half the rent. When he discovers that Nicola has sold his "Rollercoaster Rod" stories to a publisher, claiming to have written them herself, Rodney throws her out. When Bernice and Ashley's daughter Gabby Thomas (Annelise Manojlovic) feels alone, she begins spending time with Rodney. Val tells Paul that Rodney has a serious heart condition to make him stay in the village when he considers moving to Australia with Jonny. Rodney has an affair with the married Pam Montclare (Catherine Rabett). When Paul and Diane tell him to end the affair because of his heart condition, Pam leaves, not wanting to get involved. Rodney tells Paul and Diane that he is fine, and he later accompanies Paul to the airport. Laurel tells Rodney that Nicola is pregnant and he urges her to keep the baby, but Nicola tells him that he had been a bad father to her and she does not want to put her own baby through a bad experience. She eventually keeps the baby and Rodney lets her move her back into his home. Rodney gets a job at Emmerdale Haulage after he strikes a deal with Carl in which he takes Carl's driving points in exchange for £500 and a job. Rodney becomes a male escort and does not tell his girlfriend Georgia Sharma (Trudie Goodwin). While he is on a date with a woman, Georgia's ex-husband Rishi Sharma (Bhasker Patel) finds them together. Rodney asks Rishi to keep it a secret. He continues to enjoy his escort career, until one night in The Woolpack, Georgia's friends from tennis arrive for drinks and Rodney is shocked to see that one of the tennis friends, Veronica (Nicole Faraday), has met him before when he accompanied her to a formal party. Veronica tells Georgia the truth and they break up. Rodney is devastated, however, with the help of Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw), Georgia takes him back and agrees to let him continue his career as an escort, due to the money he earns. Other residents soon find out about his new job, including Jimmy and Bernice, who disapproves. Rodney meets up with Veronica once more to take her out, but she insists that they stay home instead and cooks him a meal. She tries to seduce him but he refuses. On Rodney's next date, he is asked to make a woman's husband jealous. But when the husband confronts Rodney,