Home and Away spoilers: Will Colby Thorne kidnap his sister Bella Nixon?
When Colby's planned happy reunion with his teenage sister Bella goes horribly wrong, will he resort to kidnaping to get her back to Summer Bay?
Colby Thorne has waited years to be reunited with his missing teenage sister Bella Nixon.
However, it's far from the happy family reunion he'd hoped for, when angry Bella confronts Colby and his buddy Dean Thompson with a crossbow and threatens to shoot!
Colby desperately tries to convince Bella he is her long-lost big brother and has been looking for her all this time. But Bella's convinced he and Dean are a couple of dodgy dudes and is determined to escape from them.
Determined to get Bella away from their murderous stepdad Ross Nixon, will policeman Colby resort to kidnapping his own sister to get Bella to safety back in Summer Bay?
Meanwhile, back in the Bay, Colby's fiancée Chelsea Campbell is alarmed when she realises he and Dean have gone in search of killer Ross instead of leaving it to the police homicide team.
However, friend Willow Harris attempts to put Chelsea's mind at ease and there's good news when Chelsea discovers Willow and Dean are friends again, which means Willow no longer has to avoid him and can be Chelsea's bridesmaid at her forthcoming wedding. Hurrah!
Elsewhere, John Palmer is making Ben Astoni's life a misery at the Surf Club, still disapproving of the decision to allow Ben to set up his surf board business at the Club.
Can no-nonsense Alf Stewart talk some sense into John and convince him to give Ben a chance?
Home and Away continues weekdays at 1:15pm and 6:00pm on Channel 5
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.