Ramsay Street's residents join forces to ensure that a detested former resident's mysterious reappearance won't be permanent.
Steph Scully burned all of her bridges in Ramsay Street when she was shipped to a psychiatric hospital for kidnapping baby Patrick Fitzgerald in 2013 leaving her former friends and supporters breathing easier to be rid of her. That makes Steph's decision to return to Erinsborough now she's been released all the more mysterious.
However, Steph (Carla Bonner) quickly ingratiates herself back into her old haunts when she applies for a new position being offered at Fitzgerald Motors, her former workplace. With Tyler (Travis Burns) in charge of the interviews, he's none-the-wiser to the applicant's identity as she seriously impresses him with her automotive skills, having fudged her credentials on her résumé.
While working a trial shift, Steph sparks up a friendship with another town newcomer Amy (Zoe Cramond) whose chatter about her son motivates Steph to reveal she has two sons. Although Amy is clueless that Steph is avoiding sharing the scandalous and heartbreaking details of her real mothering history, Karl (Alan Fletcher) is instantly intrigued to come face-to-face with his former neighbours and patient when he visits the workshop. Acutely aware of the circumstances surrounding Steph's two stints in prison, Karl worriedly questions Steph's reasons for returning, wondering if she plans on causing more havoc.
Despite Steph's pleas that she's still undergoing treatment for her problems and is progressing well, Karl disbelieves her claim that she simply wants to return home, rebuild her life and atone for her past mistakes.
While Steph receives a more favourable welcome from ex-husband Toadie (Ryan Moloney), Tyler crushes her hopes for a bright future when her reports that Lucas (Scott Major), who has re-purchased the garage, is returning to town to confront her about coming back to the scene of his son Patrick's abduction and to ensure that she never works at his business again.
As Lucas sets eyes on Steph for the first time in two years, he's hell-bent on carrying out his intentions, even unwilling to listen to Steph's pleas that she was sick when she kidnapped Patrick. When Toadie argues that Steph shouldn't be held responsible for something she did during a psychotic episode, he incurs opposition from a from a frightened Sonya (Eve Morey) who's anxious at the thought of Steph possibly becoming obsessed with Nell (Scarlett Anderson). Although Sonya protests Steph staying in town, Lucas agrees to give her a job on the strict condition that Toadie vouches for her actions and behaviour.
However, that narrow win only antagonises other enemies against Steph as she starts her first day of work. She soon encounters heated attacks from Kyle (Chris Miligan), and Paul (Stefan Dennis) who warn her not to exploit Amy's friendliness to get closer to Jimmy (Darcy Tadich). When Paul viciously rips into her, hissing that she'll never be forgiven for her past actions and to stay away from his family, Steph is emotionally berefit, her intentions remaining unclear as she possibly plots to avenge everyone's harsh treatment of her.
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Originally Posted by Arrow2012
