We showcase a touching scene between Sally and Leah.

Sally finally opens up to Leah about the emotion building up inside her. Torn between her father like relationship with Mr. Stewart and the recent events with Pippa, she can’t understand how he could hurt her so much. Sally knows it was an accident, but she just can't forgive him. She completely overreacts when she discovered that Leah and Colleen were planning a Welcome Home party for little Pippa.

LOC. EXT: BEACH - LATE AFTERNOON DAY 3
SALLY, LEAH, N/S SURFERS

Miserable and confused, biting back the tears, SALLY is now walking along the beach... LEAH catches up to her...

LEAH
Sally, what’s going on?

SALLY
Don’t ask, Leah... I can’t
explain myself. No one
understands - not Brad, not
Ric...and you won’t either.

LEAH
But this isn’t like you at all.
You know how much Pippa loves a
party - normally you’d jump at
the chance to make her happy.

SALLY
I know... I know you’re trying to
do something lovely... But I just
can’t cope with having to pretend
because I don’t feel right.

LEAH
You haven’t felt right for a
while.
(off SALLY’s look)
But a little surprise shouldn’t
set you off like this. You’re in
some state that I can’t really
grasp... but I want to, so can
you please try to let me in?

Strained, SALLY walks along with her friends, grappling to find the feelings and pin them down into words. LEAH gives her a moment to do it... Finally...

SALLY
He was my rock... Mr Stewart has
been the one constant in my life
since I was a little girl...

She takes a breath, pushing down the rising emotion.

SALLY (CONT)
When I came here with Pippa and
Tom, I was still lost, you know?
They were my foster family and
I’d already had this huge...
upheaval in my life... And moving
here was another one.

LEAH
(softly)
I can imagine.

SALLY
I look back now and realise how
little I was; how much I needed
something solid to cling to...
And this place became that. And
Alf Stewart was the biggest part
of it. In the end, everyone
left...even Pippa, but he was
always there, always my
touchstone.

LEAH is listening, understanding. She takes SALLY’s hand as they walk along, comforting and supporting...

SALLY (CONT)
I trust him with my life, and I
trusted him with Pippa’s... And
he let me down. I told him not to
drive... Failing eyesight, no
license, he knew he shouldn’t
have got behind the wheel. He
should’ve been looking after my
little girl.

SALLY looks tortured, at LEAH, and her heart is wrenched...

SALLY (CONT)
He took away my safe place and
I’m... I’m just so angry... I
want it back, Leah - I want
everything back the way it was...
I want to feel safe again.

With that, she sobs on LEAH's shoulder as Leah holds her. SALLY is deeply distressed, but is this the break-through she needed?

Have you had a heartwrenching experience similar to Sally’s? Email homeandaway@seven.com.au and spill your heart out.

Crystal: Hello, I just read Sally's best lines and i nearly started to cry . I am one of these people who has a soft heart i guess. And i have read Sally's blog oh my god Sally should really get back with Brad. Sally and Brad makes a good couple. I am Home And Away fan. I really really LOVE it.