elizabeth arrives in walford with kenny when kenny's brother, pete beale (peter dean), finds out he is not the biological father of simon wicks (nick berry). kenny had an affair with pete's ex-wife, pat wicks (pam st. clement), and could be simon's father, however, neither of them are simon's father. elizabeth begins an unlikely, but brief liaison with her cousin ian (adam woodyatt). she stays with pete and her aunt, kathy beale (gillian taylforth), when her father returns to new zealand. she soon angers ian by flirting with other men, and pete, who is in a bad mood after arguing with kathy, throws her out of his house when she tries to bring a friend home to stay. she returns to new zealand and kathy contacts elizabeth and kenny when lou dies.