BERNICE Blackstock is knocked for six by Pollard's plans while suffering with illness.
The Emmerdale hairdresser (played by Samantha Giles) is going through menopause and has found it difficult to cope with her symptoms.
Things get worse for her when Pollard plans to sell the B&B - meaning Bernice loses her job.
Upcoming scenes next week see Nicola fear her sister Bernice is getting ahead of herself with the plans for her new job.
Later, Bernice is left devastated when she discovers Pollard’s (Chris Chittell) plan to sell the B&B, putting her out of a job.
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What will Bernice do now?
Will she go crawling back to Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) at the salon, or has she burned all her bridges?
While Bernice mourns the loss of her new job, she is left with food for thought when Nicola suggests she buy the B&B herself.
Will Bernice take her advice?
Elsewhere in the Dales, Kyle confesses to murder.
Despite mum Amy Wyatt (Natalie Jamieson) and stepmum Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) desperately trying to protect Kyle as his dad Cain takes the blame for Al's death, the story takes a worrying turn.
Amy panics when a police officer approaches her, while Moira is also confronted by the police at Butler's Farm.
Meanwhile, Mack is also taken in for questioning.
But Moira sticks to her story when DS Malik quizzes her about her trip away with Kyle, and Mack also keeps quiet in the interview room as he's pressed for information on Kyle.
Amy tries to stick to the agreed line when her own interview takes place, while Matty (Ash Palmisciano) is rattled when DS Malik reminds him of the consequences of perverting the course of justice.
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Later, Matty, Moira, Mack and Amy meet at the farm, knowing the stakes couldn't be higher.
Moira is pleased to at least be back on speaking terms with husband Cain, who arranges a call for the same day.
But when Malik arrives to take Kyle in for questioning, the anxious youngster reaffirms that he was the one to kill Al.
What will happen to Kyle and Cain now? Is the terrified boy's fate sealed?
Emmerdale airs weekdays on ITV1.
