keeps his promise for Sharon and persuades Grant to help them get justice for Sharon. They confront Johnny and learn that he ordered his henchman, Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) to kill Dennis; the two are nearly killed after Johnny captures the brothers and orders Danny to execute them, but Phil and Grant are saved when Danny is accidentally shot dead by his own brother, Jake Moon (Joel Beckett). On New Year’s Day 2007, Sharon is unable to attend Pauline Fowler's (Wendy Richards) funeral although she sends flowers. On Christmas Day 2008, she calls Ian to wish him a happy Christmas and asks a reluctant Ian to send Phil a big kiss from her. Ian reveals that Dennis is also doing well. In October 2009, Ian spends a few weeks in America for Sharon's 40th birthday and reveals that she is doing very well for herself, is still wealthy and lives on a ranch. 2012–present Sharon returns to Walford asking Phil to help her retrieve Dennis Jnr (Harry Hickles) from her fiancé, John Hewland (Jesse Birdsall), whom she has just jilted at their wedding ceremony. John suggests that he saved Sharon from destitution and kidnaps Dennis but Phil rescues him. Sharon manages Phil's nightclub "R&R" and starts dating Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). Sharon and Jack's romance is complicated by Phil, who wants to reignite a relationship with Sharon. Both propose to Sharon, but she accepts Jack's proposal. Realising he still loves his former wife Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), Jack cancels the wedding. Phil then persuades Sharon to move in with him but she struggles with Jack's rejection and resumes dependency on painkillers. When Sharon passes out unconscious while looking after Phil's granddaughter Lexi Pearce, he throws her out. The upheaval affects Dennis; he starts misbehaving and clashes at school with teaching assistant Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty). Dennis lies when he falls and grazes his arm, telling Sharon that Whitney has assaulted him. Blind to Dennis's misbehaviour, Sharon reports Whitney to the school board requesting her dismissal but is forced to contemplate the truth when Whitney is exonerated. Later, Sharon reunites with Phil and moves back in with him. Her trust in Phil is tested when he confesses his part in Dennis' fatal altercation with Johnny in 2005, but she nevertheless remains with him and together they buy a new bar: The Albert. Phil grows resentful of Sharon's preoccupation with The Albert.