Emmerdale spoilers: Robert and Kev's link, Aaron's guilt and Mack's suspicious

It's another big week on Emmerdale with more than one character featuring in mysteries, secrets and worrying scenes.

Aaron Dingle is still struggling in the wake of his husband John Sugden's killer crimes being exposed, with John also dragging Aaron off a cliff. It seems Aaron is back home soon, while it remains unknown if John is caught.

But he's left feeling guilty, amid him being blamed by his uncle Cain Dingle for John getting away with everything, including the murder of Cain's son Nate Robinson. Next week, Aaron is mortified when it suddenly dawns on him that it's his tragic sister Grace's birthday, caught up in his turmoil about John.

Meanwhile next week, Robert Sugden features in a new mystery as newcomer Kev finally debuts on the ITV soap. Next week fans will find out the real link between the characters, and why Kev has come to see him.

Spoilers have kept out what that link is, but Robert's sister Victoria Sugden is confused when she arrives home and sees them together, holding hands. It follows Robert receiving a mystery text days before, in scenes this week.

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Soon Kev, identified as the mystery man in pictures, heads to the village and asks for specific directions. He then knocks at Robert's door, leaving the character stunned to see Kev.

He's a familiar face for sure, and he lets him in while checking to see if anyone is watching. Inside the house, we learn the man is an acquaintance from prison and as they catch up, Victoria walks in and sees them holding hands.

She's baffled by this, and as Robert gets rid of Kev he knows Victoria is going to have a lot of questions. As he tells her how he knows Kev, will he be truthful and what will we find out?

Robert isn't the only one being secretive, and next week Charity's clear concern over her baby dilemma sparks suspicions with her husband Mack. With Mack now recovering at home after his ordeal at the hands of John, he's keen to move forward - unaware that Charity cheated on him with Ross Barton.

Charity is pregnant, and everyone believes the baby she is carrying is her granddaughter Sarah Sugden's child after Charity agreed to be her surrogate. There was an embryo transfer but around this time she also slept with Ross, so now Charity has no idea of the parentage of the child.

As Charity tries to hide her guilt, Mack picks up on her unease and soon questions her odd behaviour. He asks Charity if she's worried that Sarah’s getting too excited but Charity swiftly changes the subject.

So will he realise what is going on? More secrets could come out next week too, as Vinny Dingle and Gabby Thomas continue to hide things from each other after their recent wedding.

With Gabby having cheated and Vinny questioning his sexuality, a court case with vile Mike, who blackmailed and attacked Vinny recently, could see one truth come to light. With Vinny having reported Mike he's faced with testifying against him in court, and knows he may need to reveal the truth about how they met.

When he learns the defence plans to call Gabby as a witness, he lies about what the court case involves before pulling out. But soon Mike heads back to the village and threatens Vinny once more, leading to Vinny telling Mike that if Gabby is left out of it, he will testify and destroy the prosecution case in Mike's favour.

Vinny is lying though, and plans to destroy Mike for once and for all. Vinny continues to lie to Gabby leaving her suspicious, while Gabby is still hiding her own secret. Later in the week Vinny heads to court and prepares to tell the whole truth - only for Gabby to enter the public gallery.

Vinny panics, but will it stop him telling the court what happened? Also next week Celia is causing more drama as she insults Paddy, before appearing to reject Bob Hope.

Finally next week April Windsor's dealings with villain Ray land her brother Leo in hospital. She feels guilty over her double life, hiding her drug dealing from her loved ones.

As Dylan tries to get April out of Ray's criminal dealings, Ray manipulates him before speaking of "the big bosses". But things fall apart when April leaves Leo alone at home to go and see Ray - but she accidentally drops some pills.

When she arrives home she's horrified to see Leo being loaded into am ambulance, and soon April flees the hospital when the police are involved. As April prepares to confess, Ray fears his empire will collapse so can he stop her?

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