In 2020, Lucas Johnson returns to the square and fearing that he might hurt Denise or son Raymond, asks Phil Mitchell to attack him. this proves successful however when Lucas comes looking for answers as to who has done this, unbeknown to him, Denise has temporarily moved in with Jack, and instead talks with Patrick, leading him to reveal it wasn't Denise who planned the attack, but instead him. Patrick becomes more angry with Lucas and eventually Collapses, suffering another stroke. Lucas reluctantly calls and ambulance and flees the scene, Patrick is rushed to hospital and later slowly says Lucas' name, revealing to Denise he was at the scene and could have potentially caused the stroke