With Leo’s words ringing in his ear, when he has another tense encounter with Nicolette, Aaron demands that Nicolette let him formally adopt Isla.
12) Vera is on the warpath
This week, Vera (Sally-Anne Upton) invited herself to Haz and Mackenzie’s wedding, much to the dismay of the sharehouse residents.
Despite Mackenzie claiming that she’d be fine with Vera being there, and that not inviting her risked making their lives more difficult, Byron took it upon himself to save the wedding from being ‘Punted’ by putting the wrong date on Vera’s invitation.
The day after the wedding, Vera crosses Aaron and Leo as she’s on her way to the ‘ceremony’, and is mortified to find out that she’s a day late.
She realises that Byron gave her the wrong date specifically to stop her attending, and swears vengeance against Byron.
She says nothing, but it’s clear that tension is brewing.
13) Nicolette struggles with Aaron’s demand
After Aaron tells Nicolette that he wants to formally adopt Isla, Nic asks for some time to think about it.
Yet her reluctance to agree only reinforces Aaron’s fear that Nicolette is preparing to use his unofficial status against him.
After Jane gives Nicolette a serve, telling her that she’s her own worst enemy, Nicolette backs down and tells Aaron that she won’t stand in the way of him commencing the adoption proceedings.
With the Rodwell marriage still on the rocks after Wendy’s (Candice Leask) confession that she shared an emotionally charged moment with Quinn (Louis Lè), Andrew tries to bring back their spark as he asks his wife if he can accompany her to her meditation class.
Sadie, meanwhile, still fears for her parents’ future, and she and Byron hide in the bushes nearby to spy on them.