after bianca is imprisoned, her mother carol jackson (lindsey coulson) decides to move with bianca's children closer to the prison. ray realises he cannot make morgan choose between him and his mother, so allows him to leave. ray then invites sasha to stay with him, but kim says she cannot take on his children. however, kim is soon forced to look after sasha, which pleases ray. kim and ray then declare their love for one another. ray is thrilled when morgan returns for the wedding of his aunt, janine butcher (charlie brooks). he bickers with morgan's adoptive father, ricky butcher (sid owen) over his parenting methods, but the pair reconcile when morgan gets upset and ray thanks ricky for bringing morgan up in his absence. ray moves into kim's bed and breakfast when his landlord increases his rent. kim tells sasha she can organise some work experience for her with a forensic scientist. she later admits this was a lie, leading to ray moving out. kim then gets sasha a placement with les coker's (roger sloman) firm of funeral directors, and ray and kim make up. ray becomes secretive and kim suspects he is having an affair. she then finds information about local flats and assumes that ray is looking for somewhere for them both to live. however, ray reveals that the flat is for sasha's mother, deanne, so they can both be closer to sasha. kim feels upset and humiliated. however, he affirms his love for her and they reconcile.