Janelle ups the stakes in her pursuit of Karl over the paternity mix-up by launching legal action against him. The suit, seeking more than a million dollars in damages, comes as Susan and Karl have it out over Susan’s continued belief in gun-toting Katya’s innocence, and the peril that posed to their household.

When Susan catches Janelle bad-mouthing Karl at the store, she enlists Toadie’s legal opinion and counter-sues Janelle for defamation, sparking a furious public row in which Susan stridently defends Karl, and floors Janelle with some damming home truths.Steph is thrilled to hear from Harold that Max has made contact through the Salvos. But joy is short-lived, when Harold has to deliver the devastating coda: Max is getting on with his life, and expects Steph to do likewise.Toadie confronts his mortality when an anxious Karl insists on testing a mole for melanoma. When Steph discovers the level of Toadie’s worry at this, she puts their recent difficulties aside and offers moral support. After a euphoric Lyn refuses Paul’s offer to have her engagement ring made smaller, she accidentally loses it in Lassiter’s Lake. When Paul orchestrates a large-scale retrieval mission, Lyn fakes finding it to prevent the searchers discovering the gun she disposed of on Paul’s behalf.

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