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TORTURED BY HALLUCINATIONS, SHE LASHES OUT IN SELF-DEFENCE…
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Spiralling Charity loses grip on reality this week, as she wakes from a night terror and attacks Mack – believing he’s vengeful Harry!
Since accidentally shooting Chloe’s father Harry, Charity’s been reliving the ordeal in visions and flashbacks, jumping at every noise. So with her hallucinations escalating, Charity reacts agressively, leaving husband Mack’s life in the balance…
“All hell breaks loose!” exclaims Emma Atkins, who plays the tormented landlady. “Charity lashes out thinking it’s something more sinister when it’s just Mackenzie. She leaves him gravely injured…”
Following weeks of strange behaviour and shutting herself away, Charity continues to soldier on, claiming there’s nothing wrong. Despite the concerted efforts of her family, in typical Charity style, she’s laughed off their offers of help. But to Mack’s relief she finally agrees to get some support this week, as he fears his wife is a shadow of her former self.
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“Charity’s guilt is overflowing,” reveals Emma. “She can’t function as a mum or partner. She’s reeling with shock, and that is making her closed off from everyone. Everyone around her is concerned, but to create a safe space she’s decided she’s better off on her own, so she alienates herself.”
Desperate to reclaim the Charity of old, the fierce mum thinks up a surprising plan to exorcise her demons and banish her visions of Harry – by trashing his final resting place!
“Charity feels haunted by Harry, so she visits his grave,” says Emma. “She sees if she can get any forgiveness and answers. She has this outburst where she tells him to stop tormenting her.”
After unleashing her trauma on to the grave, Charity feels empowered – and for the first night in weeks, she manages to sleep. But her relief is brief, as nightmares plague her again. Sleep-deprived and disturbed, Charity’s grip on reality vanishes and Harry haunts her from beyond the grave…
The next day, her erratic behaviour becomes so bad that Liam grows concerned – and as he pieces together her s
