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Rocco lies deathly still in the hospital bed, machines beeping softly, tubes
everywhere,
as Sally tenderly watches over him, her warm heart going out to this helpless
boy. Will
he ever wake up? Meanwhile, at Summer Bay House, Alf shares his concern with
Martha of how down Ric is since Rocco was found. He then makes his way
downstairs
and Alf lets him know Mattie has called him again. Martha’s surprised they’re
still not
talking – she just wants to apologise, but Ric isn’t interested. Sally returns
and reports
there’s no change with Rocco as Ric quietly heads out for a walk on the beach.
His
head’s full of fear for what the future holds as Mattie approaches him. She
wants to talk
– but Ric’s not in the mood. He moves off leaving Matilda feeling terrible and
heads to
the Diner. Irene, Leah and Colleen try their hardest to make him feel welcome,
but it’s
all too much for Ric as he clocks other Diners staring at him and whispering
about him
having beaten up and possibly killed Rocco. Ric heads out. Back at the house,
Martha’s heading out to meet Ash – he’s back in town and wants to meet up. Sally
hopes he’s kept his promise to her – Martha points out it’s Ric they need to be
worried
about, not her. She moves off as Alf returns, the cops still haven’t found any
new
evidence. They should be out there trying to find Rocco’s real attacker! Alf
tracks down
Peter – what’s he doing to prove his grandson’s innocence? He lets Alf know he’s
waiting on DNA tests to come back, hopefully there’ll be evidence of a second
person
at the scene – which would help to clear Ric’s name. Peter points out he can
only work
with the facts, and right now they’re not going Ric’s way. Matilda turns up at
the house,
Ric snaps – but she tells him she isn’t going anywhere until they sort this out.
She
apologises for having ever thought Ric could’ve hurt Rocco – but it was just a
moment
of doubt. Ric then admits he’s been pushing her away cause the truth is, he
realised
that he could’ve done it. Maybe he would’ve if someone hadn’t beaten him to it?
He
didn’t want to admit that to himself. They make up, but Ric’s still in serious
trouble.
Martha finds Ric at the beach and tries to get him to open up – but again,
he’s not
interested – he’s about to be charged with attempted murder! He storms off as
Ash
heads towards her. He’s told Rianna that it’s over. The kids too. They didn’t
take it well,
it was the hardest thing he’s ever had to do. She holds him tight, thanking him
for
keeping his promise.
Kelli asks to borrow Amanda’s car. No problem. Amanda thanks Kel for helping
things
along with her and Peter, she knows Kel pushed him to pop the question. She’s
just
glad to see Amanda so happy. Kelli drives the car to meet Ethan – he pops the
hood of
Amanda’s car and starts tinkering as Kelli watches on smiling… That afternoon,
Amanda is worried about Kelli getting her car back on time – where is she?
Finally she
rushes in apologising and mentions that the engine was making a funny noise –
Amanda isn’t concerned, it’s booked for a service soon – she just needs to get
to her
appointment. After she’s gone, Kelli calls Ethan: you know what you have to do.
Driving
along, Amanda’s car stalls as she pulls to the road side. There’s no mobile
coverage –
luckily someone drives by and offers to help – it’s Ethan! He finds what the
problem is,
while flirting with her, then realises he’ll have to drive into town to get a
spare part.
She’s hesitant, but gets in his car and they drive off. After getting the part,
they’re
returning, when Amanda fears they’re going the wrong way back. She panics, but
all is
good as her car appears in the distance. He fixes her car and she can’t thank
him
enough. He asks Amanda out on a date – but she lets him know she’s engaged.
Ethan
makes a light joke of it, before giving her his number – in case she changes her
mind
about that dinner date. Amanda gets home and tells Kelli what happened with
Ethan.
Let’s not share it with Peter – in case he gets jealous, no point causing
trouble. Kelli
smiles to herself. This is all going perfectly to plan…
Peter is grim when he receives the DNA test results. He heads straight to
Summer Bay
House. He lets them all know that there were no other traces of DNA from anyone
apart
from Ric found at the scene. And since he can’t place anyone else, he has no
choice.
He places Ric under arrest for the attempted murder of Rocco Cooper!
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