Carmen visits Irwan in prison for her questions to be answered. Irwan suspects something and warns Carmen, and not to lose their business that took them years to build, while he tells her that she is temporarily in charge of ''De Winkel''. Carmen refuses as she has to deal with a traumatized Boris and a rebellious Natalie. Carmen's trust in Steven is gone and this seems to have huge consequences for Steven once there appears a creditor.

Carmen made an one-time deal with Schiller for one transport. Carmen needs Steven, but once their guy within is gone, it appears to be failing. Although it gives Carmen a double agenda, when she asks Luther to watch Steven. As the friendship between Carmen and Steven is tearing apart, it weakens the friendship with Sandrina too.