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00:00I'd like to call Kaia Hayes to the stand.
00:10What?
00:11I tried to protect Perry as much as I could.
00:15So why did you leave?
00:16Carl said that he'd kill Perry if I didn't.
00:21We find Perry Hayes not guilty by reason of self-defense.
00:24I hope one day you can understand and forgive me.
00:29You abandoned me.
00:30I don't want anything to do with you.
00:32She knew exactly what Dad was like.
00:34She still left me with him.
00:36What's wrong?
00:38We shouldn't be doing this.
00:41I don't care.
00:42Who is that?
00:43He has been working with Abby.
00:45What do you mean with Abby?
00:47He's her counselor.
00:48You guys ganged up on me and then I got blamed?
00:50Oh, the good old Jade.
00:52Oh.
00:53Come on, it's not so bad now, is it?
00:56No.
00:57No, it's not.
00:58Oh, wait, hang on a sec.
01:00I, um, I wrote you a letter.
01:01Tim's idea.
01:02Should I read it now?
01:03No.
01:04No, just, just wait till you get home.
01:05You can't tell us it's good or bad.
01:08I, uh, I need to tell you something.
01:09What is it?
01:10I slept with Tim.
01:11Hey, wasn't it my turn to show up?
01:24No, boy, I drank mine.
01:25I'm worried about Perry.
01:26Oh, well.
01:27Cheers.
01:28Cheers.
01:29Cheers.
01:30So no Bree tonight?
01:31Uh, no, she's gone away for a few days.
01:32Oh, yeah?
01:33Why's she up to?
01:34Visiting family.
01:35Uh, thanks for suggesting the walk.
01:36I needed to clear my head.
01:37Oh, uh, just one sec.
01:38What happened?
01:39Not guilty.
01:40He must be stoked.
01:41It was a big day for him, that's for sure.
01:42Who's that?
01:43Maybe Perry can fill you in.
01:44Sorry.
01:45Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:47Sorry, that's Theo.
01:48I'm made of Perrys.
01:49He's made a good laugh himself here, eh?
01:51Yeah.
01:52So, it's honey?
01:53Remember?
01:54Yeah.
01:55It's honey.
01:56It's honey.
01:57Sorry, I should...
01:59Yes, no, go, go.
02:05Sorry, that's Theo, a mate of Perry's.
02:09He's made a good life for himself here, eh?
02:11Yeah.
02:13So, it's honey.
02:15He's a good man?
02:17There's nothing he wouldn't do for Perry.
02:20I just, I hope we can convince him to give me another chance then.
02:24Same.
02:29Hey, who's that?
02:32Taba.
02:34She's at salt with your mum.
02:35I meant what I said. I don't want anything to do with her.
02:38Maybe just take some time before you...
02:40Time? I don't need time. She had years to come back.
02:44Like she said, she was scared.
02:45I don't care if she was scared.
02:47What kind of mother leaves her child behind, huh?
02:49I don't know, Perry. I don't know. I don't have those answers, okay?
02:53But this is an opportunity for you to get those answers.
02:56Hey.
03:02Who I choose to sleep with has nothing to do with Abby.
03:05You must feel so guilty. Is that why you told me?
03:08I cannot believe that you would do something so selfish.
03:12You know what? Just go, Levi. Just go.
03:14He's Abby's counsellor, a guy you've known for five minutes.
03:17Okay, remind me, how did you and Mackenzie...
03:19Oh, do not turn this back on me.
03:20Why not? She was your patient. Anyway, Tim is not my counsellor. He's my sister's.
03:24That doesn't make it right.
03:26You saw her today, okay? She's doing really great.
03:28She's made progress. And she's still so fragile. You know that.
03:32I am just trying to move on.
03:33Did it have to be with Tim? It could have been anybody else.
03:36I like him.
03:43You're gonna get caught sooner or later. I did.
03:51Why don't we call it a night?
03:53Five more minutes, please.
03:55Okay.
04:00You've still got it all to look forward to.
04:03The day you hold your baby in your arms for the first time.
04:07The love you feel is indescribable.
04:15Indescribable.
04:20Is Perry okay?
04:22Well, not really, to be honest.
04:24Where is he?
04:25He's at home.
04:27He doesn't want to see me?
04:28Well, you did drop a pretty big bomb on him.
04:31I don't think he can handle anything else tonight.
04:34That's understandable. I don't blame him.
04:38He'd hate me too.
04:39Okay.
04:44I'm gonna head to the motel.
04:48Oh, hey, Tiffany.
04:55Bit of a mess, hey?
04:56Yep.
04:58I don't know what to say to him.
05:01Finally!
05:04I thought you were just gonna drop Eden home.
05:07Yeah, I just stayed there for a bit.
05:10Well, did she read my letter?
05:12Mm-hmm.
05:13And?
05:15Hey, where's Mac, by the way?
05:17She's in the shower. What did Eden say?
05:20She was moved.
05:22What? That's it? I poured my heart out into that letter.
05:26It was a lot, Abby. She just needs some time.
05:29Yeah, I guess that's fair.
05:32I can tell you what I thought of it.
05:35You read it?
05:37It was a really big step for you.
05:40Go on, say it. You're proud of me.
05:43I am.
05:44Are you proud enough to lend me your keys?
05:47You're not gonna go see Eden, are you?
05:49No, I just, I wanna go take a drive and clear my head.
05:51Alright, well, why don't you let me check in with Mac and I'll come with you?
05:54No, I'm fine.
05:56You sure?
05:57Yes, I'm sure.
06:01Tim's really helping you, isn't he?
06:04Yeah, he is.
06:08Keys, please.
06:26Dave, sorry. I'm just messaging Perry.
06:29I'm real happy for him.
06:30That's great. Too bad you lost.
06:32Yeah, best out of three.
06:33Rock him up.
06:37Oh, at ease, Rummy. You're off my hit list.
06:40Since when?
06:41Well, since I realised you're not the one I'm actually mad at.
06:44You apologise?
06:46Just take the win.
06:47Okay, I will. Thanks.
06:49Well, you can thank my counsellor, actually.
06:53You know what? I might leave it to it.
06:55Hey, what happened to best out of three?
06:57I'm quitting while I'm ahead.
06:59What?
07:00You need an opponent and I need a distraction.
07:04So, we're mates now, are we?
07:06Well, unless you want to hold a grudge.
07:08Well, it depends.
07:10You any good?
07:11No.
07:12Well, you're honest. I like that.
07:14Wait.
07:15Are you hustling me?
07:17Would I admit it if I was?
07:20Alright.
07:22I'll see you later.
07:24Bye.
07:29Oi.
07:30Guess what just happened to me.
07:31Oh, just say it.
07:33Your sister apologised to me.
07:35Ooh, snap. I got mine in writing.
07:38Wow.
07:40Looks like this counsellor's really getting through to her.
07:43Okay, don't even bother. Levi's already had a go at me.
07:45Oh, so Levi knows?
07:46Yep, I told him and I'm already regretting that.
07:50I know. You warned me that this was going to blow up in my face.
07:54Look, Aiden, we've all slept with people that we shouldn't have.
07:58And I get that this whole Cash thing is doing your head in.
08:01Why would you bring Cash into this?
08:03Not everything is about him, okay?
08:05He's in the past. End of story.
08:08Right.
08:10If that's the case, just explain this Tim thing to me.
08:14Can we just leave it, please?
08:25Shit.
08:32Hey.
08:34Can you come over?
08:52Aiden, you've got a visitor.
08:54Hi, Remy.
08:55I'll be inside if you need anything.
08:57Doubtful, but thank you.
09:02It's good to see you.
09:06You're going to make this easier if you're not being so nice.
09:09You don't want to see me again.
09:10No, I do. I really like you.
09:17But Abigail...
09:18Yeah?
09:22Yeah, I'm worried about her too.
09:25She, um...
09:26She wrote this letter.
09:27She said it was your idea to write it.
09:29I don't know what's in it, but yeah, I think it helped.
09:33I hope there's nothing too confronting in there.
09:35No, no.
09:36It was really honest.
09:39She actually said some really lovely things.
09:41You've been really great for her.
09:43Well, I'm glad things are working out between you two.
09:46And you and I could undo it all.
09:54I love you.
10:11Did you get much sleep?
10:15I heard you going out.
10:17Guessing it had something to do with my mum.
10:20Yeah, I met up with her and Harper.
10:23You know, I think she just wants a chance to explain.
10:25Maybe it'll help you.
10:26Nah, it'd just be more excuses, man.
10:29I don't get it.
10:30She stood there and she said that she loved me.
10:32That she didn't want to leave.
10:35But it's exactly what she did.
10:36She left.
10:38I'm not excusing it.
10:39Even if I could accept her reasons for leaving,
10:41why didn't she come back?
10:44These are all good questions, mate.
10:47There's only one person who can answer them.
10:53Hello.
11:01Morning.
11:02Morning.
11:05You want some broccoli?
11:07I won't say no.
11:11So how'd things go with Tim last night?
11:15Don't say a word.
11:19Hey.
11:20Um, are you keen to stay for some broccoli?
11:23Yeah, sure.
11:24I'll leave you to it.
11:26Oh, well don't leave on my account.
11:28No, throws a crowd.
11:32I'm going to take a wild guess and say he knows I'm Abigail's counsellor.
11:35Yes, he does.
11:37Okay.
11:39So we still need to decide the best way to tell Abby.
11:43Yeah, I've been thinking about that.
11:44And do you mind if we hold off for a bit?
11:48I think we should probably be up front.
11:50Me especially.
11:51Yeah, no, I know.
11:52But I still haven't spoken to her about her letter.
11:54And I just, I don't want this to overshadow that.
11:57Okay, yeah, no, I hear you.
11:59Sooner or later we do have to deal with this.
12:01Yeah, we will.
12:04I still haven't heard from Eden.
12:05You know what, maybe I should just call her.
12:07No, don't do that.
12:08Well, how long could she possibly need?
12:09I don't know.
12:10Okay, well at what point do I start to worry then?
12:12It feels like you got to that point ten minutes ago.
12:17Is everything okay?
12:18Yeah, I just need to go sort something out.
12:20Fine, you go.
12:21Still owe me breakfast.
12:22Just tell Mac to put it on my tab.
12:27How's it going?
12:29Well, my sister won't call me back and my brother just stitched me.
12:33So, you know, it's no wonder I need counselling.
12:36Right.
12:38You know you really shouldn't judge someone if you don't know the full story.
12:40No, no, no, no, I wasn't judging.
12:42I go to counselling too.
12:44Really?
12:45Yeah.
12:46I mean, we've all got our stuff to deal with, right?
12:51Right.
12:53What you doing with that?
12:57I figured mum could have this stuff.
12:58Are you sure?
13:00Nah, I don't want it.
13:11Hey.
13:12Hey.
13:13Come in.
13:17Want a cup of tea?
13:18Yeah.
13:19Take a seat.
13:22Thanks for agreeing to see me.
13:27You still got it.
13:32You know, I gave this to you on your second birthday.
13:38You loved it.
13:40Went everywhere with you.
13:42Even to bed.
13:44We lost it in the park once.
13:45You cried all night.
13:47So I went back to the park with my torch and tried to find it.
13:52I remember that.
13:54You do?
14:14You know, even after I left, I came back a couple of times to watch you play basketball.
14:20Seriously?
14:23You looked happy.
14:27Perry, I thought you were okay.
14:43Oh.
15:01I'm really trying not to obsess over it, but why do you think Eden needs so much time to think about my letter?
15:07Maybe it just means she's taking it seriously.
15:09Yeah.
15:11Beats a generic thumbs up response, I guess.
15:19You know I'm not paying you for this, right?
15:22The advice or the labour?
15:24Both.
15:27Yeah, well, maybe I'm just in it for the company.
15:35Eden said you come down pretty hard on her.
15:38Yeah, well, I just hope I got through to her.
15:41That's why we're here, mate. I don't think you did.
15:44Why do you say that?
15:46Tim coming out of a room this morning.
15:47What?
15:48Now, I agree Eden has made some spectacularly bad decisions lately, but she's also been through a lot.
15:54So has she, but she's trying to improve things, not burn them to the ground.
15:57Hang on, there's more to this. There's something else you should know about this morning.
16:00What?
16:02Eden looks happy. Okay? The happiest I've seen her in a long time.
16:06I hate to tell you this, mate, but she likes it.
16:09She's not just going to walk away from it.
16:19You know, you make it sound like we're doing something wrong, but are we?
16:24Well, not technically, I guess.
16:27Is it unethical? Is it illegal?
16:32No. I mean, you're not my client.
16:34Yeah, but my sister is.
16:37Right. And that definitely does put us in a grey area.
16:42Okay, so we can see the line. We're not technically crossing it.
16:48And you're not after me for my money because I don't have any.
16:51Yeah, that's right. We're just two adults enjoying each other's company.
16:56Wow. You make it sound so romantic.
17:00I can do romance, if that's what you want.
17:02No. No, I don't. I've done that and it didn't get me anywhere.
17:05Okay.
17:07So where is it you want to be?
17:11I'm happy right here.
17:13Yeah, so am I.
17:15But I do think we still need to set some boundaries.
17:20Like, when we're together, we just don't talk about Abigail.
17:24And you don't talk about me with her either.
17:27Yeah, I agree.
17:30Oh, it's your brother.
17:32Yeah, don't answer that.
17:34Why not?
17:36He's not a massive fan of this.
17:38Well, then I definitely need to talk to him.
17:40Hey.
17:44Yeah, no, I'm aware.
17:46Look, no, you're right.
17:49I definitely do need to talk to you, but not over the phone. Okay?
18:03Do you think I made a mistake pushing Perry to talk to Kyle?
18:06No.
18:08Things seem to be going pretty well.
18:10Yeah.
18:12What if they go too well?
18:14Wouldn't that be good?
18:17Yeah.
18:19You would miss him if he left.
18:21Well, I kind of got used to having him around, you know.
18:26But however this turns out, I just hope...
18:29I hope she doesn't mess him up again.
18:30I know Kyle was abusive, but...
18:33I still can't get my head around how she could walk away from her son.
18:36I could never do that.
18:38We might not understand the choices she made,
18:41but that's because we're lucky enough to have never walked in her shoes.
18:47Kyle's as much a victim in all of this as Perry is.
19:00I'm sorry.
19:06I started to realise there was no way that I could be that close
19:10and not have you in my life.
19:12That's when you decided to go to New Zealand?
19:15Yeah, I thought you were happy and safe.
19:17Obviously, I was wrong.
19:19I guess I just wanted so badly to believe that I had made the right choice.
19:26Do you want to know what happened the day you disappeared?
19:31I came home from school.
19:33Dad was sitting on the couch watching TV.
19:36And I asked him, when would Mum be home?
19:38And he just shrugged, said you wouldn't be.
19:42You were dead.
19:45I didn't know that was going to happen.
19:47And he just looked at me and said, car accident.
19:51And turned the volume up on the TV.
19:55I'm sorry he put you through that.
19:56I'm sorry he put you through that.
19:58And I sat in your room and,
20:02while I was crying,
20:05he didn't like that.
20:07He said that you weren't worth it.
20:10And that I was weak.
20:12I'm so sorry.
20:14I thought I was doing the right thing for you.
20:16All I've heard from you is how hard it was
20:20for you to leave.
20:22I can promise you that it was so much harder to stay.
20:27Go to hell.
20:30Go to hell.
20:52I'm going to need an explanation.
20:54Because you've had my letter for ages and I'm really offended.
20:56You are really important to me, Abi.
20:58And you always will be.
21:02Who's that?
21:04They can wait.
21:06What you're doing is wrong and you know it.
21:08I'm entitled to a private life.
21:10You could have done that with anybody else that isn't Abi's sister.
21:12Hey, what are you doing here?
21:14Come join us.
21:16Whoa, what happened to you?
21:18Yeah, it's a long story.
21:19Yeah, it's a long story.