Neighbours spoilers: Will Mark Brennan discover the truth about Chloe and Elly?

Neighbours, Elly Conway

Elly is shocked when Mel discovers her and Chloe's secret, and panics it won't be long before her fiance Mark finds out too...

Elly Conway and her bestie Chloe Brennan reel when they realise Chloe's ex-girlfriend Mel has found the Christmas card in which Chloe declared her love for her future sister-in-law.

Since Chloe has given Mel the brush-off and dashed her hopes of them getting back together, both ladies are worried what angry Mel might do with the information she has just discovered. Will she tell Elly's fiancée and Chloe's brother Mark what's going on?

But Elly's in for a surprise when Mel confronts her about the revelations in the Christmas card and wants to know if Elly also has feelings for Chloe. Can Elly find a way to keep Mel on side and stop Mark from finding out the truth?

Neighbours, Chloe Brennan

Chloe's ex-girlfriend Mel has discovered her BIG secret! (Picture: Channel 5)

Elsewhere in Erinsborough, Dipi Rebecchi reveals to Sonya Rebecchi that at Christmas her tarot cards predicted the death of someone close to her... and the cards haven't been wrong in the past. How will Sonya, just diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer, react to the revelation?

But Sonya's husband Toadie is furious about Dipi's tactlessness and becomes even more stressed-out when an unannounced social worker turns up on the doorstep of the Rebecchi house after claims Sonya is an unfit mother to Hugo, the baby son Toadie shares with wicked con-woman Andrea Somers after a one-night stand.

As well as Sonya's cancer battle, do the family now have to prepare for a custody fight with Andrea over Hugo?

Meanwhile, current garage boss Mark and mechanic Bea Nilsson are surprised when they hear garage owner Lucas Fitzgerald is considering an unexpected offer to sell the garage to someone connected to the Robinson Pines property development. But who has made the offer?

Neighbours continues weekdays at 1:45pm and 5:30pm on Channel 5

Simon Timblick
Writer

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.