Sally Fletcher Tribute
1997
There was despair for Sally when Shannon's abusive boyfriend kye knocked Pippa out putting her in a coma. Though Pippa's father Bert moved in to help, a lot of running the home and looking after Christopher and Sam fell to Sally. It was hard for her when Pippa finally came round as she had lost her memory and had to deal with Michael's death all over again. Sally struggled to cope with running the family and supporting Pippa as she increasingly pushed them all away.
Around the same time she began a relationship with a local fisherman called Tim O'Connor. Tim genuinely liked Sally and their relationship was a slow burner and quite sweet and genuine. Tim worked away a lot which was difficult for them but they managed it until Tim was accused of being involved in a scam to bring illegal immigrants into Australia. With him under the threat of deportation Sally slept with him and he was sent away soon after.
Angry that he had betrayed her trust and had to go away, Sally took her anger out on Shannon who she blamed for reporting him and she underwent a rebellion. She hung around with a dodgy guy called Griff and then hooked up with Scott Irwin, Tim's enemy. She stole exam papers for him and slept with him in the back of his van but Scott showed his true colours when he told everybody about their liasion damaging her reputation.
Tim returned to the Bay having been given a good behaviour bond and despite his horror over her affair with Scott, he managed to forgive her. She supported him during his depression at having seriously injured his knee but was shocked when Tim proposed to her. She turned him down believing it was too soon and a devastated Tim ended the relationship.
As Shannon left the bay Sally succumbed to a gambling addiction, something she was first introduced to by Tim. The man in question flirted with Justine in an attempt to make Sally jealous but quickly twigged that her gambling was the real reason behind her mood swings. He surprised her with a dinner date and later asked him to join her up North for Christmas and Sally accepted.
