6:00pm - 6:30pm Typical isn't it? As soon as one person leaves your life another one steps in to fill the void. Amanda doesn't know whether she's coming or going, what with the kidnap of Belle and the impromptu arrival of her long-lost sister (who has the hair of Carly and the mental, darting eyes of Zoe). Anyway, it seems that the thespian talent runs in the family as Kelli acts up a storm with her "concern" for her sister's missing daughter. Irene and a guilt-ridden Drew soon hear the news and turn up with their brows furrowed and bottom lips quivering.And as Kelli makes some soothing cups of tea for the cops, Amanda racks her brain for who would want to do this and why. Well, let's face it, she has plenty of enemies. Little does she know she's in the same room as her latest one. Later, Kelli slips outside and takes out her mobile. "It's all going like clockwork", she whispers. "I want you to make the second phone call now." As planned, her heavy boy calls again. "If you fail to follow any of these instructions, you'll never see Belle again", he drawls, before hanging up. Everybody present is initially confused - why would he hang up before giving his orders? - but this confusion turns to anger when the cops reveal that the call was too short to trace. However, Kelli "spots" the noise of a passing train on the recording - and points it out to the cops before texting Belle's kidnapper and telling him to make himself scarce. Peter and Harper pull up at the darkened hideout. There's no response when they call out, aside from the muffled thumpings emanating from a kitchen cupboard. That's right - Belle's been incarcerated with nothing but onions for company and she's never been so glad to see a copper in her life. The harrowing ordeal finally over (well, this part of it at least), Amanda holds her daughter close.It's the first time Belle has wanted to hug her in months, and she has Kelli to thank for that! Later, back at the Beach House, Drew stops by to check up on her. He apologises to Belle for letting her get into the car with that creep; she replies by saying that they need to resolve this tension between them once and for all. However, don't get too excited as they're going to do it in a purely PG-rated way. Although they both want to be together, she'd have to hurt people to make it happen and she's simply not willing to do that. "Luc's good for me, Drew", she cries exasperatedly. "I'm not just going to throw that away." You'd better get used to Kelli, then, as it looks as though she's going to be around for a while. Back at Amanda's place, she makes a bit speech about wanting to leave the past behind them and declares that she needs her big sister back in her life. Mandy is thrilled to hear it and insists that she stay at her place. But just one cotton-picking minute. Why does Kelli bear such a grudge? Well, she later reminds Peter about the car accident she caused in which Kelli received serious injuries (most probably to her head by the looks of things). Still, she's relieved that she's been "forgiven". As she trots out this tale, Kelli slips out and hands over a stack of cash to her evil henchman. He's more than happy to be getting paid for a job well done, but he can't help wondering why Kelli wanted to upset Amanda so much. "She ruined my life", she says, as a smile slowly spreads across her face. "And now I'm going to ruin hers."


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