Devastated by her father's absence, Gaia feels she has nowhere to turn. But then she receives a strange offer: Mary Moss's mum suggests that she live in Mary's old room. Gaia accepts, and suddenly finds herself in a family that desperately needs to fill a void. Heather is furious with Ed for revealing his secret. Ed had no choice; he had to save Gaia's life. But Heather can't bring herself to forgive him. Maybe she and her family will survive - but the ugly truth is that Ed is a lot less attractive to her without the money. She has to let him go. And just when Gaia feels she has lost her father forever, he reappears claiming he wants to help her and that Tom and Ella have been lying to her. The offer still stands: she can come abroad to live with him.