With his career going from strength to strength, and a steady girlfriend - Oxford student, Libby Fox, it seemed like Darren had really shaken loose from his chaotic, under-achieving family.
Then he discovered that Heather was pregnant after a misguided dalliance, and was going to have a child - and Libby left him. However, George turned out to be one of the best things that had ever happened to Darren. And when he found love with the lovely Jodie Gold, things began to look a bit more pukka.
But short of cash for the wedding, Darren started to skim money from the car lot and then slept with Lauren Branning. Jodie forgave him, but on the wedding day he revealed that he was not worthy of her and drove away in their wedding car for a new life. When Heather was murdered in 2012, Darren was on his travels when he was informed of her untimely death. George was soon sent to live with Darren.
In March 2016 Libby Fox mentions to Nancy Carter she was on holiday and that Darren and Tamwar Masood bonded over trout fishing.
