The community are still rocked by the explosion at Lassiters. Terese is shell-shocked at losing her son and Brad, who also lost his dad, comes over to offer support. When Brad discovers Paul Robinson has been taken in for questioning by the police he assumes the worst. Paul is responsible for the explosion. Terese defends Paul and protests his innocence.

Nate returns to his job at The Waterhole, and admits to Sheila that hes worried about Aaron. But he no longer feels its his place to reach out to him. Sheila can see Nate still has feelings for his ex, and urges him to be there as a friend for now. Realising how hard Aarons taken his job loss, Nate approaches Sonya, hoping to convince her to re-hire Aaron as her assistant.