Theo catches up with a hurt Valerie and tries to explain himself. He admits that he told Kirby about Valerie’s brother and the accident. Speechless and feeling betrayed, Valerie makes a beeline home. She starts packing her things, with Theo begging her to stay. Leah walks in, witnessing the whole thing, and defuses the situation. She tells Theo to take it easy while they go for a walk.
Valerie confides a little in Leah, expressing her insecurities about being part of her family and wondering if there’s something wrong with her since she’s still struggling. Leah reassures her that no matter what, she’s glad Valerie found Theo, and that she will always be welcome at their home. This seems to finally calm Valerie.
Valerie finds Theo again and tells him she needs to know she can trust him. Theo says he’ll do anything to prove that to her. Valerie challenges him on this by reaching into her pocket and takes out two pills – one for him, one for her – to prove that they’re in this together.
Theo hesitates as this isn’t what he was expecting. But ultimately, he takes the pill to appease her. It’s a dangerous move for Theo, but he’ll do anything to keep Valerie close.
Meanwhile, back at the police station, Rose runs through the finer points of Tane’s new AVO. She’s clearly not happy about the mess he’s gotten himself into and warns him not to make it any harder for himself. Hearing about the action against Tane, Roo rushes to the station and insists they drop it – but Rose won’t back down.
Roo speaks privately to Tane and tells him he needs to stay away from the hospital for real this time – things are getting serious now – but Tane fights back. He questions – if he’s not a bad guy, why is he being treated like one?
