In yesterday’s episode of Emmerdale, Ruby Miligan (Beth Cordingly) and Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) were arrested after attacking each other. In tonight’s episode, they were seen in tears, supporting each other over their complicated pasts.

The two women made a bit of a show of themselves at the depot because they ended up fighting over Ross Barton (Michael Parr).

Ruby was struggling in the aftermath of Steph Miligan’s (Georgia Jay) departure and believed it was Manpreet’s fault. She wasn’t exactly to blame, as Steph left because Ross failed to tell her that he slept with Manpreet when they weren’t a couple.

This, along with everything that’s happened between her and her daughter this year, left Ruby with the view that if Manpreet and Ross never had their fling, Steph would still be around.

After Ruby called Manpreet a s*****r in front of residents in the surgery, Manpreet went to find her for a confrontation. She couldn’t understand why Ruby was so interested in her private life, of course unaware of what has gone on between the two Miligans.

The fight at the depot ended with Ruby and Manpreet heading to the station after being arrested for ABH. In tonight’s episode, they had no choice but to sit together as they waited for some taxis.

Two, because no way would they survive the journey home in the same one.

The goal at the start of their conversation was to score one up on each other. Ruby did this by bringing up Meena, Manpreet’s serial killer sister. When it was Manpreet’s turn, she tried to get at Ruby by mentioning her family and more specifically, her father.

Triggered, Ruby then shut Manpreet up by revealing that her father raped her.

The news left Manpreet in tears. It was this moment that saw a switch in the dynamic between the two women, as Manpreet gently supported and listened to Ruby as she spoke about her past, and how the abuse impacted her mental health.

Manpreet wondered if Ruby had ever spoken to anyone about this, and she confirmed that Caleb Miligan (William Ash) knows.