When Drew, Belle and Lucas return to the Holden house, they’re shocked to walk in on Tony and Jazz; the fact of the destroyed photos only makes matters worse. Tempers soon flare, and by the time the ensuing argument is over it’s clear that Jazz’s relationship with her son – not to mention Belle – is beyond reparable. Either way, Tony knows that they need to do something to make it up to Belle. As damage control he gives the newly impoverished Jazz some money to pay for replacement prints and tells her to pass it off as her own – but neither that nor the deadline she’s supposedly negotiated with the art teacher is enough to see Belle utter a word of thanks, especially when she and Drew later find out from Mattie that it was all Tony’s doing anyway. Still, she has at least one thing to be grateful for. It turns out that Dale Jenkins, arts editor of the local paper, sees the ruined photos as being in keeping with the overall theme of corruption; it’s an important enough endorsement to open up all new prospects for her.BlackmailedOn a day off Jack is alarmed to receive a call from Rowan, a criminal he's had dealings with in the past, who insists that they meet. ‘I got busted again and I need some help,’ he begins, before asking that Jack makes some evidence disappear the same way he once did for Martha. With Rowan threatening to make public a recording of a previous incriminating conversation, Jack is forced to agree to the deal and steals the evidence – but not without arousing the suspicions of new cop in the Bay, George Watson. Worse still, when Jack later meets with Rowan to make the exchange, George tails him and witnesses the whole thing. So, having fended off questions from a concerned Sam, Jack’s mortified when he’s later confronted by his new partner – who, it seems, isn’t so clean cut as he might have people believe. ‘It’s alright, mate; I’m not a rat. It’s actually good to know that there are a couple of blokes like us still left on the force,’ he laughs.

The secret’s safe for now, but Jack knows that George has a hold on him.

A pilgrim's progress

Meanwhile, Martha is having trouble seeing Jonah around all the time. She hasn’t yet processed the time they spent together and is determined that, despite Jonah having similar problems and wanting to talk about them, she’s going to keep her distance.

Her plans soon change when, having spotted him drinking in an alcohol-free zone, she saves him from getting busted by George for breach of parole. But what reason does she have for such a change of heart? ‘Maybe I don’t want you on my conscience, Michael,’ she explains to her former enemy, before heading home only to have a startling dream about the time they shared in the mine. Did more happen between them than she’s prepared to admit?

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