George Brenton

**George Brenton** is a supporting character who was briefly mentioned in the first and second season of My Deepest Secret, before making his official appearance in the Season Three. He is the late father of Emma Wilson who died prior to the start of the series.

## Appearance

Through flashbacks in the first and second season, he is shown to wear a white shirt with trousers. His appearance was officially revealed in the third season. George is shown to have short brunette hair that is always combed back, along with some facial hair on his jawline. While his eyes are never shown, he also dresses up smartly when going to work or on a casual outing.

## Personality

While he is not drunk, Emma described her father as a kind and caring man. As a drunk, he is sadistic and violent such as cursing at his daughter or hitting her. When he becomes sober, he is very apologetic to Emma due to being aware of his actions when drunk and tries to make up by buying her a lot of gifts, or taking her out to places she requested to visit. However, he easily became paranoid when he discovered Emma's diary filled with entries about Elios. This lead him to believe that Emma was becoming like her mother who would eventually leave him. It was later revealed that he was not really drunk when he abused Emma, after he deliberately struck her while confronting her about her diary. This was just enough for Emma to realise that her father had already been broken from the start when he revealed his twisted plans to raise her to become a "tamed" version of her mother, due to his heartbreak and anger towards his wife.

## History

According to his sister, Annabelle Wilson, he fell in love with Emma's mother, Linda and willingly cut ties with his family in order to marry her. After Emma was born, he and his wife started living separately at some point. He took the liberty to raise Emma by himself and had a good relationship with his daughter, until he caught his wife cheating on him at her house. Some time after that, he met up with his wife after learning that she had filed for a divorce. He tried to persuade Linda to reconsider by agreeing to let her unfaithfulness slide, but more importantly, he wants her to stay by his side for Emma's sake. Linda refused, telling him that she never loved him and was only with him for the money. She called him hopeless and how she found his obsessiveness towards her creepy. Linda then told him that he can keep their daughter, claiming that she didn't need Emma. Her parting words angered him as he yelled at his wife, asking her how could she say that to her own daughter. However, Emma reassured him that she will stay by his side since she never really liked her mother who always made him sad.

Due to his heartbreak over his wife leaving him, he started drowning himself in alcohol. This caused him to become violent and agressive towards Emma while he was drunk. He later used up most of his earnings to purchase a large house just outside the city and enrolled Emma into a new school. George also forced Emma to promise him to never tell anyone about what happens at home, claiming that he would be sad if she does. This in turn, caused Emma to become introvert and aloof at school, resulting her becoming a victim of bullying. One evening, he found Emma's diary filled with entries about Elios and became furious. When Emma screamed at him to return her diary and the plaster Elios gave her, this caused him to strike his daughter which shocked her. It was then when he realised that he had given his game away, and revealed that he was *never* drunk when he abused her. He then told her his reason for abusing her; she is *not* biologically his daughter. After he caught Linda cheating on him, he took strands of Emma's hair and sent them for a DNA test when he started suspecting that Emma may not be his real daughter. His suspicions were confirmed when the results came back, and it proved that Emma was concieved by another man her mother had previously slept with.

Since discovering this, he decided to raise Emma to become a "tamed" version of her mother whom he described as a "slick fox". When Emma openly defied him after he revealed his true colours, he started treating her violently such as pinning her to the ground to stop her from escaping before dragging her back into the house with his shirt tie. While threatening to confine Emma in the basement for continuously defying him, he accidentally stepped into a puddle of wine spilled from the bottle he broke earlier. This caused him to slip and fall backwards; right on top of the broken pieces of glass that impaled him. As he bled out, he begged Emma to help him call an ambulance before succumbing to his injuries. When Emma finally realised that he had just died before her eyes, she ended up laughing at his dead body like a maniac.

After his death, his abusiveness towards Emma was exposed and he became the talk of the town.

## Quotes

''You must be angry with me. Aren't you Emma? But whatever happens please don't leave me. I'll buy you anything you want. I could even get all the toys in the world if you want. So, don't leave me like your mom did, okay?''