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Home and Away 8533 24th July 2025
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Home and Away 8532 23rd July 2025
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,Home and Away
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,Home and Away
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Home and Away 8532 23rd July 2025
,Home and Away 8532
,Home and Away
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00:00I just want to let you know I've made my decision.
00:09I want you to adopt me, if that's still okay.
00:11Yes, it's okay.
00:13Hey, you got room for one more in your class?
00:15I pushed you away pretty quickly,
00:17and I just thought joining the gym
00:18would be a good way to get to know each other.
00:19Right.
00:20My mum's eternity ring.
00:21Oh, that's nice.
00:24Even if it was worth $2, it would still be special to me.
00:27Not a day goes by that I don't think about her.
00:30I want to give you your share of the settlement
00:31and the sale of the house.
00:32Thanks for the offer, but I'm not interested in taking your bribe.
00:36So you don't want the money?
00:37Fine.
00:38There must be something I can do for you.
00:40She wants your mother's eternity ring.
00:42No way.
00:43Hand it over.
00:43No.
00:44No, no, you don't deserve that.
00:45Hand that over.
00:45And you do way more than you.
00:47Guys, guys, stop.
00:48Guys.
00:49It's mine.
00:50Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:51Clemen, how's going on here?
00:53We all need to figure out what to do peacefully.
00:55Give the ring back.
00:56No.
00:56Then I'm out.
00:57So am I.
00:58Sit down.
00:58No one's going anywhere until we sort this out.
01:14Done it.
01:15What are you up to?
01:25You off to see Cohen?
01:26Yeah, Roo's asked me to give her a hand
01:27while she's busy with the adoption paperwork.
01:29Oh.
01:30Surprised you agreed to babysit.
01:31That's what happened about you.
01:32Oh, ha, ha, ha.
01:33You're never going to let me live that one down, are you?
01:36Hey, was your, um, your new client in your class today?
01:39Who?
01:40Oh, who's that?
01:41The one you've got to think for.
01:42Absolutely.
01:42No idea who you're talking about.
01:44I don't have a thing for anyone.
01:45Oh, well, you keep telling yourself that, mate.
01:46You might actually start to believe it.
01:50You're so pig-headed.
01:51Why do you make everything so difficult?
01:53You're literally the one refusing to budge.
01:55Because you're being unreasonable.
01:56Can we all just take a breath?
01:57No, no, no, forget it.
01:58I'm done.
01:59Lacey, I said no one's going anywhere until we fix this.
02:01No, I don't care what you have to say.
02:02This is never going to work.
02:04Can we at least try to sort this out for dad's sake?
02:06If you don't want to hand over the ring,
02:07then there's nothing else to say.
02:11So what's it going to be?
02:12It doesn't have to be like this.
02:13We are still a family.
02:15You just want me to let her keep the ring, don't you?
02:17I want you both to start acting like sisters.
02:19Dad, she can have everything else.
02:21I just want the ring.
02:26To be fair, Joe has had it for months.
02:31So.
02:35Lacey.
02:35No, no, no, darling.
02:37It's good.
02:38I know whose side you're on.
02:42Talk to her.
02:50Lacey, you can't keep running away.
02:52I don't want to fight with you.
02:54Well, then you know what you need to do.
02:56This is really important to me.
02:58Yeah.
02:58And it's important to me, too.
03:01We have to find a way to make this work for both of us.
03:03You don't care about me.
03:04You just want to get your own way.
03:08Do you remember Tyson Brady?
03:11What about him?
03:12Remember how you wrote him a love letter
03:13and the girls at school found it?
03:15Of course I do.
03:16What's your point?
03:16I was a laughingstock that day.
03:18You held my hand, so I never felt alone.
03:21What happened to us?
03:22We were always such a great team.
03:24You drove my mom into a tree.
03:26Hey, hey, hey, steady on.
03:36You okay?
03:37Yeah.
03:38My sister hates me, so, yeah, happy days.
03:42Are you sure you don't want me to come?
03:43Yes.
03:44This whole lodgement process is going to be really boring.
03:46Listen, I'm going to post your mom's letter
03:48while I'm in Yavvy Creek, okay?
03:49Yeah, right.
03:50Who's up for some footy?
03:51Hey!
03:52You're going down.
03:53No, don't throw that inside.
03:54Dad will kill you.
03:55Sorry, I'll get my runners on.
03:58Oh.
03:59Oh.
04:00Hey, listen, thank you for this.
04:01He really needs the distraction.
04:03I don't think he has any idea
04:04how long this adoption process could take.
04:06It's a big day for everybody.
04:07Yeah.
04:08Listen, thank you, you know,
04:09for what you shared with me.
04:11I really want to give him a safe and loving home
04:13the way Gary gave you one.
04:15Oh, he's a lucky kid.
04:16I feel pretty lucky too, actually.
04:17You know how you said you brought things over
04:20from New Zealand?
04:21Hold on to the memories?
04:24And that's what this is to me.
04:26Yeah, I get it.
04:28It's the meaning behind it.
04:30Connection with your mum.
04:32The thing is,
04:33I've wanted Lacey to be part of our family for ages.
04:37And you think maybe by giving her that
04:39it'll be a step in the right direction?
04:41I'm just not sure I can part with it.
04:44Am I being unfair?
04:45It's not my place to say.
04:47Well, I can see how much it means to you.
04:49So I guess it's worth asking
04:50if you were to give up the ring,
04:52would it actually solve anything with your sister?
05:01You're not letting me get past it that easy, are you?
05:03Yeah, my ego can't take another beating.
05:09Yes!
05:10I'm done.
05:12Finish.
05:12You're getting too good.
05:13Maybe you're just getting too old.
05:14I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that.
05:18I was only joking.
05:19I know, I know.
05:21You must be settling in all right then?
05:24Yeah, I think so.
05:25That's good.
05:26That's what we all want for you.
05:28Everyone's been so nice to me.
05:29Especially Rue.
05:31I don't know why she cares so much.
05:32She just does, mate.
05:33I remember having those kind of thoughts
05:36when I was your age.
05:36Really?
05:38Yeah, I had a little sister
05:39who was a bit of a handful,
05:40so I'd always find myself
05:41picking up odd jobs to do,
05:43trying to help out
05:43so the foster parents wouldn't give up on us.
05:46I'll go fill his up.
05:48All right, I'll race you.
05:49Go on through?
05:50Yeah.
05:51One, two, three.
05:52She gets everything she wants.
06:00It's so unfair.
06:01Well, how did Jo come across
06:02the ring in the first place?
06:03Well, she said that Dad gave it to her,
06:05but she probably slipped it
06:06off of Mom's finger.
06:08Okay.
06:09Maybe not.
06:10Look, I get why you're upset,
06:12but it kind of does sound like
06:14maybe you both deserve the ring.
06:16So what?
06:17We should draw up a custody agreement?
06:19No, I'm not saying that, baby.
06:20I'm just saying I can see both sides.
06:22No, no, after what she did to Mom,
06:23she doesn't deserve a thing.
06:24Okay.
06:26And she bangs on about family,
06:27but she doesn't care about how I feel.
06:29Well, have you explained to her
06:30why you want the ring,
06:31what it means to you?
06:32Yeah, she already knows.
06:34Does she?
06:35Or is it just insults
06:36that she heard from you today?
06:38Look, all I'm saying is that
06:40I think it's time for you two
06:42to have an actual grown-up conversation.
06:48Run up, run up, quick.
06:49Oh, no, no, no, put it down, put it down,
06:50put it down, put it down there.
06:52Nice.
06:53How's that work?
06:54Good, folks, go.
06:55Try to get past me.
06:56Ready?
06:59All right, again, again, again.
07:02All right.
07:06Hey, you should get in there
07:08and help Cash.
07:08You can do with your hand.
07:10Oh, I suck.
07:14How are you?
07:15Yeah, I'm good.
07:16I just lodged the adoption papers.
07:19Congratulations.
07:20Yeah, thank you.
07:21And the department said
07:22that he can stay with me
07:23while it's being assessed, so...
07:26Oh, listen, did you work things out
07:27with your girls at all?
07:28Afraid not.
07:30It's business as usual, those two.
07:32David!
07:33I hear that.
07:36I'm finally using my first name.
07:38I hear there's been some good news.
07:40Everything went okay?
07:41Yeah, yeah, all done.
07:42Now we just have to wait.
07:43Waiting's the best bit.
07:45I'm really happy for you, mate.
07:47You want to have a throw-around?
07:48I'd love to.
07:51Maybe some other time.
07:53Got to sort out some stuff at home.
07:55If you need to chat,
07:56just give me a call.
07:57Thanks.
07:57Hey, Sarge.
07:58Want to go again?
07:59No, come on.
08:00We've got to get home for dinner.
08:01Can Cash go?
08:02Oh, well, Cash has a life
08:03and a fiancée.
08:04Actually, Eden's with her sister tonight
08:06and I'd love to come if that's okay.
08:08And we promise no kicking
08:09a footy in the house.
08:09No kicking a footy in the house.
08:10We promise.
08:11Oh, well, how could I say no?
08:13In case you didn't know
08:16what?
08:19Thanks for sticking around.
08:22Taking some fresh air
08:23couldn't hurt, you know?
08:25You're full of surprises.
08:26You know that, right?
08:28I thought I was just complicated.
08:33Well, as you can see,
08:34my life isn't exactly problem-free either.
08:37Any idea what you're going to do?
08:40Giving the ring back to Lacey
08:42won't change her mind.
08:43She'll still blame me for mum's death.
08:47Why is it?
08:51There was a car accident.
08:55I was driving.
08:57I'm so sorry.
08:58I just can't even remember what happened.
09:01It's like my brain has
09:02blocked it out.
09:05But the police investigated
09:06and said I wasn't at fault.
09:08So why is Lacey still blaming you then?
09:10It's just...
09:12I can't accept that sometimes
09:13bad things happen for no reason.
09:17When my...
09:19oldest brother died,
09:21there was a lot of guilt and anger.
09:24A lot of accusations were thrown around.
09:26It took my family a long time to get past it.
09:29But we did.
09:30I hope Lacey and I can too.
09:33It's not just about us, you know?
09:34Other people get caught in the crossfire.
09:36You think I could?
09:42Yeah.
09:42Lacey wants to meet up.
09:44This is a mistake.
09:46Hey, you're just nervous, that's all.
09:48Just breathe,
09:49say what you need to say,
09:50and try not to pick a fight.
09:52Do you want me to stay?
09:53No.
09:54I can do this.
09:54Hi.
10:06Come in.
10:10So,
10:11this is where you've been staying.
10:14Nice.
10:16Which one's your room?
10:17Well, you're not here for a house tour.
10:19Why am I here?
10:22Take a seat.
10:23Take a seat.
10:24Do you remember the day that Dad took us to the jeweller
10:32and let us pick out the ring?
10:34I remember him looking like he was going to cry
10:36when he saw the price of the one we chose.
10:39Yeah, well,
10:40that vow renewal was pretty special.
10:44It was the last day that we were all in one place
10:46and happy.
10:49Yeah.
10:50Mum was so in love.
10:52That's why I want the ring.
10:54That's how I want to remember.
10:57Why do you think I wear it so close to my heart?
11:02I just don't think it's fair that you get the ring.
11:04Okay.
11:08But for Dad's sake,
11:09we can't keep fighting about it.
11:15No.
11:17I'm worried about him.
11:19That's why I didn't make a fuss when he sold the house.
11:22I can't tell you how many times
11:23I found him
11:24out in the barbecue area
11:26all by himself in the middle of the night.
11:28He's still grieving, Lacey.
11:32And all this,
11:33you and me,
11:34the ring,
11:35none of it's helping.
11:37Maybe there's another solution.
11:38My cash said he's nearly ready for the make.
11:44Oh, perfect.
11:45And there you go.
11:46You all right?
11:49Hey, listen,
11:49how was your shift?
11:50You must be missing Irene.
11:51Oh, I miss her terribly.
11:53The diner's very empty without her.
11:55Very glad to be here with my family and friends.
11:58Can I help?
11:59No, I got this.
12:01And you said you did odd jobs as a kid.
12:03What sort of stuff did you do?
12:04Oh, just do whatever needed doing.
12:06I'd chop up the wood,
12:07I'd mow the lawns,
12:08just do anything I could.
12:11In fact,
12:11I actually got a part-time job in town at one point.
12:15So, what's going on here?
12:16You two aren't mucking about with my Barbie, are you?
12:18Absolutely not, sir.
12:19Just getting her started for you.
12:20Right, thanks.
12:20I'll set the table.
12:21I can do that.
12:22Hey, why don't you stay out here
12:24and learn the art of barbecuing
12:25from the man in charge?
12:29Have you ever cooked on a Barbie before?
12:32How's Cohen going out there?
12:34Never seen a kid more at home.
12:37The key to it all
12:38is the temperature of the plate.
12:41Right now, if you're cooking bangers like this,
12:43it's good to cook them a bit first
12:44before you butterfly them.
12:45What does that mean?
12:53What's this for?
12:55I can't remember the last time
12:56I bought you a wine.
13:00Well,
13:01look at you two.
13:03Don't get too excited.
13:06You text and say anything
13:07about your sister coming.
13:14So, what's all this about?
13:16We've come to an agreement
13:18about the ring.
13:19It was Lacey's idea.
13:21We want you to keep the ring.
13:24We know it was very special to you two.
13:26And this way,
13:27there's nothing for us to fight over.
13:44And more.
13:45No, please stay.
13:46I did what I came to do.
13:47I'll get you a drink.
14:05Hey.
14:07You've gone a while.
14:08How'd you go?
14:09Good.
14:10It's all sorted.
14:11Dad gets the ring.
14:13You know,
14:13that does sound to me
14:14like a compromise.
14:16Yes.
14:17You're right.
14:18Ooh.
14:18There's progress.
14:19Yeah.
14:20It does feel better
14:21to, you know,
14:22let it go.
14:23So what now?
14:25You guys talking again?
14:25Oh, no.
14:26Nothing's changed.
14:27You just spent all that time together.
14:29Yeah.
14:29It was just to sort out the ring.
14:30Now it's done.
14:31We don't need to speak.
14:32Ever again.
14:36Tonight felt like real progress.
14:38Lacey might have walked out,
14:40but at least she walked in.
14:42It was just good to finally see
14:43you both getting along.
14:46Yeah.
14:46You approach her at the right moment.
14:48She's, uh,
14:49actually reasonable.
14:50Who knew?
14:53You all right?
14:54Yeah.
14:57The irony.
14:59I gave your mum
15:00an eternal earring.
15:02No.
15:03It's not fair, is it?
15:06It was pretty clear
15:07what this ring means
15:08to the two of you,
15:09but
15:09it means a lot to me, too.
15:12Dad, you should have said no
15:13when I asked for it.
15:14I wanted you to be okay.
15:17I don't want you
15:17worrying about me.
15:18I do, though.
15:20People don't.
15:23I better swing by the station.
15:25I'll see you, darling.
15:28Yeah, don't work too hard.
15:33Hey.
15:33Hey.
15:34Thanks for letting me
15:35overshare earlier.
15:36Oh, anytime.
15:37You doing better?
15:38I had a little chat with Lacey.
15:40And you're smiling about it.
15:41That's new.
15:42I think we've finally
15:44turned the corner.
15:45That's good.
15:46Did you tell your dad
15:46because he didn't look so good?
15:48And he
15:49doesn't smile much lately.
15:52But
15:52I think Lacey and I
15:54can help with that.
15:54Oh.
15:55Good luck.
15:59Well,
16:00that was a flaming good feed.
16:01Did you just compliment
16:02your own cooking?
16:03Ten counts.
16:05I'll give you a hand
16:05with that, Maz.
16:05Oh, no, you're a guest, Cash.
16:07Sit down.
16:07Yeah, guests aren't
16:08allowed to help.
16:08I can do it.
16:09I'm not a guest.
16:10Well,
16:11if I'm off the hook,
16:12then I'll head on down the road.
16:13Thanks so much for having me.
16:14Oh, it's our pleasure.
16:15And maybe
16:16we can do this again
16:17after my adoption's finalised.
16:19Hey, you know,
16:20when that is finalised,
16:21we'll definitely need to celebrate.
16:22You're too right, mate.
16:23Joining the family
16:24is a real good excuse
16:25to have a party.
16:26Maybe you can make
16:27those shepherd's bar again?
16:28Oh, darling, yes, of course.
16:29Listen, thank you so much for coming.
16:31He loves spending time with you.
16:32It's my pleasure.
16:32All right, mate.
16:33See ya.
16:33Bye, see ya.
16:34See ya.
16:45Thanks for coming.
16:52Dad's okay with the ring, right?
16:53I thought it was all sorted.
16:55Yeah.
16:56We need to talk about Dad.
16:58I think he's really struggling.
17:01Okay.
17:01Why are you telling me?
17:03We need to do something.
17:04We could encourage him
17:05to go to counselling
17:06or maybe spend some time
17:07with him together.
17:08Look, if you want to help Dad,
17:09go for it.
17:09There's no way in this.
17:10Hang on.
17:11I thought everything changed.
17:12Why?
17:12Because you bought me
17:13a glass of wine.
17:14Lacey, Dad's still grieving.
17:18Us fighting only makes that worse.
17:19And it's my fault.
17:20He needs us both.
17:26You're right about one thing.
17:28Dad spends a lot of time
17:29looking after me,
17:30but there is a reason for that.
17:32Here we go.
17:33When I think about the accident,
17:36I freeze.
17:38It's like I have these panic attacks.
17:41I can't breathe,
17:42and I'm still there.
17:43reliving what happened to Mom
17:45over and over again.
17:47Sucks to be here.
17:48Lacey, I'm...
17:49No, no, no.
17:49I'm serious.
17:50Save it.
17:51Nothing that you will say
17:52is going to make this my problem.
18:01I'm so sick of my family.
18:02I have, like,
18:02one conversation with Jo
18:03when she just acts
18:04like we're besties again.
18:05What did she say?
18:06Wait, the victim card.
18:07Again.
18:07It's like she now has panic attacks
18:09after she thinks about the accident.
18:11Okay, maybe she has PTSD.
18:13Yeah, whatever it is.
18:13I don't care.
18:14All right, well,
18:14are you hearing yourself?
18:17It sounds most of me.
18:19You know what?
18:20No.
18:21Never mind.
18:21No, you've got something to say.
18:22Say it.
18:23Oh, you want to know?
18:23Yes.
18:24This version of you
18:25that acts like this
18:26and talks like this,
18:28it's not the Lacey
18:30that I fell in love with.
18:31Morning.
18:40Hey, how'd it go with your sister?
18:42Oh, hey, what's happened?
18:43Hey.
18:45I was wrong.
18:48I thought we were on the right track,
18:49but she's...
18:51she's never going to forgive me.
18:53You're okay.
18:53Nothing's ever going to change.
18:55All right, just breathe.
18:55Hey, it's okay.
18:56It's okay.
18:56Just breathe.
18:57Just breathe.
18:57Yeah?
18:58Come on, take a seat.
18:58Take a seat.
18:59I've got you.
18:59I've got you.
19:00Here we go.
19:01Just breathe.
19:02Just breathe.
19:02Okay?
19:03Nicely slow.
19:05It's good.
19:05I've got you.
19:07Joe.
19:14Joe did something
19:14that was completely unforgivable
19:16and she's taken no responsibility for it.
19:18I cannot just get over that.
19:19You're so sure about what happened
19:20the day that your mum died.
19:21What if you're wrong?
19:24I've changed my mind about the money.
19:26It's an extremely generous offer
19:27and I'd like to accept it.
19:28That's great.
19:29I mean, that's all I've wanted.
19:30I'm going to use it
19:31to hire a private investigator
19:32to look into the accident.
19:34Police have already done that.
19:35I know.
19:36And they couldn't figure it out.
19:37So let's see if someone else can.
19:38I'll see if someone else can.
19:39I'll see you in the next one.
19:43I'll see you in the next one.
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