Tori can’t stand watching Christian and Rachel together on next week’s episode of Home and Away in the UK. When Christian continues to be unable to provide her with answers, she makes the choice to call off the wedding!
Christian (Ditch Davey) has been seeking for a greater purpose since Lewis assaulted him, injected him with heart-stopping medicine, and nearly killed him. When he was there on the day of Rachel’s (Marny Kennedy) skydiving accident, he felt he’d finally discovered it, and it was only owing to his medical expertise that she lived.
Unfortunately for Tori (Penny McNamee), the accident occurred on the day they were supposed to leave for their wedding. Instead, she’s been pushed to the sidelines as her soon-to-be husband devotes all of his attention to his new patient. He put their plans on hold and hasn’t been able to offer Tori a time frame for rescheduling the wedding.
Christian decided to move out at the end of last week after admitting he’d done nothing but harm his fiancée since the incident with Lewis, leaving Tori distraught. When we return to the action next week, there will be considerably more sadness.
Rachel is starting to yearn for Christian. He hasn’t seen her at Northern Districts Hospital in days, probably because he’s been busy finding new housing after moving out of the Morgan house.
She’s starting to miss him, so she returns to ICU from her new ward in the hopes that he’ll be there. Rachel is startled to see Jasmine (Sam Frost), but she explains that she just needed a change of scenery. She does, however, take a seat, do a crossword puzzle, and keep a watch on the lift door, hoping that it will be her favourite doctor who comes.
A grin brightens up her face as he appears for the first time in days.
She asks him for coffee, and Jasmine watches, puzzled, as the two walk away happily conversing. Jasmine is disturbed about how glad he is to go for coffee with a patient, given how ready he is to push Tori away.
Later that night, as Christian prepares to enter Rachel’s room to assist her in devouring some nibbles, Jasmine believes the doctor is going too far. She confronts him in the nurses’ unit, and while he assures her that she shouldn’t be concerned, Jasmine inquires about Rachel’s side of the tale.
She insists, “It’s not your responsibility to keep her company.”
“I understand. But that’s it; we understand one other.”
Rachel has a panic episode shortly after and tries to remove the halo brace. Christian has a better idea – he thinks the stuffy hospital is getting to her, and she needs some fresh air! Jasmine and Christian calm her down and lead her back to her bed, and she is nothing but sorry, but Christian has a better idea – he thinks the stuffy hospital is getting to her, and she needs some fresh air!
He arranges for a day ticket and transports her to Summer Bay, where he intends to ruffle a few feathers. He intuitively determines that the bay is the most reasonable of all the locations he could take her, and the two stroll across the sand with Christian supporting her arm.
When she asks if all of his patients are that fortunate, he says, “Only the ones who fall out of the sky.” But is that all there is to it?
Christian informs her that the fresh air appears to be doing its magic as they lay out a picnic blanket and settle together. Rachel, on the other hand, takes Christian’s hand in hers and intertwines their fingers, telling him, “that, plus the company… both are quite wonderful.”
Is she starting to have feelings for him?
As a worried expression develops across Christian’s face, he realises he’s about to cross a line. Is it true that the sentiments are mutual?
Tori, who is watching from the path adjacent to the shore, is in excruciating pain in any case.
Later, she and Christian sat down in Salt to attempt to figure things out. Both have clearly missed each other, and Christian acknowledges that the time apart they’ve had over the last week hasn’t helped matters.
It hasn’t helped him figure out what he wants from them or their future. Tori points out that the fact that he’s been spending all of his time with Rachel – the late night chats in her room, the day passes, the rendezvous at the vending machine, the cafeteria strolls – it’s apparent she believes something is going on.
He attempts to comfort her by saying, “I love you too, more than anything.” “I wish I could offer you a date, too. But sitting here, talking…” is a good start…”
Tori, on the other hand, isn’t satisfied. “When will you have answers for me if you don’t have them now?” How long do you think I’ll have to wait? ”
She is forced to leave when she receives a call from Leah, who informs her of Justin’s recent shenanigans. She screams at Christian when he asks if there’s anything he can do to assist. Yes, she assures him, he can return home, make a date, and be the guy she has fallen in love with!
“I’ve given you every chance to straighten yourself up, and I can’t do it any longer. Let’s put our concerns aside for the time being. The wedding has been postponed. The decision has been made!”
She removes her engagement ring and presents it to Christian, who is taken aback. Is it true that he’s lost Tori for good?
Mackenzie (Emily Weir) is still missing in action somewhere. She vanished when a video of her intoxicated antics at Nikau’s (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) party went viral on the internet, and she realised she had become the laughingstock of Summer Bay.
Dean (Patrick O’Connor) is still looking for her as the action picks up in next week’s episodes. Nobody else seems concerned, with Jasmine certain that she’ll just have another sleepover with a stranger. Dean, on the other hand, believes that this is a unique situation.
After a day of looking, he returns home and makes another call to her apartment, only to hear a phone ring from a few metres away.
Mackenzie’s phone is hidden behind a sofa cushion. Dean is now quite concerned – Mac wouldn’t go without her phone, just in case there was an emergency at Salt.
Jasmine intensifies her quest by phoning Mac’s mother Tanya, but she hasn’t seen her in a few weeks. Jasmine is still certain she’ll show up with a huge hangover at any moment, but days pass with no word.
Dean goes to the police station, looking for confirmation that he has nothing to be concerned about. When Constable Murray (John-Paul Jory) informs him that it’s better if they make a complaint, he realises how serious the situation is.
So, when a corpse washes up in the harbour following Friday and the police determine it’s a lady, Ryder (Lukas Radovich) and Dean are both terrified. Is Mackenzie the one?
