Chapter 35

Later that day, Stephanie meets up with Donna at the Bayside Diner for coffee and a chat.

"What do you think of your new house?" Stephanie asked.

"I quite like it." Donna replied. "It's actually got a swimming pool outside."

"That's so cool." Stephanie said.

"It's got beautiful gardens too." Donna said.

"How many bedrooms?"

"Three."

Stephanie sipped her strawberry milkshake while nodding her head.

"I'm just glad that we can be friends." Donna said.

"Same here." Stephanie said.

"How long have you been living in the Bay for, Steph?" Donna asked.

"A few months." Stephanie replied. "I used to live in Brisbane before moving to Sydney a couple of years ago. Then, I moved here."

"Lovely." Donna said.

"It sure is." Stephanie said, smiling.

Over at Pippa's, Jack is in a foul mood due to Kerri's departure.

"Jack, can you come give me a hand in taking these quiches to the diner please?" Pippa asked him.

"Nah!" Jack replied angrily.

"Jack!"

"Do it yourself!" Jack snapped before storming upstairs.

Pippa looked flustered as Irene walked in.

"Have I come at a bad time?" Irene asked her.

"No, Irene. Come on in."

Irene went into the kitchen.

"I'm worried about Selina." Irene said. "She's not been herself since Jerome moved away."

"She'll get over it eventually." Pippa told her. "I just hope Jack gets over Kerri leaving."

"Yeah, I heard she's gone up to Tweed Heads to live with another family." Irene said. "Can't blame yourself for her departure, Pip."

"I do." Pippa said. "Because Jack isn't talking to me."

"He'll just have to like it or lump it." Irene said.

"SHUT UP!"

Irene and Pippa jumped up to find an angry Jack standing near the living room.

"You don't know anything about Kerri!" Jack raged on. "She was a sweet, caring girl underneath that wild personality! You know NOTHING about her!"

"Hang on a minute..." Irene started to say.

"I'll handle this, Irene." Pippa told her before facing Jack. "You apologise to Irene, right now!"

"Get stuffed!" Jack snarled.

"Jack, I will not put up with your insolent backchat!" Pippa said, raising her voice.

"Yeah? Kerri's going to be raising that baby all on her own!" Jack shouted back. "Did you ever put that into consideration?!"

"Jack, what are you saying?" Pippa asked him.

"Kerri's pregnant and I'm the father of her baby!" Jack said before walking out of the house.

"Oh no." Pippa said wearily.

Irene put her arm around Pippa.

"Take a seat, darl." she said to Pippa. "I'll get you a cuppa."

Pippa looked worried as Irene went into the kitchen to get her a coffee.

When Selina returned home from seeing Melanie, she was surprised to find Tiegan sitting inside.

"Tiegan, hi." Selina said. "I didn't know you were here."

"I thought I'd come and see how you were." Tiegan said. "You do need to be with your friends at the moment."

"Have you been waiting long?" Selina asked her.

"I've only been here about 10 minutes." Tiegan replied. "Chloe let me in."

"Nice." Selina said, before sitting down on the lounge.

Tiegan noticed something bad was stinking the room.

"What's that smell?" Tiegan asked.

"What smell?" Selina tried to act clueless.

Tiegan began to sniff Selina's shirt.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Have you been smoking, Selina?" Tiegan asked her.

"No." Selina lied. "Melanie blew out some smoke and it must've got on my clothes."

"Selina." Tiegan said, giving her friend a 'don't-lie-to-me' look.

"Alright, fine." Selina said. "I'm smoking because I'm so stressed out at the moment. But you have to promise that you won't tell Irene. She'll kill me if she knew I took up smoking."

"You have my word." Tiegan said hesitantly.

"I'll just get changed." Selina said, before retreating to her bedroom.

Tiegan looked very concerned.

Meanwhile, Jack is sitting behind the Surf Club thinking about things when someone sneaks behind him. Before Jack can react, a cloth is placed over his face. He tries to fight back but is ended up being rendered unconscious.

"Good night, Jack." the voice said. "I will get my revenge on Donna."

The person was none other than Andrew Warren, Donna's abusive ex-boyfriend.

NEXT TIME...
- Andrew holds Jack hostage, while Donna is completely unaware with what is going on
- Selina decides to get her hair dyed
- Tiegan and Stephanie are left dismayed when they hear that Louis and Corey's gravestones were vandalised