Storylines
Rob first appeared on 21 June 2006, when Victor Brown (Jimmy Yuill) introduced Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) to him at a Walford Community Charitable Trust meeting. He also attended a charity auction where he tried to out-bid Ian, who was bidding for a bracelet for Dawn Swann. She was posing as Ian's wife while his real wife, Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), was running the cafe that she and Ian owned. When Rob had raised the price, he let Ian buy the bracelet. Rob and Dawn started dating. He discovered "Jane" was actually Dawn but they continued to date. On 13 November 2006, it was revealed that Dr May Wright, the new GP for Walford, was Rob's wife. May and Dawn had struck up a friendship but that didn't last after she learnt that Dawn's mystery man was her husband. Dawn becomes pregnant with Rob's baby and strikes up a deal with May and Rob to sell it to them when it is born.
When Dawn saw Rob and May acting like the perfect couple and learning that they had been buying things for "their" baby, Dawn made another appointment for a termination. Again, she didn't go through with it, thinking Rob would leave May for her. It was later revealed that May had suggested he reconcile with Dawn - desperate for a baby - she insisted Rob keep Dawn sweet until she was over 24 weeks and could not have a legal termination. Dawn, however, was unhappy that Rob intended to stay with May until she had the baby. He promised Dawn that they would be a family after the birth but she didn't believe him and tried aborting the baby herself and ended up in hospital. Rob tried talking her round but Dawn rebuffed him so he returned to May. May later told Dawn not to stalk Rob so Rob told May that he was leaving her for Dawn and moved out. In revenge, May reported Rob for fraudulently obtaining a credit card for Jane Beale, (the name Dawn was using when they met). His boss suspended him and later sacked him. May left but later invited Rob round to apologise and tried to seduce him. Trying to leave, Rob found the nursery May had decorated, complete with calendar set to July with "My baby is born" was written on 5th. Realising May's obsession, he left after a struggle, disturbed by May's behaviour and told Dawn that they had to leave as soon as possible. The next day, May had a black eye and people assumed Rob was responsible. He insisted he wasn't but after Dawn saw him attack Keith, he admitted that he did hit May.
Rob told Dawn that he had a new job away from the Square and proposed again. She accepted and they went to his parents' house but was shocked to find May there - the new job didn't exist, being part of Rob and May's plan to take Dawn prisoner. They handcuffed her to a bed and May injected Dawn with a sedative. Dawn tells May that she would rather let the baby die than give it to her so May decides to deliver the baby herself by caesarean, intentionally putting Dawn's life at risk. When May leaves to get her surgical tools, Dawn tells Rob of May's plans and begs him to let her go. She manages to free herself and knock Rob out. She stabs May with a scalpal before escaping in their car. Later, Rob returns to the Millers to apologise to Dawn, but she threatens him and her family discover what he did to her. Rob tells them that he has had May sectioned, when she is actually waiting at home for him to call her. She leaves to visit her mum and Keith, Mickey and Gary keep Rob hostage in their house, torturing him by pouring gravy on him and allowing their dog to lick him clean. While this is going on, they learn from Carly that Dawn went into labour on the tube but delivered baby Summer in hospital, but Rob is thrown out when he tries to go and see her. Despite Rob's pleas to forget it, May goes into the hospital posing as Dawn's GP and tries to abduct the baby, but Dawn wakes up in time and refuses to let May take her. Distraught, May runs out of the hospital and tries to run Rob down before driving away. Rob goes to the police and tells them about the surrogacy agreement they had with Dawn. He then visits Dawn and Summer and tries to propose to Dawn, but she punches him, furious that he told the police she wanted to sell her baby. Keith drags him out of the house and he is never seen again.
When May returned in 2008, she revealed that Rob had left her and was now living with a new woman with whom he was expecting a baby.
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