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Darcy Wilde was the ex-girlfriend of the deceased Adam Donovan as well as the mother of Toby Wilde, Darcy was originally seen as a victim being chased away by Adam's family however upon her arrival Darcy was seen as deceitful and manipulative hiding a darker personality giving the viewers the real reason Adam's family wanted rid of her. She later married and divorced Jack Osborne, and became the step-mother of Ruth Osborne, Darren Osborne, and Bethany Johnson.

Biography[]

1989-2017: Backstory[]

Darcy was born in 1989. At some point in her early adult life Darcy met Adam Donovan in 2006 and they remained a couple right up until 2012 when Darcy went missing during a romantic getaway to France with Adam after being pushed into the river by Adam's sister Grace Black and her and Adam's mother Tracey Donovan, before she went missing Darcy had slept with Adam's gangster father, Glenn Donovan, who Darcy, after faking her death, would have a son called Toby Wilde.

2017: Being Found & Arrival in Hollyoaks[]

Darcy is first seen in March 2017 when Adam's current girlfriend, Maxine Minniver tracks her down after months of wanting answers surrounding Darcy's disappearance, Maxine along with Tracey Donovan see that Darcy is working at a restaurant going under the name of 'Rebecca', after Darcy is confronted by both Maxine and Tracy she decides it's time to track down her ex Adam down and therefore this tracks Darcy to Hollyoaks village, Adam is initially shocked but delighted to see that Darcy is in fact alive and the two of them get emotional over the reunion they have with one another.

2017: Child Reveal[]

Darcy is soon joined by her son, Toby Wilde and in an effort to drive a wedge between Adam and Maxine, as well as stopping the two getting married, Darcy drops the bombshell that Toby is Adam's child and was born not long after Darcy went missing in 2012. Darcy is then seen manipulating Adam by using Toby as well as Toby himself. However, despite her best efforts to break up Adam and Maxine, Darcy is saddened to see the two get married later on Darcy and Adam get a scare when Toby is rushed off too hospital with some breathing difficulties and while at the hospital Darcy is left stunned when her ex-boyfriend Marcus shows up and claims to Adam that he is in fact Toby's biological father as well as threatening to take Toby to a better hospital unless Darcy pays him at least £40,000. Darcy gets a DNA test that proves that Marcus is not in fact Toby's father. It's revealed that Darcy in fact stole the exact same amount of money from Marcus and he just wants repayment, Adam to a thankful Darcy pays Marcus who then leaves.

2017: Relationship with Jesse & Tracey's Murder[]

After many attempts to get with Adam as well as many attempts to get on Maxine's nerves, Darcy ups her tactics by using Adam's brother, Jesse Donovan into having a relationship with her thus infuriates Adam to the point he and Jesse have a fight later Darcy and Jesse decide they should get engaged but the arrives for Darcy to marry Jesse and to Darcy's delight, Adam finally confesses his love for her she does the same and the two agree to leave their respective partners breaking both Jesse's and Maxine's hearts. In August 2017 Darcy is seen meeting a mysterious man at a club who seems to know each other well its later revealed to by Adam's and Jesse's father, Glenn Donovan.

Darcy is later confronted by Adam's own mother, Tracey (who is drunk) on the local business, The Love Boat, that she in fact knows that Toby is not Adam's biological son leaving Darcy shock and stunned that Tracey knows this, Darcy is then left in a predicament when Tracey tells her that she is going to tell Adam the truth Darcy attempts to scare off Tracey by saying she will tell Adam the truth surrounding the day she disappeared and its revealed that it was Tracey who had pushed and left Darcy the day she supposedly died later as the confrontation gets heated the two women then have a struggle which results in Darcy pushing Tracey into the water below, Darcy watches as Tracey drowns and dies but Darcy gets away with murdering Tracey as the police determined that the death was accidental due to how much alcohol was in Tracey's system.

2017-2018: Father Reveal, Attempt to con Jack & Departure[]

Glenn arrives in October 2017 after two months of Darcy's encounter with him its seen that Glenn is in fact Toby's biological father this later results in the split up of Darcy and Adam to her devastation and after Adam throws out Darcy she is seen by, Jack Osborne who then takes pity in Darcy and offers her a place to stay and after finding out how much Jack was left by his deceased wife, Frankie Osborne on top of Jack's savings and pension, Darcy sets her sights on marrying Jack for security and in an attempt to inherit all of his money however this is noticed by Jack's granddaughter in law Esther Bloom, Jack at first turns down all of Darcy's advances but eventually caves in and falls for her and eventually Darcy is proposed to Jack who is under the assumption that he is about to die from a heart disease. However, this is not the case this leads Darcy to then later comes to the conclusion that she has to kill Jack for her to get his money she then poisons Jack's drink however has a change of heart but as Darcy is about to retrieve the drink its drank by an oblivious Esther. Darcy decides she needs to flee the village as all of her secret come out from Tracey's murder and attempted murder of Jack, Darcy blackmails Glenn into helping her by using the fact he helped her cover up Tracey's murder so seeing no option Glenn obliges to help Darcy and so Darcy departs Hollyoaks along with her son, Toby in the back of a taxi by the very end of April 2018.

Kill Count[]

Murders[]

  1. Tracey Donovan, 21st September 2017 - Revealed in October 2017 that she was accidentally pushed from the roof of Lisa Loveday's boat after a struggle with Darcy when she found out that her son Adam Donovan isn't the father of Darcy's son Toby Wilde, where Darcy then left her to drown.

Attempted Murders[]

  1. Jack Osborne, 25th April 2018 - Darcy poisons Jack's drink, however, she has a change of heart and stops him. Jack's step-granddaughter, Esther Bloom, then drinks the drink, is rushed to hospital but later recovers.

Quotes[]

Hey, what can I get you?
— First line, to Maxine Minniver and Neeta Kaur.

Give me that letter. I've waited for years to get Adam back in my life and I'm not going to let you destroy my happiness.
— To Tracey Donovan, before Darcey murders her.

Just start with the road out of here.
— Last line, to her son Toby Wilde.

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