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Upon her arrival, Mercedes meets Russ Owen (Stuart Manning) and seduces him, to the annoyance of his girlfriend, Sophie Burton (Connie Powney). Mercedes develops an attraction to Russ and the illicit pair have sex, beginning a relationship after Sophie dies. Russ wrongly accuses Mercedes of being unfaithful and angered by Russ' accusation, she cheats on him by sleeping with Warren (Jamie Lomas). Realising his wrong doings, Russ apologises to Mercedes however Mercedes is involved in a sexual rendezvous with Warren again and guilt-ridden, proposes to Russ. Russ agrees, revealing his intentions of marrying her also. On the night before their wedding, Mercedes becomes intoxicated and reunites with Warren momentarily, leading to sex. Simultaneously, an unknown assailant attempts to murder Clare and Warren is arrested. Warren endeavours to prove his innocence as he was sleeping with Mercedes, but she denies it to conceal her affair. At the wedding, Louise interrupts the proceedings and confronts Mercedes. Mercedes' half-sister, Tina (Leah Hackett), lies and gives her an alibi. Mercedes and Russ marry and Warren is charged with Clare's attempted murder. Mercedes later agrees to be a witness at Warren's trial and explains their affair, with Russ listening to the shock confession. Devastated by Mercedes' deception, Russ officially divorces her.
Mercedes meaninglessly sleeps with Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard), the boyfriend of her sister, Jacqui (Claire Cooper). Upon discovering her pregnancy with Tony's child, Mercedes plans to have an abortion however Jacqui uncovers the betrayal and asks Mercedes if she can raise the child herself, as she is unable to conceive children. Despite Jacqui's requestion, Mercedes aborts the child. Mercedes has a brief fling with Rhys Ashworth (Andrew Moss) and manages to split Hannah Ashworth (Emma Rigby) and Danny Valentine (David Judge) before proceeding to have sex with Danny.
Mercedes begins a casual relationship with Malachy (Glen Wallace) and falls in love with him. When Malachy is diagnosed HIV-positive, he avoids Mercedes and she cheats on him with his brother, Kris Fisher (Gerard McCarthy). Mercedes realises that Malachy is HIV-positive and attacks him. Mercedes, along with the rest of the McQueen family, are kidnapped by Niall Rafferty (Barry Sloane), who takes them to an abandoned church. Niall causes an explosion, but Mercedes escapes. Malachy proposes to Mercedes upon her return, but she refuses, leading to Malachy leaving for Belfast. After sleeping with a stranger, Mercedes realises that she loves Malachy and travels to Belfast, where she accepts his proposal. Mercedes and Malachy marry and Mercedes learns that she has not contracted HIV from Malachy. Calvin Valentine (Ricky Whittle), the ex-husband of Mercedes' half-sister, Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna), hires Mercedes as a barmaid at The Loft and they share a kiss. Mercedes and Calvin have sex, unaware that Malachy has seen them. They begin an affair and Mercedes becomes jealous as Calvin reconciles with Carmel. Calvin and Carmel become engaged and on the day of their wedding, Mercedes attempts to resume her affair with Calvin, but he rejects her. Malachy's former girlfriend, Cheryl Brady (Bronagh Waugh), exposes Calvin and Mercedes' affair to Carmel, leading to Malachy ending his marriage to Mercedes.
Mercedes is stunned and saddened as of Malachy and his new girlfriend, Lynsey Nolan (Karen Hassan). Mercedes deceives Lynsey by claiming that she is HIV-positive. Mercedes tells Malachy and they secretly plan to reconcile. Lynsey learns of this and discovers Mercedes lied. Lynsey tells Malachy, who assaults Mercedes. Despite that, Mercedes and Malachy reconcile. However, Malachy is injured after an explosion and Mercedes decides to turn off his life support. After being blackmailed by Mercedes' mother Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane), Malachy's family members are forced to allow Mercedes to attend his funeral.
Shortly after Malachy's death, Mercedes momentarily shares a kiss with newcomer Riley Costello (Rob Norbury) however officially starts a relationship with him afterwards. Riley's father, Carl Costello (Paul Opacic), takes a dislike to Mercedes. This causes sexual tension between Mercedes and Carl and they have sex. Carl and Mercedes begin an affair and Riley later proposes to Mercedes, which she accepts. Seth unearths the affair and threatens to tell Riley. Mercedes tells Seth that he cannot reveal the affair because she is currently expecting however exposes her deception to Myra later, who tells Mercedes to fake a miscarriage, which Mercedes immediately refuses to. When Mercedes takes a fall publicly; Myra claims that Mercedes is having a miscarriage. In hospital, Mercedes is told that she is actually 12 weeks pregnant. This leaves Mercedes unsure of the child's paternity and on her wedding day, she reveals her affair to Riley. Riley's serial killer grandfather,Silas Blissett (Jeff Rawle), kidnaps Mercedes and holds her captive in a basement, planning to kill her when the baby is born. Silas is arrested for his other murders, leaving Mercedes chained up, alone where she goes into labour. Lynsey taunts Silas into revealing Mercedes' location. Riley finds Mercedes, who is about to give birth. Mercedes gives birth to a boy, who is put in an incubator because of breathing difficulties. Riley declares he wants nothing more to do with Mercedes or the baby. Mercedes names the baby Bobby McQueen. Riley begins to visit Mercedes and Bobby but later refuses to see Bobby until they take a paternity test. The results confirm that Riley is Bobby's biological father. Mercedes and Riley argue over Bobby until Riley is transferred to a football club in Leeds and Mercedes asks him to take Bobby with him.
Mercedes has sex with Doctor Browning (Joe Thompson) who assumes she is a prostitute and pays her afterwards. Mercedes becomes a cleaner in a hospital along with Lynsey. Mercedes meets Doctor Browning at the hospital and he asks to keep seeing and paying Mercedes which she agrees to. Mercedes convinces Lynsey to help a patient who is DNR. Lynsey is blamed for the incident and Mercedes discovers Doctor Browning had not put the patient's DNR request into their file. Mercedes discovers Doctor Browning is married and threatens him, telling him she will tell his wife of their relationship should he report Lynsey. Mercedes joins an escorting website. She is contacted by a client and arranges to meet him at a hotel. Lynsey finds Mercedes and stops her going ahead with it. Mercedes becomes depressed and Jacqui meets Riley, telling him if Mercedes were to see Bobby then she would feel better. Riley later arrives back in Hollyoaks village asking Mercedes to sign legal documents so he will have full custody of Bobby.
Mercedes and Riley agree to attend mediation, but Mercedes does not turn up as she gets drunk. Mercedes sees an online news article showing a picture of Riley and Mitzeee together and considers running away with Bobby, but instead attends Bobby's christening service. She witnesses Riley and Mitzeee kissing in the car park and later confronts them. Riley tells her that it was only a kiss. Mercedes begins stalking Mitzeee who leaves the village temporarily. Mercedes learns Silas will not be put to trial and will be put in an institute for the insane. Mercedes tells people she is fine but begins having nightmares of her time imprisoned by Silas. Mercedes meets up with Doctor Browning and has sex with him. Mercedes begins escorting again and while meeting a client, locks herself in the bathroom. Lynsey arrives and comforts Mercedes.
Mitzeee and Riley begin a relationship. Mercedes continues to stalk Mitzeee. Mitzeee accuses Lynsey of being her stalker. Mitzeee becomes axious after noticing her stalker has been in the flat. Mercedes and Lynsey go to visit Mitzeee and after Mitzeee threatens them with a knife Lynsey leaves to find Riley. Mitzeee realises Mercedes is her stalker and they fight. Mitzeee drops the knife and Mercedes hits her over the head with a bottle, rendering her unconscious. Mercedes sees Lynsey and Riley returning to the flat and feeling desperate, stabs herself in the stomach in an attempt to turn Riley against Mitzeee. In hospital Mercedes tells Riley and her family that Mitzeee stabbed her. Lynsey discovers that Mercedes is Mitzeee's stalker. Mercedes discharges herself from hospital to speak to Lynsey. However, Lynsey is found dead in her flat, having been murdered. Mercedes enters into a relationship with Doctor Browning to make Riely jealous. Jacqui calls Mercedes and tells her she has found Lynsey's scarf in Doctor Browning's drawer. He then confesses to killing Lynsey to protect Mercedes. She tries to run, but he kidnaps her and drives out of the village. Mercedes agrees to run away with him, but the police find them and arrest Doctor Browning.
Mercedes reunites with Riley and they agree to marry. Mitzeee escapes from a psychiatric hospital, she confronts Mercedes and threatens her with a knife. Carl returns and attempts to persuade Riley not to marry Mercedes. Mercedes hears a conversation between Riley and Carl in which Riley admits that he does not love Mercedes and that he recently had sex with Mitzeee. Angered, Mercedes kidnaps Bobby in an attempt to punish Riley. Mercedes accuses Mitzeee of kidnapping Bobby. Mercedes convinces Phoebe Jackson (Mandip Gill) to look after Bobby. Mercedes sends a letter to Riley asking for half a million pounds ransom money. When dropping off the ransom money, Riley sees Mercedes and accuses her of kidnapping Bobby. Realising Mercedes has kidnapped Bobby, Phoebe tells Riley. Mercedes takes Bobby to the rooftop of a building, threatening to throw herself and Bobby off. Mercedes gives Riley Bobby and she agrees to leave with the ransom money. They return to the McQueen household where Mercedes' involvement in the kidnap is revealed by Phoebe. Myra reveals Mercedes' stabbing of herself and calls the police who arrest Mercedes. Riley is shot and killed by Simon Walker (Neil Newbon). In prison Mercedes shows further signs of mental illness, denying to herself that Riley has died. Mercedes is later taken to a psychiatric hospital. Doctor Browning pleads innocent in his trial. When Myra visits Mercedes, Mercedes apppears distressed and asks Myra to help her. Myra contacts lawyer Jim. At the trial, Jim suggests Riley was abusive towards Mercedes and stabbed her. He also suggests that Lynsey knew of this so Riley killed her. Mercedes backs up the claims and tells the courtroom that Riley had threatened to kill her so she kidnapped Bobby to protect him from Riley. The jury give a not guilty verdict for both charges of perverting the course of justice and Mercedes is released. Myra tells Mercedes she can not come home and instead tells her to move in to Jacqui's old flat that has recently been flooded.
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