Tuesday – Who is Rhona’s intruder?
On Tuesday, the flashback returns once more to the morning after Celia’s death, this time revealing Ray wiping his fingerprints from the knife before leaving with his red bag.
From there, the focus shifts to Rhona, who at this point still thinks that both Ray and Celia hold all the power over her family. With April remaining missing and Marlon unravelling, fear is still dominating their lives.
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“This period in her life is just constant abject fear and panic,” Zoe Henry tells us. “They’re just like rabbits in the headlights. There’s not a noise in the night, a door opening, where they’re not straight back there. They think they’re at constant risk.”
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The story takes a further turn as we see more of what has happened to Rhona during this period. We’ve already seen that she’s been making secret phone calls, and in present day she made another plea whilst leaving a message for an unknown person concerning Ray’s death.
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“I need to know what’s happened,” she stated in today’s episode. “Because things are getting out of hand here, people are being arrested.”
Back in the flashback, Rhona is alone in Smithy Cottage when an ominous shadow approaches her from behind… and we cannot say any more than that!
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Will the events that occur lead to Rhona finally deciding to put an end to her family’s torment by offing Ray?
“I think she could be motivated, because how long are they prepared to let this go on for?” Zoe teases. “I think it’s that moment of desperation that there is no way out. And so, if I die or I sacrifice myself in the process of freeing my family, particularly my children, then maybe I’ll do it.”
“I think that’s what’s in Rhona’s mind. Ray is ruthless and relentless, and he will stop at nothing. And Rhona knows that. So she’s all in. She’s got to be otherwise, where will they be left?