She emotionally pleads with them to let her go with Kimberley but later they find out that she is working with serial killer Silas Blissett (Jeff Rawle). She reveals that Silas is holding Mercedes captive and intending to kill her; Lindsey only agrees to call the kill off if they allow her to go with Kimberley. They agree although Freddie is against it and Lindsey locks them in the hospital. Unknown to them, Mercedes has revealed Lindsey's relationship with both Freddie and Joe to Silas and when Lindsey arrives he kills her because of her actions. When Freddie, Joe and Kim manage to escape the hospital, they find Lindsey's corpse lying on the sofa. After Lindsey's death, Mercedes tries to get Freddie to be close with his daughter but instead he tells her he is scared of seeing Lindsey. When Mercedes does actually convince him, he spends little time with her and runs off. Joe and Mercedes later adopt Kimberley, later named Lexi. Freddie later begins a relationship with Ellie, however has sex with Marnie Nightingale (Lysette Anthony), who is later revealed to be Ellie's mother. Freddie worries that Marnie will expose their one-night stand, but they eventually have sex for a second time and begin an affair. After Marnie is cruel to Jade Albright (Kassius Nelson), Jade prints off a photograph she withholds of Freddie and Marnie kissing, and sends it to Ellie. However, Ellie spills a drink on the envelope, and Marnie's face on the photograph becomes smudged. This results in Ellie believing that Freddie has been sleeping with Cindy, but Marnie pays Cindy to play along with. Ellie finds out about Marnie and Freddie's affair by Ellie's half-brother Alfie Nightingale (Richard Linnell) exposing the truth. Ellie dumps Freddie and tries to move on from him. Ellie later forgives Freddie and they plan to move in together, however Marnie lies that she has a brain tumour in order to prevent the relationship from being resumed. Freddie is later devastated when Ellie, after several violent outbursts, reveals that she has been raped by Nick Savage (Ben-Ryan Davies). When Freddie goes for his interview with the police about Ellie's rape he figures out that there is not enough evidence to charge Nick, so he tells them Lisa Loveday (Rachel Adedeji) saw Nick spike Ellie's drink. He later tells Lisa to retell this to the police, but she retracts her statement when she realises the consequences of her actions.