even trust Jesse with her son." Leah arranges a meeting with Jesse and break up with him because "she can't give him what he needs". Jesse is "upset" and pleads with Leah to reconsider. The actress believed the couple tried to succeed to soon after Vinnie's death. She thought that Leah would be better off concentrating on getting closure regarding Vinnie. Following their break up, Leah begins to suspect that she is being followed and thinks Jesse may be stalking her. Leah continues to worry after she hears someone in her home and finds some flowers. She accuses Jesse of stalking her and tells him to move on. He proves he is unaware of the flowers and Leah begins to suspect that Vinnie has faked his own death. Relationship with Josie Russell and self-destruction Jesse's next relationship is with Josie Russell (Laurie Foell) and they become engaged. Josie has an affair with Brett Macklin (Gerry Sont) and the pair break up. Jesse finds it difficult to deal with seeing Josie and Brett together and writers created a downward spiral story for him. Unwin told an Inside Soap reporter that "Jesse is at a stage where he doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything, he tried playing Mr Nice Guy, but look where that got him." Jesse rebounds from Josie by sleeping with Martha MacKenzie (Jodi Gordon) and continues to become angered when he sees Josie and Brett. Unwin explained that "all the hurt comes flooding back" each time he sees them. He sets fire to Brett's resort plans but the police cannot gather evidence to charge him. His behaviour forces Martha to disown him and he begins drinking heavily. This sees Jesse "hit rock bottom" and he steals money from the till at his surf club business. When his business partners Hayley Smith (Bec Cartwright) and Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) try to sell his share to Beth Hunter (Clarissa House), he becomes violent. He causes a scene in the surf club and elbows Hayley, who is pregnant, in the stomach. Unwin defended his character stating "Jesse feels awful because, on top of everything, he may have now done serious damage to her unborn baby." Departure Unwin quit the serial in March 2005 to pursue work in America. After Chloe was reintroduced into the series, writers revisited the romantic connection between her and Jesse. When Troy Peters (Christian Willis) arrives