Thursday, March 13th, 2025 on 5 at 1:45pm
Mali has put some much-needed alone time aside for he and Abigail but she masks her true feelings from him for her own ulterior motives – she needs to get Mali out of the house. Mali leaves for the Boardshop and finally Abigail can enact her plan to secretly meet Nerida.
Mali meets Kirby at the board shop, who asks him for her job back. Mali rejects her offer; how can she work at a surf shop if she’s unable to give surf lessons? Kirby takes this to heart, she’s still thrown after witnessing the fatal incident with Tim, she hadn’t thought of the possibility that she’s ill-equipped to even work at the board shop anymore. Theo, having caught the conversation between Kirby and Mali, implores Mali to reconsider his decision and lead with sensitivity, considering everything Kirby’s been through. Mali chases Kirby down the beach and apologises, he was so caught up in his own problems that he hadn’t taken a second to consider all the stress Kirby’s been under. They both apologise, and he tells her that the conversation is still open for her to have her old job back.
Abigail meets with Nerida, under false pretenses of helping her. They agree to be each other’s alibi on their whereabouts for the night that Tim was hurt. Abigail takes this as evidence to Rose at the police station. Rose therefore needs to clarify with whom Abigail did spend that night – which happens to be Rose’s ex-boyfriend (Mali). Rose is thrown but remains calm and professional when she is forced to get Mali to corroborate Abby’s whereabouts – an awkward moment between the exes and the penny drops for Abigail that they used to date. Abigail has to admit to Mali that she lied earlier, and she intends to aid Rose in an investigation on Nerida. Mali makes Abigail promise not to go ahead with the investigation and chastises Rose for putting Abby in danger. Abby is torn between her loyalty for Mali and Cash’s last chance for acquittal, so she continues with the investigation with Rose despite her promise to Mali. However, the evidence she has compiled will still not be enough to arrest Nerida, so Rose forms a new plan, which requires Abigail to wear a wire and put herself in harm’s way to prove Cash’s innocence.