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Recently I was thinking about other career paths.

Why?

Did you know that

Zara wanted to study medicine?

It's making me think

maybe I should ask him

if he wants to try for a second kid.

I think Martin would really want that.

What are you doing here?

You’re the love of my life.

The husband

is Thomas.

It's your Thomas.

Thomas is separated.

And his ex-wife,

she's not pregnant.

Nina.

What--what's he doing in there?

Nina...

I...

Whatever--that is,

what's he? I'm-- I'm s--surprised.

I'm just, I'm very surprised.

There--there's something he hasn't told me.

Something big.

[sighs heavily]

Uh...

There must be an explanation. There's--there's an explanation.

No, no, no, I don't think you should go back in there.

You and I are the only ones that know that Thomas is in there.

I can put my feelings aside. I can.

[clears throat]

[footsteps]

Nina.

How are we going in here?

[Mia] Thomas, this is Nina. She's been looking after me.

-Hello. -Hello.

[Nina] Just do your job.

♪ Oh why, oh why, oh why ♪

♪ Won't you sing Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips, oh, oh ♪

♪ Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ To me, Oh, bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips, oh, oh ♪

♪ Bring your hips To me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ Oh why, oh why, oh why ♪

♪ Won't you sing ♪

-Good. Good. -[Leo] Good.

Now, some shallow breaths.

-Like we rehearsed, Mia. -Together.

[breathes out heavily]

Getting very close now, Mia.

I feel--I feel like I'm slipping.

Thomas, why don't you try supporting her under her arms?

-Right. -Excellent, Mia. Excellent.

-Okay, now, we're ready to push again -[Leo] Here we go.

[groaning]

That's it, that's it. You're almost there.

[Leo] That's it.

-[Nina] Well done. Here he is! -[Leo] Oh, yes.

[Leo] Hey there, mister.

Here we go.

There we go.

Oh, yes. There are lungs.

[Leo] Here we go.

Let's meet mom. There you go.

There he is.

Okay, Nina. I think we've got it here.

I'll call you if we need you for anything else, okay?

-Yes. Good. -Thanks.

Hi-de-ho!

[grunts]

-Finished your shift? -Um.

[Nina] Clegg here. He uh, he'll see Thomas.

[Martin] While I've got you, there's something I've been--

-been meaning to talk about. -Um, can it wait?

It's been six months since you returned to us

and, uh, well, uh,

we're all aware that it'll soon be Zoe's first birthday and of course th

well, the anniversary.

-Yes. -[Martin sighs heavily]

You mentioned concerns

about the impact of work on you and Zoe.

As you know, I take my responsibilities at this hospital

very, very seriously.

So I need to know, are you leaning towards staying

or do you feel you might need your safe plan?

That's a big decision.

And I--I don't have an answer for you right now.

But I--I will, I will think about it.

Yeah. Good. Good. Yes.

Good night.

Goo--good night.

[door opens]

Clegg's here.

He's staying all night. I can't leave.

No, you should go home. I'll stay and hold the fort.

No, you can't stay all night.

Go. Go home.

Uh, no one will go into Mia's room but me, honestly.

Go home.

Leo, I believe that there's

a simple explanation about Thomas and Mia.

But in the meantime, I--I'd like to keep it...

private.

Okay.

[footsteps clacking]

[elevator dings]

[Thomas] Nina, I know this looks bad

but it is not what it looks like.

Can I call you later?

-Yeah. -Thank you.

[Nina] There is an explanation. There is one.

[door closes]

[footsteps clacking]

[keys chinking]

[phone clicks, rings]

[Billie] Hi, this is Billie Proudman from House Proud.

Leave your details and I'll endeavor to reach you.

[Nina] No. Contain the situation.

Telling Billie just makes it bigger.

Still four hours before you can pick up Zoe.

Give Thomas the benefit of the doubt.

Keep busy.

[whoosing sound]

[Thomas] She stole my sperm.

Is that the best you can do?

That's what happened.

Well, that would be an explanation.

A pretty shit one.

[Thomas] Mia thinks we're still married.

She's very vulnerable and not right in the head.

I feel sorry for her.

Oh, come on, there must be an explanation.

What is it?

[Thomas] Mia and I broke up,

then she found out she was pregnant.

We're still good friends and we're gonna co-parent.

But, I'm single.

But why didn't you tell me that?

All you had to say was--

"My ex-wife, Mia, is pregnant."

Yes. That wouldn't have been hard.

Would you have started something with me

if you knew my ex was pregnant?

I don't know.

Well, shouldn't that have been up to me?

Can you forgive me?

[sighs]

[water sloshing]

[sighs deeply]

-[Thomas] Hey. -This is awkward. But, listen--

I guess this-- this looks bad to you.

Uh, yeah, it does. But that's not really the point.

There are a lot of people who work here

who know you as Nina's boyfriend.

So, we're gonna have to manage your visibility.

Okay? For everybody's sake. For Mia's

and for yours and for Nina's.

Well, you must be thinking the worst of me.

Uh, it's not really what I think that matters.

Look, it's complicated.

Sure.

Although, for my money,

no matter how complicated it is,

you're a dick.

[tram rumbling]

[birds chirping]

[Mick groans]

Hey.

Hi.

Were you sneaking off?

No. Do you want me to sneak off?

No. Why would I want you to sneak off?

Well, if you thought last night was a mistake?

Is that what you think?

No. Do you?

No.

[both chuckling]

I've missed you.

Me too.

-I miss us. -Oh, I miss us so much.

Can you stay in Australia a bit longer?

Only for a couple of days, but I can be back in a few months.

[Billie] A couple of months?

Nuh.

I don't want to let you out of my sight.

Well, you should come with me, then.

-Yeah? -Yeah. I'll book you a flight right n

But there's Nina and there's Zoe.

I'm setting up Jimmy's restaurant.

I can't just leave.

[doorbell buzz]

Oh.

-Have you slept? -[Nina] No.

-Oh, thanks for the coffee. -[Leo] That's okay.

Uh, just so you know, Thomas has left the hospital.

He's not gonna be back till later tonight,

but we've arranged for him to call me before he does

-so that I can be there. -Thank you.

And Elvis is still at work but, um,

I managed to keep him away from Mia's room.

Elvis doesn't know Thomas.

Really? Oh.

I probably shouldn't have been so extreme in my attempt to distract him

-Elvis! -Oh, hey, Leo.

Kiss, chasey. I'm in.

[Elvis] Oh! Ah! Ah!

Oh, Leo! [chuckles]

You're so great.

You look, more okay than I thought you'd be.

Well, yeah--

I'm--I'm just not gonna jump to conclusions.

Hm.

Anyway, I-I'm gonna go and pick up Zoe from mom's.

Sure. Yeah.

Oh, and, hey, bad timing, but uh, you got a phone call.

Nicole Owen from the Abbotsford Well Woman Clinic.

About a patient referral or--?

She wouldn't tell me. It's for your ears only, apparently.

Okay. Thanks.

[door creaks open]

Hello.

[both] Hi.

Uh, wha--oh-- is this what it looks like?

-Oh, no, I didn't stay the night. -Ha!

Stay the night? Why would you stay the night?

[Leo] I brought coffee.

Coffee.

Yeah. What are you doing?

I need Nina's advice. Private matter.

Good.

[Leo] Oh, good. Yeah, okay. Well, uh,

I'm going. I'm going home.

-[Leo] Okay, bye. -[Nina and Cherie] Bye.

Uh, Nina,

it's true. Everything you heard.

Martin and I are having sex again.

I hadn't heard that.

Well, yep.

First it was a distraction,

but it's been getting more and more magical and confusing.

Saying no doesn't work, neither does saying yes.

And now Kim wants his sperm. Talk sense to me.

-Um... -Now, tell me what to do.

I can't. I don't even understand what you're talking about.

You are the only person I can trust.

I don't have any advice. Sorry.

Weird.

But that's okay.

Thanks anyway.

[Nina] You have to let him call.

He said he would. Be patient.

You have to let him make the first move.

[Martin] What's that? Yes, good. Right. Goodbye.

[phone clanks]

Mon Cherie.

Martin, I've been thinking about this, us.

Well, so am I.

[whispering] And uh, might I say

that I have been enjoying very much our renewed intimacy.

But, it's not enough. [clears throat]

-Not enough? -No.

As loath as I am to upset

the balance of things between us,

[whispers] I'm just not satisfied

with a percentage of you.

I want all of you.

I want to wake up next to you every morning.

-[sighs] -So?

Martin, we tried living together.

The two of us.

I feel trapped and I freak out.

I know, but things are different now.

We're different. We're better.

Look, you and me,

we've got all the ingredients, we jus don't have the recipe to make it work

I've got to think about Darcy and Ray.

You've got to think about Kim and Stella and--

Uh.

I'm gonna betray Kim's confidence,

but she's gonna talk to you about having another child.

-What? -[Cherie] I didn't tell you that.

[inhales]

But, Martin,

that's what you should do.

You're breaking up with me again.

It's just simpler.

Okay, this is your practice GAMSAT exam paper.

So we're clear, this in no way commits me to sitting the real exam.

Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure.

Are you pumped?

Yeah, I'm pumped.

Once I press this button, the exam is under way.

You will have five hours to complete it. Do you need to do a wee?

Let's just do it.

And, go.

[car rumbles by]

[mobile phone ringing]

Billie. Hi.

Where are you?

I'm outside mom's.

Good. Good, that helps.

What's going on?

Uh, can you put me on speaker and take me inside?

[phone beeps]

Okay.

Oh, shit. Hang on. Wait. I'm stopping the clock.

-[Jimmy] Good day, Nins. -Hello, darling. Hello, little girl.

[Nins chuckles]

Okay, who's there?

Uh, Jimmy, Zara, Alfie and Zoe.

-Zoe's trying to sit an exam here, so -Oh.

[Nina] What's happening?

[chuckles]

This is gonna be a bit of a bombshell, um,

Last night, I slept with Mick.

Are you reacting with your facial...faces?

Last time I spoke with you, you were clear, adamant,

that you were committing to Lawrence.

Mm. I tried to. I tried

for some of the longest minutes of my life

and then I lost my mind

and, now reality is crashing in.

Nins, I think maybe take the phone outside, so Zoe--

[Billie] Okay, there-- there are facial expressions

happening that I can't hear. This isn't working for me. Um, I'm gonna,

uh, go talk to Lawrence

and then I'll come straight there.

[Nina sighs heavily]

-Good morning! -[Nina] Hi.

Ah, did I hear Billie's voice?

On the phone.

She slept with Mick last night.

-Oh! -Sorry, I just need to get this done.

Well-well, since this is a morning for revelations,

I have one of my own. [clears throat]

I had a visitor last night. Uh, this may shock you.

Was it Darcy?

Sorry, I just assumed.

[footsteps clacking]

Yes. Yes, it was Darcy. [chuckles]

You can come out now!

[Jimmy chuckles]

[Nina] Hi, dad.

You probably want to know how this all came about.

If you want to tell it.

They don't care.

To be fair, it's pretty hard to get worked up about it.

I mean, we all know how it goes with you two.

Dad, you show up and mom rejects you, but leads you on--

[Nina] Still no call. Where is he?

[mellow music]

[doorbell rings]

[door shuts]

So, you're probably wondering if what you think happened last night

happened last night.

It did.

I went to Mick and we made love.

Say something.

Like what?

You know, use words to describe your feelings?

My feelings?

You walked out of here last night and you--

and you come back today, telling me you made love to another man.

What do you think I'm feeling?

You--you gave me the impression that you understood.

You--you told me to go.

Because I love you, Billie.

Because I-I didn't think it would feel like this.

I spent last night hating myself for letting you go.

Just--just wishing that you'd come back to me,

or call me.

Thinking that's what you'd do if you cared about me.

I do.

Then why are you doing this?

You know what, fuck you!

That's how I'm feeling.

Look, I'm hurt and I'm angry.

And I just need you to leave.

I'm so ashamed about the way that I--

Don't!

I need you to leave.

[somber music]

[Nina] Oh.

[Zara] You're gonna come out here now, are you?

Is that okay?

Yep.

[paper rustling]

[Zoe mumbling]

[Nina] Still nothing?

Why hasn't he called?

Be brave. Talk to Mia.

-Mom? -[Geraldine] Yeah?

[Nina] I'm--I'm so sorry to do this,

but could I leave Zoe here for another couple of hours?

I've just I've just-- I remembered something at work.

Of course, darling. Come on right now. [giggles]

[Geraldine] Oh, yeah.

-Bye-bye! Bye-bye, ma. -[Nina] Thanks, mom.

-[Kim] Thanks for meeting me. -Yes.

It's nice, isn't it?

Just to--to sit and--and talk

as Stella's parents.

You look nice.

You looked nice yesterday.

Day before that, you looked nice.

-You want my sperm. -What makes you say that?

Because you're looking at me like a sperm-wanting lesbian woman.

Cherie. You're back on together.

We were,

but anticipating a conflict with your desire

to have another child, Cherie has ended everything.

What? Why? There's no conflict.

Oh, let me ask you, do you--

Do you think that there's a way,

for all three of us to get what we want,

you, me, and Cherie?

Well, what you two do is up to you.

Yes!

Yes! Yes, yes.

-What's going on? -[Martin] Oh, my! Oh, wow!

You have made me very happy.

I--I can't explain right now, but I--

Oh, thank you!

Thank you, my friend. Thank you.

Yes!

-[Billie] Hello? -Oh, my God.

Hi, Billie.

Lawrence has spooked me a lot.

Can I get back with Mick? Is that a stupid idea? Help!

I'm a person with a very bad recent history

of blowing up every good thing in my life.

Is this just a new iteration of that?

Please don't take this the wrong way, Billie,

but I'm going upstairs.

Okay, Jimmy, if I were to go, fuck it,

I'm moving to London, what--what would you say?

Um, I--

No?

It's not a no. But--

Doubts? What? What is it?

-Is this about the restaurant? -No.

Yeah. Partly. Billie,

I support you a hundred percent.

But you only just slept with Mick last night,

and now you're talking about tearing your whole life apart.

-My--my whole life? -[Jimmy] Yeah.

I live in my sister's house,

helping to raise her daughter.

And I help my brother run his business.

I mean, I don't have my own life, I just--I leech off yours.

Oh, that's bullshit.

Oh, yeah, I know-- I know I'm useful. But I'm also replaceable.

And--and if I don't go now,

everything falls apart with Mick.

And this is a moment if I play my cards wrong,

I'm gonna lose everything.

Where's Nina?

[Nina] Don't ask her anything direct.

Just chat to her. See what she says.

[Cherie] You guys, thank God! Uh, come in. In here.

Huh? What? What? What? Oh! Oh!

Everything has gone really, really weird.

-I think Martin is losing his mind. -[bell dings]

Cherie? I believe that I found a way

-for all of us to get what we want. -Who?

-You, me, and Kim. -Huh?

We all live together!

Yeah, see that face you're both doing, I did it too.

-What? -Live together like a threesome?

No, no, no. Not a sexual menage!

More like a-- an intentional community

of mutually effective friends and lovers.

-You, me, and him? -Not just us.

-And Kim's partner, what's her name? -Jess.

Jess, yes! Jess, yes! She'll join us too!

Martin, I live with Darcy Proudman and our son.

And he and they will join us as well.

Like a commune with tambourines?

Yeah. Right? Insane.

[tambourines playing]

Sorry, really, I--I can't process this right now.

[door knocks]

Nina, telephone.

Oh, no, I'm not here. I'm not on today.

Uh, a woman called Nicole Owen? Uh, she's calling for you.

Oh.

-Oh, yes, Okay. -Nicole Owen?

She's from the Abbotsford Well Woman Clinic.

-What does she want? -She's being a bit secretly about it.

But she's on the line now. Do you want me to say you're not here

Oh, no, it's okay. I'll take it in my office.

[keys chinking]

-Nina Proudman. -[Nicole] Oh, Nina, hi.

It's, um, Nicole Owen.

I just want to lay all my cards on the table.

Um, Nina, you've been on our radar for a while now.

And your name comes up again and again.

And, so I was calling to gauge your l of interest in a position here.

Sorry? Are you--?

Yes, yes, I suppose I'm headhunting you.

The hours are family-friendly,

and uh, the environment is much less chaotic

than a hospital setting.

[Nina] And half the staff wouldn't be family members.

[Nicole] Are you there?

Yeah, oh, sorry. Yes, you've just--

you've caught me off-guard, uh, in a strange moment.

[Nicole] How about I shoot you through an email

with some more information about the clinic,

and then if you are interested, we'll arrange a meeting?

-All right. -[Nicole] Great.

Well, I'll look forward to talking with you soon then. Bye now.

-Bye. -Bye for now.

[phone clanks]

[Nina] Mia.

-Hi. -[Mia] Hi, Nina.

-How are you? -Oh, you know,

It's even more intense than I remembered it.

Look at that face.

It's Thomas all over again.

He's cute, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Um, I probably shouldn't ask, but when can I go home?

Oh, uh, well--

[Mia] It's just my eldest son, Rocco gets funny if I'm not there.

And to be honest, I just want to be in my own home.

Is the baby nursing?

Yeah. Duck to water.

Is everything at home set up to support you?

Yeah. Yes. Thomas is taking time off work,

so he'll look after us.

He's brilliant. He might look like a bit of a lug,

but he's a kitten, really.

And he's such a romantic, so.

Mia.

This--this is gonna be difficult to hear.

Uh,

I know your husband.

I've met him before.

Oh. Really?

Yeah. We've known each other for a few months.

Okay.

We've been having a relationship.

A sexual relationship.

[furtive music]

Uh, right, well,

I'll tell Admin to, uh, sort out your discharge papers and--

Thank you so much, Nina, for everything.

Oh. It's my pleasure.

[Martin] No, no, no, that's not what I'm saying at all.

Please, just listen. Nina, Nina, Nina, Nina, Nina.

Please help them to see

that what I am suggesting is a masterstroke.

-[Kim] Masterstroke? -[Martin] Yes, Listen,

I understand that when I lived with Cherie last time,

I drove her up the wall. But this time,

there'll be five of us. There'll be a buffer zone.

[Kim] Well, speaking for myself,

I'm just happy to take your sperm. I don't need to live with you.

-No offense. -None taken.

And as a woman who grew up in a cult, not into it.

-Who said anything about a cult? -Sorry, uh, I--I need to go.

Hi. What are you doing here?

-I just checked in on Mia. -I want to live with my children.

[Kim] That's nice. I'm not a hundred percent against that.

-He's coming in. -Oh. I've got to get out of here.

Nina, Nina, perhaps you could have a little word with your father.

You know, soften up the ground a little bit before I present my plan

Pardon? Uh, he's happy with the way things are.

-I've gotta get some air. -[bell dings]

-[Cherie] Hi! Thomas. -[Thomas] Hi.

Thomas, What are your thoughts on group living?

-Sorry? -[Martin] Group living.

Hey, Elvis, this is Nina's fella, Thomas.

Oh, you're the huge one! You are huge. Hi.

-Hey. -Are you two having a rendezvous?

A matinee?

No, I--I thought, I'd like--

to give Thomas a tour of St. Francis.

-Ending in your office? -[Elvis] With the blinds closed?

[all laughing]

Sorry to interrupt. Uh, Martin.

Uh, you're needed in the operating room. Uh, it's very important.

Cherie, Mrs. Farouk in Birthing Suite There's a call from management.

I'll put it through to your office. A um, as for you, come here, you big be

-[Elvis] No, Thomas. -[Thomas] Come here! Come here, hey?

This way.

[footsteps clacking]

-Just through here. -Nina, I need to tell you this.

Mia and I, we're breaking up.

It's complicated because she's pregnant.

Please don't. Please don't hide behind her.

-I want you to understand-- -I do understand.

You're lying to me.

You're not breaking up with Mia. This is bullshit.

You met my whole family.

I let you into my life.

Your wife is waiting through there

with your beautiful new son.

You're in!

[hurried footsteps]

[Leo] It's all gonna be okay. You go home

and I will come over as soon as I'm finished here.

-Mia's paperwork. -Yeah, I'll take care of it.

Everything's gonna be all right, Nina.

[elevator dings]

[Leo] It's gonna be okay.

[elevator door rumbles]

You've been ironing pillowcases.

Oh. Yes.

I'm moving to London with Mick.

You--

Oh!

Oh, that's--that's wonderful.

Would it be? 'Cause I haven't decided.

I just--I need your reaction.

I know the timing couldn't be worse,

with Zoe's birthday and Patrick's anniversary.

Sorry. Sorry to bring that up.

It's okay.

It's just--Nins.

you're the one person whose judgment I really trust

and I just feel like, I'm on my last chance here.

And if I make the wrong decision,

I'm gonna have to live with it, forever.

What should I do?

Oh, I can't-- I can't answer that.

I wanna be with Mick.

But it means leaving you and Zoe.

I can't do that without your blessing.

Oh, you--

You have my blessing.

You'll be okay, won't you? 'Cause everything is going really wel

with--with you and Thomas.

[Nina] Don't tell her.

Yeah.

Billie, I--

I want you to be happy.

Please just make the decision that makes you happy.

-But I-- -Or I'll never forgive you.

[mobile phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

Oh, it's Lawrence.

Take it.

-Hey. -Hey.

[sighs] I'm sorry about what I said before.

Oh, you don't need to apologize.

I've had a think about things. Um...

[clicks lips]

Can we meet?

Maybe at Moore Street.

[Billie] Yes. I'll be there in 15.

Okay, I gotta go.

[smooch]

[door clanks shut]

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

[sighs]

[car revs]

[Jimmy] So, um, not for nothing, but, uh.

Billie's running around, getting read to get on a plane with you. Um.

Are you aware what you're asking her to give up?

I would never ask Billie to give up anything.

-I didn't plan this. -Yeah.

Yeah, I just think the lack of plan

might be the problem here, mate.

[indistinct chatter]

[Mick] Have you got something you wanna say, Jimmy?

Just, um...

it seems that every decision she makes

costs her something that she cares about.

I mean, can you guarantee that if she goes over there with you,

-everything's gonna be okay? -[Mick] God.

And that's the part that scares me, mate, like...

I'm not about to tell you both what to do, but, Mick...

please look after my sister.

[door creaks open]

[Leo] Hey.

[door shuts

Mia's gone home.

And I managed to get Thomas out without anyone seeing,

then Mia and the baby, so, it's over.

-Heist pulled. -[Nina chuckles]

And I brought you some salt, sugar,

fat, cheese, and chocolate.

Thank you, Leo.

You have been so good to me.

Why did this happen?

So many lies.

So many lies and omissions.

Why didn't he just say that he was married?

We could have been friends. No problem.

He didn't-- he didn't have to lie.

Why did he lie?

'Cause he's a liar.

You never liked him.

Pardon?

Thomas, you never liked him. I could see that.

Um...

It was chemical, wasn't it? Instinct.

Should I be angry with you for not warning me?

-I hope not. -Uh.

So--so you admit that you didn't like him?

I'm not admitting anything.

Well, why not? Why can't you just say "I didn't like him"?

Stop trying to trap me on this, Nina.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Sorry. You're the last person I should be taking it out on.

It's okay. It's okay.

Maybe it's my fault.

Maybe I deserve it.

Oh, God, you don't deserve that, Nina.

You deserve somebody who respects you,

and is good to you and makes your life better.

You deserve someone who adores you.

No, no, no. What--? What are you doing?

I just need to feel something else.

No, I get where you're coming from--

-I don't think we should. -We should, we really should.

No, no, no. I didn't come here to do this or be that guy.

Nina, I'm here as your friend.

-It's okay, just-- -[Leo] No.

No, Nina, stop. Stop it, stop it, stop it. No, no, no

Ow!

[Nina] Sorry.

I'm okay. [laughs]

[sighs]

Why, why you're trying to wreck it?

Don't wreck us!

I treated you better than that.

Sorry.

Uh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Geraldine] Hello.

[door shuts]

[footsteps approaching]

Oh, darling, are you all right?

Yeah, right. I just fell over. It's okay.

I'm just leaving.

Oh. All right then.

-[Leo] Bye, Nina. -[Nina] Yes, huh.

-[Leo] Bye. -[Nina] Yes.

See you.

[sighs] Bye.

Oh...

[Geraldine] Did I interrupt something?

No, no, nothing, no. Thanks for bringing Zoe back.

Oh, now, darling, I have a proposal for you.

Uh, Billie and Mick need to sort their marriage out

and, and-- and Billie might go to the UK.

So, I was thinking,

I could move in here. I could be your live-in help.

Zara and Jimmy can cope without me.

Oh, mom.

Oh, mom, thank you. Um,

but no.

Uh, there--there's this clinic in Abbotsford

and I've been offered a job.

Um--Women's welfare. Gynecological checks.

The hours will work well for Zoe.

All right.

There's been so many great things about St. Francis,

but there's been things that have...

never worked.

And I--I have to think about what's best for Zoe.

-Don't I? -Well, yes.

Yes, you do.

[Geraldine] Hm.

[Nina] Okay.

[footsteps receding]

[sighs]

-Hi. -Hi.

I've worked through some anger.

That's good.

[Lawrence] I have to acknowledge that...

what you and Mick have, threatens me.

Well, everything about you scares me.

But that's why I don't wanna lose you.

You don't?

[Lawrence] Right or wrong.

I want you to choose me, Billie.

You're so unlike anyone else I've ever known.

And, uh...

after everything that's happened in the last 24 hours...

I love you, Billie.

I love you.

Just not in the way that I love Mick.

I'm so sorry.

[Alfie cooing]

So, while you were gone, phone didn't stop ringing.

First Kim, then Cherie, then Martin Clegg.

And then Paddy woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep.

So that was the end of that.

I don't see how this is gonna work.

Hey! Hey, you can't give up.

Uh, it's a five-and-a-half-hour exam.

They can ask me anything.

Chemistry, biology, physics.

I can't wing my way into med school.

So I am going to run away.

[Geraldine] Oh, sit the exam.

The worst that can happen is that you fail.

That's the problem.

We're your family. We don't mind.

[Jimmy] Pass or fail, we love you.

I'm not somebody who fails exams.

I--I'd prefer to be the person who pulls out beforehand

and decided not to sit the exam.

So please tell me that that's okay.

No.

-[Zara] Please. -[Jimmy] No.

Whatever decision you make is fine with me,

but I'm not making it for you.

Do it. Don't do it.

It's up to you.

[Billie sighs]

[Nina] What happened?

I just had to tear Lawrence's heart out.

He's been so good to me

and I've hurt him so much.

I'm terrified, Nins.

-This is the biggest risk of my life. -[Nina] Billie--

No, sure, that there was love in Mick's eyes this morning,

but what if, when we get to London, the anger comes,

or the resentment, and then I've tras my life again for no good reason.

I--I love my life.

I love this.

You and me and Zoe.

[Nina] You have to do this.

You have to go.

I'm gonna miss you so much.

[somber music]

[Zoe mumbling]

[Nina] Once Billie's in the UK, there'll be time to tell her

about Thomas and--Leo.

This whole mess.

This is all so unfair to you.

You shouldn't be punished for the fact that my life

is out of control.

There's only one sensible decision to make.

In the end, it's simple.

[Zoe mumbling]

[somber music]

[mobile phone ringing]

[Nicole] Nicole Owen.

Hi, Nicole, it's Nina Proudman.

[Nicole] Hello, Nina! I'm delighted to hear from you so soon.

Have you had a chance to think about joining our team?

I have.

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