Bound and gagged, Rachel watches in terror as her captor, Reverend Hall, prays for an answer: what should he do next? As he snaps out of his state of panic claiming enlightenment, Hall explains to Rachel how he’s going to save her in the same way that he saved the others. Knowing what this means, she frantically tries to redeem herself to him by drawing on her biblical knowledge, but when he proceeds to quiz her on chapter and verse it’s clear that she’s done nothing if not made matters worse. As Hall moves to untie her, Rachel kicks out and fights herself free – only to be faced with a true test of courage when, ready to make her break for safety, the petrified doctor realises that Hall is suffering a seizure. With her attacker’s life in her hands, she overcomes her fears and, Tony by her side for support, ensures that he’s rushed to hospital. There Rachel’s suspicions are confirmed when tests reveal the devastating medical reason behind Hall’s out-of-character behaviour.All in your headNearly twenty years after first setting foot in Summer Bay, Miles Copeland is standing in the exact same spot where his father, having come to the end of his successful search for the Fletchers, once told him that Sally would be happier where she was than she would be with them. The difference this time is that the person in question is now just metres away as she frantically seeks out the writer of the word freshly etched into the sand. By the time she returns to show Cassie her remarkable findings, Miles has ridded the beach of his handiwork and made his escape – which, as her friends begin to fear that she’s imagined the whole thing, is enough to spark speculation that the once together Sally is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. It’s only when Roman is sprung looking in on Ric’s twentieth-birthday celebrations at the caravan park that the mystery promises to unravel itself – and the newcomer finally comes face to face with the woman he’s been so desperate to meet.

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