is his son, Sharon tells Phil about Grant's declaration of love. However, Grant finds out the truth, and Sharon confirms it to Mark when he comes to the realisation. When Phil recovers from his alcoholism, he makes the decision to not have a liver transplant and prepares to die. Sharon stands by his decision but he changes his mind after realising the effect on Dennis and Louise. Phil is placed on a transplant list but gives up hope, telling Sharon the family need to enjoy Christmas without him; she angrily tells him he can die. However, he returns shortly after, and a new liver is found for Phil and his surgery is successful. Sharon is then reunited with Michelle, and at Michelle's leaving party, Sharon overhears Denise Fox (Diane Parish) revealing to Shirley that Phil is the father of her unborn child. Sharon makes plans for her and Dennis to move back to Florida with Michelle until she realises that she and Phil were not together at the time he had sex with Denise. Sharon finds out about Denise's plan to have her son adopted so tells Phil the truth after Phil expresses his wish to adopt Dennis. Phil demands to see his son, and Sharon agrees to help Phil fight for custody but then stands by him when he agrees to the adoption. Sharon is mortified when Michelle tells her that she broke the law in America by having a relationship with a 17-year-old student Preston Cooper (Martin Anzor), while she was a teacher. When Michelle is involved in a car crash after her affair with Preston is exposed, Sharon supports her and she talks Preston into leaving Walford, which infuriates Michelle when she regains consciousness. Sharon supports her stepdaughter Louise when she believes she was raped by Keegan Baker (Zack Morris) after her drink was spiked at a party. The investigation is dropped when Keegan admits that he lied about having sex with Louise. Phil joins Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin) in a robbery but the money they steal from his ex wife Ciara (Denise McCormack) goes missing. Ciara sends her sister-in-law, Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite), back to Walford after sixteen years, to find the stolen money, and Sharon admits to Mel that she took it. Mel tells Ciara and Sharon is forced to return the money. When Phil discovers that Sharon was the culprit, he is initially furious