<P> Roo begins to resent her father's relationship with Ailsa Hogan (Judy Nunn) out of loyalty to her late mother, Martha (Alison Mulvaney). Roo begins dating Frank Morgan (Alex Papps) and they start a band with Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and Martin Dibble (Craig Thompson). Roo's continued obsession with Ailsa drives a rift between her and Frank, despite nearly sleeping with him as an act of rebellion over Ailsa staying over . Roo contacts her aunt, Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances), who is a judge and asks her to do a background check on Ailsa . At Alf and Ailsa's engagement party, Roo reveals Ailsa went to prison for killing her abusive father . However, Ailsa's friends and Frank, side with her . Roo begins a feud with Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson), Ailsa's friend . Tired of her behaviour, Alf sends Roo to boarding school in Sydney . </P> <P> Roo begins dating Brett Macklin (Gerry Sont) and she gets pregnant . Brett's reaction to this to book an abortion for her . Roo returns to Summer Bay and tries convincing Frank that he is the baby's father . She pretends to accept Alf and Ailsa's relationship so she will be allowed to stay . Roo sleeps with Frank and arranges for Alf to catch them together . She tells her aunt, Celia Stewart (Fiona Spence), that she is pregnant with Frank's baby . Frank agrees to marry her and Roo tries to accept Alf and Ailsa's marriage . Brett turns up and tells Roo the mumps has left him infertile and that he now wants the baby . She refuses to let him back into her life, so Brett goes to Morag, who tries to talk Roo into changing her mind . In the middle of her wedding, she reveals that Frank is not the father of her baby . Frank drives off in anger and swerves off the road to avoid Bobby and the car falls into a ditch, almost killing him . </P> <P> The incident leaves Roo an outcast within the town . Morag tries to persuade her to move to the city with her, but Celia talks her out of it . Brett applies for custody, but Roo suggests they sort it out between themselves . She begins helping Brett's family as they set up a business in the Bay . She is pleased when Alf and Ailsa's differences over the development causes them to split up . With Ailsa returning to town to be Christopher Fletcher's (Ashleigh Bell - Weir) godmother, Roo fakes stomach pains to stop Alf attending the christening . However, by hyperventilating she sends herself into premature labour and gives birth to a baby girl, who she names, Martha (Burcin Kapkin). She is pleased when Frank seems to take an interest, until she learns that he is dating Bobby . Brett tries to force Roo into giving him custody of Martha . He kidnaps the baby and Roo considered suicide, before she is informed that Brett had returned Martha . Roo refuses to press charges and the couple realise that they cannot raise Martha, so they give her up for adoption . Roo then begins to accept Ailsa, when she and Alf reconcile . </P> <P> Roo decides to take a break from the Bay and when she returns, she reveals that she has a new boyfriend, David Lee (Anthony Wong). Alf and Celia are slightly shocked as David is Chinese and they are uncomfortable with Roo being in a mixed race relationship . Alf eventually gives the pair his blessing, but David later leaves town . Frank and Bobby marry and Roo is stunned to learn Bobby is Morag's daughter and thus her cousin . Roo takes a job at the Macklin Corporation . Her manager, Nicholas Walsh (Robert Taylor), sends nasty letters to Ailsa and frames Roo, with help from Morag . With Alf and Ailsa believing the letters are from her, Roo moves in with Celia and then with Morag . When Alf discovers the truth, he apologises and Roo moves back in . She then starts dating Simon Yates (Christopher Saunders). </P>

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