- 2 days ago
Rachel and Brad are stunned to learn that they have a half-sister, Tam. Before they can come to terms with the situation, Tam is left behind by her mother who shoots through. A fast friendship is struck between fellow outsiders Tam and Rory.
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00:01we're gonna have to see each other at work how are we gonna negotiate that I've already thought
00:05about that too what's this my resignation who are these people that's Jack and my mum and that's
00:17Rachel she loses us hey that's a bag what are you doing looking for this watch the idea why
00:26she'd steal a photo of Rachel hi to you who are you and where's my daughter did a runner when
00:47she
00:47found out that I was on to her it's not I don't know what your problem is but if you've
00:51done anything
00:52to hurt all of me is your daughter thinks she can walk into anyone's house and help herself to
00:56whatever she wants she took these from my place I found them in your car she's not a bad kid
01:03but
01:04we've been having a hard time I'm really sorry but you've got your stuff so there's no need to take
01:09this any further you realize it's illegal to camp in your car here but if you want to stay you
01:14should
01:14go to the caravan park okay right so don't tell me you're gonna call the cops no they already know
01:22I'm sorry I really am I didn't mean to be rude you're not gonna charge Tam are you no I'm
01:30not
01:30gonna find you either as long as you don't stay here tonight I'm gonna be back there to make sure
01:34that you're not here okay well as soon as Tam gets back I promise you we're out of here you
01:39didn't see
01:39where she went yeah towards the beach have any idea why she'd steal a picture of Rachel Armstrong I don't
01:48know it's um it's a nice friend I suppose yeah well any more of this she's gonna find herself in
01:56big
02:12trouble well he thinks my face is too crowded well it's honestly find something more permanent which
02:19won't be easy actually since he's out of work now yeah it's like the sort of thing that everyone gets
02:23excited about I'm not disrupting anything am I uh no I've got come in because seriously I have outdone
02:30myself this morning this is banana bread like you have never tasted out of this world you're gonna
02:34have some um I'm all right I gotta get back to work I'll see you later hi something I said
02:39she did say
02:41she was in a bit of a rush I'm just gonna have to give her more types out yeah my
02:46two best
02:47friends aren't speaking it's upsetting I hate this too Leah I hate all of it I can't believe Brad
02:53has quit his job I'm just worried about what's gonna happen to him yeah well Rachel's just saying
02:57the same thing I just wish there was something I could do to make it okay so there's no chance
03:03of
03:03getting out of school today absolutely none if you go to the beach or go somewhere really cool yeah okay
03:10who's gonna get to the bad guys if I'm hanging out at the beach there's not how many bad guys
03:14in the
03:14some of it yeah only because I turn up to work every day you know I don't think your mum
03:19would
03:19appreciate it she'd never leave you with me again we just won't tell her how's it going at school with
03:27the other kids nothing's changed still don't have any friends of course you do what about Annie
03:33she's always busy doing extra study yeah it'll get better hey um I want you to have this well what
03:44for you just got it back yeah but you know I was studying it used to the idea that it
03:48wasn't gonna
03:48come back looks better on you anyway yeah it's got a stopwatch you must go diving with it you're
03:55serious you're gonna give it to me uh-huh my dad gave me a watch when I started high school
04:00it's a big
04:01thing I mean especially for you you've achieved so much so early it's cool thanks
04:17hello um Brad have you got a minute before class I've got a fair bit to do oh it's just
04:22that we
04:22need to finalize the year 12 debating team there's six applicants we need to narrow the field I'm happy
04:27leaving that to you well it's just that you're at the interviews okay we can talk um and there's also
04:34the schedule for who's going to take over the supervision of your study periods once you're
04:38gone well after the end of next week that won't be my problem I'd still like your input um what
04:44I'd
04:44like even more is if you change your mind about leaving at the moment I'm seeing if there's anything
04:49going at Yabby Creek or the primary school or maybe something different altogether never wanted to be
04:55anything but a teacher things change don't they I just hate to see you throw it all away that doesn't
05:04concern you anymore eat faster if he comes back and sees the car they were busted nice work by the
05:17way stealing from a cop how was I supposed to know Tam seriously I am this close to the edge
05:24you've ruined
05:26the whole thing now we can't go back to that house not with a cop leaving me we just have
05:32to try him
05:33instead look no offense woman but so far none of this is worked out you like living out of the
05:40car
05:40do you what do you reckon then try to be a bit more supportive this is for your benefit so
05:45what's
05:46the deal why did you nick all that stuff from our place beat it will you I was trying to
05:50be nice and
05:50this is how you pay me back by stealing your stuff sweetie you're gonna be late for school if you
05:55don't
05:55get a move on okay you're trying to make me look like an idiot listen I'm really sorry and so's
06:00Tam she
06:00didn't mean to upset you she doesn't look sorry oh really I am crying on the inside all right ignore
06:06her she doesn't mean it oh there's no rush settle up when you're ready thanks um you wouldn't happen to
06:13know where I could find Brad Armstrong oh at this hour he'd be up at the school of course
06:20Craig is not the right choice for the team why not he is confident he is articulate yeah which means
06:25he's always going for the easy joke which is a great way to get an audience on site look Nicola
06:30was on the team he's not the right choice for the team
06:30on the debating team at her old school look if you've already made up your mind why bother asking
06:35my opinion because I thought that perhaps we would be able to discuss this reasonably sorry I know we're
06:40not letting anyone get a word in Paul I was thinking you two should try it for the debating team
06:45all right
06:48look um if you think that Craig is the best choice then that's good enough for me hello can I
06:56help you I'm
06:57looking for Brad Armstrong do you know where I can find him yeah that's me what can I do for
07:02you
07:06hi hey what do you do back from school I've got some news and I'm warning you it's gonna be
07:11a shock
07:13okay if that was meant to panic me it's worked apparently our father's been keeping a few more
07:18secrets than we thought come with me what's going on just come on
07:28Rachel this is Heather McCabe she used to work with dad and this is her daughter Tamsin
07:34she's our half sister
07:44so for about six months or so I worked with your father in theaters I was always on his roster
07:51so we
07:51spent a lot of time together he used to say I was the best scrub nurse he'd ever had at
07:56the table so
07:57he just what he forgot to mention that he was married with the family look it's the oldest story
08:03in the book and I fell for it his wife didn't understand him he was gonna leave but we were
08:08gonna start a life together he was charming and funny he said all the right things when I found out
08:15I was
08:15pregnant I actually thought he might be happy let me guess he dumped you not only that he said he
08:23didn't want anyone to know about the baby I had to quit my job and move away he said that
08:28was the
08:28only way I was gonna get any child support dad all over apart from the money I never heard from
08:34him
08:34again when Tam was born I wrote to him and asked if he wanted to see her he didn't even
08:40bother to
08:40answer maybe the adults should talk about this in private the guy's complete jerk he doesn't give
08:47his stuff about me are you telling me something I don't already know but he did at least give you
08:53child support though right yeah that check would turn up every month wasn't a lot but it was enough
08:57to get by on till it just only stopped coming about eight months ago dad ran into some trouble I
09:08can't
09:09believe this Tim how old are you 15 did you have any idea that this was going on that he
09:20was cheating no
09:26all right all right I'm sorry but I have to ask why are you here you've kept this a secret
09:33from us this
09:33long I mean why why bother telling us now sorry didn't see standing there what's that look for nothing
09:58don't give it to me what are you gonna do boy who's is this it's mine we told him it
10:08was dangerous
10:08chucking it around like that it hurt someone is there anything going on here that I need to know about
10:15no nothing good and let's keep it that way it was a mother and her teenage daughter I didn't catch
10:23their names without looking for Brad I still here how they all live together is there a problem no
10:28nothing you need to worry about you know who this woman is check you'd probably want to talk to Brad
10:39about that hey mate yeah I've just been thinking what's the point of having this watch that you can go
10:45diving with you're not going to use it so what do you reckon you'll learn how to dive yeah I
10:50guess well
10:51there's some great spots around here we could check them out okay sure oh cool well we'll get on to
10:58that look at that daddy give you a present did he just get lost so things haven't exactly been easy
11:11for
11:11us especially now the money's dried up well have you thought about going back to nursing so as if
11:17dad's reputation needs to be saved anymore I want to do that I really do but there there are other
11:24areas
11:24of my life I need to concentrate on first she's addicted to the poke do we really need the running
11:29commentary tab we haven't got all day I'm trying to speed it along look I'm not proud of myself okay
11:33I
11:34had a kid to look after I didn't have a job and I was going stir-crazy living in the
11:37shoebox of a
11:38flat I was in I just went up to the local club one day you know I thought I just
11:44put five bucks in
11:46the pokies just a bit of fun I don't need to tell you the rest so you here looking for
11:53money have you
11:54got any no I'm not after money what I want is to get my life back on track I want
12:00my daughter to have
12:01the sort of life she deserves but I've got a problem and I need to get help and I'm finally
12:07admitting that
12:10you didn't think I'd have woken up sooner maybe after the first time we got evicted for not paying
12:16the rent or the second or the third we've been living in our car for a week since the last
12:22landlord
12:22threw us out well listen I can organize a treatment facility for you if that if that's what you want
12:31I've already done that for myself a place has come up in a six-week retreat program and when I
12:38come
12:38back me and Tam are gonna make a fresh start aren't we yeah well that's the plan the problem is
12:47the
12:47retreat starts tomorrow and they've moved heaven and earth to get me into it but you're Tam's family
12:53what I want is to leave her here I need you to look after her for me and maybe you
12:58can all get to
12:58know each other I think it's about time don't you don't forget your homework we check that first
13:08thing tomorrow good work tonight Rory thanks can you please move
13:50it's not that we're not sympathetic she's your sister and that we're not set up for this I
13:55work crazy hours I'm just about to start taking on a couple of interns I don't even have a permanent
14:00address right now you want us to feel sorry for you willing about a car right now all right that's
14:06something that I can help with if you want I will organize for a social worker to provide accommodation
14:10and support for Tam if you do that I'm leaving okay so I give up on the retreat is that
14:15what you want
14:15but what about your family Heather surely they can help I don't have any family her old man's a drunk
14:21he can't even look after himself well my mother died when I was Tam's age so I don't have any
14:25brothers or sisters you don't know what it's like to have no one to help you you don't know what
14:31it's
14:31like to have to beg do you think I'm enjoying this what's we don't you must know how hard it
14:37is to get
14:37past an addiction every second of every day there's a part of me that wants to be down at the
14:42pub
14:44it's only a few weeks but it means everything to me and Tam it's gonna change our lives I'm sorry
14:52we do want the chance to get to know you of course we do but we we're not in a
14:56position to say yes to
14:57this waste of time I told you you two have had every privilege a middle-class education could
15:06give you your father gave you that but not her thanks for your help both of you
15:25I wish dad had left when he found out Heather was pregnant I wish he just walked out and mum
15:29would never have been in that accident how can we be related to him he's got no regard for anyone
15:35but himself what about us are we being selfish here well I don't know she is our sister but I
15:41don't know if this is our problem yeah it's sad that dad screwed up their lives too but I keep
15:46coming back to the same point you know we didn't have anything to do with this yeah but neither did
16:00ten hey aren't you meant to be at school are you crying why would you care who said I did
16:09I'm not
16:10crying I'm just angry yeah so am I why you know that what you took off me don't tell me
16:17you're in
16:17trouble because of that no Jack gave me the watch cool it was until this jerk at school he took
16:25it
16:25on me just for a laugh he did a show from his friends why is punch me in the face
16:31because there
16:32was three of them and one of me I guess that's a good enough reason so you guys on the
16:38run or what
16:39why would you think that well you live in a car and you can tell me my family isn't a
16:46normal either
16:47yeah no kidding
16:51my mum she's messed up big time
16:56we came here to see my brother and sister well half brother and half sister
17:02mum wanted to know if I could stay with them for a while they said no I don't know what
17:09we're going to do mum she's just gonna use it as an excuse not to get help anyway my sister
17:17she's so
17:18stuck up but just because she's a doctor and my brother he's a teacher it's like people would live with
17:24them anyway do you mean Rachel and mr. Armstrong yeah not nice people dare your brother and sister
17:35huh sir if you're living with them you'd be living with me in our house I would be but I'm
17:42not I told
17:43you they don't want me around too bad but I'd like to hang around if you didn't pinch my stuff
17:50that is
17:54yeah about that these guys who are giving you a hard time where do they hang out
18:05I can beat that score I'll play you for the watch for your sister or something no his cousin what
18:16it's getting thrashed in front of your mates bring it on you paint
18:26what the watch you've got a win first it's the price put it on the table
18:38hey give it back get lost your face it's his watch you can't do that that's total scam now oh
18:44yeah
18:44yeah yeah yeah yeah the flaming hell's going on here nothing I just dropped his watch well that
18:50better be all it was because I don't want any trouble you understand don't worry we haven't
19:01we've been looking for you everywhere why I'm sorry going to the pub no she
19:07hasn't
19:08listen we haven't handled this very well once you come back and just talk to us
19:17please it's not that we don't want to know you absolutely it's just we need
19:21time to absorb the whole thing we just can't have you stay with us I'm never
19:25home anyway and as of next week I'm out of the job so I'll be spending all of
19:29my time looking for one I'm 15 I don't need a babysitter well even so we don't
19:34think it's a good idea taking on a teenager is a huge responsibility and
19:39we're just not in a position to say yes to that do I get to say I live there too
19:43and I want him to stay she rocks okay we should go I don't want to take up any
19:47more of your time I'm sorry for getting your home sir well we'll call and make
19:51the appointment with the social worker all right I'll fix up the bill
20:02Brad did Jack catch up with you he was he's asking after that woman that you
20:06were sitting with and her daughter is everything all right do you really want
20:09to know sir all right I'll tell you that girl is my half sister it turns out that
20:15my father was cheating on my mother with that woman I've got nowhere to live I
20:19don't have a job and I don't have a relationship so is everything all right
20:23no it's not but thank you for your concern
20:36I shouldn't have gone off at her I know she's only trying to help
20:39well I wouldn't lose any sleep over it she left you at the altar
20:4610 what are you doing here I thought you guys had already hit the right mom
20:49dropped me off she's on her way to the retreat hang on she can't do that we said
20:54no you don't get mom she asked you nicely she was never going to take no for an
21:01answer sorry he stuck with me
21:07she's trying to whip her son off from his inheritance what were you and Mr. Brown
21:11doing in a motel room what will happen when her lies are exposed what plus one
21:17mistake will leave her trapped get away from me but the nightmare is just
21:22beginning a special one hour home and away tomorrow