Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) has stooped to extreme lows in a bid to keep daughter Jade Masood (Elizabeth Green) by his side, but she is set to defy him in upcoming EastEnders scenes.
Dean has been tampering with Jade’s antibiotics in the hopes that she won’t be well enough to move to Pakistan with mum Shabnam.
Jade recently made it clear that, while she had enjoyed her time with Dean, she was ready to move back in with her mum, though she promised she wouldn’t be going anywhere until she had recovered from her chest infection.
In upcoming scenes, Jade suffers a bad coughing fit as a result of Dean emptying her antibiotics, and terrified Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) calls the doctor, much to Dean’s horror.
Things only get worse when Jade looks at Dean’s phone, and he is left with a lot of explaining to do.
He tells Jean and Jade that he has been ignoring Shabnam’s calls and texts because he has been burying his head in the sand over Jade’s illness, but she is left confused given that Shabnam already knows she is too ill to travel.
When Jade asks if she can go to her fundraiser at the Vic, Dean insists that he’ll only let her if she is well enough.
While Jade is welcome at the event, Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) makes it clear that Dean is not, and Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) wastes no time in taunting him over this.
This only makes Dean more determined to attend, and after manipulating Jean, he manages to get in.
Jade begs Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) to let him stay long enough to at least see her speech, and as they wait, Dean begs her to stay with him in London.
However, Jade refuses, insisting she wants to go to Pakistan with her mum.
How much further will Dean go to keep Jade by his side?
