Trish allows Neville back into the bedroom. Edwina's party spirals out of control and comes to an end with the arrival of the police. While Edwina and her friends are cleaning up the house, Dave discovers the garden centre has been robbed. Coral isn't impressed when Marty brings Belinda home drunk.

Frannie's friends come forward to take the blame after Frannie is suspended from school as a result of Dean's scandalous article. After discovering an old photo of Neville in his parents' house, Daniel hires a private investigator to uncover the truth behind Neville's relationship with his mother. Belinda walks in on Coral and Hopper after he stays the night. Hopper reveals Neville's infidelities to Daniel. Dave draws Shelley's portrait.

Having told her father she is spending the weekend at Frannie's studying, Edwina begs Holly not to tell Gordon about her plan to go away for the weekend with Zac when she learns the truth. Shelley confronts Dave about his unwillingness to commit to their relationship. Maurie continues to deal with the trauma of his attack and decides to retire from the bakery. Belinda receives a letter from her grandmother asking to meet.

Belinda asks for Frannie's help in organising to meet her gran. Edwina resorts to doing her maths homework to avoid telling her father about her weekend plans. Marty thinks Belinda has gone off him. Maurie's struggles continue as he holes up at the O'Connors. Edwina finally tells her father the truth about her plan to go to a hotel with Zac for the weekend. He doesn't react well initially and objects to her going but doesn't stand in her way.

Holly is annoyed by the double standards Gordon and Darcy have about Zac and Edwina's relationship. Frannie and Belinda have lots of questions for Edwina about her weekend with Zac. Dean's lack of wheels affects his social life. Gordon blames Zac for Edwina having the idea of doing her work experience at the garden centre. Maurie rethinks his retirement and resumes managing the bakery much to Coral's delight. Belinda comes clean to Coral about meeting her grandmother.

Daniel Blake questions Darcy about the link between their two families. Darcy denies knowing them well but admits his ex-wife, Rita, worked for Daniel's father briefly. Coral is furious with Belinda for going behind her back and the pair get into a fight resulting in Belinda going to her grandmother's house. Coral admits to Hopper she lied to Belinda about her father's identity and fears her mother will reveal the truth to Belinda. Needing money for a car, Dean fast talks hs way into a job at the Bakery. After Hopper helps her bring Belinda home, Coral agrees to reach out to her mother.

Dean is feeling the pressure of studying for his HSC as his father forces him to spend all his time in his room with his school books. Marty asks Dean to keep an eye on Belinda while he's at the farm and tells Dean about Daniel being her father. Hopper invites Belinda to stay with him for the short term while Maurie reminds her everything Coral did was for her benefit. Narelle gets Darcy to join her on her power walks. Edwina confides in Frannie about her and Zac having unprotected sex.

Hopper learns it was Wacka who got Rachel pregnant. Wacka's attitude and complete lack of any responsibility in the matter comes between the friends. Hopper discovers Shelley changed his airline tickets, booking herself on the Bali trip instead of Wacka by claiming to be his financée. He again tells her to stay away from him, threatening to go to the police if necessary. A school project sees Edwina, Belinda, and Frannie looking after baby chickens. Shelley cuts herself after slashing Hopper's tires and rushes to Dave for help.

Zac is desperate to change Edwina's mind about not having the baby. Shelley keeps Dave from meeting Frannie by luring him home with a desperate phone call and then feigning a collapse. Belinda denies the empty alcohol bottle is hers but refuses to tell Coral whose it is. In light of the Zac and Edwina situation, Darcy backs out of his holiday plans with Narelle. Coral wants to have another go at bringing Belinda and Daniel together. Shelley doesn't react well to Dave asking her to move out. After pondering if her problem with Dave is that she's too nice, Frannie foregoes a date with Dave to go with Belinda to a beach party out of town. When they miss their bus, Belinda accepts a ride from two young men who drive the girls out into the bush.

Zac and Darcy struggle in the aftermath of Rita's admissions. Zac tells Dean what has happened and he passes the news to Frannie, Edwina and Belinda who is over the moon and rushes off to tell Coral. A drunk Darcy shows up at the bakery to let Maurie, who has always blamed Darcy for driving his niece away, know it was Rita who killed the Blakes. Iris visits Daniel in jail to inform him Rita has confessed to the murders of his parents and he's to be released. He's shocked to learn Zac is his half brother but basks in the knowledge of the new family he has found. Edwina's friends convince her to go see Zac to try to comfort him. Dean suggests to Frannie that she chain herself to the tree to get some media attention. She takes him up on the idea only to run into Darcy who is sleeping off a bender under the tree.