It’s a wonder that anyone sitting on a plot as wicked as Kelli’s manages to relax, but our schemester du jour does manage to kick back with a glass of chardonnay. For about five minutes, anyway, then Ethan turns up with the raging horn. Kelli fights the urge to tear her knickers off – Amanda walking in now could spoil everything. Belle’s still hot on her trail, and she freezes when she hears Kelli’s dodgy ring tone. She’s heard that one before - when she was trapped in the room during her abduction. Kelli was involved! Belle runs off to gabble her theory at Drew, who thinks she’s just being paranoid. Belle’s going out of her mind. Did she really ditch Lucas for a boy who’s more interested in homework than uncovering plots? She’s determined to catch her aunt out, and it shouldn’t be too hard – while Amanda thinks Kelli’s sneakily sorting out a stripper for her hen night, she’s actually trying to shovel a kidnapper out of the door. Clyde’s back in town. He’s in trouble and he wants five grand; if Kelli doesn’t come up with the goods he’ll tell the police all her dirty secrets. Ha. Mother CassandraLucas has had a cob on for days now, and Cassie’s concerned. She tries to drag him along to her group counselling session, or at least talk about his feelings, to no avail. “I’m angry and I’m hurt. Wow, Cassie, that really helped.” Cassie’s unimpressed with the group session anyway – she thinks Summer Bay needs a telephone counselling line. “Heaps of people would use it!” she cries, and she aint wrong. With all the murderers, affairs and plots spiralling around 24/7, there’s always a nervous breakdown brewing. Colleen overhears and tells Cass there used to be a telephone centre, but it burnt down. Cassie gets her thinking cap on and starts scheming for money. Dan agrees to back the cause if she can get the cash. It's a deal.Ethan, we have a problemBack to the people who will almost certainly be making use of Cassie’s agony line. Belle catches Lucas as he’s stomping up the beach, carrying a massive surfboard. “Been for a surf?” she chirps. Got it in one, Belle, and he’s not interested in her apologies. But Belle’s distracted already. She’s just seen her kidnapper in a car. She flings herself at the window; the car screeches to a halt and money flies everywhere. Clyde frantically stuffs it into a bag – a bridal bag Belle recognises from Amanda’s house. Belle snootily informs Clyde her mum’s fiancé is a cop and he panics. Belle runs back to Drew, screeching, “The man who holds me hostage is in summer bay!” He has to believe her now. Peter confides that Clyde has just been found at the bottom of a cliff with his brains a’scrambled. He knew he was going to get caught. “At least it’s over now,” Peter says sensibly, but it’s far from. Kelli slips away for a crisis meeting with Ethan. He pretty much killed Clyde to shut him up, but he managed to get rid of Kelli’s bridal bag. And Belle could be next. “Very soon she’s gonna wish she’d never been born!” Kelli cackles.

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