Seeing how thrilled Vanessa is now that Patrick's finally out of the woods, Lucas doesn't have the heart to tell her about his own health crisis. He keeps the truth about his blood test results from Vanessa, and Karl's reluctantly forced to go along with it, despite feeling he needs her support. When Karl does a full physical on Lucas and discovers a lump, it's a wakeup call.

Mason surprises his family when he tells them Rhiannon has moved into the street. Lauren and Matt both strongly advise him to end it with her but Mason has another idea. He wants to use his relationship with Rhiannon to find out where Robbo is holed-up so that they can confront him about the threatening letter. A flirtatious Rhiannon makes Mason pay for the information with his affection.