 Mercedes has sex with Doctor Paul Browning (Joe Thompson) who assumes she is a prostitute and pays her afterwards. Mercedes becomes a cleaner in a hospital along with Lynsey. Mercedes meets Doctor Browning at the hospital and he asks to keep seeing and paying Mercedes which she agrees to. Mercedes convinces Lynsey to help a patient who is DNR. Lynsey is blamed for the incident and Mercedes discovers Doctor Browning had not put the patient's DNR request into their file. Mercedes discovers Doctor Browning is married and threatens him, telling him she will tell his wife of their relationship should he report Lynsey. Mercedes joins an escorting website. She is contacted by a client and arranges to meet him at a hotel. Lynsey finds Mercedes and stops her going ahead with it. Mercedes becomes depressed and Jacqui meets Riley, telling him if Mercedes were to see Bobby then she would feel better. Riley later arrives back in Hollyoaks village asking Mercedes to sign legal documents so he will have full custody of Bobby.
