Lacey Miller

Lacey was first seen as the girlfriend of River Boy leader Gage Reynolds. She encountered Theo when he came to the River Boys’ compound for work and they quickly struck up a flirtatious relationship over their interest in cars. When one of the River Boys, Mouse, was arrested, Gage put pressure on Lacey to find a replacement driver for their illegal racing, prompting Theo to volunteer. After he won the race, Lacey had sex with him in the garage, being caught out by Sonny. She continued having liaisons with Theo and was impressed when he stood up to Gage over being allowed to race his own car. Theo told her he wanted them to be together but Lacey told him they couldn’t be more than they were. She admitted to Sonny that Gage might know about them and he gave her his number. She was deeply worried when Gage then summoned Theo to a remote spot and she failed to stop Gage lowering Theo’s car onto him, being dragged away by Gage and only just managing to alert Sonny.

Lacey initially pleaded ignorance when Cash brought them in for questioning but later went back and asked Cash about protection, giving a full statement before making sure she was with Gage when he was arrested. She visited Theo in hospital but Leah told her not to come there again. Cash hid her temporarily at the station where she revealed herself to Justin when he came looking for information for Theo. She found threatening messages on her phone and called Theo to say goodbye before being taken to a safe house. However, she quickly withdrew as a witness and went to see Theo at the Diner flat, with them firmly established as a couple. Despite withdrawing herself, she accompanied Theo, Sonny and Dana as they headed off to court but they were ambushed en route, with Lacey and Dana left stranded in the middle of nowhere while the boys were kidnapped. Lacey planted her phone in the River Boys’ car to track it and alerted Cash, then volunteered to give evidence after all, getting Gage convicted. Afterwards, she was reunited with Theo.

Lacey somewhat awkwardly joined Theo in attending a meal with Leah and Justin where Leah apologised to her. She was staying at a backpackers at first but later accepted an offer to move in with Theo. Leah offered her a job at the Diner but she was hoping to get a job on her own merits. She told Theo that Leah reminded her of her mother, who had died in an accident, and received a reminder not long after when Cash called her into the station, which turned out to be a pretext by his new sergeant, David Langham, her estranged father. Lacey had left the family home six months earlier, and changed her surname to her late mother’s maiden name. She told Leah that David had been more interested in forgiving the driver that killed her mother than supporting her. She considered leaving town but decided to stay after telling David she wanted nothing to do with him.

She was unhappy when her sister Jo came to town, since she had been the driver in question, and their first meeting led to a fight and them both being arrested by Cash. She revealed to Cash that Jo had driven into a tree when their mother was a passenger and no-one had ever found a reason why, leading her to suspect David had covered something up. Lacey made an attempt to hand her CV out around town but Mali said he wasn’t hiring and Eden refused to take the CV at Salt given her River Boy connections. Mali later changed his mind and hired her at the board shop but she was shocked to learn she was expected to give surf lessons despite not being able to surf and called Theo for help. She confessed to Mali soon afterwards and he agreed to keep her on in a sales and admin role. She told Theo the full story about her family after he met David and Jo. She attended Kirby’s launch with Theo and was surprised to learn she was not only his ex-girlfriend but also his former songwriting partner, but quickly made it clear she wasn’t bothered.