Episode 4842

Extended Summary

Belle has started to embrace Rehab and has even begun taking photos again. She and Liam have grown closer, and he playfully takes her camera to prove what being on the other side of the lens can be like, taking photo’s of both of them larking around the Rehab centre garden. Jerry, Belle’s old editor, drops by offering a potential truckload of money for photos of Liam and his family but she flatly refuses and tells him to leave. Liam gets an access visit from his young son, Ash, he asks Belle to take some shots of him with his boy. Belle obliges, but it is evident that Jerry’s offer is praying on her mind. Belle later asks Annie to develop the photo’s for her so she’s able to give one to Liam, and makes a point of telling her that no-one else must see the photo’s. At the surf club, Aden asks Annie if Belle has mentioned him, but she hasn’t. Annie leaves and Alf asks Aden to catch up with her to give her the developed photo’s, which she had left in the bar. He looks through them and is despondant at the sight of Belle enjoying herself with Liam. Annie comes back to collect the photo’s and later, Belle passes one onto Liam who is thrilled with the outcome. Belle admits to Annie that she misses Aden, but acknowledges that Rehab would’ve been a much harder experience, had they stayed together.

Still reeling from Claudia’s betrayal, Geoff’s schoolwork is beginning to slip and Bartlett is not happy. Geoff tells Annie about Claudia’s boyfriend, and she mistakenly passes the information onto Nicole, assuming that she already knew. Nicole confronts Geoff about the situation, and tells him she feels hurt that he slept with Claudia so quickly. Geoff doesn’t want to hear it – only the other day Nicole was bragging about her new, satisfying boyfriend, so his actions should no longer concern her. Geoff leaves and Nicole is left visibly hurt, and regretting her earlier bragging. Claudia arrives as the school to tell Geoff that she was breaking up with Lachie that morning, but for Geoff it is not that straightforward – she still lied to him, and was still with Lachie when they slept together. He explains that whilst he can forgive her, he doesn’t know how long it’ll be before he can trust her again. Later, with Nicole and Aden both distraught at their situations with their ex partners, the pair sleep together again.

Charlie’s devastated that Joey moved out after finding out that Charlie has slept with Hugo, an act that Charlie now deeply regrets. Joey arrives to collect the rest of her things, and Charlie begs her to listen to what she has to say, but Joey leaves as quickly as possible. Later, Ruby finds Charlie down at the wharf and tells her that if she really wants to be with Joey she’ll have to fight for her. Realising she still has Joey’s iPod, Charlie races to Brett’s house to return it, but he tells her that Joey has gone to set sail on a 3 month long haul sailing job. Charlie makes it to the docks just in time, but Joey tells her that if things are ever going to stand a chance of working there needs to be some distance between them right now. She gives Charlie a goodbye kiss and tells her she’s going to miss her, before setting sail.

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Bartlett sends Geoff to see the school Counsellor. Geoff surprisingly opens up to the Counsellor who leads Geoff into thinking that he’s been too hard on himself and on Claudia, who earlier came to the school full of contrition and to relay that she really has broken up with Lachie once and for all. Geoff has bridges to mend too, not the least of them with Annie who’s horrified that he slept with Claudia.