he will try to kill himself again. Jake tries to blame his descent into madness on his father walking out on the family three years earlier; however, Frankie tells him that "your father may have been a naive and reckless man; but, for all his faults, Johnno would never have done anything as bad as what you have done". Warren offers Darren £100,000 to help with money problems if he framed Jake by putting Sean's wallet in Jake's room. Jake got convicted of killing Sean and Louise was released. Frankie didn't believe Jake had killed Sean and accused Louise of framing Jake. Shortly after Eli used Frankie's salon keys to get into the trash place before writing on the walls DIE and RIP in red paint. The next day a thug entered with an iron bar before smashing all of the glasses and stealing money from the till. Frankie immediately assumed Louise had been behind it. On 27 May 2009, Frankie and Jack found out that Darren had taken a £100,000 bribe from Warren Fox to get Jake to confess to Sean Kennedy's murder before gambling away the money, despite the family being in debt. Frankie and Jack disowned him for lying and gambling away the money before telling him he had been given enough chances. After this, an ashamed Darren stayed in his flat and rarely left, knowing everyone knew about the gambling, however, Cindy Cunningham managed to get him a job at a charity event in Il Ghosh. In October 2009 Jake is released from the mental institute he had been in and had all charges against him dropped due to his mental state, Frankie struggles through and copes with Jake's return. However, Jake's return brings back the feud between Frankie and Nancy, leading to Frankie handing over Charlie to Nancy as Jake is not allowed near him. Frankie figures out that Gilly Roach is in love with Steph. However, Gilly denies it and says that he loves Cheryl Brady (Bronagh Waugh), his girlfriend. With encouragement from Frankie, Steph tells Gilly she loves him, and they get together, but the happiness is short-lived when Steph finds she has cervical cancer. Frankie finds out from Steph's brother-in-law Tom Cunningham. Frankie discovers that Newt's birth mother, Shelley Newton, has returned for a job interview, along with her baby son Jensen Newton. Shelley returns from the interview and announces she's got