Lucy reappears in early 1995 when Mark Gottlieb discovers her working in a go go dancer. He coaxes her back to Ramsay Street when he informs her of Julie's death the previous year, which Lucy is shocked to learn about as nobody had told her as her family could not get in contact with her. Lucy returns to her family, but there is something amiss. Local kid Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) and Lucy's niece, Hannah Martin (Rebecca Ritters) discover a pornography magazine, which features Lucy as the centrefold. Lucy confesses to her grandmother, Helen, that she had a serious drug and alcohol problem and that she has divorced David. Helen tells her she is only disappointed that she did not come home for help earlier. Lucy gets the help she needs with the support of her family and Mark. Lucy makes life difficult for Cody Willis who is living with her family and makes her move out and finds it difficult for her brother in law Phil going out with Jen.