HOME AND AWAY

CHANGED LIVES
Summary: Alf Stewart does die on the operating table and his premonition came true. Josh and Hayley got married, Jesse is in prison for murder, Noah is a homeless drunk, and Sebastian dies in a motorcycle accident and what became of the Sutherland family?

PROLOGUE
She looked so beautiful all dressed in white and it was tempting to go with her. But as I looked out of the window and onto the new Summer Bay Restaurant (in place of our diner, damn that Josh West), I knew what I had to do.

" I know what I have to do Ails, but it also means I might not ever see you again." I told my wife.
" There's something else I have to show you," Ailsa said, " Come with me." And we found ourselves walking in a graveyard.
" What are we doing here?" I asked her and she just smiled grimly. We walked until she stopped in front of a tombstone. I knelt down in the grass and recoiled when I read who the tombstone belongs to: young Seb Miller, Don Fisher's grandson.
" Ailsa…" I trailed off and brushed my hand over the tombstone, " How?"
" He died in a motorcycle accident." Ailsa explained, " Noah's bike."
" Oh no…" I breathed. It was too sad to think about it. " Not Sebastian."
I stood up and faced Ailsa, " I don't want this to happen." I moaned.
" But it did. Everything you saw happened Alf."
I looked back at Seb's grave with confused feelings as Ailsa continued talking, " But you can change it Alf. You can go back or stay here with me."
" Summer Bay hasn't anything for me anymore. I want to stay with you Ailsa."
Ailsa looked at me doubtfully, " Are you sure Alf?"
" I'm positive. I don't want to do back." I said to her firmly, " Everything I saw…it's all a dream. It's not real."
" It's about as real as it can get." Ailsa remarked.

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Donald Fisher waited in the operating room impatiently. He has been waiting for several hours and still no word on Alf.
" Donald Fisher?" he looked up to see the surgeon standing in front of him. There was a sad expression on the surgeon's face and Donald knew immediately what happened.
" I'm sorry Donald. We've tried everything but-"
" I know, he's gone." Don finished for him and stood up, " I must ring Seb. He's going to be devastated." As I am. Don thought as he hurried over to the nearest pay phone.

Summer Bay without Alf Stewart. Donald didn't know it, but life was about to be turned upside down…