Elly is torn when she receives a text out of the blue from her ex Derek, wanting to catch up. Hopeful, she gives Derek a chance and he proceeds to say all the right things, leading Elly to make him an offer.

Steph is beginning to feel sidelined in her relationship with Mark, coming to believe that the surrogacy is a bad idea. She drops her bombshell on a disappointed Mark and then approaches Sonya with an impossible request.