Driven by jealousy, Cash spirals into obsessive behavior in Home and Away this week after discovering the identity of his ex-fiancée Eden’s new boyfriend.
The Summer Bay cop, who ended his engagement to Eden (Stephanie Panozzo) amidst his emotional turmoil following the tragic death of his sister Felicity (Jacqui Purvis), is devastated when Eden reveals she’s now seeing someone else.
Already angry, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) explodes further when he learns her new beau is Eden’s sister Abigail’s (Hailey Pinto) counsellor, Tim (George Pullar).
“Cash is suspicious of Tim because he sees how he’s blurring an ethical line with his work/romance situation,” Nicholas tells TV WEEK. “He doesn’t want Eden to become a victim of his weird obsession with clients’ family members.”
Cash decides to investigate Tim’s past, which starts with him pulling over Tim and Eden in their car for a “random” roadside stop and taking down his licence and registration details.
Now armed with information about Tim, Cash uses police resources to stalk Tim’s friends and family, shadows him and Eden wherever they go, and even tries to break into his car to search through his belongings. And that’s just the beginning.
“Cash will stop at nothing to make sure Eden is safe,” Nicholas says. “And if that means using his police powers to achieve that, so be it.”
This surely isn’t going to end well…
