The teen has been living in fear since a lad called Mike (Tai Hilferink) found out where Oscar is living with his big sister Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) and her family.
Angry over Oscar ‘grassing’ on him to the police, Mike threatened Lauren’s young children, and demanded £5K in return for their safety.
While Lauren ended up selling a car and earning an advance on her wages from Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), Oscar was unaware that she had solved his problem and paid Mike off.
Patrick was injured after interrupting thief Oscar. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
So when Oscar clocked Patrick and Howie Danes (Delroy Atkinson) celebrating a £6K win on the horses, he decided to go on the rob.
Unfortunately, after a row with Yolande (Angela Wynter), Patrick was at home at the time, and when he disturbed Oscar in the dark, a spooked Oscar pushed him over.
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Patrick fell and banged his head, and as he lay unconscious, Oscar felt guilty and called an ambulance on Patrick’s phone.
Oscar hid when Howie arrived, and the latter only spotted his ankle tag as the young man did a runner.
Lauren grew suspicious when Oscar barely made it home before his curfew and showed sudden concern for Patrick, just as Yolande, Denise (Diane Parish) and Kim (Tameka Empson) rushed to the scene.
Patrick was taken to hospital, and Yolande was distraught as she desperately hoped to make amends with him.
But doctors needed to do tests, so it remained to be seen whether Patrick would survive his ordeal.
Meanwhile, horrified that Lauren had already given Mike the money and he’d turned back to crime for nothing, Oscar said a heartfelt goodbye to baby nephew Jimmy, before leaving Lauren the stolen cash with an apology.
But on his way out, Lauren confronted Oscar with the package: “Please tell me you didn’t.”
Having put two and two together over Patrick’s attack, how will Lauren react to Oscar’s foolish actions?
And will Patrick be OK?
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