Jeremiah Baxter

Jeremiah Baxter was Lisa Durant's husband and has since married her sister, Virginia Baxter.

Background
Salim and Lisa met at a party, when Lisa was at the height of her drug addiction. She calls him her 'first real love', and the two fell for each other hard. One day, Lisa impulsively booked a plane to Milan and left Salim, who was planning to propose. Salim was devastated.

Storylines
Another resident Jerrod Baxter comes to talk to Lisa and tells her things will be ok. There’s an instant connection and the two share a kiss. Lisa stops the kiss as she was told that it would be best not to have a relationship while in recovery.

Lisa and Jerrod go to work out in the fitness room and sneak off to kiss even though it’s against the rules of recovery. Clara comes over for conflict resolution – a process where addicts speak to their loved ones. Lisa is hesitant at first, but when Clara shows photos of Cory, the mood changes. It quickly turns sour when Clara asks Lisa to recognise how her actions have affected her son and friends. Lisa explains she was feeling too much. Lisa and Jeremiah have an impromptu kiss after Lisa has a successful meeting with Clara, but she pushes him away again, and Jerrod is angry now that she’s pushed him back several times. Lisa says she’s conflicted, because she’s married to Joaquin, she feels obliged to give him a chance but that her feelings for him are real. They have sex but shortly after, Lisa tells him it was a mistake. Jerrod feels hurt and speaks to a nurse about his troubles. He says this rejection was enough to make him spiral but is fighting the urge. The nurse makes a move on him and they have sex. They have sex again and she finds out that she is pregnant but is unsure if Jerrod is the father or her husband. Nurse Kali discovers that Tina, a new resident of the facility, left her child in the house for two days while on a bender, and murders her in rage. Tina’s death is ruled a suicide and nurse Katarina grieves for her.

The next day, Lisa apologises to Jerrod and tells him that she really likes him; she isn’t sure if it’s love, but she knows she likes him a lot and they kiss. Jerrod tells Lisa he slept with Kali, and she forgives him but develops a hatred towards Kali.

A few months have passed, and Kali is ready to pop but still working at the facility. It’s Halloween, and the residents are shocked when the lights all go out. Kali goes into labour in the dark, and Lisa finds a ring belonging to Tina in her room along with a journal detailing the murder and heads to confront her. She sees Kali in labour and does the decent thing and helps her and takes her kids away from her. Kali is weak on the floor, begging for help, but Lisa walks away, and Kali passes out on the floor. The ambulance takes Kali’s body away, and Lisa has an interview with the police where she tells them what Kali did. They thank her for her cooperation and Lisa watches the news as they announce Kali’s arrest. The triplets are taken into care. Jerrod and Lisa reunite that night and have sex. The electricity comes back on, and whilst checking her phone, Lisa sees pictures on Jerrod on social media at the rehab facility from a tabloid with the title ‘Millionaire CEO Jeremiah Baxter in rehab!’ she’s furious at Jerrod/Jeremiah for lying to her and wonders what else he’s been lying about. He assures her he only changed his name for privacy purposes, but she can’t see past him not being honest with her when she told him everything about her. She angrily says she feels nothing for him anymore and calls their relationship quits.

The next day, she leaves the facility having kicked her addiction to opioids and reflects silently on her journey. She exchanges a look with Jeremiah before heading home. Jeremiah obtains custody of his triplets with Kali Steele.

Lisa and Jeremiah (aka Jerrod from rehab) have sex when he shows up unannounced at her event. Tehzib flirts with Jeremiah before realising that Lisa and Jeremiah were a thing. Tehzib feels slighted by him and plans to ruin his relationship with Lisa.

Lisa and Jeremiah get back together and eventually get married married but Tehzib exposes her ‘affair’ with him. She immediately regrets it since they haven’t had sex and admits her lies. Lisa exiles her from the family, and Tehzib realises she’s pregnant. She meets a man named Sean and marries him to have sex with him and say that her baby is his. Years go by and Tehzib finds a photo of Sean with his brother... Jeremiah. She admits that she stole Jeremiah’s only sperm sample and had his baby to break her mum’s relationship up. Sean is murdered by a gang member who thinks that Sean is Jeremiah leaving her devastated. Jeremiah heads home to visit their mother for a few weeks.

Someone who looks like Lisa is in the house. Jeremiah returns from visiting his mother to a phone call saying that his and Lisa’s wedding certificate was burnt in a fire and thus declares that their marriage is null and void. ‘Lisa’ takes advantage of this and asks him for a big wedding for them. Jeremiah says there’s no rush but then comes around and proposes again. Jeremiah asks for a long engagement and ‘Lisa’ agrees.

A month later, ‘Lisa’ finds out she’s pregnant and asks Jeremiah to rush the wedding which he agrees.

‘Lisa’ goes into labour at the wedding and manages to sign the new marriage papers before collapsing in pain. Jeremiah wonders how he can have more kids and while at the hospital, the doctor explains to him that the healthy lifestyle he’s been keeping since leaving rehab has allowed his sperm to produce again, albeit in small samples, and calls ‘Lisa’s pregnancy a miracle

Jeremiah and ‘Lisa’s child is named King Baxter, but the real Lisa comes back to the house and exposes the fraud as her sister, Virginia Durant. Jeremiah is devastated. Virginia admits that she was going to kill Lisa but thought that was a little too far even for her. Lisa beats up her sister, and Jeremiah is conflicted as he fell in love with Virginia.

Lisa tells Jeremiah she thinks their marriage certificate burning was for the best since he clearly doesn’t know who she is. He tells her he truly doesn’t. Lisa tells Jeremiah to leave the house and warns her sister away from her. Lisa tells Virginia legally King is her son and says he will be staying with her. Virginia tries to fight this but is told she will be jailed for kidnapping if she tries anything. Jeremiah gets involved and tells Lisa he is biologically his father, and that he’ll do whatever he can to keep his son with him, whether that means putting Virginia in jail or not. Lisa backs down and hands king over to Jeremiah. Jeremiah tells Virginia he is disgusted with her and leaves with King.

Jade toasts in her new pub when Jeremiah comes in. They flirt and sleep together in the back room.

Jade conducts a paternity test that discloses Jeremiah is the father of her unborn child, but she lies and tells Billy he’s the father. Lisa reverts back to her party days and takes cocaine at the club where she flirts with Jeremiah but he puts a stop to it.

Later, Jeremiah sends Lisa a postcard with a picture of newborn Dayton Baxter with Virginia.