Stephanie is beginning to settle in with Dave at his camp in the bush. Jessica is in hospital where Dan will operate to fix her scars. In a reflective mood in advance of the procedure, Dan blames himself for helping heal Stephanie which be believes started a chain of events that lead to her death. With Angelo still awaiting an answer to his proposal, Jessica admits to him they can have no future together because she is carrying Tom's child.

John shocks Stephanie by revealing that Tom McMaster is his son and not hers. Jake tells Jilly he won't stay the night with her as long as Olive is around. Olive overhears and cautions Jilly that she still needs protection but Jilly warns her not to tell her what to do, reminding her that she still has the sworn affidavit she signed admitting Jake paid her to try to kill Stephanie. Olive threatens to take her down with her if she is sent back to prison and Jilly reveals she knows it was Olive who was behind the snake attacks.

With Tom not being hers, Stephanie wonders what became of her son. Despite needing to inform her family of the truth, Stephanie decides against to returning to Sydney with John. Sarah accepts Angelo's marriage proposal after he decides he can raise her and Tom's child as his own. After her surgery, Jessica admits to having feelings for Dan. Jilly invites Jessica to move back to Eden but Jessica isn't sympathetic to her loneliness. Jake shares his skepicism about Stephanie's death with Dennis.

Returning from a supply run to town, Dave informs Stephanie about Sarah's pending wedding but she thinks she is marrying Tom after having learned they aren't brother and sister. Commiserating over the influence Jack and Jilly are having over their lives, Dennis suggests to Cassie they work together to bring them down. Sarah confronts Dennis about leaking news of her engagement to the press prompting Dennis to reveal he did it in hopes of luring their mother out of hiding. Jilly offers Eden as a venue for Sarah's wedding but Sarah won't commit.

Dave and Stephanie are in a boating accident and are thrown overboard. Dave is injured forcing Stephanie to swim through croc-infested waters to retrieve the boat. Only after getting back to his camp does he reveals there were no crocs in the river but she overcame her fears. Dave demands to be taken to hospital so Stephanie will have no reason to stay. Sarah is surprised to learn Jilly has already sent out invitations for her wedding at Eden but refuses to make an issue of it. Jake startles Jilly with a marriage proposal of his own.

Dave gives Stephanie a parting gift of a pouch of opals, which she promises to treat as a loan, and the leases for his land. Back in Sydney with John, Stephanie wants to go to her daughter's wedding but John warns her it is too risky. Sarah tells a still coma ridden Tom about her wedding but departs as he begins to come out of the coma. Awake, Tom tells Bill he learned Sarah is not his sister. Bill confirms the truth with a phone call to the nuns and Tom sends him to stop the wedding.

Stephanie arrives at the wedding disguised as an old woman and looks on from the shadows, surprised to see it is Angelo Sarah is marrying. Bill arrives too late to stop the wedding. Cassie apologises to Jessica for revealing her scars and spirits Dennis away to discuss his plan to bring down Jake. Stephanie leaves a ring for Sarah which she finds. Stephanie departs for Bahrain to take Ahmal up on his offer of help.

Jilly panics while Jake devises a plan to dispose of Olive's body. Jake and Jilly take Olive's body to his boat but they are unknowingly photographed by Cassie who observes them from her office window. Cassie then joins Dennis for another late-night visit to Sanders Investments where she tries to talk him into abandoning his scheme and running away with her. Returning to Eden, Jake reiterates his comittment to Jilly who is haunted by nightmares but Jake comforts her, cementing her feelings and trust for him. They set a wedding date for one month's time.

Jilly and Jake prepare for the arrival of Princess Talitha and continue to speculate about Ahmal's reasons for wanting to buy land in the Northern Territory. Stephanie (as Princess Talitah) moves in to Eden with John Ryan posing as her bodyguard/interpreter. Bill begins working at Sanders Investments searching for a reason for the company's drop in profits. Jilly gives Talitha and John a tour of Tara's where Cassie takes the opportunity to show Jilly her incriminating photos.

Jessica admits to Dan she is jealous about how he loved Stephanie. Stephanie laments having lost Dan to Jessica but believes their relationship was likely over anyway. Jilly interupts Jake's meeting with Ahmal at Sanders Investments to tell him about Cassie's blackmail scheme but Jake is not concerned, believing he can solve the problem with his charm. With Jake out of the room, Bill shares his concerns with Ahmal about his land purchase. Ahmal refuses to go into details about the deal but promises to explain everything at secret meeting at the stables.

Dan welcomes Angelo and Sarah back from their honeymoon and offers them a place to stay with him and Jessica (Dennis having moved out due to their relationship). Bill brings Sarah to see Tom at the hospital. Given her recent marriage, Tom doesn't divulge the truth about their relationship.

When Jake visits Cassie at Tara's, she threatens to take her photos to the police and asks for half of the business. While Jilly fumes at the prospect of losing Tara's, Jake is focussed on studying Ahmal's land deal and chastises Jilly for not keeping closer tabs on Talitha, believing he can do a better job.

Sarah asks Dan if she can avoid telling Tom about the baby and he agrees, not wanting to put Tom under more stress. Dan confesses to Sarah he's involved with Jessica. Sarah already knew Jessica had feelings for Dan but is surprised, but accepting, to learn he's in love with her too. Bill arrives to meet Ahmal at the stables but is instead brought by John to meet Princess Talitha who reveals herself as Sephanie. Jake arrives soon after and sees Bill with the unveiled Stephanie.