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Xavier learns the truth about what happened to Romeo’s step-father. Geoff lashes out and then breaks Ruby’s heart. Leah reaches rock bottom.
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00:01When Jay Ligaya arrives, will it be the start of new relationships?
00:07Will the bad boy win her innocent heart?
00:14And will he say goodbye to the one he loves?
00:16It all starts next on Seven's Home and Away.
00:20Previously on Home and Away.
00:23You're the one who came to me asking for help.
00:26If you're going to get precious about every decision I make, this isn't going to live.
00:29Where's the guy from the surf club?
00:30Let's go this way.
00:32Where are you going?
00:32This doesn't look good.
00:34Liam!
00:35It's coming!
00:36I'm serious.
00:37He's going to need a fair bit of rehab.
00:39Right.
00:41So now Hazm's in hospital, Leah's all messed up and I'm scarred for life.
00:45But oh no wait, the person we should feel sorry for most is Ruby.
00:48Romeo's the only family I've got.
00:49Do you want to know why?
00:50Stop it.
00:51Because my mum left us both after she lost her marbles.
00:53And you want to know why she lost her marbles?
00:55Because I killed her abusive, violent husband.
01:05My stepdad was a violent drunk.
01:08He was a coward.
01:09He used to hit my mum.
01:12One night he got out of control.
01:14He was going to kill her.
01:17And me and Kied him over the back of the head with my cricket bat.
01:19She killed him.
01:22It was an accident.
01:23She just wanted him to stop.
01:25Then how come she ended up in duty?
01:28Because mum freaked out and took off.
01:31We had no one to back up our story.
01:34No money to pay for a decent lawyer.
01:36Yeah, but you were just kids.
01:38How could they lock her up without even proof that she meant to do it?
01:43Ming told everyone that she hated him.
01:45That he deserved to die.
01:46That she'd happily do it again if she had to.
01:50Kind of made it hard for the cops to believe it wasn't intentional.
01:55Man, that's tough.
01:58Yeah.
02:01And that's why she's tough on everyone else.
02:21Hello?
02:24Leah?
02:25Hello.
02:28Hey.
02:30Um, it's been a bit quiet at work,
02:33so I thought we'd come over and take you out for afternoon tea.
02:35That's nice, but I've just eaten.
02:38Oh, that's okay.
02:39What about a coffee, then?
02:40Um, I don't really feel like going out.
02:43Well, that's okay.
02:45We can put the kettle on and stay here.
02:47Uh, you don't mind going to the surf club without me, do you?
02:50No, no, that's fine.
02:51I've got some work stuff I can take care of.
02:53All right, I'll see you later.
02:55See you.
02:55Bye.
02:59Okay.
03:01First things first.
03:02I want to know what's going on.
03:05I think I'm fine.
03:07Leah.
03:09What is it?
03:11Um, I'm terrified.
03:16What?
03:17Everything.
03:29I'm sorry, Ruby.
03:31I didn't mean to say those things.
03:37You were only doing what you thought was right,
03:38and you couldn't have known what was going to happen,
03:40so I don't blame you, okay?
03:42You're just saying that.
03:44Well, I've just apologised.
03:45What more can I say?
03:47Jeff.
03:48I don't want an apology.
03:50I want to know that you genuinely don't blame me.
03:52I don't.
03:52Well, then why say all that stuff?
03:55I don't know.
03:55Well, you've obviously been thinking it.
03:57Yeah, well, I was just...
03:59blowing off steam.
04:00I mean, you were the only person there,
04:01and I was sorry as soon as I said it.
04:05You're just not like you.
04:06You're so...
04:07You're angry.
04:10Not at you, though.
04:12Well, who with them?
04:12With the rioters?
04:14Yes.
04:16I'm angry with everyone,
04:17and I'm angry with no one.
04:21Jeff, you haven't done nothing wrong.
04:21Look, I don't want to talk about it anymore, okay?
04:24Jeff.
04:24Look, Ruby, I don't know who I'm angry with.
04:26I don't know.
04:31So how long have you been feeling like this?
04:35Um, since I came back from the hospital.
04:38Why didn't you tell me?
04:40You've been at work.
04:42You've been busy.
04:42Yeah, it's more important.
04:44It's also important that you let me know
04:46that you've been too frightened to leave the house.
04:48I did go to the diner the morning after the riot.
04:52And since then?
04:55You've been to visit Hazen?
04:59Did you go in for a check-up?
05:05Leah, don't tell me that you have not left this house for a whole week.
05:11Rachel, I've tried.
05:14Every day I tell myself to stop being paranoid.
05:17I grab my bag, my keys, but by the time I get to the front door,
05:22my heart is pounding so hard that it hurts.
05:24And the thought of going outside almost stops me breathing, Rachel.
05:28I don't know what to do.
05:40Not exactly bursting at the seams, are we?
05:42No, it'll pick up, mate.
05:44Do better.
05:45I'm counting on it.
05:46How did you order that new equipment?
05:48What new equipment?
05:49The new equipment we agreed upon, remember?
05:52Look, I know you've got your hands full,
05:54but if you're too busy, I'll order it myself.
05:56Oh, hang on.
05:57We didn't exactly finish talking about that, did we?
06:00What do you want to have?
06:01A meeting?
06:02Pass a resolution?
06:03Have a vote?
06:04No, that won't be necessary,
06:05but I just think you should slow down a little bit.
06:07Mate, if you were any slower, you'd be in reverse.
06:10That's the difference between you and me.
06:11I'm not afraid to take action.
06:13Look, people don't want to just go to the gym anymore.
06:15They want a gym experience.
06:17So what do you think it's going to take to get them back in here?
06:20Oh, I don't know, John.
06:21Maybe good service.
06:23In fact, they're the only gym in town.
06:25Well, where are they, John?
06:27You've got to spend money to make money, mate.
06:30Uh, and give me an ETA on that equipment when you have one, eh?
06:40Oh, g'day, boys.
06:41How's your day?
06:42Yeah, fine.
06:43Mate, could you give us a hand to shift that skip when you get a minute?
06:46I can give your hand now, if you like.
06:47Oh, great.
06:49See you, mate.
06:52Back so soon.
06:55So, did Romeo fill you in on all the gory details?
07:00Yeah.
07:05I just wanted to say that what happened to her, I think it really sucks.
07:11I mean, if I was in your shoes, I would have done the same thing.
07:16I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
07:18He means everything to me.
07:20Who does?
07:21Who do you think?
07:24Oh, I get it.
07:25Romeo told you I did it to save mum, right?
07:28I didn't kill that animal to save my mum.
07:31I did it to save my brother.
07:42Why'd your mum stay with him?
07:43She had that victim mentality.
07:46She thought she deserved him.
07:50He used to come home loaded and angry,
07:53just looking for her to say the wrong thing so he could lay into her.
07:58How long did that go on for?
07:59Until Romeo was about 14 and just big enough to get in between them.
08:04What do you mean?
08:05Well, he figured if he got in the middle,
08:08then he'd cop the beatings and dad would leave mum alone.
08:11So Romeo deliberately provoked him or something?
08:13Yeah.
08:15He took the heat on himself to protect her.
08:19If you think I'm tough, I've got nothing on my brother.
08:24So what really happened that night, then?
08:26No worries, Mr Stewart.
08:27Anytime.
08:28You'll have to ask Romeo.
08:30Enjoy.
08:37Rubes.
08:39Hey.
08:40What's up?
08:41Sorry for lugging Liz on you.
08:43You must think I'm pathetic.
08:45You're not pathetic.
08:47You sound like someone who's having a reaction to a traumatic event.
08:51A reaction?
08:51Yes.
08:53Maybe mild agoraphobia or post-traumatic stress.
08:57It's not a diagnosis, but it's somewhere to start.
09:00You'd have to see a psychologist to be sure.
09:03I think I just need to get some rest.
09:05Okay?
09:05Leah.
09:12Leah.
09:13This can all be controlled with a little bit of counselling and maybe some antidepressants.
09:18The quicker that you deal with this, the quicker life can get back to being the way that you want
09:22it to be.
09:22And that includes occasionally seeing daylight.
09:25But, Rachel, you think that going outside is going to make everything better?
09:30I mean, Rachel, I...
09:33I feel really guilty.
09:36Hey.
09:37Listen.
09:38What happened to Hazem was not your fault.
09:42I can't even see him.
09:43I can't even speak to him on the phone.
09:45How terrible is that?
09:47You're being way too hard on yourself.
09:49This sort of thing happens once in a lifetime.
09:53What happened if he asked me to go and see him again?
09:56Then you just explain that...
09:57What do I explain?
09:59Explain what?
09:59That I'm terrified to leave my own house?
10:02After what he's been through?
10:06Then get help, Leah.
10:09Please.
10:11Hi.
10:20Hey.
10:21Hello.
10:21Oh.
10:22You don't normally work this late, do you?
10:24No, I don't.
10:25There just seems to be a heck of a lot more work going on since His Royal Highness has taken
10:28over.
10:29Oh.
10:29Things not working out, then.
10:31Oh, he's unbelievable, Gina.
10:32He's just...
10:33He's so arrogant, you know?
10:35And now that he's holding the purse strings, he can afford to be.
10:37You just need to give back as good as you get.
10:39He'll back off.
10:40Ah.
10:40It's meant to be a business partner.
10:42She's doing a lot of footy match.
10:43It's just the way John is.
10:45And if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have a business.
10:47Well, maybe that'd be better, eh?
10:49Oh, yes, because unemployment's so much fun.
10:52It's not like we're out of the woods or anything.
10:54You know, and apart from this cash injection, I'm not sure if he's actually won us any fans.
10:57I mean, how's his stance on human rights?
11:00You know?
11:00What's going on there?
11:01And then the way he spends money.
11:03Look, whatever he is, he knows a thing or two about running a business.
11:07Yeah.
11:08Look, I'm sorry.
11:08I don't expect you to understand.
11:11Why wouldn't I?
11:13Well, I know you guys are, you know, kind of close.
11:18I don't think that's the best way to describe it at the moment.
11:22John's been keeping his distance a bit recently.
11:25Really?
11:25Since when?
11:27Since you guys' death.
11:29John and I have barely spoken, so you don't need to worry about a conflict of interest on my part.
11:36I know it seems kind of poor for me talking to an ex-boyfriend about my car-boyfriend,
11:40but I just need to talk to someone, and I thought you know me so well that it would be
11:44really helpful if you could just...
11:44It's cool, Bruce.
11:46I'm kind of glad for the distraction.
11:49Okay, I just can't understand where Jeff's coming from.
11:52He's not acting like himself at all.
11:54It doesn't sound like him.
11:56And blaming you for the rally, that's just stupid.
12:00You're only trying to help people who couldn't help themselves,
12:02and that's a really good thing.
12:05Okay, so you don't think he was lying when he apologised?
12:08I wouldn't think so.
12:10I just wish he'd talk to me.
12:12There's more to this than just what happened at the diner, I'm sure of it.
12:15Like what?
12:16I don't know.
12:17I don't even think Jeff knows.
12:20So, what do I do?
12:24She had no right to tell you.
12:25Okay, just calm down.
12:28You think she could keep a mouth shut just once?
12:29She's proud of you.
12:31What you did took real guts.
12:33You were a hero.
12:34I'm no hero, okay?
12:36She shouldn't have told you any of that stuff.
12:38Okay, if you say so.
12:40I'm sorry.
12:42It's just, Ming likes to make out like it's nothing,
12:44and that's just how she deals with it,
12:46but it's not how I feel.
12:47I understand.
12:48I won't ask any more questions.
12:53No, look.
12:55It's okay.
12:58It's good to talk about it with someone, I guess.
13:05The day it happened,
13:06my stepfather had just lost his job
13:09and was looking for someone to take it out on.
13:12I tried to fight him off.
13:16But he was a big guy.
13:21Crazy.
13:22He had this look in his eye.
13:26And I just knew that if he kept it up,
13:28I was dead.
13:32Anyway,
13:34next thing I know,
13:35he's lying on the floor next to me.
13:38And Ming's standing there with my cricket bat.
13:42He fell and
13:43hit his head on the corner of the coffee table.
13:47That's what actually killed him.
13:49Of course, Ming likes to leave that bit out.
13:54She saved my life.
13:58And did time for it.
14:08You know, when the new equipment arrives,
14:09I might rearrange some other stuff as well.
14:12Oh, come on, mate.
14:13The layout here is appalling.
14:15You can't just throw stuff around willy-nilly.
14:17There's got to be some sort of logical progression.
14:20Is there something you want me for, John?
14:21Because I'm kind of busy here.
14:23Smart businessmen's always willing to learn.
14:25Yeah, well, you know what?
14:26I'm really not that interested.
14:27So why don't you go hawk your advice somewhere else?
14:29Well, that's where people like you
14:31always make the same mistake.
14:32People like me?
14:33Yeah.
14:34It's people like you
14:35who incite others to the point of violence
14:36and then get all shocked when it blows up.
14:38I'm allowed to have an opinion.
14:40You know, I didn't ask people to break the law.
14:42Yeah, well, your opinion, mate,
14:43got a very good bloke nearly beaten to death.
14:45Do you got any remorse about that?
14:46Yeah, I'm very sorry that Hazem was hurt,
14:48but I'm not responsible for it.
14:50Yeah, well, John,
14:50you keep telling yourself that, mate.
14:52Maybe one day you'll believe it.
14:54Look, I don't ask you to think like me,
14:56so how come I've got to think like you?
14:58I don't know, John,
14:59maybe because if people thought you were a half-decent bloke,
15:02you know, it might actually be good for business.
15:05And where are you going?
15:06I'm taking the rest of the day off.
15:08Great way to run a gym.
15:10Well, I'll tell you what, mate,
15:11you're so good at it,
15:12why don't you give it a crack, eh?
15:27Hey.
15:28Hey.
15:29Jeff, I hate us fighting.
15:30Can you just tell me what I need to do
15:31to help us move on?
15:34Of course, you've not even...
15:35Jeff?
15:36Jeff?
15:37Hey.
15:38I think you're pretty clever, aren't you?
15:39Excuse me?
15:40Getting away with it?
15:41Having a drink, joking around.
15:42That guy's in intensive care because of you.
15:44You're off your head.
15:44Am I? Am I?
15:45So what, you didn't do this?
15:46Jeff, it's...
15:47Hey, I said look at it!
15:48Stop it!
15:48You don't!
15:49Cut it out!
15:50He's one of the rivals!
15:51Hey, that's busy.
15:52Yeah, just...
15:53Back...
15:53Back...
15:54I want the cops called.
15:55He attacked me!
15:55Get away!
15:56I want him charged.
16:04A bit dark in here, isn't it?
16:06I've got a bit of a migraine.
16:08Oh, yes.
16:09Nasty things, migraines.
16:11Yeah, Alf told me you weren't feeling too good,
16:13so I baked you my famous chicken and kiwi fruit casserole.
16:17It's been known to reduce grown men to tears.
16:20Miss Colleen is very kind of you.
16:21Yeah, my Aunty Ida used to say that good food makes you smile on the inside.
16:29Oh, Pet, I was only joking about the tears.
16:33Oh, gosh.
16:34Oh, there, there, there, there, there.
16:36It's going to be all right.
16:37It's going to be all right.
16:38It's going to be all right.
16:40Oh, Paul.
16:41You can't get aggro every time you think you see one of these blokes.
16:43So what am I supposed to do, pretend there's no hard feelings?
16:45Leave it to us.
16:47Yeah, you're doing a great job with that.
16:48You're lucky John talked about her pressing charges.
16:50What about me pressing charges against him?
16:51Because it's only your word against his.
16:53Well, no, Mr. Pummel's there too.
16:56Well, he didn't recognise him.
16:57I'm sorry, mate.
16:59Well, it's probably best if you head home.
17:13Jeff?
17:14Jeff, are you okay?
17:16What happened?
17:16Nothing.
17:17Just a warning.
17:18The other guy should be the one getting the warning.
17:20I can't believe that they're just walking around like nothing here.
17:23Enough, okay?
17:24I can't take this anymore.
17:26It's over.
17:27What, Jeff?
17:28What?
17:29I just need some time to myself, all right?
17:31I just need some time to think.
17:34Well, how much time do you need?
17:35A day?
17:36A week?
17:41Are you breaking up with me?
17:45Yes.
17:47No, this is just a reaction to what happened to you.
17:50Don't punish me for something that I didn't do.
17:53I'm not trying to punish you, Ruby, all right?
17:55I'm sorry.
17:57Jeff.
17:59Jeff.
18:11Ah, g'day, mate.
18:13What brings you down here?
18:14Uh, I was, uh, actually on my way over to see you.
18:17I kind of need someone to talk to.
18:18Oh, all right, eh?
18:19Well, fire away.
18:21All right, well, the thing is, I don't, I don't seem to be able to get past what happened
18:27at the diner, and I know that you were pretty down and out for a little bit, but you're fine
18:31now, so I was just wanting to know how you did it.
18:34Well, I guess what really did it for me was knowing that there are people out there that
18:39care about you, you know, people that won't give up on you.
18:44I think it might be a bit late for me.
18:46What do you mean by that?
18:48Uh, I had a run-in with a guy at the surf club before, and he was one of the
18:52riders,
18:53and I almost decked him.
18:54Well, that's pretty silly.
18:56Did you get it out of your system?
18:58I don't think so, and I can't guarantee it won't happen again.
19:01Well, sorry to hear that.
19:05The thing is, everything's changed.
19:07The school's finished, and it's in Japan.
19:09I don't know if I'm going to get another job again.
19:10On top of that, I just broke up with Ruby.
19:15I'm lost, Mr. Stewart.
19:17I don't know what to do.
19:18Well, it seems to me there's one thing you haven't tried yet.
19:22Well, what's that?
19:23Well, what do you normally do when life throws you a curly one?
19:27Well, what do you think?
19:28Oh, that's that's it.
19:48I can't, I can't...
19:56I don't know.
20:31Oh, sorry. I didn't see you.
20:34No, that's all right. I was just going.
20:35Hey, don't let the sight of a man with a vacuum cleaner put you off.
20:38I've been looking for any excuse to put this away.
20:41Is there something you wanted to talk about?
20:44No, why would there be?
20:45Oh, well, you're in a church on your own.
20:48Just a stab in the dark.
20:50Look, if you want to be by yourself, that's fine.
20:53But I'm here to help, if you need me.
20:56That's what my job description says anyway.
21:00Why don't I leave you alone?
21:03I'm completely lost.
21:08Okay?
21:09That's a pretty good place to start a conversation.
21:19Next time on Home and Away.
21:21Have you done anything even close to manual labour?
21:24Is fending off groupies count?
21:25Then no, but I'm willing to learn.
21:27Am I just making more work for you or am I really helping?
21:29That's my answer.
21:30You seem so strong.
21:31This is an act, I promise.
21:33I don't think I'm ever going to be able to leave the house again.
21:35She just wants to close the door and lock the entire world out.
21:38I mean, I want to go overseas to take up a missionary post.
21:40Love, are you sure this is what you want?
21:43I don't answer that.
21:44It's written all over your face.
21:45I love you.
21:46Bye-bye.