Fred manages to make Stijn pay 20,000 cash extra for the villa. Freja is happy the sale is back on, now she can help Simon stay in the garden shed. Ma Bea persuades the doctor to let Karel have re-validation at home, where she can physically control him. Still he visits RIC, to check up on things. Fred makes sure Stijn is buried in files as well as social functions, till he literally drops. The real estate deal (with dodgy contractor Serge Vriendts) Fred hoped to make Stijn sign for half-blindly ends up tabled at a family dinner, where Ollie saves the day.

The XTC Claire planted in Simon's jeans convince Hanne, who washes his cloths, the boy must be addicted, even lover Freya doubts him. Stijn examines the Groeninghe file endlessly, but drops everything when his college-ex and family lawyer Camilia visits unannounced. In therapy, Lise tells about her youthful operatic career and Simon's dad. Simon tells them she's the mythomaniac. Claire tells Maaike she's just dad's plaything of the year. She manages to make step-ma run away from the photo-shoot with Carlos and blame Fred for paying him. Although Stijn takes absurd credit for the brothers' done deal, Karel still supports him as CEO.