Intriguing Emmerdale scene ‘confirms’ Caleb has a secret connection with village newcomer

If there’s one thing we know about Caleb Milligan (William Ash) in Emmerdale, it’s that he likes to keep secrets.

Shortly after he arrived in the village, we discovered Caleb and son Nicky (Lewis Cope) were busy trying to bring down Home Farm after learning of Kim Tate’s (Claire King) role in Frank Tate’s – Caleb’s father – death.

He then went onto have a secret fling with niece-in-law Tracy Robinson (Amy Walsh).

When it was exposed, Caleb was once again left questioning why on earth he has such a penchant for keeping things hush hush as the Dingles disowned him – again.

He’s always up to something!

Earlier this month on the ITV soap, Caleb was feeling stressed as a result of Nicky, who wanted more involvement in their business.

Caleb had shut him down and then faced Ruby’s wrath afterwards. She said Nicky just wants his dad’s approval and he doesn’t do anything to help him.

Heading to the pub for a bit of peace, Caleb bumped into Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco).

We met Rose when she was introduced as Dawn’s (Olivia Bromley) mum and so far, she’s clashed with quite a lot of villagers!

It was established that Rose left Dawn and Will (Dean Andrews) shortly after her birth because she didn’t want to be a mother. Now, Rose has shown up at quite possibly the worst time as the family face little Evan’s battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

The scene between Rose and Caleb was small, but so intriguing. Rose picked up on Caleb’s stressed-out vibe and said they could go into the pub for a drink.

Rose told Caleb that she’s a good listener and the look on his face was one of confusion – but why?

After Caleb chatted to Claudette (Flo Wilson) and Charles (Kevin Mathurin), he went into the pub, suggesting that he did have a drink with Rose after all.

If Rose and Caleb don’t know each other, why on earth would they sit down together in the Woolpack?

And of course, if we’re right and they do have a connection, what is it?

It’s likely that we might have to wait a little while to find out, as Caleb is currently dealing with the aftermath of Nicky being involved in a catastrophic car accident.