Moira Dingle was left devastated this evening on Emmerdale after discovering that her mother had died - but none of her family had told her.
The farmer, played by Natalie J Robb, has kept quiet about her roots ever since she first appeared in the Dales in 2009.
But tonight, she was reminded of her past as younger brother Mackenzie rocked up in the village.
Mackenzie had kidnapped Moira's ex Cain in the hope that his sister would pay him £5,000 in return.
Instead, Moira paid him £800 and the pair returned to her house to speak, but the conversation turned nasty when Mackenzie accused her of turning her back on their family.
"I still care about you," Moira insisted, but he retorted: "Liar!"
"You never looked back," he snarled. "You never gave any of us a second thought."
Moira pleaded with him: "Did you think it was easy for me to walk away? Do you know how I longed for all of those family get togethers?"
He then delivered a nasty blow - revealing that their mum had died.
She had asked: "Does mum know you're in trouble? Can she not help?"
"My mother's dead," he replied.
Shocked, Moira exclaimed: "No, I don't believe you. And how dare you come into my house and lie about a thing like that! You're sick!"
However, he retorted that if she knew him she'd know that he would "never lie about a thing like that".
"I was there for her for all of those years you weren't," Mackenzie replied.
Moira began crying as she asked how, to which Mackenzie replied it "wasn't quick or painless".
Poor Moira...
*Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7pm on ITV, with additional episodes at 8pm on Thursdays
