Emmerdale s Gabby Thomas tries to make life easier for her stepmum Laurel and Jai Sharma tonight (December 15) following their recent tension with her younger brother Arthur.
Gabby (Rosie Bentham) and Arthur (Alfie Clarke) were both surprised last night as Laurel and Jai revealed their difficult decision to book a termination.
Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) and Jai (Chris Bisson) have chosen to end their pregnancy following the news that their baby would be born with Down s syndrome.
While Gabby understood their reasoning, Arthur struggled to accept the situation and urged Laurel to have the baby. The tense conversation led to Laurel regretting her decision to tell Arthur and Gabby the truth.
Zoe commented: What it does is give a full picture and balance, because actually Laurel s story is the polar opposite of Rhona s story that we played ten years ago. You need that to complete the picture. It would have been very odd to tell Laurel and Jai s story without including Rhona, Marlon and the difficult choices they came up against ten years ago. We need to show both sides of the coin in any story that we re telling. Rhona and Marlon s story with Leo is essentially a very happy ending, really. They went through the same emotions and worries that Laurel and Jai are going through.