As Sarah’s fiery fling with Damon looks set to come crashing down around her, actress Tina O’Brien takes a look back over Sarah’s disastrous dating history to see where it all went wrong and where Sarah developed her taste for bad boys and a bad romance!
GARY WINDASS
Looking for a more settled life, Sarah began a relationship with Gary Windass, once a bad lad but seemingly reformed. They got engaged and lived together with her children in Victoria Court. However, despite how much she loved him, Sarah was forced to dump Gary after his affair with Nicola and involvement with loan shark Rick Neelan took their toll. Her life in danger and knowing too much, Sarah kept Gary’s secrets but the damage was done and their relationship couldn't be saved.
“I think that Gary has possibly been the biggest rock in Sarah’s life. He knows her in a way that nobody else does, he knows all her bad bits and he loved her anyway. She’s never told Adam about what happened to Callum whereas Gary knows all her secrets and continues to keep them. He saw her as she truly was, he accepted her and loved her for what she was and that meant everything to her. I think they had an amazing bond and they were brilliant together, then he stupidly went and had an affair with Nicola (Phelan’s daughter). It created problems in their trust, then he started lying about where he was working, every time she took him back he just seemed to humiliate her more. I think if he’d been more honest with her they’d still be together as she truly loved him. Then just when she couldn’t take anymore in came Adam and swept her off her feet. There was no drama, he truly wanted to be with her, it was fresh, no embarrassment, so she decided it was time to tell Gary they were done. But I think Sarah and Gary have a shared history like nobody else does. There’s something about the way Gary sees Sarah. Adam sees Sarah as he wants to see her, he pictures her a certain way, but Gary just loved her the way she was, as the girl next door. It was more of a soulmate connection maybe.”
