Next week on Home and Away in the UK, as Leah looks to move forward from her horrific kidnapping ordeal by starting back at work, an incident with a customer makes her realise she has to face her trauma head on…

Whilst Leah (Ada Nicodemou) has been taking tentative steps to regain a sense of normality following her kidnap, with the support of boyfriend Justin (James Stewart), she’s still got a long way on the road to recovery.

This week, Leah receives a call from the prosecutor, who tells her that her kidnapper Douglas is pleading guilty, and therefore Leah won’t have to testify against him. Whilst this brings some relief to Leah and Justin, they have asked if she’d be willing to provide a victim impact statement, which could influence Douglas’ sentencing.

Leah seeks advice from Justin, Marilyn (Emily Symons) and Irene (Lynne McGranger) who are all in agreement that she’s the only one who can make that decision—they will support her no matter what.

However whilst feeling it’s the right thing to do, Leah decides against providing the statement, explaining that she’s lost enough sleep because of Douglas.

“Leah has decided she simply can’t bring herself to rehash and relive everything,” Ada told New Idea. “She says that she just wants to move on with her life.”

The next day, Leah returns to work at the diner, much to the joy of Irene and Marilyn.

Justin can’t help but feel that Leah may be rushing into things, however he’s conscious of being overbearing so keeps popping in throughout the day. As he orders his fourth coffee however, Irene tells him that Leah needs to do this by herself, and she’ll keep an eye on her.

As the diner gets busier later in the day, Leah finds herself having to deal with the customers directly. Things seem to be going fine until Colby (Tim Franklin) walks in. It’s the first time Leah has seen the policeman since he was stabbed whilst apprehending Douglas, and she’s brought back down to earth with a huge bump.

Shortly afterwards, another customer receives an incorrect order and innocently calls Leah “sweetheart” as he asks for it to be corrected.

As Leah’s suddenly taken back to her kidnap ordeal, where “sweetheart” was Douglas’ favoured petname for her, Leah lashes out at the customer.

She quickly snaps out of it when Irene asks what’s going on, and tries to apologise to the customer, but he can’t get out of the diner quick enough.

“So many things at the moment are triggering Leah to feel as though she is back at the house with Douglas just when she is starting to think she might be OK again,” Ada continued. “She has PTSD and is really struggling to cope. She keeps on having flashbacks.”