Has he mentioned that he only has the one daughter though? Perhaps Vanessa has a sister she never about?

I read the title of this post and immediately thought of Neil grayling bad girls 😁

I think that was the OPs intention. The actor who played Neil Grayling in Bad Girls is now playing Jed in ED who may turn out to be Vanessa's dad

Oh lol it's been a while since I watched ED

this would be a Blinding Cracker of a twist people x