As Jake copes with the events of Danny's death and Johnny's arrest, he forms a relationship with Carly Wicks (Kellie Shirley); however, he ends it in August 2006. Jake soon becomes concerned for Ruby when she begins dating Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), the brother of Ruby's best-friend Stacey (Lacey Turner). He rightly guesses that Sean is using Ruby, and is only interested in her money. Jake and Sean become bitter enemies, but Sean convinces Ruby that he loves her and that Jake is trying to cause trouble between them. Ruby even tells Sean that it was Jake who had murdered Danny - giving Sean a hold over Jake. In October 2006, Jake turns to Johnny - who has been paying Jake to look after Ruby, since he has been in prison - and tells him what Sean is doing. When Johnny arranges for Sean to visit him in prison, Sean ignores his threats to stay away from Ruby and tells Johnny that there is nothing that he or Jake can do to stop him. Johnny attempts to phone Jake to order him to kill Sean, but he has a heart attack before he can dial and only manages to whisper "Jake...kill him for me" - mistakenly thinking he is speaking to Jake. Johnny's cellmate assumes that Johnny wants Jake killed, and Johnny dies soon after in hospital. Jake later decides to leave Walford, but as he walks out of Albert Square, he is confronted by a stranger - who asks if he is Jake Moon. What happens next is not revealed.