A happy homecoming leads to horror on Hollyoaks next month as Cindy Cunningham finally returns to the village.

Cindy (Stephanie Waring) heads home for a brief day visit after showing improvement in the psychiatric unit, but her teenage daughter Holly soon realises that all is still not well.

When Holly (Amanda Clapham) finds her mum's lunch hidden away in the cupboard at home, it becomes clear that Cindy still harbours irrational fears that her family are trying to poison her.

Once Holly confronts her and considers telling the hospital about the latest setback, Cindy panics and takes the first available opportunity to run away.

Cindy's escape attempt leads her to some woods and just when Holly manages to track her mum down again, the situation becomes much worse as Cindy falls into a lake.

Holly jumps straight into the water in a dramatic rescue attempt, but Cindy is still terrified of her own daughter and frantically tries to swim away.

When Dirk and Jason arrive on the scene, Dirk manages to rescue Cindy while Jason pulls Holly's lifeless body from the water - desperately hoping that he isn't too late to save his girlfriend.