Neighbours resident Elly Conway (played by Jodi Anasta) wanted a baby with Mark Brennan (Scott McGregor) for a while on the Channel 5 soap.
However, when she eventually fell pregnant, it was only the beginning of her woes, as it wasn’t her lover’s, it was actually Shaun Watkins’ (Brad Moller).
Although Mark is delighted with the thought of being a dad, it seems Elly is tearing herself apart with guilt.
And in the coming weeks, it seems she is about to go to desperate lengths to cover her secret.
Mark is desperate to get the first scan of his little one and goes to book his girlfriend in for an appointment.
He can’t wait to go along with her and get that all-important glimpse of his unborn child.
But Elly is beside herself as she knows the timings don’t add up so she lies and tells Mark she has already been for a scan.
When they go for the scan he planned, she begs the doctor not to tell Mark she hadn’t already had one.
Things go from bad to worse for a desperate Elly as she tries to get a scan picture that would add up.
Clearly struggling, she gets a lifeline when Dipi Rebecchi (Sharon Johal) hands her a box filled with memories from Sonya Rebecchi (Eve Morey) after her death.
In there, she finds an ultrasound image from Mark’s stillborn child which Sonya carried for him.
Knowing it’s wrong, Elly gives it to Mark to show him his unborn baby in her tummy.
She hides the date and name from him and he seems happily obvious to the sick deception.
But what will Mark do when he eventually finds out about her lies?
It seems her world is about to fall down around her as she finds herself blackmailed in the coming weeks.
The son of her doctor, Dean Mahoney, discovers Elly’s dirty secret when he takes a peak at her records.
What’s more, when teacher Elly disciplines the teenager, he tells her he knows she’s lying to her lover.
Dean then sets about blackmailing the expectant mother, begging her to get him some alcohol for his school camp trip, despite being underage.
Elly does as she’s told, fearful of the repercussions, but is caught in the act by Dipi.
Is desperate Elly about to lose everything in her life?
Neighbours airs weekdays at 1.45pm and 5.45pm on Channel 5.
