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Patrick’s life has been hellish since Christmas Day, even before the murder of his son, Anthony (Nicholas Bailey).

He learned early in the day that Anthony had infiltrated the search for his and Zoe Slater’s (Michelle Ryan) twins and had tried to throw the Slaters off the scent by telling Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) that they had both died at birth.

Over a tense and uncomfortable Christmas dinner, father and son came to blows and it was clear when Patrick spat that he wished Anthony had died rather than his other son, Paul (Gary Beadle), that things would never be the same again.

With those words ringing in his ears, Anthony headed to the Vic, got into a violent conflict with Zoe and was ultimately killed by his daughter, Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness), with Zoe, believing Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) was responsible, taking the rap for her daughter.

With Zoe in a cell, Jasmine introduced herself to Patrick as his granddaughter, but her volatile nature and hair trigger temper unnerved him, and he soon found himself deeply obsessed with an AI recreation of Anthony, particularly when the truth was exposed and Jasmine was held in remand before her trial.
Said trial drew the attention of Jasmine’s estranged twin brother, and Anthony’s other child, Josh Goodwin (Joshua Vaughan), who Patrick battled through a period of doubt to form a relationship with.
Giving a character statement at Jasmine’s trial affected Patrick deeply and Kim and Denise Fox (Tameka Empson and Diane Parish) suggested some time away following the conclusion may do him good.

While there, he comes across Jasmine, and the two finally have a conversation about where they go from here.

She’s left wounded when her grandad tells her that he doesn’t trust her, and any relationship between them is going to take both time and work.

With Jasmine’s temper and propensity for self destruction ever-present, will she heed Patrick’s words?

Or will she destroy her relationship with him for good?