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Guest Character Profiles > Addison Rutherford Florence Gladwin

Having found things left around the school when she arrived in the mornings, Erinsborough High principal Jane Harris arrived one day with fellow teacher Wendy Rodwell to hear the fire alarm going off. After finding the source of the problem - a toaster in the school common room - she was confused about what was going on after then hearing a door slam nearby. At the end of that day, Wendy was alone in her classroom when she noticed a blanket hanging out of one of the lockers, then found a pillow inside. Hearing a noise nearby, she went outside, where a young girl was inside one of the bins, searching, quickly pulling down the lid when she heard someone coming. As Wendy then began to put the padlock on the bin, the girl panicked and jumped out, causing the lid of the bin to hit Wendy in the face and knock her out.

Now certain that something was amiss, Jane searched the school that night, along with Susan Kennedy and Colton Keys - who worked at the adjoining retirement home Eirini Rising - and they soon found year 10 student Addison Rutherford sleeping in one of the classrooms. Feeling terrible about accidentally hurting one of her favourite teachers, Addison explained to them that she and her mum had been evicted from their house and, whilst her erratic mum had gone off the rails, Addison had gone to stay with friends. When things didn't work out there, she'd been sleeping at the school and had been searching the bins for things to sell in order to make some money. Soon, Leila Potts from Child Protection Services arrived and told a grateful Addison that they would arrange emergency foster care for her.

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9328, 9329

Biography by Steve

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