When Toadie reveals he was Steph’s first choice, Max is stunned and demands to know the truth. He desperately wants to resume a life with Steph, but not as her consolation prize. Steph tries to convince him that he’s the one she wants but Max can’t see a point in continuing their relationship if she’s in love with somebody else. Testing her commitment, he offers to release her from their vows. Determined to make her marriage work, Steph tells Toadie it’s over. Susan and Karl’s concerns for Toadie increase as they watch him bury his grief in his work.Ned slips deeper in debt, borrowing from his mother to pay off Stu. Desperate for funds Ned is sickened by his own deceit when he steals money from ScarletBar.Karl and Susan celebrate Katya gaining a suspended sentence. Now a free woman, Katya’s plans for a fresh start in life are given a boost when she resumes her relationship with Ned, unaware he’s living a lie.Harold’s distressed by Sky’s ‘immature’ behaviour and Sky fears Harold’s becoming over protective of Kerry. Her fears are cemented when she learns from Stingray that Harold’s already started enrolling Kerry in various schools. When Sky confronts him Harold insists he only had Kerry’s best interests at heart. Sky and Stingray’s unconventional friendship leads them to indulge in some apparently ‘harmless’ kissing fun, but when Harold catches them he blows his stack telling Sky she needs to grow up. Sky protests her actions where innocent but Harold angrily points out it’s hardly the example she should be setting her daughter.Stingray surprises Sky when he announces her bogus artist’s application to create Janelle’s bust for Lassiter’s foyer has been accepted. Sky surprised Stingray by dressing in drag as the artist “Jeremy Raft”.Susan’s horrified when Karl suggests his rooster will have to stay in their bedroom overnight.

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