It's the middle of the night and Pierce can't sleep on the sofa. Rhona appears in her dressing gown and tells him she hasn't slept as she hates them rowing. Rhona tells Pierce that she loves him. She begs him to help her understand so Pierce discloses that weeks after his father died, a stranger's bed meant more to his mother than her children. He explains Tess tried to make things better and invited his mother to their wedding. Pierce uses the situation to his advantage to bring up Rhona's friends interfering in their relationship. Rhona assures him he's the most important thing and promises to put an end to it. At Home Farm, Chrissie finds Lachlan playing video games. She tries to get her son to talk to her and offers him an apprenticeship before kissing him goodnight. It's Adam's twenty