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Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) meets a new man in upcoming Emmerdale episodes \u2013 but in true soap fashion he isn\u2019t all he seems.<\/p>\n
She meets someone who introduces himself as Simon at the HOP, where she\u2019s gone for a drink after the sad occasion of visiting her daughter Grace\u2019s grave on the anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a lot for Chas to deal with, especially now that she\u2019s no longer with Grace\u2019s dad Paddy (Dominic Brunt) and he\u2019s started a new life with Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley), so she needs some company and is having a chat with Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) when Simon appears.<\/p>\n
\u2018They have a natter and she gets absolutely blotted,\u2019 Lucy Pargeter told us. \u2018He seems to be alright. He buys her a drink, he\u2019s listening. She likes to chat about herself and he\u2019s an open ear and helps purge her of her sadness.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Simon reveals that he and Chas have something in common. \u2018He comes back to the Woolpack and they have a chat, where he mentions he lost a child as well,\u2019 Lucy continued.<\/p>\n
\u2018There\u2019s that kind of moment but then reality hits Chas and she realises that she\u2019s had too much to drink and this might not be a good idea. She apologises to him and lets him stay over because he\u2019s had a drink \u2013 but he\u2019s staying on the sofa. For the first time in her life, she doesn\u2019t want to wake up in the morning and think: \u201cOh god, not another one.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
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Although Chas resists Simon on that occasion, it\u2019s not long before she\u2019s in need of some company again after her daughter Eve (Bella James) decides she wants to live with Paddy and Mandy instead of back at the Woolpack with her. So she calls Simon.<\/p>\n
What Chas doesn\u2019t realise is that Simon is not his real name \u2013 and viewers will certainly recognise him as Harry (Robert Beck), the gangster who almost killed Caleb (William Ash) after Caleb disrupted his gun-running operation.<\/p>\n
Asked whether this could be seen as payback from the soap gods for Chas\u2019s betrayal of Paddy during her affair with Al Chapman (Michael Wildman), Lucy was certain about one thing.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t know if she needs payback from the soap gods or the viewers,\u2019 she said, \u2018But I can\u2019t see the viewers [forgiving her].\u2019<\/p>\n
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Chas\u2019s actions were massively condemned by viewers as she carried out the affair behind Paddy\u2019s back over many months. Even worse, she and Al planned to leave Emmerdale for a new life and were even buying a house together \u2013 and they planned to take Eve with them.<\/p>\n
Depriving fan favourite Paddy of seeing his daughter would have been a heartless thing to do, and knowing that she would have done just that if Cain (Jeff Hordley) hadn\u2019t discovered the affair has meant that Chas as a character has had to work very hard to regain her place in the village.<\/p>\n
Lucy acknowledged that the slate still hasn\u2019t been wiped clean for Chas. \u2018Definitely not,\u2019 she said. But she does hope that Chas and Paddy can mend their friendship.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s got to get back on track because they\u2019ve got a child together,\u2019 she reasoned. \u2018And they live in the village together and they see each other all the time. They were friends first before anything else.\u2019<\/p>\n