Monday, October 2nd, 2023 on Channel 5 at 1:45pm
Harper continues to harbour Dana at Irene’s and the sisters are anxious for an update from Cash. When Cash bails on Eden to attend to Harper, Eden’s hackles are slightly raised, and she ends up getting the gossip from John – he noticed Harper’s uncomfortable reaction around the police. She’s very comfortable with Cash though, he’s quick to add. When Eden sees Cash chatting to Harper later, she grills him – what is he helping her with? She’s somewhat troubled by this secret he’s keeping, but later brings donuts as a peace offering – she trusts him, after all.
At Irene’s, there’s tension between the sisters when Harper finds Dana trying to call her ex-boyfriend, the one who got them into this mess by lying to the police. When Cash arrives to see Harper, Dana is forced to hide, while Harper seeks news on her sister’s case – it’s a slow burn on Cash’s side though as he can’t even get the case file. He’ll keep trying, and a grateful Harper asks that he keep this to himself. She doesn’t want people around here to know anything about this. Later, Dana listens intently as Cash updates Harper again, and when she sees Harper’s phone unattended, impulsively tries to text Olly. Harper only catches her at the last minute and is staggered – “Do you want to be caught?!”.
Tensions continue to be fraught between Xander and Rose. He hasn’t accepted her search for her biological father. Rose confides in a supportive Mali – she hasn’t told Xander about the lead she found because she doesn’t want to risk making waves before they have more information. At the station later, Rose’s curiosity gets the better of her and she looks up the record for Samuel Edwards. Caught red-handed by Cash, she spills – Samuel was born in Capetown, and so she could be half South-African. She also finds a marriage certificate, and he was definitely married when Rose was conceived. When a call to her mum is met with resistance, it seems to be confirmed – Samuel Edwards must be her dad.