The theft doesn’t go unnoticed by Scott, however. Outside, Scott approaches Eliza and quietly tells her she should do the right thing and put the photo back. Eliza’s response is chilling, as she bluntly warns him to shut his mouth.
Later paired up as they practice some self-defence moves, Scott again implores Eliza to do the right thing and return Tane’s property.
He reminds Eliza that if she doesn’t come clean, the whole group will be dragged under suspicion. Scott makes it crystal clear—he only joined the program to stay out of juvie, and he’s not about to let Eliza’s reckless choices land him right back in trouble. If she doesn’t tell Tane, then he will.
When Scott refuses to back down, she lashes out, clocking him square in the face.
As blood pours from a floored Scott’s nose, Eliza seems hypnotised by the sight of it.
Tane rushes over and helps Scott into the club room. When Tane heads to the juice bar for some ice, Eliza approaches Scott and threatens to give him more than a bloodied nose if he says anything about the photo.
As Tane sees Eliza standing over Scott, he instantly knows something isn’t right. Has his gut feeling about Eliza been right all along?
Meanwhile, Marilyn apologises to Roo for having accused Eliza of theft, just as Roo’s phone buzzes with alarming news from Tane, telling her about the Scott incident. When Roo later questions Eliza, she lies by claiming that Scott had told her that Roo doesn’t actually care about her.
Roo’s later shocked when she catches Eliza looking at Harper’s ultrasound photo in the diner. Roo confronts her, and whilst Eliza openly admits she took it, she doesn’t seem remotely apologetic. In fact, she justifies it by claiming she was fascinated by the baby.
Roo is mortified and drags her to the gym to apologise to Tane. While Eliza does reluctantly return the photo, Tane is understandably confused—and more than a little creeped out—asking why she would take something so personal.
Later talking to Roo privately, he tells her bluntly that Eliza might not be the right fit for the programme. But Roo rushes to defend her foster daughter, telling Tane that she just needs guidance.
Reluctantly, Tane calls in Eliza and agrees to let her continue in the programme, but under some strict new ground rules.
Eliza doesn’t take the news well, and complains to Roo as they walk home that Tane is trying to control her, and that Roo is no better.
As Roo assures Eliza that it’s for her own good, and she cares for her, Eliza bluntly tells her that the feelings aren’t reciprocated.
“You’re nobody to me,” she tells a devastated Roo.
With Roo’s care thrown back in her face, will she be able to get through to Eliza?