Episode 4588

Extended Summary

Drew is furious at the way Belle has been putting her job before everything, even at the memorial of her boyfriend’s uncle, a man who was practically his father. But Belle feels totally justified, she’s in no position to decide when she will and won’t work. The rift continues to grow, culminating in a fight over Belle’s interview with Aden.

After finding her faith again, Annie is able to summon the courage to tell the truth about what really happened with Aden. Although she is being let off with a warning, Morag tells her it was a serious offence, eager for her to fully understand what she did. Despite her apology, Aden is angry that she didn’t receive a sentence. Even false accusations like hers can permanently tarnish people’s reputations.

After a talk with Roman, Irene reluctantly realises she will have to apologise to Aden if a court case is to be averted, there’s more to be lost than her pride. But after sucking it up, she’s surprised by how amenably Aden accepts her apology.

Meanwhile, the tension continues to grow between Aden and Bartlett when Bartlett issues the entire school with Saturday detention as punishment for the sand throwing incident after Dan’s memorial, isolating Aden and turning the other students against him. When Gavin asks Aden to do a follow up interview for the Coastal News, he uses it as a chance to discredit his principle and glorify himself, and despite Belle’s objections, Gavin soaks it up.

But when the article comes out, comparing Aden to his deceased grandfather, a war hero from Vietnam, he’s furious. When he confronts Belle, demanding that she and her newspaper never mention his grandfather again, she’s left baffled, and as he burns the article on the beach, we can’t help wondering why he seems to so vehemently hate his grandfather.