Right so if I’m remembering correctly Dawn first arrived in emmerdale as an addict who was something to do with a dealer that Ross owed money to. She came back a few times, was high each time. Made friends with Ryan, still using (I think?) was in the village several times before eventually recognising Harriet as her former step mum and tells Harriet her dad died.
So are we to believe that Dawn made that up on the spot when she saw Harriet and roped her dad in with a plan or is it that she knew all along where Harriet was living and deliberately made friends with Ryan etc to carry out this plan?