Bella (Courtney Miller) was concerned about Colby (Tim Franklin) after he was brutally beaten by his fellow inmates. She’s even more worried when she learns that he’s been sent back to prison, and fears that he’ll be targeted again immediately.
She tells Dean (Patrick O’Connor) that they have to see him, but he says he’s never going there again. But some harsh words from John (Shane Withington) persuade him to step up and be there for Bella. He drives them to prison, but they are denied entry immediately.
To their confusion, the guard says that Colby doesn’t welcome guests, because he’s in solitary confinement. Bella kicks up a turmoil, to no avail. When she finally leaves, the guard comes to Dean and sends him a letter to pass on to Bella.
When she’s back in Summer Bay, Dean considers the right time to send her a note. She sits on the pier and reads the heart-breaking news that he no longer wants her to visit him. He wants her to move on with her life, but he tells her that she’s always going to be her big brother.
As Bella reads the text, we see Colby face off in a jail brawl against the biggest prisoner who took him last time. Now, though, Colby is primed – and with a knife in his side, he’s delivering a lethal blow before being dragged away to solitary confinement by the guards…
