All things being equal, however, Zeph is going to have to set aside her cheese buying for quite a while yet.  Vera doesn't appear to be leaving the Motel, however difficult her life may get sometimes.  Between the problems of her love life and the worries over the salon - though these seem to be vanishing at the moment - she's got her time cut out for a long time.  Zeph hopes that she can keep developing Vera as an integral part of the Crossroads story.  "I feel she is a woman on her own and that this is a very interesting situation and it ought to be explored.  There's more to being alone than just wondering whether she'll have a boyfriend or not."  Whether this means we'll be seeing a liberated hairdresser at the Motel, and after all the Salon's already going unisex, is still a mystery.  That Vera Downend, in the talented person of Zeph Gladstone will be around for a long time yet, is certainly not.