Chloe Harris and her son Reuben left Emmerdale at Christmas after her father was shot dead. Mackenzie heartbreakingly had to allow his son to be taken away to save his wife Charity from prison.

Now, in Emmerdale on Friday April 19 Charity and Mackenzie are celebrating their first wedding anniversary. The occasion also happens to be Reuben’s first birthday.

As Mack misses his son, will he ever see him again? Why did Chloe take the baby away for good? And could they ever return?

Chloe and Reuben exit Emmerdale

Chloe Harris left the village after two years on Tuesday December 26, 2023. It signalled an end to the Mack, Chloe and Charity love triangle that had been rumbling on for over a year.

Mack and Charity had had a furious row and she’d told him to go and have a baby with someone else. So he did just that, having a one-night stand with Chloe and getting her pregnant.

At first he tried to get rid of Chloe, offering to pay for her to move away from the village. But when she decided to stay to be near her sister, Amy, for support, Mack was stuck.

Charity eventually found out he was the baby’s dad and kicked Mack out. He then tried to make a go of things with Chloe.

But their happy family set-up didn’t last long as he knew deep down it was Charity he loved. When they had a huge car accident, Mack was forced to choose whether to save Chloe’s life or Charity’s. He picked Charity.

Chloe survived and decided to forgive Mack, but he soon left her for Charity. Devastated Chloe turned to her dad, who was in fact gangster Harry Harris (also known as Damon)

He kidnapped Mack and planned to kill him. But Charity arrived to save him. A furious struggle ensued and Charity shot Harry in self-defence. He died.

Chloe made a deal not to report Charity to the police in exchange for being able to leave with Reuben. She said Mack would never see his son again and then drove away in a taxi.