IN SUMMER B
WEDDING BELLS
WHICH COUPLE WILL BE HEADING DOWN THE AISLE?
There’s nothing like a wedding to get our favourite coastal town excited! And this week in the Bay, we can reveal that a marriage proposal is on the cards for one a very loved-up couple.
Will Chelsea (Ashleigh Brewer) and Colby (Tim Franklin) announce they are tying the knot? Or will new loves Jasmine (Sam Frost) and Robbo (Jake Ryan) be the happy couple to declare that they’re heading down the aisle? Early in the week, Colby reveals to Willow (Sarah Roberts) that he and fellow police officer Chelsea – whom he clearly has never stopped loving – were previously engaged. But Colby admits to harbouring a dark secret from his past – one he’s always hidden from Chelsea.
“Colby has put up some walls and Chelsea has been wondering if she will ever be able to completely break through them,” says Ashleigh. “Chelsea loves Colby so much, but it was bad timing and bad circumstances that led to their relationship ending the first time around.”
Later, Colby decides to at last come clean with Chelsea. It’s the only way, he believes, that they can truly be together.
He tells a stunned Chelsea that, before he joined the police force, Dean (Patrick O’connor) took the fall for a crime that he, Colby, had committed. And he’s has never forgiven himself for the fact that Dean went to prison for something he did.
Will Chelsea not only forgive Colby for keeping this secret from her, but be willing to move forward in their relationship?
“Chelsea agrees to listen to Colby, but it is extremely painful for her to hear what he has to say,” Ashleigh says. “She wants their relationship to work out so badly and this moment really is
He had anything but a happy upbringing, but Dean (Patrick O’connor) is finally about to uncover a clue to his past. Going through his mother Karen’s (Georgia Adamson) belongings with Colby (Tim Franklin) after Karen leaves the Bay to undergo psychiatric treatment, Dean makes a discovery. Hidden in an old suitcase full of memorabilia about Dean, a mysterious envelope addressed to Karen contains information that may relate to the father Dean never knew.
“Dean’s known absolutely zero about his real father’s identity until now,” says Patrick.
“A deal was worked out between his mother Karen and his father that she would never mention him or who he was.”
As Patrick explains, Dean had accepted the fact that he may never find out the truth.
“Due to the behaviour of his mum, Dean learnt to be independent and fend for himself from a young age,” says Patrick. “So his interest in finding out who his father is hasn’t really been a priority.”
Understandably, then, Dean feels completely torn when it comes to opening a door to his extremely difficult past. “He’s quite anxious about the prospect that he could learn about his father now,” he says. “It brings up an old wound of growing up without a father.” What will Dean do?