Mr. Simpson lost his battle to cancer. Spike remarried a guy named Mike. He was nice to Spike and other people but hated Emma and Jack. Spike died in a car crash without ever learning this. Mike abuses Emma, Emma tries her best to protect Jack. Mike is drunk a lot but has a great paying job. In Spike's will Emma and Jack were left to Mike because he adopted them. They also could live with their grandparents in London but Emma refused to leave Degrassi..
