Mackenzie Boyd reaches breaking point as son Reuben is taken from him in Emmerdale
How far will Mackenzie go to get access to Reuben?
CHLOE Harris rushed out of the Dales with her son Reuben, leaving a devastated Mackenzie Boyd behind.
The Emmerdale hunk spirals out of control as he tries to find his son next week. But will he ever find the tot?
Unable to cope with the realisation Mackenzie (played by Lawrence Robb) had been lying to her and was still in love with his wife Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), Chloe Harris (Jessie Elland) got the ultimate revenge.
In explosive scenes aired on ITV, Mack had to fight Chloe to get their son Reuben to stay in the village as she was packing her things up along with the tot for a fresh start away from the eponymous village.
Mack, whose behaviour has been shocking at best and almost criminal at worst all throughout his relationship with Chloe, was devastated and ran after the car she was driving to get to Reuben – to no avail.
But while he has to go above and beyond to try and find his son, Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) and his partner Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jamieson) both know where Chloe has gone.
Coming up next week, despite pleas from Mack, Matty hides the truth about Chloe and Reuben from Mack, causing tension.
Mackenzie’s sister Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb) wants a big family Christmas, pressuring Matty to convince Amy to join.
However, Mack struggles with the idea of sitting around a Christmas dinner table with Amy while grieving his missing son.
A heated argument erupts between Matty and Amy and soon, the former cracks and tells Mack that he and Amy are visiting Chloe and Reuben the following day.
Mackenzie darkly processes this new information and rushes round to see Charity, fired-up with hope and a plan to get his son back.
Later on, Mack and Charity covertly follow Amy’s car as it leaves the village.
When they get stuck at some temporary traffic lights, Matty’s horrified and Amy’s furious to spot Mack and Charity are following them.
With Mack increasingly frustrated over Amy’s unwillingness to tell him where his son is, he takes drastic measures and snatches her phone, planning to lure Chloe to a meet up by pretending to be her sister.
Soon, an oblivious Chloe is excited as she prepares Reuben to meet Amy in a nearby park.
But a careless word from Mackenzie in a text sent to her from Amy’s phone leads suspicious Chloe to realise she’s walking into a trap.
As she sends a reply telling Mack he’ll never see his son again, his despair quickly turns to fury.
Amy then shames Mack for isolating a vulnerable Chloe even further.
When Matty accuses Mack of destroying his relationship with Amy, Mack’s sarcastic response prompts Matty to punch him.
Things then go from bad to worse when Amy hopes Mackenzie will never see Reuben again.
An angry Amy blames him for leaving Chloe isolated, alone and on the run while a stricken Matty heads off in defeat, believing their relationship is over.
What will Mackenzie do in order to get through to Reuben?
Could he lash out against Amy and Matty?
Could he try to hurt Chloe?
Emmerdale airs weeknights from 7.30pm on ITV.
