Cathy packs her bags and leaves after striking Bob and reaching breaking point in Emmerdale

Will Cathy ever return? And how will Bob react when he realises she's gone?

When Cathy's headteacher suggests that she defer a year as she won’t be granted an access arrangement without a formal diagnosis, Bob is thrown.

Desperately not wanting to be kept back a year, Cathy persuades Miss Cathcart to let her take the exams, but as she tries to drink away her troubles with Marshall, the next day she's ashamed of her actions.

Flying off the handle, Cathy strikes Bob by accident, scratching him with her keys and he winces as he holds his bleeding cheek.

Later, having cooled off from the day's events, Bob gives Cathy a hug but as he leaves, a lost Cathy takes a packed rucksack out from behind the sofa. Staring at the &B with tears in her eyes, she turns and heads off into the night.

Emmerdale continues Mondays to Fridays at 7.30pm on ITV1