Jermaine begs Angie not to call the police, insisting it will make things worse for Belle. Diane, Kerry and Nicola wonder where their men are as worried Laurel arrives in The Woolpack looking for Ashley and Arthur. They all realise that they have been lied to and set out to find them. Belle turns up at Home Farm. She asks why Lachlan couldn't stay out of it. Lachlan continues to insist Jermaine is using Belle. Belle questions why Lachlan trashed the house so he blurts out that he loves her. In the back garden of Mulberry Cottage, Dan, Rishi, Jimmy, Doug and Rodney battle the children in a toy gun fight but the fun stops when Diane, Kerry, Laurel and Nicola arrive. Whilst tearing a strip off Jimmy, Nicola lets slip that Jimmy was meant to be babysitting Ashley. Ashley is devastated. Pierce