Episode 7283

Extended Summary

Willow and Alex have just finished a training session on the beach. They discuss the funeral and Willow also comments on the uncertainty around the gym. Alex suggests she talk to Jasmine but Willow doesn’t think it’s the time. They run into Colby, and Willow suggests that Jasmine living with her and Irene might let him focus on Bella. Colby gets a phone call, while Willow and Alex head on to the gym. Willow is beating herself up for not asking about Bella’s counselling. Alex suggests she shout Willow dinner tonight and Willow jokes about sponging off her rich doctor girlfriend.

At the Diner, Irene, Roo and Maggie are showing the website to Colby. They don’t think Leah would ever reactivate it and don’t think the posts about toxic femininity sound like her. They say only Leah had the password and suggest someone has taken it from her. Colby points out the account could have been hacked but says he’ll pass it on to missing persons. He wonders if Justin knows; they think he and Tori are still travelling back.

In fact, Justin is bringing the last of the bags in while Tori is feeding Grace on the sofa. Justin wonders what they do now. Tori wishes she could be like Grace, not worrying about anything except eating and sleeping. This prompts Justin to realise they need to get some food in. Tori notes Mason probably ate what they had and says she’d let him do it now.

Justin runs into Colby outside the Diner. He says they spent a few days with Brody and Raffy after the service but now have to get on with it. Colby comments on the new lead with Leah, which is the first he’s heard of it. He rushes home and accesses the website, showing it to Tori. Both of them are bewildered by the regular posts, with Tori reading one that says men have been turned into second class citizens and suffer domestic violence from females. Justin thinks whoever wrote it must know where Leah is and is worried by how much of a chip on their shoulder they have about women. Tori suggests it might be a prank but Justin thinks no-one would post again and again like that for a joke and thinks the guy has Leah.

Roo comes to the Diner flat. Colby says he’s passed on the news about Leah to missing persons. Roo is actually there to get the paperwork about Bella’s home schooling: They just need a signature for now and he can sort out a tutor later. They go for a walk on the beach where Roo apologises that she and Maggie couldn’t help out during the holidays with Bella in hospital. Colby says he’s been looking into tutors but they’re all expensive. Willow approaches and Colby asks Roo not to say anything to her.

Colby and Willow return to the flat. Willow understands Bella’s reluctance with counselling, saying she had trouble opening up in GA at first. Colby says the sessions aren’t cheap. Willow is worried about being out of a job. Colby recalls Robbo was going to keep the gym when he and Jasmine were moving to the country but Willow isn’t sure Jasmine still wants that. She notes her life is finally together and she doesn’t want anything to change.

At Salt, Alex gets a call from the locum agency about a new job and is enthusiastic until she hears it’s in Queensland and starts in three weeks. Willow appears and Alex says she’ll call back. She suggests to Willow she could get a job in a gym anywhere in the country but Willow says she can’t leave because her dad’s there. At the farm house, Roo and Maggie are looking into the possibility of distance education for Bella: She can stay enrolled at the school but follow their syllabus at home online. Roo offers to help out with tutoring after school and weekends.

Next morning, Tori emerges from the bedroom with Grace and is shocked to find Justin has stayed up all night looking at the website. He says he’s going to see Colby and finds Alex outside the door when he opens it. He thanks her for coming to the funeral and Tori says Mason considered her a friend and mentor. Justin leaves and Alex talks to Tori about her maternity leave coming to an end. Tori says she always intended to come back and could do with some normality at the moment. Alex goes to the gym and tells Willow about the job offer and that it’s in Queensland in three weeks.

At the Diner, Colby is talking to Roo and Maggie about the distance education: Even though she lives close to the school, Bella’s history might help her qualify. Justin turns up looking for Colby and Colby explains missing persons are tracking the IP address. Justin is annoyed that no-one is doing more and walks out. Colby goes after him, having to catch up to him to get him to talk and saying it’s a good thing that the person is staying in one place. Justin wants to talk to the guy via the comments section but Colby warns him he could tip him off and get him to go to ground.

Willow walks with Alex near the surf club, taking in the details of the job offer. She suggests that maybe Alex might be able to stay on there and Alex says Tori has already told her she wants to go back. She says the posting’s for three months and if she says no, another job might not come up for ages. She asks if, despite her family and job being there, Willow might want to come with her. They are interrupted by a phone call.

Justin arrives home. Tori is looking up creche options for Grace but Justin takes the laptop off her, wanting to know if there’s any updates to Leah’s website. Tori tries to convince him that it’s not down to him. Justin says he didn’t know Leah was missing for 24 hours. Tori points out that’s because he was with her when she was coming out of a coma. Justin says if anyone’s to blame, it’s him.