Emmerdale’s Ruby Fox-Miligan suffers devastating twist – and it’s all husband Caleb’s fault
Ruby's mum kicked her out decades ago and brutally cut her off
EMMERDALE’S Ruby Fox-Miligan has become victim to a tragic twist tonight.
The slightly unhinged wife of Caleb – who is played by actress Beth Cordingly in the ITV soap – was called by the hospital tonight to tell her her mum Helen wanted to see her.
They had been estranged ever since Helen kicked her out as a teenager after she got pregnant with Caleb’s baby.
And while Caleb knew Helen was dying and wanted to reunite with her daughter, he leveraged it for £100k instead – and time ran out.
As Ruby arrived in the hospital the nurse told her: “She was desperate to see you. I’m afraid it’s too late. She passed away 20 minutes ago.”
Shown into the body, Ruby said: “Why did you want to see me? Why? To say sorry? Because if you wanted to, you had plenty of time to do it.
“To come and find me. To beg my forgiveness. But no, instead you have to be a drama queen with all this deathbed stupidness.
“How could you do this to me? One more way to stick the knife in? Did you ever love me mum?”
Caleb was secretly listening in from the corridor, having gone to demand the £100k from Helen that he was asking for her.
He ran away before Ruby left and was waiting back at home.
Pretending he didn’t know Helen was dead or back, he played a blinder and left Ruby spiralling about her mum dying.
“I just wanted to hear her say sorry, now I never will,” she said as he asked what he could do.
“Hold me,” she said, as he continued to keep quiet about what he really knew.
“My mum never really loved me,” she said.
“Not like normal mums. I never heard her say it except to other people – she told them she loved me but never me.
“I swore I’d never let her get to me. She didn’t care about me – she cared more about the dog.”
As Caleb tried to comfort her, Ruby continued: “My mother turned her back on me and I’m no better than her.
“I had one last chance to talk to my mum and now it’s gone. It’s going to drive me mad my whole life. I’ll never know what she wanted to say to me.”
Caleb kept quiet as his phone went off confirming the £100k transfer from the now dead Helen.
Will Ruby discover what he’s done or will this spell the end to the couple for good?