t know what it feels like, so one night won’t make a difference, Dawn said him.
“I was that little girl who wondered about where her father was and about the identity of these strange grownups who showed up and began speaking over my head and pushing things into trash bags.”
When Clemmie appeared, having supposedly overheard the conversation, Billy told his spouse: “She is terrified of me.”
“Well, we don’t know what she’s been through, do we?” Dawn replied, with her husband stating: “Exactly, social services are the experts, whatever you say. This could be doing her more damage.”
Dawn declared aloud, “If Beth had told me she was pregnant and not just vanished, I could have assisted her,” in an effort to make her position known.
With both of them having committed mistakes in the past, Billy said, “You can’t undo the past; it’s about now that matters.”
If DI Malone is associated with the newcomer in any way, they may need to face their history because they would owe it to her to protect her.
The couple had been talking about growing their family recently, and Billy was looking forwards to the possibility of having a second kid in the future.
Some people might be surprised by Dawn’s lack of reluctance given how eager she has been to take on Clemmie.
Dawn would have a boy and a girl, making it extra clearer that she wouldn’t give birth to any more kids with the youngster in the picture.
But not willing to let his future be taken away from him, will Billy report Dawn to social services and have Clemmie taken away from her?
